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Thursday, September 29, 2005
11:06 AM
below is a student essay that an english teacher translated into english. i have a sneaking suspicion that it may in fact have been translated through a free online service.. hm. anyhow it is my job to correct it. yippee!
Okinawa-Hawaii Student Exchange Program
- What I hope to gain from the Okinawa-Hawaii Exchange Program-
I have been studied English since I was in third grade of elementary school. Since then, English has been always part of my life and. And gradually I began to think to get a job using English in the future. The more I learned English conversation, the more I was interested in the culture and the customs of other countries which using English. Then I went to Seattle for home staying program for one month when I was junior high school student. Through this program, I learned I have to know not only their language but also their culture correctly, otherwise I would misuse the language and I can’t communicate each other.
In this exchange program, it will be good chance to know about high school students in Hawaii how they spend their life and what they have view in their future or value. Also I would like to learn live English. Furthermore, through exchanging culture and history, we will understand each other deeply. From the second grade of the elementary school, I have learned the calligraphy. So, I will introduce the uniqueness of the calligraphy such as the delicate line of the brush, contrast of the color, black and white and the beauty of blank space of the paper. On the other hand, I was active as a member of the Okinawan dram group, Ryukyu koku matsuridaiko when I was junior high school students. I am sure it can touch Hawaiian people’s heart as an Okinawan traditional entertainment if I perform it. In addition, I would like to think together about world environment issues because my school, Miyako Agricuture and Forestry High School has been devoted to protecting the water pollution of Miyako Island. It is important to think of environmental problem worldly and I will talk to them about it and I would like to know policy about environment and way of conservation in Hawaii.
I hope to join this exchange program to do the substantial exchange with getting the knowledge of culture related closely with Hawaiian people and I will gain these as my knowledge.
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Friday, September 23, 2005
7:40 PM
Welcome to a common japanese convenience store, where i sometimes buy lunch (bento) and often buy drinks and snacks.
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Monday, September 19, 2005
10:02 PM
my puppy!!! i was overjoyed to see that
a. he remembered me (see the kiss)
b. he has a loving owner
c. he is still as cute as ever
i was in shock..
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10:00 PM
except that upon close inspection we realised it was a female. oh well. let's still stick with paco.
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9:59 PM
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9:58 PM
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9:56 PM
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8:53 PM
that we had a little while ago.. we made our own. mine fell apart.
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8:48 PM
this is a picture from Janine's sports day.. I thought it was so damn cute, the little girl on the left is wearing her glasses and hat..
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Sunday, September 18, 2005
9:41 AM
good morning, i found this little map and thought it demonstrated well where i live vis-a-vis mainland Japan. please note, though, that the flashing red dote corresponds to mainland Okinawa, and i live approximately 285 kilometers away to the south west. you can actually see miyako, its the third island to the right of taiwan!
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Friday, September 16, 2005
7:36 AM
.. a whole new blog! thanks to my talented friend stu (www.thingsimade.com)
thanks stu for making my blog beautiful. notice the delicious looking okinawan dragon fruit at the top.
im so happy !
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Wednesday, September 07, 2005
10:18 AM
here it is at last:
home address:
Wakugawa copo 2-D
Nishizato 600 Hirarashi
Okinawa, Japan 906-0012
work e-mail address:
irabuh21@open.ed.jp
mobile:
+81-90-9787-5270
mobile e-mail: juliaaynsley@ezweb.ne.jp
i have also put it all in my profile.
please use wisely. :-)
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9:28 AM
that i really adore and feel happy in.
there are more photos on my flickr page, including the first day i moved in and my toilet room.
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9:26 AM
... and looking possessed while eating alphabet cookies. yum
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9:25 AM
delicious tea at a local joint
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Monday, September 05, 2005
1:39 PM
so i now have a flickr account where i will upload all my photos, located here.
so far i only have my trip to new york in july, but soon i will add all of my japan photos, including some of my apartment, etc.
i have also added a quick link in the link bar on the left <--
so, as my japanese teachers would say, let`s enjoy together :-)
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12:52 PM
with jax.
snif.
she left @ 6 AM saturday morning on a boat to taiwan.
the apartment is empty without her.
i miss her!
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
3:08 PM
so.. here i sit in the empty teacher`s room of norin senior highschool. why empty, you may ask? well, its most likely because this is an agricultural school and the teachers are all out in the fields with the kids! either that or something is happening that i am completely unaware of. there are, after all, 50 teachers who sit in this room so...
in the latest, monday was my first official day at Irabuh senior highschool, and today my first official day here at norin. first official days involve a few things:
formal dress, 2 speaches, one in front of the teachers in the morning meeting in japanese (gulp) and the other in front of the entire school in english and japanese (triple gulp) both went ok though, so no worries. on monday i also had to teach my first class which went ok, but the kids weren`t that into it.. gotta love those teens. again, no worries.. next time i will simply have to bring my whip and everything should run smoothly. :-)
My school schedule is as follows: monday, wednesday and friday: irabuh (on a seperate island called irabuh!) tuesday, a mechanical school called kogyo, and thursday, the agricultural school of norin where i now sit.
alors voila un resume de ce qui se passe ici. samedi matin a 6 heures jackie prend le bateau pour taiwan et ensuite l`avion a partir de taiwan pour le vietnam. quelle enorme tristesse pour moi. cela fait maintenant 2 semaines que nous vivons ensemble et ca fait tellement du bien l`avoir a mon cote en tous temps! specialement cette semaine avec l`angoisse associee au debut des cours. en meme temps, j`ai hate de lire de son aventure imminente!!
j`espere que tout le monde va bien a la maison et partout
je vous embrasse
j
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