Wow. A lot has happened since I posted my last entry, so I`m currently sitting here, diary in lap, under a beautifully warm kotasu (a Japanese table with heating element and cloth attached to it) with Bokusho Inoe and Jess at Tea Ceremony. Must try to type fast then, so here it goes.
On Sunday 17th [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on October 27th, 2004 | 2 Comments »

Not necessarily related at all, but I thought it`d make for an interesting title! This weekend saw the 4 rural GAP volunteers spend the 2 nights at Maeda-sensei`s house. On Saturday, we had yakisoba (chinese soba noodles and vegetables) and made an apple crumble from the Be-Ro cookbook mum sent (thanks again!). Die Hard 3 [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on October 13th, 2004 | 7 Comments »

This weekend just past, the 4 of us (Harima and Shiso Gappers) met up with our Japanese teacher, Maeda-sensei, and her younger sister (who attends Harima home), Makiko-san. Jess and I cycled to Harima home on Monday morning (about 40 minutes away by bike), only to find out that the plans had changed and we [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on October 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments »