(Title courtesy of ChantelleSo, after nearly 4 years of telling myself and everyone around me "I'm totally going to do it", I finally did - last weekend Megan and I walked from Temples 1 to 10 of the 88 in Shikoku ( Read more... )

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I'm watching a last-night game show on which two cute Japanese guys are competing at Super Mario Bros., cheered on by a bunch of screaming girls in the audience all wearing paper Mario mask-hats.
This is exactly what I should be doing with my time.

Allow me to pick up where I left off:

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
( The Fifth Day, Sand, Surf, Drinks, A Bath )

Ever since my summer Wwoof experience ended I've wanted to go back. Wanted to re-experience the hard work and fresh air. And it turns out that Julie and Matt J have been very interested in Wwoofing too, so the 3 of us set out on a journey ( Read more... )

Those are the waypoint co-ordinates for the geocache that Megan and I visited on wednesday ( Read more... )

Last night at the end of class, my calligraphy teacher called me up to chat. She mentioned that in the past whenever she's taught foreigners they've always wanted their name written in kanji. So, would I like that ( Read more... )

I'm in a over-hyped mood today, and am apparently not the only one ( Read more... )

Pics are up:


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Last wednesday I went up to Tokyo for the weekend. I took the (k)night bus and, I am so sad to say, I think I'm finally ready to put it on my Murtaugh List. It was super uncomfortable, even despite my short stature. But anyway, I arrived on thursday moring in good spirits, as I was able to spend the weekend with Dustin and XF, for the first time ( Read more... )