Archive for January, 2003
Saturday, January 11th, 2003
Training…it begins.
Ok, so today was day 1 of training. It was…okay. There are only 2 others in the training group which makes it very intimate, but there’s not that much to do with only 3 people as far as excersices and such. The trainer was a bit stiff and excessivley formal, but didn’t seem [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Teaching Fun by Marc
Friday, January 10th, 2003
Dorky dorks.
Ben and I were super-lame last night and did ONLY computer things. Meaning we never left his neighborhood. Interestingly, the word for computer is “paso-con”, which is short for “personal computer”. We DID go out and get dinner at a local Ramen shop nearby. Ooh, here’s another cool Japanese thing: [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Travel Tales by Marc
Thursday, January 9th, 2003
Bladerunner…the city.
So Ben, Akane, and I met for dinner last night in Shinjuku, the biggest train station in the WORLD. Times Square looks pretty pathetic compared to Shinjuku. We got Sri Lankan food, which turned out to be Indian, basically. We also met some friends of his at an izakaya (bar/restaurant) nearby, but [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Travel Tales by Marc
Wednesday, January 8th, 2003
I made it!
Everybody, I’m finally here! Here was my itinerary:
Sunday: plane takes off at 12:15pm on the money. 14 hours (or so) later, plane touches down Monday afternoon (date line) at Narita at 4:15pm. Going through customs right in front of me? That’s right, it’s BON JOVI. Hilarious. I was [...]
