Archive | October, 2009

Lists

Haven’t felt much like blogging lately.  I’ve been on a real study kick, trying to squeeze a bunch of new kanji and vocab into my brain.  I’ve taken to tackling lists of things I think I should know – government ministries, planets, major organs.  I’m discovering some neat things while I’m at it.  Example: I’ve [...]

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Clearest Day

The most beautiful sky is after a typhoon barrels through.  All of the smog is blown away and all that’s left is the sunset and Mt. Fuji.  Wow.

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Lunch

I’m getting a little better at the bento thing.  Here’s what I’ve been taking to school recently: Roughly clockwise from left: salmon, rice, broccoli, two kinds of pickles, persimmon, garnished with a lettuce leaf. One day when I opened this some of the sixth graders actually clapped.  But others soon chimed in – the bento [...]

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