Tag: travel
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And so ends 2016 and onto 2017… again, and again, and… again
It’s hard to believe that 2016 is over already with two Christmases done (Julian and Georgian calendars) and two of the three major New Yearses (sp?) are done and over with (again, Julian and Georgian calendars). All that’s left is the Lunar New Year, more commonly referred to as Chinese New Year or, here in…
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Pitter Patter, Let’s Get at ‘er! Back to School and the Mid-Autumn Festival
Well it’s back at ‘er. The semester started with its usual fanfare of meeting the new students, introducing myself, and introducing them to the load of homework that I’m going to dump on them this semester. Soon they will think high school was easy and soon they will have that grizzly student look in their…
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Back to the “Beej”
The rush is back on and the heat is still intense but the humidity isn’t as bad as Japan while the air is dense with either smog or the scent of rubber from a nearby track field. The crush of bodies and the unapologetic maneuvering (i.e. pushing and shoving) is back on. I feel my throat…
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Japan: Questions to be Answered
Following up on my previous post about how Japanese culture has been a part of not just my life but most Western children’s lives, my very first memory of Japan and its traditional culture was back in Grade 3 when a friend and I made a presentation on the country. My Dad worked with a Japanese lady and…
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My Next Destination: A Cultural Soft Power
It is at times like this, when preparing to go to another country some time in advance, that I start to think of all the things that I know or am familiar with about that particular country. Well, my next destination is one that, at first glance, seems reasonable given my current geographical location of…