weather, time, smiley pouches.

The wind was biting my fingers on the bike ride home from school today and I realized that the winter is really on its way. Summer was a frenzy of visits and travels, fall was full of sports fest, dancing, festivals and speech contest – and now that the insane month of October has finally [...]

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afterthoughts on sports day; swine flu; my useless life

one more thing i wanted to say about sports day: this year was also a big deal for me because i started to realize what it means to the students. for the third years, the “club parade” (as i called it) where the students march around in their uniforms marks the last time the 3rd [...]

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豚インフルエンザがやって来た！

It’s here! Yes, although most of the world is “soo over it” Japan has recently confirmed its very first cases of swine flu. Patient zero(es) location? My prefecture. After 3 confirmed cases earlier this weekend, by Monday morning the number I heard confirmed was 78 peeps. That includes at least two in Himeji – the [...]

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「しなさい！」言ってください

lol I totally got called out by one of the teachers today – I clean the “English Classroom” every day during cleaning time and there are a bunch of boys who slack off and do nothing, which is annoying because me and like one other girl do everything. But one of the teachers came in [...]

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