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Happy New Year, and a Haiku!

By ⋅ January 11, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Happy new year! I’ve just returned from a two week vacation to the United States and am back at work in Tokyo. It’s good to be back, but lots of changes are taking place for me this year. I’m looking forward to it. To start off the new year, I wanted to share something with [...]

Katakana Challenge #1: Answers!

By ⋅ November 20, 2011 ⋅ One comment

If you haven’t seen the video associated with this post, head over to the video’s page and check it out, or just watch it below. The video is a little peek into the world of one of Japan’s writing systems, katakana. Katakana is used in Japanese much in the way that italics are used in [...]

Japan: Life scripted

By ⋅ January 25, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

When you think about it, our lives are made up of a series of patterns. We fall into rhythms (some of us, ruts), and operate in much the same way from day to day. Eat, work, eat, sleep, shower, talk, repeat. When people ask me how life is here, I get the impression they almost [...]

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Twittah, please...

  • NEW POST: Short photo post of the University of Tokyo campus during our Misty Monday yesterday. Check it out here:
    http://t.co/R0TT4ijoBZ
    2013/05/21 14:00
  • I'm at a point in my life where walking down stairs in heels without holding on to a hand rail is all the adrenaline rush I need for a day.
    2013/05/21 12:50
  • There will never be a day that I do not first read アース サポート as "ass support" instead of "earth support".
    2013/05/20 22:20
  • Holy Humidity, Batman.
    2013/05/20 22:05
  • Ate konbu out of politeness. Didn't barf. Monday is a success.
    2013/05/20 12:18

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