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February 13, 2005

It's the halfway mark

My camera has been out of commission for the past few weeks while I was waiting to get a replacement lens cap (I dropped the last one between the crack while getting on a train to Osaka). Hence I’m going to post some older shots. This works nicely though. I’ve decided not re-contract and signed the papers two weeks ago. So I'll be a free agent on July 25th. The people I work for have spent this past week trying to convince me stay another year, but I feel like I’m making the right choice, I’m itching to get back into design! In the meantime I’d like to find a job in Japan, but I'm not crossing my fingers on that one. It’s strange though, the things that are most important to me are back in the states, but one year just doesn't feel like enough time here. Either way as long as I’m back in my field of choice I’ll be a happy camper! None-the-less I’ve hit the half way mark and it’s fun to look back on the past 6 months!



These country kids are awesome. Besides all the crazy acrobatics I’ve seen a whole bunch of them also have some wicked dance moves.

This woman gave me a thorough introduction into all the strange sounds that exist in the Japanese language, and she never laughed, she cackled or snickered, not exactly my first pick for desk neighbor. And standing is Kyoto-sensei (that means Vice Principle) I really liked like this guy, he had a great sense of humor and once a month or so he treated to me to lunch at a local coffee shop. He’s speaks almost no English so it was always a great chance to practice my Japanese.

At a Christmas party held by a local internationalization group this man talked to us about origami.

This woman danced the crain dance for us.

Ah, god ol’ Duncan playing his guitar, and rather well! All of the guests at the party had to prepare something to share. I read the “Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore (all that work for forensics back in high school has amounted to that, how amusing). Speaking of amusing; it’s nice to go to these internationalization parties, but it can also feel like being an amusement piece. I can’t even count how many times I’ve been expected to act like an entertainer! This place is always interesting.

At a market the chef’s room was surrounded by glass, so a few friends and I watched this man prepare some tuna sushi. My mouth was watering.

In the subways many of the staircases are labeled in brail.

This is Ai. She JUST moved to America and will be starting school, somewhere…in the fall! This picture is from outside the science museum in Osaka.

This is Calem. He was an exchange student, but he finished up in December. There were three English speakers on my taiko team but after Calem left and Alisdar abruptly left to go home now there is only me. I’m sad that they are gone, but now I’m using my Japanese more and more, so it all works out.

Posted by theinfonaut at February 13, 2005 02:44 PM

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Posted by: Riaz at February 14, 2005 05:59 PM