u2prnce said:

Hello!

And thanks...

shellyevon said:

Yeah, I'm going to try to get my ass in gear and post some pics soon. I do have some already, but I'd rather wait until I have a few that can do this area justice.
[Edited 4/17/06 4:15am]

senik said:

Hey senik.

We haven't communicated much but I've always appreciated your posts, so I'm glad to see you on this thread. And thanks.

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SHANNA said:

Hello.

How are things, pretty lady?

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retina said:

Any time.





boo.

Sounds like an amazing place, I love the way it seems so ordered and self-sufficent, it sounds pretty cool.

LleeLlee said:

not as cool as Brooklyn!

Imago said:

I agree

littlemissG said:

Every time they call me that it makes me feel like Mr Miyagi.



I'm glad to hear that.



Well, most aren't that small but there are few very huge apartments available, so what you heard is right in that sense. I'm a meter man and not a foot man, so all I can tell you is that my apartment is 41 m2. Not bad at all for one person, methinks.



I've tried to find out but like I said earlier on this thread, there just aren't any such vending machines around. I've talked to people who have lived in Tokyo for years and years and hung out in both nightclub areas and other seedy places but nobody seems to ever have seen one. That being said, they might exist in special fetish stores somewhere.



More often than they brush their teeth I think. Their dental hygiene is generally terrible. Floss is unheard of.



Unfortunately not, because it isn't rude to wipe your nose. Or you could let it drip into your face mask that you most likely will be wearing if you have a cold. If I get on a bus I'd say at least two or three people on average will be wearing face masks to protect their fellow citizens from the cold they're having. It's incredibly considerate but looks a bit eerie.



They're junior high school students, so 12-14. I will also teach a day or two at kindergarten (which will be fun) but it's junior high for most of the year. They're generally very well-behaved but sometimes they can be a bit mischievous. Especially the girls actually.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

Glad you liked it. I'll get to the picture posting asap.

remember not to wear toilet slippers in public!

and have fun in japan. it's a cool place to visit. btw the way when i lived there you could indeed find just about anything at all in vending machines. you want to find the red light district first. there they be

sawah said:

Thanks!

And yeah - it is going well. But sometimes it can be tough to handle too.

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emm said:

I've missed you too, you know that.



Not yet. It won't be until a month from now, I think. And then the next time will be even further off in the future. It'll be fun when it happens though, and will probably feel like a welcome break from the teenagers.



Happy Easter to you too! I actually forgot about easter this year. Since they don't celebrate it here at all, there was nothing to remind me that it was happening.

Are you allowed to beat their asses if they disobey you?

emm said:

I said "Where can I buy potatoes?". I love potatoes but they're more rare than a wrongly combed strand of hair on Prince's head.

LleeLlee said:

You can call it "cool" and "interesting" and "fascinating" and be dead right. However, on a different day you might want to call it "unbearable", "fascist" and "oppressive" and be just as right.

Imago said:

They don't. And the Japanese teacher that I work with is responsible for disciplining them the few times it's actually needed, so I can just relax and be the "good cop".

retina said:

I really dont think I could deal with that!

susannah said:

sweet potatoes are readily available. he won't suffer long

hey baby! good to have you back and i'm glad to see you made it safely. it all sounds fun! make sure you take pictures of your students and the food to!

XxAxX said:

Sweet potatoes are ok, but its just not the same!

i'm gonna tell my kids "hmmm that may be difficult"

Imago said:

I'm facinated by your improvisational spelling technique.

retina said:

i wouldn't be able to survive

maybe i should send a care package of floss and the best potatoes in the world... the ones grown on my parents farm! gee that wouldn't be too expensive to send in the mail at all, would it??

applekisses said:

It's a wonder you have the hots for Drew Carey.

brownsugar said:

I missed you, sugar!



Yeah, it is mostly fun. Today the other teachers made me eat "nato", which was fermented beans mixed together with some kind of unidentifiable syrupy substance. When they were done laughing at my attempts to swallow the third bean (out of the 50 or so they had served me) they gave me a "rice sweet" which came wrapped in a leaf. The "sweet" itself looked a little bit like a rotting cow tongue and tasted like rice gone bad.

It was still kind of fun though. Especially the discussion (in gestures/English/Japanese) that followed the three questions that everybody asks me, no matter if they're male or female, young or old:

1. How old are you?
2. Are you married?
3. Do you like Japanese women?





I'll take some of the food.

I can't take pictures of the students though. It's against school rules.

emm said:

Your postcard was more than enough (I got it yesterday). Thank you lots and lots! Very caring and sweet of you!

i can't believe it got to you already!
that's faster than it would have gone to my parents when they were in arizona!