East(ern family) meets West(ern family)
The below was written a few weeks ago, but what with spending time with my parents (and extra time, due to volcano-related-enforced-stuck-in-Japan-ness) and starting the new term, internet access has been...
Category: Homestay
Goodbye Homestay
A few pictures from my last homestay (I don’t think I have posted any so far) of Hiroko and Misaki on Thursday night when I cooked them cottage pie: (We didn’t...
A weird experience with a six year old
I was planning to do some work this evening (just as I plan to do every day but never get around to because I squander all my time playing on the...
Rest of the weekend: Sunday
Monday was a public holiday here, which was lucky as it meant I had a full weekend despite moving house. This was particularly good as I’ve only got a few weekends...
New house, new family
The weekend, and the time to move house had finally arrived. I was feeling a bit fuzzy headed as the previous night was my last post-training drinkie sesh with Kousei, Izumi...
Newz
So, a few things to report. 1. I have just emailed my CV off to Interac, who got back to me this morning asking for a copy of it. I tarted...
Follow-up: Staying in School
I forgot to say… As a follow-up to this post, I have been assigned a new host family in a place called Kachidoki; a mere two metro stops from where I...
Meh
I am feeling generally crappy. I took yesterday (Monday) off college as I woke up and my throat was really sore. After telling Yukiko that college was off the agenda I...
Shibamata
This weekends family outing was to Shibamata, an old town in the Katsushika district just outside Tokyo. We went to visit the Taishaku-ten Nichiren Buddhist Temple – a particularly beatiful temple...
Last weekend
It’s Friday, so time for a rushed post about last weekend! Saturday saw the Suzuki’s and Fiona-san jump on a boat fom Toyosu up the Sumida River to Asakusa. It’s a...
