Monthly Archives: March 2011
Entry 36: More Donations to Japan Relief Fund
The generosity just keeps on flowing! We have raised another 200$ for the Australian Red Cross’s Japan Relief Fund. This brings our grand total to 1,100$. We have done a great job helping those in need. Should tragedy ever strike … Continue reading
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Entry 35: Improving Life
On Thursday (24/3) I went to Capoeira. I really had a great time there. I think that if I stayed in Sydney longer I would completely join these people for the long term. The club is very diverse, young, and … Continue reading
Entry 34: Donation Results
Thanks to the charity of my family, biological and extended, we have raised and donated 900 U$D to the Australian Red Cross’s Japan Relief Fund. This sum includes the firm’s donation-match. I had not expected such generosity. However, time and … Continue reading
About Japan Letters
These letter were written in Japan to my high school class. They were written in 2007 and early 2008. Before I had a blog I had a series of E-mails sent about my experience. I’m posting them here for my … Continue reading
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Japan Letter #1
September 9th 2007 Dear Friends, First and foremost I would like to tell you all that I wish I could have brought you all along and that we could share this amazing experience together. I will try my best to … Continue reading
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Japan Letter #2
October 17th 2007 Dear Friends, They cut down my rice field. I don’t know when or how, but last week I awoke from my troublesome sleep on a bed made of wooden planks and when I gazed out the living … Continue reading
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Japan Letter #3
November 21st 2007 Dear Class of 08, I realized that I haven’t told you much about Japan yet. I know you don’t want to do much learning outside of the classroom, but I promise to spice up this research essay … Continue reading
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Japan Letter #4
December 2007 If I haven’t told you or you didn’t already know, Japanese toilets are not seated thrones but bowl shaped cut outs in the floor that one struggles to straddle. There is however, by good graces, one western toilet … Continue reading
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Letter from Japan #5
January 6th 2008 Dear young adults I”ll describe the setting for you, it was a cold day, the sun was apt to set, snow lay across the earth. Night was soon to setting in. I sat with a relaxed posture day … Continue reading
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