Nachan is an Esthe (japanese for Esthetician). She is also an instructor, and teaches students how to give facials and hand massages etc. Last night I was their willing “victim” as they practiced their technique. I think Nachan is an excellent teacher!
so i’m here working on curriculum and materials development for english teaching in japan. among other things we’re working on a language DVD. for part of the DVD they want us to look like certain characters. so i am being Anpanman. I got to do arts and crafts, and my costume turned out pretty well: […]
on wednesday evening i went to dinner. it was myself, nachan, another woman and then three men. first we went to dejima warf to a chinese restaraunt (chinese sake is very good) and then to a bar downtown called psybar that was pretty damn cool. The men paid for everything. I assumed they were friends […]
see, i do cook. until today i only had chad’s pictures, but now have uploaded mine and nachans. so there.
last night nachan’s friend miki came over to teach us to make soba. first, you had to knead the dough. then we had to roll it. we had a contest – foreigners vs japanese – to see who could roll a better sheet. we rocked out, and even had to help our Japanese friends finish […]
here is an album of my japan pictures so far… they’re all labeled and include kagoshima so knock yourself out. the set will grow as i get more pics… anyway, i gotta run…
on thursday night i ended up out until 3:00. pictures and stories to follow. i ate horse meat. friday AM we caught a 9:30 train to kagoshima – a place that’s known for its volcano. we arrived around two, and caught a ferry to the volcanic island. by the time we got there we had […]
After our guests left, I was all set for a quiet evening. Who knew that was not to be. Nachan got a call, and then told me we were going to Shu’s Cafe for a little while. “Sure sounds good” Turns out there was a foreigner there, and they thought we would be friends or […]
Last night I got home to Nachan’s and three of her friends – Panchan (Pan as in Panda since she wears lots of black and white), Natsuki and Krara. Now, Panchan and I have met before, and this time she gave me a gift – a fan. Now, I think of fans as decorative, but […]
Yesterday we ventured across the street onto the campus of Nagasaki Daigaku (Nagasaki University) for lunch and braved the crowd at the cafeteria. It took a second to orient myself – Curry here, noodles there, salad and some other random stuff – and then I dove right in. I even went to someone else’s table […]