 | June ends and Futa are the champs!!
2008-06-29, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Hey all! It's the end of June already- wow!! The time is just flying by again.
This past week was a little slow at school because it was the city sports tournaments. Which means that all the kids ... |
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| Random things...
2008-06-16, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | I haven't written in a bit so thought I would jot down a quick note or two....
Over the last couple of weeks there have been a few parties at gen's so I've included some new party pics. They were f... |
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| May update
2008-05-27, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Happy Memorial Day everyone!! (ok I'm a little late on that one..)
I hope everyone had a great long weekend and good weather.
I've finally finished my entries on my spring break trip with Mom & ... |
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| Home, sweet, Mito
2008-05-27, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | I'm not going to do a day by day account of our time in Mito because we didn't really do that much. For one thing, we were exhausted, and for another, the weather wasn't very good.
The first night... |
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| Mom & Dad's arrival
2008-04-27, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | OK- so I guess it's time for me to start writing about my spring vacation.
In a word, it was AMAZING!!!
(but now I'll use hundreds of words to tell you all about it! Haha!)
My Mom & Dad came ... |
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| hehehehe- this made me laugh!
2008-04-26, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | OK so here is an ad from a monthly magazine I get at my apartment. It's japenglish at it's best!! Can you guess what the ad is for?
Though there is various light in the world,
the light of the hou... |
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| Tax time for you- a new school year for me!
2008-04-16, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | The start of a new school year brings with it all sorts of new expectations....starting again in Japan is no different. I want to do better than last year, I want to experience more of Japan, I want t... |
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| FYI
2008-04-16, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Just a quick FYI-
I will be starting a new journal for my 2nd year in Japan. You can still access my other journal/stories/pictures in the archives.
Just wanted everyone to know what was going ... |
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 | Homeless, Jobless, and Hakone
2008-03-29, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | The last week of Japan was ridiculously hectic!
Monday was my last day of school. It was only for the closing ceremony, all of us crammed into the gym and the teachers and students going through th... |
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| February Highlights
2008-02-29, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Jeez only 2 more months of Japan!
It's the coldest damn month of the year here!
It keeps snowing!
Blake's birthday party in Omiya!
Mardi Gras french food with Allie.
Setsubun festival.
Sendai tr... |
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 | Sannensei Graduation
2008-03-11, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Today was a day just for the Sannensei graduation. They graduate a week earlier than everyone else because they have just finished taking their high school exams, find out what school they're going to... |
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 | My Last Day of Teaching School!
2008-03-21, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Today was my last day of teaching!!! Monday is our closing ceremony, and I move out Tuesday the 25th!! CRAZY!!!! I'll update a bit later, been busy packing and giving things away....
Attached are ... |
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 | Sayonara Dinner Party
2008-03-22, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | I decided to have a farewell party with Wendy (who's going back to Australia) on Saturday at this Hawaiian place I was recommended. 18 people were able to come, which was great! and we ended up taking... |
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 | More Plum Blossoms
2008-03-09, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Today I went and met up with Mai, a high school student I met once at the Mito International center, for coffee and chatting. She was very cute and had just come back from a homestay trip in Anaheim (... |
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 | A bit of the Irish
2008-03-15, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | So it's Easter today (Happy Easter everyone!!) and as I'm enjoying my jelly beans and cadbury creme eggs (mad props to Mom & Dad again!), I realize that I haven't written about my absolute favorite of... |
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 | Graduation- finally they are gone!!
2008-03-11, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | On what turned out to be a lovely day (although a little too humid for my tastes), my third year students finally had their graduation ceremony.
It was pretty standard- except it was all in Japanes... |
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 | I can't believe how much I will miss 'em!
2008-03-09, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Even though I'm going to miss my third year students tremendously....I wish they would graduate already!!! It's been a really emotional time for me with the kids, and they don't graduate until Tuesday... |
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| Saying Sayonara to my 3rd years
2008-03-04, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | This past Friday was a very emotional day at school for me. I found out the day before that Friday would be my last class with my 3rd yr students. They graduate on the 11th of March and are basically ... |
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| Belly dancing- Mito style!
2008-03-04, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | As I've hinted at before, I have joined a dance class at Mito Community College. My friend, Yuko, teaches the class and I was really excited to finally be able to sign up for it. Class started two wee... |
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| January Highlights
2008-01-31, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Only 2 more months until I'm home!
Celebrating New Years with family and my bubie.
Fully appreciating and taking advantage of my apartment until I have to leave.
