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NEW PHONE
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leaving sendai
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Update and rant
I'm flying back to NY on July 23rd. I got a non-stop flight, thank god. Normally, I wouldn't really matter, but Jesus Christ, am I looking forward to Taco Bell, cheeseburgers and good beer! And cute white chicks.
God, I need to do laundry and clean my f'n apartment. Start sending some stuff home. Sheesh. 13 days of work left.
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Famous
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Shelter for all: A team of teachers from Japan involved in construction of houses at Periyasemmettupatti near Usilampatti.
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fuck derailleurs, man
Fuck derailleurs. A while back, I had a pretty gnarly fall on my bike. Instead of falling over the handlebars, I managed to get my leg out of the way, and throw the bike down and just step over it. Which led to me slamming ear-first into a billboard.
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EAT DRINK SCOOTER
Cross-posted from timmyob.blogspot.com
Pondicherry, India, is a former French colony in the south of India on the Bay of Bengal. wiki
I guess I'll work my way backwards, since to me, this was the best part of the trip, since I'm such a glutton. So yeh, Maya and I stayed at Hotel de l'Orient in Pondi. We had to leave the work site early since we did ( Read more... ) -
Kyoto in 5 pictures
After flying back into Osaka from India, I spent the next afternoon in Kyoto. Famous temples blahblahblah. Honestly, maybe I need someone to show me the best spots, but I wasn't that impressed.
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I look like half a chipmunk
Tooth problems. Had a wisdom tooth removed. Took an hour and fifteen minutes. My friend went to the same dentist the next day and apparently the guy couldn't stop talking about my tooth. He said, in his career, easily top 5 hardest tooth hes EVER had to pull. He also commented on how hard foreigner bones are(in reference to me ( Read more... ) -
tonight
I had to go to the video store by my JHS to return some DVDs.
After I handed them back, I took a lap around to see what was new. One of my students was there with her father.
I smiled and nodded
Her: Hello :)
Me: Hello
Father: stare... looks at daughter
H: sensei
F: turns back to me *BOW* "AH! Sensei desu!"
Me: konbanwa :)
F: konbanwa!
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7 months
Today is 7 months in Japan.
There are moments in studying a language where you hit walls, and moments where you wonder where that wall went.
My kanji LEVELED UP today.
Random Japanese Language nonsense:(feel free to skip) I finally started studying Japanese again. I've studied for maybe a month out of seven and its no surprise I haven't ( Read more... )
