Archive for June, 2003
Monday, June 30th, 2003
Welcome and Farewell…
Saturday night we had a farewell party for Izumi and a welcome party for Mai, the new teacher. The party was on the 17th floor which gave us a good view of…the parking lot behind our building. Oh well. About 70 students came to the party, and as you can see, everyone […]
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Saturday, June 28th, 2003
Back to life, back to reality…
So Marty and Randy have left to go explore the rest of Kansai before heading back to Texas. And I’m left here, trying to get some sleep for a change, but I can’t seem to do it!
Tomorrow I have a party to welcome a new teacher and say farewell to one of our existing […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Japan Wierdness by Marc
Thursday, June 26th, 2003
My head hurts.
“Futsuka-yoii” means literally “drunk for two days.” I am a little hungover, but in the spirit of bringing you, the people, the latest on what’s happeneing here in the far east, I’m on the job. Last night we went out to dinner at a local izakaya (bar/restaurant) with my co-worker […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2003
As promised…
My friend Randy and his friend Marty came to visit me from Austin this weekend! Randy was pretty jetlagged on Sunday so he stayed in, but Marty and I met my co-worker Yoko out to get some sushi. They have this magical restaurant called “kaiten-zushi”, which has sushi rolling by you on a […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Travel Tales by Marc
Tuesday, June 24th, 2003
Tonight…
…it will come.
The update.
Prepare thyselves.
It will have things like THIS:
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Monday, June 23rd, 2003
Randy and Marty are here…
More massive updates to come very soon…
Sorry about the lack of updates. I suck.
2 Comments » - Posted in Travel Tales by Marc
Monday, June 9th, 2003
Nara - temples and deer.
Yesterday I went to Nara, where there are some stunning temples and deer wandering the streets. Why the deer, you ask? Apparently, the sacredness of deer is usually explained by the theory that the Japanese Shinto faith originated in awe of nature. Elements of nature such as mountains, forests and wildlife were venerated, […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Travel Tales by Marc
Thursday, June 5th, 2003
Staff night out
Here are some pictures from our staff party from a week ago. We had a wild, crazy night which lasted until 6am. We started drinking at a fancy restaurant, courtesy of AEON, and finished at a club. It was a loooong, fun night. Please note my white-boy rockin’.
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Monday, June 2nd, 2003
Contest results! And improv!
First, CONTEST RESULTS:
The winner is…. (drum roll, please)
Michele. And her damn “God” picture. I curse you, O god-fearing people! Heathens, arise! The day of “cool escalators” shall be ours! Thanks to all of you who voted, and kept the contest interesting. It was really close, but we all […]
