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Sunday the 19th in Ishinomaki

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I awoke Sunday morning at 5:40am for my first full day of work. I slept pretty good considering I was sleeping on a floor. I woke up a time or two feeling a little sore. But I got myself up and dressed for work. Had a Powerbar for breakfast, then realized it was only 6:15am. […]

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Tsunami Relief Week- Departure and Day 1

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I have never received so much anticipation for blog entries before! It’s so great everyone wants to hear about this great experience I was a part of. If raising awareness is half the battle, I know I’m doing my job! So, let’s rewind back to Friday the 17th. Departure Day! I spent the whole day […]

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Time to Go!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As soon as Dan gets home from work, we’re gonna grab a bite to eat and then train out to Shinjuku, where we’ll meet my team in Shinjuku Park! This is all happening! I’m finally all packed, which was no easy feat! Here is a shot of all my stuff, sans clothing and toiletries. A […]

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Ishinomaki Preparation Update

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I leave in 2 days! I had 2 wildly successful shopping trips last night (Tuesday) and today. Last night I met Dan in Shibuya where we were going to attempt to find a DIY store (what they call stores that sell construction materials, like Home Depot, sometimes huge, sometimes the size of a drug store). […]

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Tsunami Relief Orientation Session

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I spent most of the afternoon today in presentations and meetings about my trip to volunteer for the disaster relief this upcoming Friday. 5 days away!!! Dan and I headed out to the JICA cultural center in Shibuya. there wasn’t a real direct route to get there, so we ended up taking 4 trains. Dan […]

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Exciting News!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I was holding off on blogging about this to talk to Dan and my family first, but I have decided to spend a week being part of a tsunami disaster cleanup team in Ishinomaki, one of the hardest hit areas from the March 11th devastation. And now some facts… Ishinomaki is a city in Miyagi, […]

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‘Rel in a Nutshell

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Someone suggested I talk more about how I feel about living in Japan and the changes it’s brought to my life, so I thought I’d do this fun entry I just came up with: *10 Things I do now that are completely normal, but never did before moving to Japan* 1. Washing brightly colored clothing […]

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The Japan Microsoft Orchestra

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In Redmond, Microsoft offered employees a chance to blow off steam and have fun with intramural sports teams. I loved spring and summer days where I’d drive over to the Microsoft campus, sit in the sun and watch Dan and his coworkers play softball. Well, gone are those days. They don’t have intramural sports team […]

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Food Adventure: Fukujyu

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

At least once a week, Dan and I get dinner at a delicious ramen house called Fukujyu. It’s a two minute walk from our apartment next to our grocery store. The menu isn’t too varied, but if you’re a ramen fan like Dan and I are there’s plenty of new things to try. Some of […]

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Hanozono Shrine

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

While Kelsey and Jim were visiting, us along with Dan stumbled upon a shrine while making our way back to Shinjuku Station. Unfortunately it was dark out so the pictures aren’t too great, but we still took the opportunity to walk around a bit. The Hanozono shrine was founded in the mid 19th century and […]

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