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Friday, September 28th, 2007

We’re off to Nagano for the weekend! We are going by bus with about 20 JET’s and teachers from the Saitama area. Chris is on a soccer team that is playing in an International tournament of sorts. It’s destined to be a stellar time, and we haven’t been to this prefecture yet so that’s cool too. During our stay here we’ve had the opportunity to hang out with a good portion of these dudes and dudettes, who come from all over the world, so one last BIG weekend will be great.

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finished

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

I just finished the final Harry Potter book. Chris owns the whole set so I’ve been snagging a couple here and there the past couple months, as we traveled in-and-out-of, and around Japan. Since I’m a late starter (the first book released almost 10 years ago) I was able to start with The Philosophers Stone, and read straight through to The Deathly Hallows, which took me about 2 months.

It was a wonderful series. I felt that JK Rowling paid tribute to some of the greatest works of fiction of the past, while creating a world new to us all.
I must say that The Half Blood Prince was my favorite. It’s pretty dark, and goes into the history of the evil Lord Voldemort. The last two books are SOOO intense, my heart pounded relentlessly and my fingers shook while turning the pages, no joke. I hadn’t cried over a book in a long time, and I found myself tearing up several times through the last two. I highly recommend the entire series to ANYONE.

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Coming soon

Monday, September 24th, 2007
As the days until our departure draw nearer feelings like those before we left begin to stir inside. Out side the window I can see a dozen bikers a minute commuting to… somewhere. The Japanese garbage trucks are making the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Crazy days

Monday, September 17th, 2007
Weekends are just one big party here. This one was up there. Friday somehow Melissa ended up in a gaijin pillow fight tournament in Umiya. She lost, but I think the match was rigged. The nights always lead into the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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now

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
We're back at Chris's. Determined to take it to the limit. I have "karaoke throat" today, a major malady only remedied by barley soda.

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WWOOFing again

Monday, September 10th, 2007
furawa ne? We have come to Kanagawa-Ken to wwoof once more. Our new host family, the Iijimas, is by far our favorite. Satoshi his wife Mayumi, their sons Yohei who’s 22, Toru, who’s ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Back in Tokyo

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
It felt good to be back. Every time we’ve got off a plane and stepped into Narita airport I get a slight chill of excitement running down my spine. This was now the third time we had immigrated into Japan, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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