Kate’s Quests

The temperature has been hanging out in the upper 60′s and low 70′s. Although at the moment it’s chilly and clouds are moving out after the night rain, I have a feeling it’ll be another beautiful day. And I took some photos as I walked to the train station the other day, so I feel [...]

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Now that it’s finally in the news, I figured I’d blog quickly about this. A cab driver was murdered near Shiori station (across the street from the Daiei, which is right in front of the military base). So, this 22 year old guy went AWOL two weeks ago from the Cowpens and we can only [...]

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I saw this article on the BBC news and just had to post it.  As if coming across a bear in a darkened alley wasn’t frightening enough…now we’ve got one with a rap sheet.

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The first day we stayed at the Hale Koa before the made us move back on base. So here is the view from the hotel in Hale Koa. And then the view from on base. A bit different, yea? So the second day I dropped DJ off at work and drove all along the southeast [...]

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Before I go into the trip, I just wanted to share some picture from the recital! Singing doe-ray-me I love my Kosuke’s face in this one (back row and far right). There are more pictures like this on Flickr with more of my students. I have a ton! Singing and dancing to “Who’s afraid of [...]

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We left Sunday night at about 8:30pm and settled in for the six hour flight. It was uneventful and quiet. We arrived on Sunday at 8:30am. I love that, not only do we arrive before we even left Tokyo, but that we get to experience Sunday twice. That’s ok though, because we’ll lose a day [...]

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Yesterday the kids at the school I work at had a recital. The thing went all day long and was broken into two halves. Some classes had their part in the first half and some in the second. I had most of my classes in the second half so I hung around for most of [...]

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What is this supposed to mean? It’s a sign posted amongst many briefcases at a store in the mall. Recruit, I get. Get a new job and you’ll need a new briefcase. But freshers? What are those? I just don’t get the Japanese sometimes.

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I’m very excited because I finally got my camera!  I ordered it around Christmas, but it first had to go to my father-in-law due to shipping restrictions and then he sent it to us.  And it took the slow boat over so it took awhile.  But it’s here!  Yea! I got a Nikon D40x and [...]

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