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boxing at costco

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the new mr yoshida

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i didnt know bamboo chopsticks had nodes

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paper wet towels??? wet paper towels???

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one million dollars ... muhhhhaa .... i mean yen ... muhhhhaaa ... thats still alot of money

東洋高校古食堂

The nice ladies from the old cafeteria. I will miss them, everyday they were so nice to me and everyone, kinda made things homey. Only 3 of them transfered to the new cafeteria, but its just not the same, bummer.

日本語の勉強をしていますよ

studying Japanese has gone too another level, called the shower, as my new best friend the plastic laminator has allowed me to .... mmm ... waterproof my studies

GOT JACKED AGAIN

Yesterday, came back to my bike and guess what my back flashing red light was gone. Damn, got jacked again! That was like my third bike light and it was at school. Its always like 12 bucks, and I have to go to Osaka to get the dumb battery operated light, cuz its too country over here to find one, oh well not worth crying over it, or in japanese "shoganai". As for the weather its been getting cooler at night, even going home today felt a bit chillin, think it came out around 58 degrees F. Ah and the parents are in the country. Japan it is, so I am happy they could come even though its been 5 years, hahaha. Gonna meet them this weekend in Kyoto, I will be happy to see them.

ラオス

Mekong river, Luang Prabang, Laos

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Luang Prabang, Laos

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view from Mount Phousi in Luang Prabang

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Found some old pics of my trip to Laos about two years ago, decided to upload some ... the old royal palace in Luang Prabang

RED SOX SWEEP THE WORLD SERIES

Another year, another win for the Red Sox! With a 4-0 sweep over the Rockies, the Red Sox won it all with the help of Matsuzaka and Okajima, great work guys! As for the Mariners thats another story waiting to be told next year, hopefully they will do better!

NEET

NEET? What is it? Its Japanese English! One day one of the teachers asked "what do you want to be in the future?". Most students gave the usual, "I want to be a engineer, doctor, teacher, etc" but one student wrote "I want to be NEET". I thought it was a mispelling of the word "neat" but it didn't make sense, so I asked my teacher. He said it is short for ... "Not in Education, Employment, or Training". Wow, I thought that is a neat answer.

東洋大姫路高校体育祭

mr sato, who looks just like the Japanese comedian named "kirin"　... he wants to be the next college football stud

THROWING THE FOOTBALL

Today was a continuation of mid term tests, so in the morning corrected some (better than final time when i have all 15 classes compared to 2 this time) and delivered some tests. Observed an math class, interesting how universal math is. Probably the only class you can take without understanding what the teacher is saying. Math is math wherever you are in the world. After class I went to grab some lunch at the cafeteria and ran into the soccer crew. One of the guys, Mr Sato, aka Kirin (looks like the comedian guy) wants to play football in college. He is pretty buff, but doesn't know anything about football. Suggested some positions, RB you are the man, WR you are pimping, FS you can run and kill, QB don't do it people want to kill ya. He brought his own ball so we were throwing it around with his soccer crew. Probably the first time any of them threw a football before, taught them some different ways to throw and showed them a couple drills. It was fun to throw in the sun rather than be in class.

SUNSET

Outside my window is this little mountain or hill. Every sunset I always look toward it and see this building in the shadows, I always wonder what it is, maybe one day I will go up there, but for now I will just enjoy the sights from my window.

SUNSET

It was a nice day in Himeji today, so I decided to take a pic before the clouds swallowed up the sun.

NICE WEATHER

This week is mid-term week for the kids. Tests started today, Tuesday thru Friday. They have about 2 to 3 tests for 4 days. Talk about not fun. Anyways, good news for me, I get out around noonish to enjoy the day, if I had a car, so I will exchange that time to ride gracefully on my bright yellow bike in the perfect autumn weather. I love autumn here in Japan, why can't it be like this year round. Reminds me of the Seattle summers! It was so nice that I came back to my apartment to chill inside and talk to Ace and Ark back home, ha ha ha.

PEARLY WHITES

Had class today with Mr. M, I love Mr. M very nice old guy with a different style and life. I like hanging out with old people. Today Mr. M was playing with his teeth, kinda of rearranging them periodically during class. The dentures he was shifting were picked up the students eyes, as their eye light up as if they saw gold. When Mr. M was looking down or when he had his back to the students, the students would secretly gesture to their teeth in disbelief of what they saw. Even Tatsuya looked Mr. M straight in the eye when he answered a question, looking for gold or just the shifting of the teeth. It sure was an interesting day.