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Friday, October 21, 2005
10:45 AM
so what has been going on here in miyako? well.. let`s see. school has been going well generally speaking, i am feeling happier and more comfortable in the classroom. i am now beginning to enjoy tweaking ideas and lessons to make for positive learning experiences in all of my classes. i am also getting to know my teachers better which has been nice, and feel more like a contributing team member.
apart ca, la vie roule bien en general. ma semaine est assez occupee, je prend des cours de sanshin (instrument japonais) deux fois par semaine et un cours de yoga une fois par semaine le jeudi soir. c`est vraiment la joie ce cours, situe dans une petite maison japonaise en plein milieu de la campagne. nous ne sommes que 3 ou 4 eleves, moi et des femmes japonaises dans la cinquantaine. et c`est un cours assez avance, avec de la meditation a la fin au son des fredonnements des crickets.
la fin de semaine je suis souvent soit en train de dormir ou bien rendue a la plage, et le soir a la decouverte des nombreux restaurants et bars caches dans les petites ruelles de miyako. dernierement la temperature a baisse, ce qui fait BEAUCOUP de bien. je peux maintenant dormir la nuit sans l`air climatise! youpi!
next month i am setting off to okinawa mainland for our mid-year conference, and then for the week-end to TOKYO, for which i am totally pumped. i will be flying over with janine and stuart, and meeting up with some montrealers!
so there you have an update. i miss everyone and look forward to hearing news.
j`espere que tout le monde se porte bien. j`ai hate d`avoir de vos nouvelles!
xo julia
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
2:52 PM
this was taken a while back, when jackie was here in early september. actually it was the night before she left, and also my welcome party for irabu high school. whenever there are parties with these teachers, it is a blast!
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
11:35 AM
i wasn't too thrilled about it as you may or may not be able to recognize by the expression on my face. especially since pantu turned out to be a drunken pantu who basically thre me up agains that back wall you can see in the photo. ouch
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Monday, October 03, 2005
2:56 PM
Hi Julia!
tonight starts the crazy, hilarious Paantu festival.
tonight, the running shoe clad spirit of good fortune arises from his muddy pond. for three nights he will bless babies, and bestow good luck upon onlookers who flee gleefully from his slime only to be overtaken by his amazing speed and slathered with his lucky mud.
it is not a night for the faint of heart, but i feel confident that we gaijin, using the safety of numbers, can observe this most unique of all lunar phenomenon and get some really good photos to add to the visual evidence that suggests...
Miayko is a quirky place.
hope you can make it!
let's meet at A&W at 6 and caravan over all together. hopefully we can all fit in one car so that we can jabber and sing nonsense songs in transit.
kim
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