Going to Daigo for a weekend with t... |
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 | Mito International Potluck
2008-02-23, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Saturday Josh invited me to the Mito International center for a potluck they have occasionally. I wasn't super excited about it, but I figured I needed to stop being so anti-social so I decided to go.... |
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 | Eating Horsemeat and Clubbing
2008-02-16, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Saturday Paul and I decided to go and eat some horsemeat, a specialty in Japan that I wanted to try before leaving. Paul had recommended a place at Mito station, so Matt and I met up with him around 6... |
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 | Happy Valentine's Day!
2008-02-14, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Valentine's Day was pretty cool this year despite being away from my boyfriend for the day. He was very cute and mailed me a large envelope that I saved to open on the actual day. It turns out he drew... |
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| December Highlights
2007-12-31, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Still getting snail mail from Trish, Anna, and Mike.
Getting Christmas presents and cards from Jenn, Wynne, Anna, Sandra, Phong, Hazel, and Esther. Thanks for the love guys!
Finishing my Christmas s... |
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 | I can open up a noodle shop now....
2008-01-29, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | On Sunday, I woke up early and headed into town....why?!? To take a Japanese cooking class, of course.
Joanna had invited me to sign up for a cooking class at the International Center and I was th... |
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 | Japanese Cooking Class
2008-01-27, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | By Friday I'm so tired from the week, the last thing I want to do is go out into the cold and try to be social. I know that's a bad thing, especially as I was invited to go to Gen's 2 year anniversar... |
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 | Japan's First Snow!
2008-01-17, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | It snowed this morning!!
Dan got up early to head off to Narita and told me that it had snowed the night before and everything clean and white and freezing!!!
I spent 15 minutes extra biking to... |
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 | Dan Diaz visits
2008-01-16, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Dan Diaz came to crash in Mito with me from Monday night to Thursday night. He's an acquaintance from Chapman whom we share mutual friends with, but whom I've never actually really sat down and talked... |
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| Everyday drudgery
2008-01-18, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | I know that I haven't written much lately. I apologize but seriously, it just seems that there isn't all that much to write about.
I mean, I know I'm living in Japan and that should be "exotic"(?)... |
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| Snow!! and Remembrance
2008-01-17, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | I woke up this morning, got ready and headed out the door and............
it had snowed overnight!! I had no idea it was going to snow, and it is unusual for Mito to get snow (so I've been told). B... |
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| My First Weekend Back
2008-01-12, MIto, Japan. By: jeccojade | | It's weird being back....
How strange it is to have one type of life back at home in LA, with friends, family, my boyfriend, with all sorts of things to do. And then there's another type of life he... |
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| November Highlights
2007-11-30, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Baking sweet potato in school!
Kamakura, Tokyo Disneyland, and Yokohama with Judi
Drinking boba and eating sesame buns and steamed buns in Yokohama
Travelling to Kyoto and Nara for the fall colors ... |
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| Judi's Leaving!!!
2007-12-21, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | So Judi informed me tonight that she has been let go from our company and will be returning to America in January. I am still in so much shock... what just happened here!?!?
How many times have I t... |
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 | For all the kitkat lovers out there...
2008-01-06, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | There are two new kitkats out here now and I thought I would let you know about them.
(yes, it is a little slow here on the "blog" front)
One is the sakura kitkat- cherry. I enjoyed it!
The oth... |
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| Football- finally!
2008-01-06, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Lest everyone is worried that I'm going out of my mind with no football to watch....
I watched a bowl game on the 2nd....the Rice Bowl!!! And I'm totally being serious! It was the championship of t... |
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| Ringing in the New Year
2008-01-03, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
So 2008 is finally here and I had a great time saying goodbye to 2007.
On New Year's Eve, during the day, I went grocery shopping, to the bank/post office and basicall... |
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| Have yourself a Merry little Christmas!
2007-12-27, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | So, I haven't written about Christmas yet because I'm still trying to gather my thoughts.....it was really weird and fun and strange and sad and crazy.....here are my thoughts.
On Friday, which was... |
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| White Elephant Gift Exchange at school
2007-12-18, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | So today I taught my sannensei students and decided that for their last lesson, I'd do a secret santa gift exchange. More specifically, a white elephant gift exchange, the kind where you don't spend a... |
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 | December's winding down..
2007-12-18, Mito, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Even though I'm in Japan for the holidays- I still seem to be completely booked and busy every weekend, just like any other respectable American during December!
Another brief cultural lesson here:... |
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 | Judi's Birthday party
2007-12-14, Mito, Japan. By: jeccojade | | This week went by soo damn slowly, it felt like it was going backwards!!!
Nothing amazing happened this week. Monday we had our monthly Interac meetings, and beforehand went to an elementary schoo... |
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