Monthly Archives: October 2006

Karaoke!

So yesterday, Sunday, I helped out at a Kawachi-Nagano City Festival, held at the Junior High.  It was long and very tiring, and in the end we just broke even for renting the machine and buying supplies.  HOWEVER it was … Continue reading

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Saturday School

Ok, so today was really…really long.  We only had 3 hours of classes, but then ESS Club went on for another 7 hours.  It was really awesome, but overall it wore me out.  Today was pretty much us being hyper … Continue reading

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School on Saturday

Today was another school day (obviously), but I have school tomorrow too. In English, we had a webcam conference with a man from Iraq about different types of discrimination.  We had already done one with a woman from Hawaii, and … Continue reading

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Oh, two months, by the way

Yeah, two months, it’s going so fast!  (Too fast!) Today the entire school walked down to a building called ‘Lovely Hall’ to watch an old, but famous, movie on racism between Japanese and the Koreans during the WWII era.  It … Continue reading

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Ummm Kyoto!

Sorry for not updating, I’ve been very busy! Sunday was my trip to Kyoto with Rotary, which turned out very well. In the end, I was very tired, but overall good time. Saw the Suntory Whiskey (or Whisky as they … Continue reading

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Osaka!

Well, I didn’t really inform you all, but I was going to Osaka with Yudai!  Specifically DenDen Town/Nippon Bashi- which is tons of electronic shops and anime/manga stuff. The day ended up being a LOT longer than I thought it … Continue reading

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Kendo

So today I worked on Kendo with Ben-sensei and Brandon was also there.  It was pretty fun, and we learned a lot.  In total, we worked on the basics for about 2 and a half hours, so we actually stayed … Continue reading

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Testing Week~

So, apparently there’s only 2 hours each day now for the testing, continuing through Friday.  In some ways, it’s great, but in some ways I want my friends back.  They’re all busy studying- meaning nothing fun after school, plus I’ve … Continue reading

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Yuta

So, my friend from class 2-8 came over for an hour and a half today.  His name is Yuta [see blog title] and that was pretty cool.  First person that I’ve actually had over to the Maki’s house.  This weekend … Continue reading

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Ok, I’ll update!

After being lazy and things getting in the way of updating, I’ll finally fill you in on some stuff that’s been going on.  To be fair, I’ll start with last Sunday…the Wakayama trip. Sunday- So this was the start of … Continue reading

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