Masahiko Ono rules. After spending the day packed in an apartment with friends from all over Yamanashi-ken and then continuing onto a karaoke bar, Rick, Marissa, Jessica, and I joined Ono-sensei’s family at their house for an incredible amount of food, drink, and then, more karaoke.
Fanatastic and exhausting. I want more Saturdays like this if [...]
Archive for April, 2008
I stand by my earlier statements
27Apr08Ono (Oh no!) sensei is the replacement for Kunugi sensei and has been at Yamura since the beginning of April. He’s young, 24, and is straight out of his masters program. He’s also intelligent, good at colloquial English, comfortable with himself, and a damn good ally at school.
If I had known I would be getting [...]
Last night
23Apr08I spoke to Sallie for the first time in a long time. We had a nice chat, made each other laugh, and so on and so on. Instead of going on some high-school like lamentation about how my life is so hard, and only blink 182 understands, I’ll share this email I just sent her.
Today, [...]








