Monthly Archives: February 2004
Valentines In Hiroshima
Japanese busses are made for Japanese people. Even beer doesn’t help much in these situations. These situations call for Night Formula Contac and a Jack chaser (or four)… Here’s the whole crew (from left to right): Pyon-pyon, Peek-a-boo, Ralph(read caption #１ again), demon-bunny snowman, Faceplant, Lippy, and The Menace. The Menace wins the best jump … Continue reading
Best O’ Luck, “Dirt Dog” Dempsey!
Despite the smile, we all knew that Chris was absolutely livid. We could see it in his eyes. To Chris, The only one of us still living in Santa Barbara: Good luck this weekend! I expect a full report on Monday, 500 words, 12pt. font, double spaced in New Times Roman. I will drink a … Continue reading
Penonpen Ramen
“Penonpen Ramen… Penonpen… Hmmmm.” I pondered the katakana as we sat at a small ramen-ya hidden next to Hita’s giant koban and in back of a huge pachinko parlor. “Penonpen, penonpen, penonpen.”. And then it popped into my head. “Is Penonpen ramen named after a place?” I asked. “Yes, it’s the capital of Cambodia” Tomohiro … Continue reading
Behold… A Five-Assed Monkey!
Today was the day of the brand spankin’ new Ubuyama Hoikuen’s Rakusaishiki (Opening Ceremony). There were no good photo ops, but I will eventually take and post pictures of this great new pre-school which will merge Ubuyama, Nambu, and Hokubu into one big ball of energy. Kids will be put into giant hamster wheels, with … Continue reading
My Girls
…Mmmmm… American Football wa cho-umai daro! This weekend I finally got to meet some of the wonderful girls that I teach (via computer, and check out this description of me. not my best picture or profile, I suppose.) at Daiichi High School. Unfortunately, 5 out of 9 of them were too too sick to make … Continue reading
Oh Sh*t
(This type of snow isn’t too hard to drive in. When the road is completely covered with a white layer and frozen and severely sloped. With regular tires and 2WD, you’re in trouble…) Is the song (by Pharcyde) that comes to mind when I think back on yesterday’s driving experience. I was once again surprised … Continue reading
All Systems Go
Finally Higo Blog and C. Buddha’s Hasty Musings are up and running and once again, fully functional after one long postless week. You may have noticed that comments were inaccessable, and that we were not updating. Well, the problem has been fixed, so feel free to rejoice once again read and leave comments as you … Continue reading