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Thursday, November 13th, 2003
Paul and Deb – best of!
First installment of pics…
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Friday, November 7th, 2003
Excuses, excuses…and more visitors!
So my internet connection has been down (really!) so I haven’t been able to update the site for a while. Sorry about that. Pictures are still to come.
And Paul and Deb arrive tonight!!! Sorry, gotta run.
By the way, if any of you see my bike around, I lost it last [...]
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Saturday, November 1st, 2003
November 1st…
Already?!?! What a fast year this has been. Contrary to my rants the past few days, this really has been a terrific experience and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I can’t believe the end of the year is coming so quickly. I guess this is a good time to [...]
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Friday, October 31st, 2003
Happy Halloween (and birthday hint! It’s Nov. 23rd)
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Thursday, October 30th, 2003
Clarification…and rant #2.
No, I am not going crazy. Don’t worry, I’m still enjoying my experience here. I just wanted people to know part of the real, day-to-day experience of living here. Also, according to “Culture shock: Japan”, the second wave of culture shock occurs 10-12 MONTHS after arrival. So that’s probably it.
Rant [...]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2003
I suck! and Questions answered, Random rant, and pix…
First, I SUCK! I know I need to be updating more, so I’m sorry I’ve been lazy/busy/what-have you. I am a bad person. It’s that simple.
Second, let’s give the people what they want: ANSWERS!
A salaryman is a middle-aged Japanese male (think stereotype here) who wears the standard suit and tie and [...]
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Monday, October 20th, 2003
Mobile fun…
To start the picture pages, here are some mobile shots. Yes, those are three different salarymen on three different nights. They were all on the same train, Osaka’s “Loop Line,” and those three pictures were all taken on a weekend night. “CleanPoo” was on an air-conditioner. Note the 8,500Yen peach [...]
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2003
Tonight….
stay tuned – lots of pix to come. I woke up really late today otherwise they’d be uploaded. Preview:
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Thursday, October 9th, 2003
Last night…
…at my train station I ran into another foreigner (rare) and he’s an AEON teacher! His name is Dan and he’s from outside Chicago. What are the odds, right? So he’s like, “Let’s check out this cool bar I know!” So we go to this random bar about 5 minutes from [...]
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Monday, October 6th, 2003
Long holiday.
Sorry all for the lack of updates. Had another farewell/welcome party on Saturday (and all night into Sunday). As it turns out, there are other web-savvy people at the school. Witness the following: Marcell’s Class Pictures. You don’t need to read Japanese to enjoy the pix. Also, I have (yes) [...]
