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Today was a B day of classes so like usual I had global studies and then physics for mariners. In physics for mariners we had a review for our second and final exam coming up in two days. Afterwards I met up with Caroline and Megan to perform our sextant readings but unfortunately we missed local noon and will have to save our reading for another day. We learned how to use a sextant in Physics for Mariners and with it we can determine our latitude and ...

... up finding a food court with many different dishes, including a tempting looking Italian restaurant. We were not sure what to have, until we came across CoCo Curry House, our favourite curry place from Osaka. This made our decision easy, and we had lunch there, which was superb, just like the Osaka version had been. Back to the hotel for the 4pm check-in. At around 5:30pm Veronica decided to take Charlotte for a walk to get a few ...

... 4 erasers. They then have to ask each other "Do you have a pencil, or do you have an eraser?" They then gather one of each card. They also have to make sure to say thank you at the end. Another thing I noticed with these kids are that they are soooooo polite!! Man, I am very impressed. I have to be honest, when I took care of kids at the daycare or even at the hospitals there is always 1 or 2 kids who may be a little rude. I mean it ...

... een (bijna) complete striptease op moet voeren om niet flauw te vallen. (de kamer van ex CVZ-collega`s Karin en Liselotte is er niets bij). 7. Er wordt hier kastanjetaart verkocht. (ik ben voor de aardbeien-chocolade gegaan.. gelukkig. Kevin ging natuurlijk voor de uitdaging van het onbekende). 8. Overal in Tokyo zijn verlichte bomen. Dit is zo mooi dat ik voornemens ben in Nederland een bedrijf op te richten dat hiervoor gaat zorgen. Wie komt er bij mij werken?  

... in order of height (from the shortest to the tallest). We had to stand still and remain silent for the entire proceedings. The teachers tried to beat us into servitude. They imposed their authority on us by threatening to write negative reports in report cards. Now we are adults and don't care. Nor are we worried about the school reports. More to the point, I think we were simply excited about seeing old friends ...

By the time I reached Narita Airport outside of Tokyo, I was happy to leave the discomfort of Alitalia and enjoy another airline. I must first say that I simply love the Japanese culture. With the exception of the "pushing" syndrome (a Japanese person will literally push you in the back to get in front of you in line), Japan is a place where ...

... 12522;ーカラ ;ー) pictures. I can't explain it, it's a Japanese thing. Then everyone came back to Junya and my place and gave Carol her goodbye presents, which she forgot! Anyways, that's where I said goodbye to Carol. I don't want to dwell on it, but I'm obviously going to be pretty down when the person who's been my best friend here in Japan for the past 4 years gets up and goes home. However ...

... the Christmas lights were up. It made me miss home a little bit. I then got back to the hotel, and met up with all the families for a big dinner of Tabasaki (Nagoya style Chicken Wing... the same we had in Nagoya for our big company party!). It was fun to watch the newbies enjoy the deliciousness of these wings for the first time! Even more fun to rediscover the deliciousness of these wings myself! Early night to bed... big day at the Fish Market planned for tomorrow a.m.!

... lanterns etc) has been taken over by run of the mill restaurants and bars. I tried to find an impressive Japanese garden but found nothing much better than the one I visited in Buenos Aires. The last day was my favourite though, I visited the Odaiba beach area round Tokyo Bay and really enjoyed it (no guide books I read made much of the area), and it was particularly impressive when lit up at night. It also has a Museum of future technology ...

... there was 1 hiding around the corner). So I (politely) explained that I was sorry the other customer had to wait, but if I'd been left alone I would have been in and out within 5 or so minutes but instead as I had to listen to the sales assistants for a couple of minutes each time I'd taken longer, and anyway the usual policy is first-come-first-served. So I said I'd be 2 minutes trying on the last 2 pairs and the customer agreed. After trying on the penultimate pair, I reach for ...