The new vice principal, who is in charge of the meetings every morning, is a taskmaster ( Read more... )

So today I wanted to climb a mountain, but the mountain was shut... (probably checking for damage / safety from the earthquake ( Read more... )

So one of my favorite Japanese dishes is Katsudon ( Read more... )

It is nearing the end of the term, so in the applied English class we have been watching videos about American culture... They are from the late 80s / early 90s and are a bit dated ( Read more... )

Got another offer for an interview for a health care provided back in PA, outside of Philly... For a java engineering job ( Read more... )

I can't believe its snowing up here ( Read more... )

So the past two nights or so I actually woke in in a sweat.

When I woke up this morning I didn't need to turn on a heater.

I could get used to this.

I went jogging for an hour today in the cold rain. It was manly.

I went an almost totally new route, jogging along paths I usually take with my car, under the bridge to Abio City and on the road to Iburihashi...

Last Friday was graduation... It was probably the most meaningful graduation at Daishoji that I've been to because it is my last one, and because the students who were graduating entered Daishoji High School the same time I did... Especially the girls in the ESS club, I have a lot of memories of... like them riding up in the train with me to the ( Read more... )

Just got back from having dinner at Jame's apartment. James is the guy who works at the local Geos. His girlfriend Shima and Naoko were there too ( Read more... )