Normally around lunchtime at Yamura I’ll either have paid for and be semi enjoying my school lunch or on my way to 7-11 where I pick up some tasty pre-prepared lunchtime rice+meat thing. Every day I walk to the 7-11 is a day I pass a curious Italian Trattoria. Today I didn’t just pass it, [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Teacher’s conference
30Oct07For the past 18 years of my life those words were synonomous with “day off.” Such is the case no longer. Today the Yamanashi Jet’s spent time in Kofu with our JTE’s learning about team teaching. In case you haven’t had the pleasure this involves watching insanely bad power points (white text on over exposed [...]
I’m up past my bedtime
29Oct07I woke up at 1PM this afternoon. It’s 2AM now. I have to be up at 7AM this morning.
Embarassment
28Oct07Yeah, I think that describes my feelings pretty well over the following news reports:
FEMA carries out a press conference with FEMA employees actings as the only reporters since real journalists weren’t given enough time to arrive for the conference.
They say they’re sorry. This makes me feel much much better. You know what FEMA, since [...]
#100
27Oct07That’s right, this marks my 100th entry since I’ve installed wordpress at mauerpower.net (Note this includes posts before Japan was even a twinkle in my eye. Does not include batteries.)
I want to take this time to thank everyone and anyone who trudges by this site day in and day out to read ramblings about Japan, [...]
