 | Last Entry From Sakai
2005-08-29, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | After weeks of waiting for my russian invitation it finally came this morning. I ran over to the consulate, paid the $250 via application fee (i.e. "bribe"), and was told that it would be ready for pi... |
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 | Hiroshima
2005-08-08, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | Christine and I took a weekend trip to Hiroshima for the 60th anniversary atomic bombing ceremonies. To cut back on expenses, we opted for the cheap but slow 7 hour local train trip as opposed to the ... |
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 | Okinawa
2005-07-10, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | 20 percent US military base, and a fusion of chinese and japanese culture, it's understandable if okinawa has a bit of an identity crisis. Nick, Eddie, Karou, Christine, and I spent four days in a ren... |
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 | Harumidai Junior High School
2005-07-09, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | I've been teaching at Harumidai since the beginning of April. It's within biking distance of home, the grounds are huge, and only about 430 students (as opposed to about 600 at my other schools) who a... |
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 | Chanel's Visit!!
2005-06-01, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | This month, with chanel's visit and my trip to shikoku, has seemed like one big vacation. Chanel came on the 17th and left yesterday on the 31st - it was such a pleasure to show my loved one around Ja... |
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 | Golden Week
2005-05-09, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | Linnley, Karou, and I spent the golden week holiday trekking through parts of Shikoku, a little toured island to the west of Osaka perhaps best known for its 88 temple trek and sparse (by japanese sta... |
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 | Ohama Junior High School
2005-03-09, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | With graduation coming up this friday I figured it was about time I posted some words and pictures about Ohama Junior High School the second of three junior high schools that I am/will be posted at.
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 | Long time no post...
2005-02-10, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | Attribute the lack of a recent post to “The Great Computer Melt-Down of 2004-2005” – for the past two months I have been on the phone with Dell reps in multiple countries in multiple languages. Curren... |
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 | Mino, School, Parties, and the Holiday season
2004-12-13, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | A couple more days until I finish up my term at Ryonan Junior High and return back to the States for the break. Quickly, I’ll try to cover some of the highlights of the past month:
1. We had a rea... |
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 | More School, Halloween, and Bush
2004-11-09, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | Long time no post - and to be honest that is mostly do to the fact that not too much as happened in the past month. I go to work five days a week leaving at about 7:30 and getting back around 5:15 an... |
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 | Birthday and Sports Day
2004-10-03, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | I was so lucky – my birthday just happened to coincide with Sports Day, a day where Japanese junior high students participate in various athletic activities and their parents come to support and cheer... |
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 | Trip to Koya-san
2004-09-26, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | In the time since I've last posted, I've gotten to take two trips: one home to the states and the other to Koya-san, a nearby mountain complex of all things Buddhist.
The trip home was really relax... |
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 | Whole lotta shaking going on....
2004-09-09, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | Of all the things I was told about Japan and the JET program before I arrived no one mentioned a thing about natural disasters. In the past 4 days we've had about 7 seven major earthquakes and a typho... |
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 | School, Earthquake, etc.
2004-09-05, Sakai, Japan. By: crgoss | | So I started school on Wednesday...three days of work and all together I have a very favorable impression of my school and the people and I am really excited about working there until the end of the s... |
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