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Tama-not-got-chi

Monday, August 16th, 2004

So I`ve gotten a few questions about the whole new Tamagotchi thing so I thought I would let you know now that I am not going to be buying one here nor at home. I want you all to know that not buying one is a deliberate decision i am making. And if you know […]

Other Randomness

Friday, August 13th, 2004

A few more things of note: On my last homestay. It is going to be so sad to say goodbye. I love this family. They are amazing. Went shopping near the train station where i got picked up. We were in a fancy department store, looking at their food stuff (the basement floor is all […]

Friday, August 13th, 2004

Was back at Nose for camps 5 and 6 this week. For camp 5 we had four different groups – one Jr High and the rest were high schools. Two of the schools also had male students, which was a treat since we normally deal with all girls groups. But alas, I was deemed a […]

Yatta!

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

Before I depart back to my beloved Nose I will leave you all with one parting gift. That is Yatta! (Japanese for All right! or Hurray!) It’s the Japanese YMCA. And I do the dance every camp session for laughing Japanese children. Minus the costume. Watch it. Love it. And think of me.

No More Bentos

Saturday, August 7th, 2004

The prob with the training facility was the food. Since the facility didn`t have cooking staff, we had Bento Boxes. Not just for lunch either. For every meal. And funny thing is that they all look the same. You can`t really tell the breakfasts from the lunches from the dinners. Always with a piece or […]

Real Update

Saturday, August 7th, 2004

Upon returning from my first homestay, we started camp session number 2. This time there were 8 girls from a Jr. High School. Uh, 8 girls and 20 ACs. Needless to say camp was a little on the relaxing side. I didn`t even have campers in my cabin there were so few of them (at […]

Randomness

Thursday, August 5th, 2004

A parent came to observe his kid at camp yesterday. He saw his kid was OK and we said “Don’t worry, your son is having lots of fun here with us!”. He replied, “Good! I am having lots of fun with my wife – maybe we will have another baby!”

In Japan…

Thursday, August 5th, 2004

Everyone eats the tails of their shrimpbutNo one eats the skins of grapes!

Hi and Bye!

Sunday, July 25th, 2004

So tomorrow I head back to camp in the AM. As much fun as camp was, this is way more fun. I have 2 little sisters, Himawari (Hi-chan – 6 years old) and Akari (19 months). They are the cutest. Hichan can say `Jenn, come here!` perfectly, so we get along great so long as […]

Pictures from Camp Session #1

Wednesday, July 21st, 2004

From the schools`s website…. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Look for the kid representing canada!