Posts from ‘November, 2008’

Ha! Well, what can I say? It’s not quite how I remember it…though it is a good translation into Japanese….

But they aren’t at Shinagawa Station. But check out who is…
Rudolph!

Once, many years ago in Seattle, my feathered friend and I were having dinner with some guys who had studied martial arts in Japan. One of them told us, “Make sure you have a purpose when you go to Japan.” At the time, I thought it was good advice, but I didn’t realize [...]

I have been thinking for a while about doing more posts about food. The food in Japan rules–it is one of the best things about being here. I want to do more posts about food that I buy when I eat out, as well as food I make at home. I have [...]

Here is the high school where I teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is a private school (this is Takushoku High School. It is affiliated with Takushoku University, which is a famous university in Tokyo.).
I took this just a few minutes ago, from Tamagawajosui Station. I am here right now.

Well, last week came and went, and somehow, I survived. It was just one of those weeks. But I did have a few good experiences. I walked around an area of Tokyo that I had never seen before, and the leaves were changing. I even found a park. [...]

The last couple days have been…pretty nuts. Whatever could go wrong, has. Don’t worry, I am ok, just really busy. I really want to write more and share more pictures, but right now I have too much going on in the “real world.” So I will take a few days off [...]

This is a really beautiful park, not too far from where I live. A couple weeks ago, my morning classes were cancelled, so I took a walk through Inogashira Park, which is near Kichijoji Station (just a couple stations west of where I live.)
Unfortunately, I don’t go here very often. But looking at [...]

Monorails are not toys. They are a very effective form of transportation. Too bad more cities don’t build them. This is the Tama Monorail. I took this at Tamagawajosui Station (玉川上水駅), near the high school where I teach a couple days a week.
By the way, I have Part Two of my [...]

One of the many things that makes Gmail such an incredibly powerful and useful email solution is its use of keyboard shortcuts. (Yahoo Mail also has shortcuts, as does Windows Live Hotmail (see this list)
But there is a problem. Recently, I have been on other sites, like the Administration page of this [...]