Posted by: elephantdreams on: November 14, 2009
I’m facing a bit of a dilemma.
(Actually, as I’m posting this, I think I’ve got the dilemma solved but I’m posting anyway since I took the time to write.)
My shamisen teacher has been talking about having me play in a big group New Year’s concert, at the beginning of February. It’s a sort of [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: November 3, 2009
If I’m studying for the JLPT then watching Japanese TV while I put in my electronic flashcards counts as language exposure, doesn’t it?
Tonight I watched “Run for Money”, which is a real-time show where contestants run around a landmark location for 60 minutes, completing tasks and being “hunted” by Hunters (who look like agents from [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: July 19, 2009
Man oh man, it’s all new kinds of hot now.
I did turn on my air-con because I’ve been at home during the day and really do need it. Ah well. It had to happen sometime.
Today is a matsuri down in Komatsushima, “Harbor Festival”. I don’t know if I want to go, but I think I’m [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 2, 2009
My body is all out of whack lately… it comes from sitting around at a desk all day, and not having the gumption to go outside and run miles.
But that will all change, because now I am a yoga lady.
That’s right! Yoga!
Last night my friend The Kiwi took me to a Buddhist temple [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: July 13, 2008
Lately, I put off even thinking about this move and this change. Apart from filing my paperwork and making a stack of clothes and books to bring, I haven’t done much!
Well, haven’t done much, other than fire off several question-filled emails to various contacts in Japan (boss, predecessor, prefecture CIR (that’s a JET working in [...]
