An American Elephant in Tokushima

Posts Tagged ‘weather

Awa Odori this week!!! (And other bits)

Posted by: elephantdreams on: August 10, 2009

Oh my God oh my Gawwwwwwd, Awa Odori starts this Wednesday!! I’m so nervous!!!
o________O;;;;;

Our last practice was tonight.
I’ve been practicing really really hard!
So hard, that I pulled something… my right leg is all screwed up, as is my lower back. I have to stretch really well every day just to be able to do normal [...]

Open Letter to Typhoon Sinlaku

Posted by: elephantdreams on: September 19, 2008

Dear Typhoon Sinlaku:
Donde esta the typhoon, hombre? Where is the rain? Where is the wind? Where is school getting cancelled because it’s too dangerous for students, but not teachers who must take paid vacation time if they want to avoid danger and stay home?
We were seriously looking forward to a day of cancelled classes and [...]

Monday, oh Monday

Posted by: elephantdreams on: August 3, 2008

I’m alone in the staffroom right now… because everyone else is at the staff meeting.
There is a lot of stuff waiting to be said about Tokushima. Where the heck do I start? Well… I know I say this to everyone I talk to, but THE HEAT. I simply can’t believe it. It affects everything you [...]