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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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A House is not a Home- Until Now!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »

While Dan has been working I spent the past week building our Ikea furniture, reorganizing, and cleaning. A big motivator for that was we were having our first out of town guests this week. And now I’m excited to say that I am completely unpacked and organized in our place. Ta da! A view of […]

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Sunny Friday!

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

My apologies for the lack of updates this past week. I haven’t done much that’s noteworthy- just getting our apartment fixed up. On Sunday Dan and I rode out to Saitama again, and got quite the haul delivered from Ikea. I’ve spent this past week cleaning, building and reorganizing. Hopefully I will be able to […]

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Unexpected Earthquake Damage

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Well, Dan and I thought we got off pretty lucky with just some papers knocked over after March 11th’s earthquake. The earthquake hit, we stayed in town for another few days, then headed back to Portland/ Seattle for three weeks. In those few days, neither of us opened our glass cabinet above the sink. Now, […]

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Update From the US

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Hello! Pardon the absence. As many of you readers know, the morning the fire broke out at the nuclear plant in Sendai, we made the decision to return home for an extended stay. It was free to move our April tickets up a couple weeks, and Dan could work from the northwest, so why not? […]

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Making Headlines

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

Dan and I were in an article in The Oregonian. Check it out! Oregonians in Tokyo

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Our Weekend in Saitama and Akihabara

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on March 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Dan and I had a great weekend together despite the craziness of Friday the 11th- his birthday, our mini celebration of dating for 2 years, and of course the big earthquake (which we’ve dubbed, “the birthquake”). On Saturday Dan and I decided to knock some items off our to-do list: stock the fridge and organize […]

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Survival Mode

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »

All our local stores looked the same today. The ramen aisle The water aisle With everyone still feeling distressed over Friday’s earthquake, the residents of Tokyo have taken to stocking their pantries in the event of another disaster. Needless to say, Dan and I left the store with some sparkling water. And Pringles. Because apparently […]

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So, We Had an Earthquake

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Wow. It’s crazy to think I have felt the world’s fourth largest earthquake. And on Dan’s birthday, to boot! I actually spent most of yesterday morning out of the house and came home just in time for things to start shaking. I’ve taken up walking around town to A- learn my little town better and […]

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It’s a Japan Thing- Purikura

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

There are arcades everywhere here in Tokyo. Some have actual video games, and some just have tons of crane games. After dinner one night, Dan and I pitstopped in an arcade we passed by. So many cute crane games! You can win candies, charms, dolls, all sorts of random things. Dan and I decided to […]

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