I`ve been forgetting to add this to the last few entires, but Heather mentioned it in an email just recently and I thought I`d say something. We`ve been going to Maeda-san`s house often since we arrived in Japan and she told us the previous GAP volunteers at the Cheshire Homes, Nicki and Anna, loved a [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on December 29th, 2004 | 5 Comments »

Re-capping on the last month or so`s events, there`s been a fair bit I haven`t mentioned. In early December we visited Himeji again, with our Japanese sensei Maeda-san, for some Christmas shopping. Himeji isn`t quite the shining beacon that Osaka and Kobe have become over the last month, but there were some nice illuminations nonetheless. [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on December 26th, 2004 | 1 Comment »

I haven`t really got much time to go into detail about everything that`s happened since I last updated, and I haven`t been feeling particularly great anyway lately. Check Dave`s or Heather`s journal for notes about the Christmas Party with Pauline Hook last Sunday. Hopefully there`ll be a more positive update after Christmas. At the moment [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on December 18th, 2004 | 4 Comments »

That`s right, I`ve reached the approximate halfway mark of my stay already. Can you believe it? It`s actually more if you count the number of working days and don`t include my allocated holiday at the end o.O;
My mind is drawing a blank for what to write about, so you`ll have to excuse me if this [...]

Filed under: English, Japan, Livejournal (old) on December 1st, 2004 | 1 Comment »