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      • Ice skating
        02/29/08
        I went ice skating with some friends today. There's an amusement park close to where I live, Hirakata Park (=Hirapa for short), that had a skating rink opened for the winter season. Today was the last day to go, so we decided we might as well.

        It was around 10 degrees celcius. The su

      • Rain + Bikes
        02/26/08
        I mentioned in the previous entry that the weather was kind of bad?

        Well, it was raining this morning, so of course the first thing I did was NOT take my umbrella along. I figured, since I was gonna be riding my bike anyway, I didn't need it.

        Well, halfway to the nearest t

      • Things I miss?
        02/26/08
        I miss:

        Cookies. My mom sent me some for my birthday (THANK YOU) and they were the best cookies ever. They were soft and chewie and oh my god yummy. They don't really have cookies here. :(

        Bad American TV. Because I just can't channel flip here the way I do in the Sta

      • Enoki
        02/21/08
        Well, I was going to write up about my birthday, but, um. :X Let's just say I celebrated all week-end, had lots of fun, and got a bunch of presents. Hurray! There was also cake.

        But I do want to update, so I'll just say this:
        Enoki are the best mushroom ever. I usually don&

      • Happy Birthday to me! :D + Valentine's Day
        02/15/08
        YAY it's my birthday!

        So, today I dressed in a cute skirt I bought in Osaka (size: 72cm, which is the biggest thing they had in the store and the only one that even looked like it would fit me) and the shirt my family sent me for my birthday. I looked AWESOME. Anyway. At school, I go

      • Reservations
        02/13/08
        It's my birthday on Friday (the 15th) and my plan is to have a small "party" on Sunday. That means going out, because I can't exactly host a party at my homestay. Dinner and Karaoke down by the station.

        Since it's going to be a large group, I figured I should prob

      • News in Japan
        02/08/08
        So, what's been going on in Japan recently? Or, what did I pick up by watching TV the other day. :P

        A woman who killed her husband is now on trial. She killed him back in 2006, and yesterday or so they gave a run-down of her trial on TV. I'm not really sure what to think of the

      • Setsubun
        02/04/08
        NOTE: To conserve bandwidth, I've now LINKED all the images. That means if there's bold red text in the entry, you can click on it and it will take you to a picture.



        I moved back into my homestay on Sunday, which also happened to be a national holiday of sorts. Setsu

      • School schedule
        02/01/08
        Got my schedule today: I apparently have Mondays off.

        Apparently, in order for there to be actual discussions going on in level 6 Japanese, we need more than just a 50-minute class, so there are two of those in a row, for a 1 hour and 40 minute class. This is good, and hopefully means tha

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