Ocean's Reach Condominiums Yokohama

... ever used food stamps?" "do you or someone you know have an eating disorder?" "have you ever been sexually harassed?" "is your named often mispronounced?" can you say the pledge of allegiance with pride?" "do you have to go to school when your faith group is celebrating a holiday?" It was a good experience and I was surprised by a lot of peoples responses. Afterwards we got into small groups and then ...

It's going to be a short entry today. Basically because we didn't do anything worth writing about. Basically today was a rest day. We boarded thee Shinkansen to Yokohama, which is a decent 2hr 45min trip. I'm glad we have the rail passes, as each one of these Shinkansen trips would be costing us about $150 - $220 per ticket, and more if we chose to reserve seats. Departed at Yokohama, and walked the 3 blocks west to the hotel. We ...

... ball. I miss being that excited about a ball. So next I got some of the little kids together and did a game called "Ordering food." Basically I gave each kid a tray and then I line up a whole bunch of pictures of food on the table. Then, I get the kids to come up to me and I order food by saying " I want a apple, or I want a hamburger, etc." I did it one object at a time though. They then go to the table and get the foods I asked for ...

... van Tokyo (meelezen is inmiddels gewoonte geworden) gaat hier in het Japanse schrift van boven naar onderen. Dat ziet er indrukwekkend uit! 2. Schooluniformen. Overal zie je meisjes gekleed in sexy, supermooie geruite geplooide rokjes. Mijn (Esprit) rokjes zijn hierbij slechte imitaties. Waar zijn de echte hier te koop? (in mijn maat). Jongetjes zijn ook in schooluniformen, maar dit is niet noemenswaardig. 3. Mensen dragen pakken naar hun werk. Allemaal ...

... one hundred guests. A modest turnout. The first sight that struck me was the bands of women showing off babies. Clusters of guys were chatting, showing off their wives and babies, too. I thought, "Isn't Japan facing declining population? Is the government counting babies accurately?" Those kids were running around in the gym. Inside chairs had been placed in neat rows. Six rows were reserved for pupils graduating in ...

... that self-deception goes with a territory of being an employee. It was already close to nine pm. The train back home was filling up with office workers with pink cheeks who had had a few drinks. I saw one farang board on train. He was looking tired but was looking at the book that I was reading. "Another tough day at Nova is it?" Nova is a mega English language school chain, a visa factory now for many English language teachers. "You must be an expert", the voice sounded ...

... Roast Chicken and Lamb Stew (well mutton, you don't get lamb here). Guests arrived around 3 and got tucked in. Tons of food, Bisto gravy, potatos veg. Needless to say if I was very popular that day. It's amazing how crazy people go for Bisto! Drinking ensued, considering I was nearly sick at the smell of the communion wine, I don't know how I managed to keep on drinking. Yay though I did! The next day was, well the ...

... and can somewhat accept. The translator guide then told me the other reason, that women are too "natural" to perform the roles and it is too difficult for them to enact this exagerated style of performance. AND because the costumes are so heavy, no woman would ever be able to hit the poses required of them and wear the wigs and outfits at the same time!! It just struck me as really narrow minded, and upsetting. It was especially upsetting knowing that ...

... the future as I expected, I barely saw any technology that cant be bought in Argos back home (perhaps you can pick up an 8 Mega-pixel camera in Japan, whereas the latest model in the UK may only be 7 MPs but that doesnt excite me...I wanted to witness entirely new gadgets that have yet to be exported to the west but they were sadly lacking). However, there are vending machines everywhere...I bought everything from drinks, noodles and even a pod hotel ...

... I thought she was saying I could only take in 2 items at a time, so I held onto 2 and gave her the rest which she put in a basket next to the changing room. I tried on the 2 pairs, and then reached out to exchange 1 for another but another sales assistant came along and started yabbering and screeching away in Japanese. Again I explained that I couldn't understand, but she continued yabbering away for ages. Eventually I got bored and just ignored her and went back into change. I ...