we got a lot to catch up on. on the 11th i spent the day with Rie and her lovely family. They brough me to Fukuoka for the day. we did a lot of siteseeing, and a little bit of shopping. We saw the Yahoo! Dome, and ate lunch at Hard Rock Cafe. It was […]
The number of women in Canadian engineering schools dropped by 20 per cent between 1999 and 2004, according to the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers. The most dramatic drop was in first-year enrolment, the society said. The decline followed a decade in which a record number of Canadian women broke into the male-dominated world of […]
on saturday my host mom kumiko dressed me in a kimono. it took a long time and there were lots of layers and things to tie. then she and akira took me outside and we took lots of pictures. it was fun. but i don’t like most of them, and only posted a few. enjoy. […]
yes, i’m off to visit the old host family tomorrow (tonight, i guess)! i can’t wait to see them all – especially the little girls. i’ll be back sunday night.
I’ve had at least 3 people email to rub in Toronto’s fantastic weather. Don’t get so smug. Last week it was over 20 here and we were running around in T-shirts. So, yeah!
it’s my first picture with my new digicam. see more here! Can’t promise there’s anything exciting… yet. Well, there was snow tonight. But that’s only exciting if you want to snicker at the Canadian who thought she was going to escape winter by moving to the one of the southernmost islands of japan and instead […]
i got a Canon IXY Digital 60 (i think it’s equivalent to an SD450) after lots of soul searching and talking with friends i decided to stick with canon. i know we’ll have a long and happy life together. i nearly delayed a few more days*, but Amanda helped me make the plunge. her slogan […]
i was looking at some weather sites, trying to find one that told me what i wanted to hear about tomorrow’s weather, when i noticed this: these are images from the JAL website. i find the 1st and 4th pretty clear, but i’m not sure what distinguishes between needing a folding umbrella and a […]
chad and i frequent the 100 yen kaiten sushi place that i’ve mentioned (and photographed) before. thursday we went for lunch, and where we sat offered a different perspective on the sushi making process there: he’s making gunkan-maki here, but the same machine is used for nigiri sushi.
That’s japanese for Slip Ups. In Japan you are frequently taking your shoes on and off. In restaurants, it’s not uncommon to sit and eat on a raised platform covered in tatami mats. You eat in socks. When I go into schools they make us put on slippers(the kids themselves have indoor shoes). In japanese […]