Well, not that ridiculous, but at one point I felt such a feeling.  Here’s not what I did, but how I moved.  You judge. Friday. Saroma to Mombetsu by car, 1 hour. Saturday. Mombetsu to Sapporo by car. 5 hours. Sunday and Monday. Sapporo to Tokyo via Tomakomai and Oarai by ferry and bus. 27 [...]

Today I said goodbye to Kamikaifu Elementary, my very favorite school in Murakami.  Over the past year, I have visited the school 17 times.  This is far less than any other school, but it only has 41 students.  The school was comprehensible, and friendly.  The staff talked to me about interesting things.  No one ever [...]

Funnest day ever!  Me and the 1st and 2nd graders at Senami Elementary School went fishing in the swimming pool today.  We learned the names of things like whales, squid, octopus, starfish, and dolphins, then we imitated them in the water.  Then I tossed about 40 or 50 laminated cards into the water and the [...]

It’s as if my battery knew when I could go home.

In 24 hours, I will be leaving to Papua New Guinea for two weeks.  I won’t have telephone or email contact during that time.  Both of my parents have my emergency contact information, so if there is something urgent, contact them. I am pretty much prepared.  I have four full bottles of sunscreen, two full [...]

The Niigata ALT Charity Musical, Alice in Japan finished yesterday, with two shows back to back in Nakajo and Niigata. It’s somewhat of a relief, having accomplished the run of shows successfully, but it’s also sort of an exciting end, because it means that the trip to Papua New Guinea is now only a week [...]