This year is off to kind of a crazy start. On the last saturday of January I joined a group of ALTs for what we thought was a regular old sight-seeting tour around Mure and Yashima. No one really knew anything about what we were doing, and so were very surprised at the organized set-up. We rode a tour bus around all day and were given free lunch ( Read more... )

So I have the flu. Or rather, according to the doctor, I have Influenza, Type A*.
On one hand it's not a huge surprise, at it has been racing around the schools like wildfire. On the other hand this is the first time I've caught it in Japan.
I've been prescribed Tamiflu, which...well, it'll be fine ( Read more... )

Today is my last day at my secondary school this month, which means I get to enjoy carry home my laptop and other work-related stuff. So, since it's supposed to rain all day, I elected to take the bus. The bus driver is a quiet older man who is good about checking where my stop is so I don't end up in Kochi by mistake. And this morning, in ( Read more... )

Here's another huge update. On one hand I'm getting better at uploading them sooner...but only because I'm taking so many that it's crazy not to!


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I'd like to pose a request to the LiveJournal Genie ( Read more... )

Two things happened in the last week to remind me that my Fellow Man isn't always a jerk.

1) Last Friday, in my rush to catch the train to Day 2 of the Mid-Year Borefest I knocked my bike over, taking a neighbour's with it. There was a big crash and something broke. I was pissed, thinking that now I would miss my train AND I broke something on my ( Read more... )

I have just made another big photo update, so you know. This includes Sheldon's visit, New Years, Christmas, a birthday, and some temple visits. Enjoy!


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I'm way behind on updating everything, so while I have some time between classes I'm going to try to catch up. Here's what I've been up to recently ( Read more... )

Today is my last day at Daichu for the term. Tomorrow is a holiday, and Wednesday I'm taking off to the airport to pick up Sheldon ( Read more... )

I know this because I saw this picture:

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