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Goodbye Kitsuki, part 2
So, as I told you, a lot of the kids wrote me farewell messages. Some kids cried. One first year wrote me this ( Read more... ) -
A Farewell to Kitsuki
This week was my last week teaching classes at Kitsuki High School. It was a difficult week for me, to be honest, but a good week, too. The first years were doing their "superhero" presentations (they had to design a superhero...my favorites this year were "Crab-Toyoda" (a combination of their homeroom teacher and a crab) and "Nikuman (Meat Man ( Read more... ) -
Dieting and dieters
So, a few weeks ago I made some comments on the new MyPlate replacement for the food pyramid. It's part of a movement to help make America a little more healthy, and I support it. Just to reiterate, yeah, there's no portions written on it, and nothing about fat, and the glass of milk looks pretty small to those of us who read a lot of Men's Health ( Read more... ) -
The Final Kentai
So, it seems like I really only ever update about judo. And today isn't going to be any different. This was an amazing weekend though, and here's the details ( Read more... ) -
Natural Disasters
Where to begin? I'm sure all of you have at least heard about the earthquake and the tsunami that blasted Japan last Friday ( Read more... ) -
We all look better in purikura
So, my weekend was fun. Rebecca came up from Saiki on Thursday, so we went to onsen and just hung out for the night. I had no late eikaiwa, which was a welcome change. Friday was middle school graduation, which I guess they have before their entrance exams (which start tomorrow). Entrance exams, by the way, are annoying. We're not allowed to leave ( Read more... ) -
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1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas! I got you an update!
Hi guys! If anyone is still actually on this site...haha. Anyway, I thought I'd update one last time this year. Kind of a 'year in review' if you will ( Read more... ) -
Long time, no update. I finally do, and it's going to be all about judo
Heya guys, long time no see. I hope everyone is doing well ( Read more... ) -
OMLOL
So, I haven't posted in about a month, but the hilarity of what I just witnessed is prompting an entry ( Read more... )