cat hat
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006Look! I finished my hat! I don’t like my pompoms, so i’ll go without for now. And I’ll fix the hole, don’t worry.
Look! I finished my hat! I don’t like my pompoms, so i’ll go without for now. And I’ll fix the hole, don’t worry.
this morning i taught my first 2 classes. i was working on comprehension, so was told to make up a simple story for the kids about canada and ask them questions. i told them about how in Canada it is very cold and there is so much snow we cannot drive cars. but not to […]
on sunday we woke up and made miso soup from scratch for breakfast. Nachan is my cooking sensei as well as my japanese sensei. i got a sweet deal. then i met a few of nachan’s customers who seemed to come an hour early to talk to me before their appointments (i feel like her […]
Saturday after work I headed downtown with the other interns to explore. The main shopping drag is a covered pedestrian walkway that spans many blocks. Nachan was at her french lessons so we met at Starbucks at 6. Now, I was dressed in a sweatshirt and jeans so you can imagine how surprised I was […]
That’s me and my host sister. It’s not a great picture, but beggars can’t be choosers you know.
so all of a sudden the music in the bar turns off and this man takes a guitar and starts singing in japanese. kendall told us the song was about us. luckily, every second chorus was in english with “I’m not japanese, i’m not the same as you”
After work yesterday I went to my host family’s house. I’m staying with Na-chan. She’s 30, single and lives in a very small apartment. I did my best to unpack my stuff into a closet (I left a lot of stuff here at the office) and then we went out to dinner. Now, Na-chan doesn’t […]
Congratulations to Reshma-ben for correctly guessing that I left my digital camera at home. I guess of all places to buy a new camera, this is pretty much the best one.