 | Namaze ni tomodachi no haiking o shimashita
2007-08-13, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Yes, it means "I went hiking in Namaze with my friends."
So yeah, thought I'd add some more pics up of a hiking trip I went on with some friends. We only traveled about 15 minutes outside of Osaka... |
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| I got another new job!
2007-07-20, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Woo!!! Update Update! So yeah, I accepted a job as an assistant language teacher at a junior high school in Sakai! I will be starting at the beginning of September. Sakai is a decent-sized city (8... |
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| Wow, it's been awhile!
2007-06-18, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Hey everybody! So yeah, my apologies for not writing a story for over two months. I just kinda forgot and time's been flying by!
So yeah, a lot has happened, I guess. Still teaching with Nova in... |
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| The Host Boys of Dotonbori
2007-04-07, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | So yeah, I walk down this busy street at least twice a week. During the day, it has restaurants, a little shopping, and lots of tourists. But at night, which when I am usually walking in this area, ... |
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| It's been awhile kiddies
2007-03-30, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Hey there everybody. So my journalwriting has gone down the toilet recently. No huge crazy news yet. Things are calming down and I'm getting into the swing of things.
My buttplug of a roommate i... |
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| Cool new update!
2007-03-08, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Ok so nothing super new going on. Went snowboarding last week, busted my ass a few times. Discovered an awesome new hangout, and found out about a new roommate.
So snowboarding...Last Tuesday I w... |
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| Ha! I'm not well.
2007-02-26, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | So yeah. My apologies to everyone else that isn't my dad for that last journal entry. I was feeling a bit, how do you say...."emotional" last night. Perhaps that story could have just been written ... |
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| at a new Internet cafe!
2007-01-21, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Hey cats and kittens! Ok, so no pictures up quite yet. Still waiting on a computer and we're getting internet acces at the apartment soon. Had my first full day of work today. I taught 8 English c... |
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| First real day of training
2007-01-14, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | So orientation was yesterday for only an hour and a half. Mick the Hot Brit was in my orientation and I was supposed to train with him today, but he overslept. So it was just me and my trainer from ... |
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| Met some more English-speaking kids!
2007-01-14, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Our work organized a time and place for new instructors in the Osaka area to meet up. My roommate and I ended up meeting six other instructors who all arrived in Osaka around the same time as we did.... |
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| Let's finish what I was saying
2007-01-13, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | Sorry about the drop midstory
Anyways, like I was saying...
My roommates are pretty cool. One is an Islamic Australian (a first for me). She has been here about 9 1/2 months and majored in Jap... |
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| Eigo ga hanashimas ka.
2007-01-12, Osaka-shi, Japan. By: superjo | | One of the few key phrases I learned in the US before I came out here (Do you speak English?)
So here I am sitting at an Internet cafe in downtown Osaka trying to master the Japanese keyboards. ... |
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