Mar 24, 2003 | Fukuma, Language
I don’t have a whole lot to yap about at the moment, what with school being out and all, so I’ll regale you with some interesting nuggets o’ Japanese language this week. So let’s dust off the DFP KaiSho Medium font and get to work! First off,...
Mar 13, 2003 | Culture, Fukuma, Photography
Well, another school year is wrapping up at Higashi Chu. The graduation ceremony is tomorrow already. Yesterday was the last Adopt Program Trash expedition. I think these kids need to graduate more often, because they were getting more trash yesterday then on all the...
Mar 5, 2003 | Culture, Fukuma
A poetic interpretation of my trip to the doctor’s office yesterday: Doc: Come in, have a seat. Me: I feel like crap. I think I have a cold. Doc: I know. I already decided what you have before you sat down. Me: I figured as much. Doc: Common cold work for you?...
Feb 28, 2003 | Culture, Fukuma
Man, this has just turned out to be a janken kind of week. Today, as it’s finals week at Jr. High there’s no classes since everyone is busy flunking tests, so I went to elementary school again, this time with first-graders. Upon arriving, I was introduced...
Feb 27, 2003 | Commentary, Culture, Fukuma
As part of my year-end review at 2nd grade elementary school today, we did janken in English. For those of you that aren’t aware, janken is the Japanese version of Paper, Scissors, Rock and is ubiquitous in Japan, particularly in schools of all levels....
Feb 23, 2003 | Culture, Fukuma, Raves
Erg. Is there anything worse than waking up 10 stupid minutes before your alarm goes off? No… no, I didn’t think there was. So, as I’m coming out of the grocery store the other day, I notice a little old lady right behind me. I figure she’s...
