The following took place in a mix of Japanese and English. 5th grader: Karla-sensei, the lead actress in the Friday Night Movie looked just like you! Me: Friday Night Movie? 5th grader: Yeah, it was all about fashion and stuff. Me: …The Devil Wears Prada? 5th grader: That was it! Now people on both sides [...]
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But Surely?
Posted on 19 January 2010.
Okay, I’m going to try and ease back into this posting thing. I’ve been going through some old pictures and while they may not have a large overarching theme they’re still neat. Later I want to write some more posts about learning Japanese… but let’s start slowly, slowly. First: Odaiba, an island in Tokyo Bay, [...]
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Poetic
Posted on 28 November 2009.
There’s a neighborhood in Kawasaki called Mizonokuchi. At first I thought it was Mi*zu*nokuchi, or literally “mouth of the water”… maybe where a creek emptied into a river, or a river into the ocean. Romantic. Poetic. Then I looked up the kanji: 溝ノ口 It turns out mizo actually means “ditch”. Mouth of the ditch. Not [...]
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Lists
Posted on 26 October 2009.
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
Posted on 18 October 2009.
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
Posted on 15 October 2009.
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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Anew
Posted on 05 September 2009.
Work has started and my life has been turned upside down by the change in schedule. I feel like I’m relearning how I did my job in some ways. For example I forgot what time I usually leave the house for each of my five schools. That leads me to playing it safe… and making [...]
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Bread, Nom
Posted on 25 August 2009.
A friend asked for another supermarket picture post but I found something as soon as I stepped out my door. A delivery truck for Yamazaki bread. I thought the retro styling, so 1950′s America, was interesting. Heck, they have it all the way down to the light haired, blue eyed girl munching away. Nom.
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Friendly Ghost
Posted on 21 August 2009.
Ken says I bear a resemblance to Q-chan, a vintage manga/anime character. He’s a ghost that likes to make mischief and steal other people’s food. I know Ken’s not alone in this because I heard some of my students saying the same thing under their breath. Other than both of us having big eyes I [...]
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Play
Posted on 16 August 2009.
My friend Valerie from Germany is visiting and we’re having a wonderful time. Today we visited the small zoo by my house. My favorite exhibit was the penguins – they were playing with the kids. No, really. The penguins raced the kids the length of the tank, doing little jumps out of the water while [...]
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