出会い

This is a word that is used at school all the time and today I had an interesting meeting.
I decided to go to the sento tonight and I was relaxing in the bath when this man looked my way and then because we were in seperate tubs leaned my way and started up a conversation with me. Well I was just polite and then moved on to the outdoor pool. Him and his friend Keio Univerrsity graduates, soon were in the outside pool with me and Tetsuo continued with the conversation. He is a Christian and I even found out his favorite scripture is John 10:10. Which was the number on his license plate and the last 4 digits of his phone number. He is also an acupuncturist who has studied in China, and he said if I ever have any health problems just give him a call. Maybe I should refer Cheryl to him first and see if he can take care of her back problems.

Culinary Delights

After a big thanksgiving feast yesterday I thought I would share this passed on to me from Susan. I actually had seen it before but just goes to show you those Chinese will eat anything.

Tired Monday

Today seemed to be a long day, I think mainly because I am exhausted from the weekend. My senior classes have all been preparing for their final test so there was not much to do in class, and during 4th and 5th period it was even hard to stay awake. I wonder how the rest of Nagihana is feeling after the fun of the party, and the long performance. Sometimes I wonder where they get all their energy.

Atami

It was a very windy day and the sand was flying everywhere. Also as you can see they had to tie down the big drum to the stage, and even that wasn't enough, twice during Tobi's solos two peopl had to hold the ropes to stable it. It was actually a little scary. They thought fu sure that it might blow away. And actually after it was packed up and waiting to be loaded on the truck the wind blew it down the flight of stairs leading to the beach. Luckily it looked like it didn't sustain any major damage.

This is the Kawasaki group and their piece.

Tanaka sensei actually didn't play as much on this day, I think he only played two solos.
A very happy Nii chan.

Drumming in Atami

Had a good overnight trip to Atami with my drum group. Of course we all had a good time and it was full of interesting games and entertainment.

Cheers!

For all of the pictures, go to my MAC page.

A Whole New World

This was sent to me by my cousin and I thought it was good enough to share.

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

• First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
• We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
• As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
• We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
• We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
• We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
• We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
• We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms....... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
• We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
• We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
• We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
• We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
• The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
• These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

The Wild Wild West

For whatever reason the theme song to this TV show just popped into my head this morning and kept playing over and over. You know how that is sometimes. It was a really fun show. For those of you that remeber here is a trip down memory lane.

God's Love We Deliver

I stumbled across this orgainzation and it looks great! It is more or less meals on wheels for people with life threating illnesses. It was started to help Aids patients, but has expanded to help people suffering from cancer and other debilitating illnesses. Delivering love and healthy meals to people who are unable to do so for their selves. They are in NYC, but I think it is an organization that any major city should have. People get 10 meals a week from them and everything is prepared by hand, emphasising a home cooked, down to earth meal, made with love. What a great project, and what a great way to put feet on our faith.

Long Weekend

And I don't mean this in a good way. I was at a tennis tournament all day on Sat. basically I just stood and watched for about 4 hours as we lost just barely to a team that wasn't even that good. My back was so sore that I needed a massage and stumbled into a pretty nice place in Jiyugaoka I will have to try it more often it was pretty nice. Then Sunday was a marathon 3 hour board meeting after church then back to Jiyugaoka for a Tokyo staff get together. Then home to whip up a short message for chapel this morning. I really could some down time.

Rip Away 1000

This is too funny, bully proof underware. Leaves the bully holding a handful of I'm assuming waistband. Actually I can see how they came up with the idea. When I was in Jr. High I remember a friend of my getting a wedgee and the bully actually did come up with a handfull of underware. The guys underware was in such bad shape that it just shredded apart. Now I don't know what my friend did, or what the wearer of these would do. I mean if they are going to rip away I quess your going to have briefs that fall apart in your pants and your going to have toend up going commando.