SUZALLO

At night, coolest building at UW.
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FOUNTAIN N MOUNTAIN

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IBO NO ITO

The best noodle ever. Yummy! And its from Tatsuno, japan where I used to live. Hand made noodles. Oishiiiiiiiiiii. Found it at Uwajimaya.
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LUV IT

Present from uncle thongbay who found it for 30 bucks down from 99 what a deal. It scans, prints, and other stuff it rocks.
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SHRINKING

158 when I left to japan
147 when I got back from japan
142 this morning
And I ain't even on a diet.
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MY PUMPKIN

My cutie on the plane. Waiting for her to come back. XxooOOXXxx
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WHERE I USED TO LIVE

Growing up just behind Rosauer's grocery.
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WOW

All national geographic issues since 1888. That is pretty cool love the stuff they do and their photography. Can't really take em with me to the toilet anymore though. Mmmm recycle the old copies I got.
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COLD UP HERE

Takes a bit getting used to being bald but I think I like it now. Always wondered what it would be like. Kinda like one of my high school baseball kids I taught. Well save money on shampoo, gel, wax and all that stuff. But sure gets cold up top.
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WOW SHONEN JUMP

I couldn't believe seeing the famous weekly comic at fred meyer and it was all in english and cheap. Just 5 bucks. I wanna read it but I want to read the japanese version. Heck I don't think I could even finish the english one. Talk about manga boom in america. Even the fat guy at the wendy's was telling me how he loves japanes anime and manga. And this is spokane folks.
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SHOPPING IN THE COLD

Cold day in spokane I think it was like 27 degrees when I stepped out, it even was snowing lightly. Stopped by fred meyer to get some sale goodies. Got a new cereal, organic and on sale two things that clicked my wallet but not my taste buds, eeewww not good at all. Guess I am getting weak all bundled up when I saw a girl just wearing a mini skirt in the parking lot. That be summer wear, guess they tough now a days.
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GREASY N GOOD

Been awhile to get a yummy burger maybe even 3 weeks wow. Got the cheapie 3 dollar meal but then got suckered into getting the baked potato. Can't resist the baked potato and for 1.39 that's a great deal.
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GETTING ON

LAST MEAL IN JAPAN

PACKING TIME

before seattle

マクド海老バーガー

MOSQUITO UPDATE

just waiting in the car i got 4 mosquito biteswithin 3 minutes, yesterday i got 5 bites and the other day 4 bites i killed the guy today but damn it itchy.

VIEW OF RICE FIELDS

today is a really nice day! havent slept well for a couple months maybe too many things to do. every morning i wakeup to see the rice fields, a little country side here, mosquitos are vicious, two to three bites a day, in exchange i kill two to three a day, got daily encounters with cockroaches, yuck, but its all good its nature, its natural, just gotta live and scratch with it.

NEW FRIEND

pigeon pumpkin

OISHI

not kirin, asahi, but some fine special white beer

VIETNAM BEER

in japan, oishi

電車

train to tenri, nara

NET FISHING

me and harada sensei went fishing on the ibogawa

FISHING BOOTS

these boots are made for fishing, but damn rubber boots and no socks ouch.

GOT FISH

sweet fish aka aiu in
japanese, got 6 of em, prized river fish, its like catching salmon

BEST ICE CREAM EVER

16

cant believe i have been working out since i was 16, before i could say i have been working out for 10years, but 16 feels forever, oh i feel old.

TOILETS

i love the little shelfwhere you can put your belongings, every toilet has it, it is a japanese must. brings the thought of the salaryman taking a whizz talking on the phone, holding a briefcase, newspaper in his armpit, and one hand while peeing, such skill, i would have dropped the paper and peed on my pants.

OUCH

walking on little stones hurt!

NUMBER 1 AND 2

when i need to do my biz i visit this public facility, home away from home.

MY FAVORITE

i looooooove japanese pastry and cakes, its the best in the world! perfect taste, not too sweet like american stuff, chinese is good but doesnt compare oh i gonna miss this stuff.

ANTS IN MY PANTS

well pretty close, got the lovely ant bait today, hope these guys take the goody food to their base

NAOSHIMA

the other day went to naoshima with kayo, ogawa, noriko, morita, and masako, 2nd time around beautiful sunny weather in the mid 80s. cute little island transformed into an art tourist attraction, maybe too much influence cuz when we visited the little ladys house even she said no photos, i think just stingy.

GOOD STUFF

love the milk ice from morinaga.

BREAKFAST

パンプキンの朝ご飯

TIME OUT

moving and cleaning makes you tired.

誰？

who is that in my steam egg?

MOSQUITO BITES

hate them, and even worse in japan, i got mosquito raped this year, damn japanese summer is tough

MOVING

not fun

CORN IN A BAG

corn in a air tight bag 2 bucks for one or
10 for 1 buck, mmmm
damn japanese food prices

EASY IN EASY OUT 0.3 SECONDS

TOILET PAPER CUTTING

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MC DONALDS

some things dont change like eating at mc donalds, well not sure whats different any more sitting at mc donalds, maybe kids connecting to mc donalds internet to play dragon quest on
their nintendo ds, or iordered a shrimp burgernot sure if they got that back home but i am lovin it, toy of the week is ice age 3 and not doraemon, mmm or maybe i ate my potato not french fries like we call it without ketchup, most japanese dont eat potato with ketchup, most likely compliment wouldbe mayo, which tastes not bad

as for most people the burger would be main, but pumpkin loves potatoand considers that main,well good news for me as i devour burgers and she chomps on fries

size, large drink well is not that large, more like medium size, ditto for the fries

anyways nothing beats a 150yen strawberry sundae, 1.50 for usa

I LOVE PRUNES

living in japan, i can say my diet is not the best, not enough veggies, not enough wheat, well i dont visit the bathroom enough to deliver a number two. changing strategy i ate a weeks worth of prunes and cranberries for breakfast. lets say after that the magic appeared, maybe a little too much magic. visited the boys room more than 5 times, lets say my ass hurts.

SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT

No matter what country you are in you are gonna have car problems. now i am sitting with pumpkin in the parking lot because the car engine dies after 30 seconds. not good to drive home maybe changing the timing belt was not a good, back to the same car mechanic車技手〓.

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hello

V DAY

Another old post I found ..

It was Valentine's Day in Japan, so me and Kayo decided to grab a movie and something to eat.

Benjamin Button - Great movie! Bit long but it made you think and kept you wondering. Haven't seen a good movie in a long time, could be one of my favorites. Brad Pitt growing in reverse from grandpa to child made me think of how time flies by, and how things change, and how people come and go, a real deep down thought movie that everyone should check out.

Dinner at Len - After the movie we wanted some steak, but it was a little late so we thought some nice asian dinning would be nice across the street. Before i didn't like Len but I rediscovered some nice food. Was always looking for pho in Japan, and low and behold it was just right here in Himeji, damn. Got the fried shrimp pho, yum! Oyster sauce beef and some spring rolls, just say it was some damn good food and got really full, had to skip desert, came out to about 35 bucks for two, not bad.

Karaoke - After dinner stopped by Shidax for a little karaoke, just love the free time, sing all you want from 12-5am, for about 15 bucks. Didn't quite make it til 5am but it was nice to relax and take your time and get in some practice. Will miss the cheap and good karaoke when i go back to the USA. They even upgraded their menu, now its all bling bling with wine instead of the usual cocktail and beer. And yeah of course there is strawberry all over the desert menu, must be the year of the strawberry boom, just last year it was all about the mango.

TEST DAY

Found this old post .. maybe i forgot to upload it but here it is ...

Oh! Lucky today, I got home at 9pm. I was making the 2nd test for the 2.4 class, but then my headache forced me home. Well now getting ready to work again and finish up the test hopefully before morning!

ORAL TEST
This time the 1st graders were blessed by the sounds of Ben E King rather than my lovely voice. Usually I read something for listening, but today I choose to play Stand By Me for listening. A lot of the kids knew the song and liked it, good choice, pat on my back. Plus its used every year in random commercials. Teachers at Toyo are great, they always pull together. Today, Mr Harada, Mr Iseda and Mr Yamanaka were so helpful in checking the classes and everything, I couldnt have done it without them. Just a little hiccups in the test here and there, we caught them all and even one of the advanced kids couldnt read the words on the horoscope picture, cry baby. Anyways another good test, now the hard part, checking all 500 of them!!!

抹茶豆ミルクとケーキ

日本のケーキは離れるはとてもさびしくなる！美味しかった！！！

モスバーがー

変なバーがー！！何が楽しいん？　バーがーの間中はなかなったん！それはボッタクリ！！

蕎麦

コンビにの蕎麦大好き！

学校とマスク

まず僕の日本語は下手けど頑張ろう。。。一週間休み、休校、新型インフルエンザから。皆の生徒はめちゃ元気、皆は気分がいいを見たい。誰も新型インフルエンザ感染したなかった、良かったね。校長先生の指揮は授業中すべての先生マスクを付ける。これは初めて、アメリカ人はマスクをあまり付かないが問題ない。皆の安全最も重要な事があるんから。芝原先生から四つマスクを貰った。そのマスクは医者のマスク見たい。マスクの一方は緑でもう一方は白、どちが表か裏誰も分からない、先生は半分緑は表残り白は表ちょっと面白かった。生徒も私にそのマスクの質問を聞いた。マーケンのマスクは緑けど先の先生のマスクは白、誰が間違う？めちゃ面白い！それで生徒にほこり説明を教えた。表は緑、ほこり付いたら時は見やすいから。

休校

No school for one week because of swine flu. All schools in Hyogo and Osaka are closed. Elementary, Junior High, Senior High, thats about 1200000 students.

手？

Hans and Frans would be happy to see their name on the sign. "We want to pump you up!"

兵庫県の知事井戸敏三

Hyogo prefrecture governor Toshizo Ito, 兵庫県の知事井戸敏三　makes his speech to the crowd of private high school teachers and principals. Its election year so the big politicians gather everyone to talk about the future of education or was it to collect votes? Anyways the cool thing the governor is from Tatsuno, Shingu where I used to live, and his birthday is August 10th, Leo just like me.

新型インフルエンザ

The swine flu has arrived in Japan, masks are sold out, school is closed. Japan is probably the most country most used to wearing masks either for allergy season, or in winter the common cold season. So it kinda looks like a normal day.

On the side note i havent updated my blog for ages. Well I have been crazy busy. But with the swine flu going around, school has been closed for a week, good news there, so I can play with my blog and photos. The bad news, gotta make it up in the HOT HUMID summer, fuck. I would rather teach classes now. Oh well. Kids, they got no school, no juku, nothing to do, they just chillin all over town. Its kinda funny. The flu thing has been taking way overboard. Nobody has died, its just as serious as the common flu, which isn't all that bad. Japanese wear masks on a regular basis, kinda looks like a normal day with all the masks. Only thing is at the store they are all sold out. And then you got your Moss Burger workers and every other store workers wearing masks, kinda funny.