JAPAN | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [275]
Nice one. 143 years from the abolition of slavery to the first black president-elect. I suspect that in the far future, for those who didn't have to live through it, there will be amazement at the rapid speed of change. I can't imagine that a similar ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
pictures of the Yokohama bay area
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JAPAN | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [366] | Comments [1]
Back at work on Tuesday after a long weekend. I think today is Cup day in Melb. and election day in the US, I know which race I'm more interested in. I had japanese language class on saturday morning and then rushed off to a local festival in Kurohone, ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wednesday, 29 Oct 2008 | Views [489]
Yesterday was a holiday for students, but not for teachers. We were all encouraged to take Nenkyu (that's paid holiday) but I don't want to use up my days unnecessarily. I get less than half the days off that I had in Australia and I need them for my ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [566]
I am back at work unexpectedly. This morning I was supposed to visit another school for ALT day, but last night I got a phone call saying it had been cancelled due to the death of a teacher, not good news anyway you look at it. I was in Tokyo on the ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008 | Views [408] | Comments [2]
I have done around 300kms on the bike since Saturday afternoon, which considering the low speed limits here is quite a lot of riding. I am starting to get back some confidence, unfortunately the helmet I ordered hasn't arrived yet, the shop owner ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 20 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
pumpkin carving etc.
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JAPAN | Friday, 17 Oct 2008 | Views [565] | Comments [1]
Internet is driving me crazy, the connection at work barely works during the day, I have to stay back late to use it with anything like reliability. Lately I've had a lot on though so I haven't been here much after hours. We had the food fair trip, ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 17 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
Kurohone JHS annual sketch contest
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JAPAN | Thursday, 16 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
trip to the food fair and science museum
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JAPAN | Thursday, 9 Oct 2008 | Views [333] | Comments [3]
http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2008/10/08/2385118.htm?section=australia I guess this has been in the news in Australia, but it mentions this natural alternative to sugar has been in use in Japan for some time. It might explain why desserts here are ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 6 Oct 2008 | Views [549] | Comments [3]
Today is Monday the 6th of October. Last Friday we had another seminar thingy in a nearby town. We were sent a map that made it look like the venue was directly over the road from the station, but no, it was a good 20 minute walk if you knew where ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008 | Views [421] | Comments [2]
It's been over two months now which is a substantial proportion of the one year contract, I am still very much a fish out of water, it will clearly take more than a year to achieve any kind of assimilation into the community. Here's a very fragmented ... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 25 Sep 2008 | Views [605]
junior high school sports day was yesterday, it's a weekday so not as big a family affair, a few mothers came along and the local bigwigs I guess. It was a fun day, not as crazy as the elementary event but that's to be expected. I didn't have any actual ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 22 Sep 2008 | Views [1593] | Comments [1] | Video
Check the gallery for pictures from my second visit to Nikko. This time I went with Waka-san who came up from Yokohama, and Andrew. We spent Saturday driving to Nikko and the nearby lake in the mountains. Nikko is about 90-100 minutes from my place.... Read more >
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JAPAN | Monday, 22 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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JAPAN | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 | Views [630] | Comments [4]
On Saturday we had sports day at the elementary school. It was a lot of fun. There are some pictures in the gallery. One of the highlghts for me was a confusin game involving giant coloured balls and basins of flour. I have no idea what was going on ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [532] | Comments [1]
Today our school was visited by students and staff from Nishimachi International School in Tokyo. The came up on a bus trip and spent a couple of hours with our students, either playing table tennis in the gym or dong an experiment in the science lab.... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 8 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
September 6, 2008
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JAPAN | Friday, 5 Sep 2008 | Views [1057] | Comments [4] | Video
Friday was work as usual, I didn't tell anyone at work it was my birthday, I prefer to keep it low key. At 4pm I left to catch the train for Tokyo. Normally I stay at work till 5.30 or 6, my contract says 4pm but no one else leaves that early and I'm ... Read more >
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