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This being winterbreak, naturally my sleep cycle has become totally disrupted. The first day of my break I made the mistake of staying awake until 4am, then waking up at 3pm the next day. This has led to an increasingly bizarre sleeping pattern which I attempted to fix yesterday by trying to sleep for 24 hours straight. Unfortunately, this plan didn't work out quite as I had envisioned and instead had some unexpected repercussions. Look...
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Posted on: 12/30/2003 03:31 PM
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There are times when I find myself missing Madison. Old... Not often, mind you, but sometimes, in the snowy, wet mush of winter, the melting water pouring leadenly down stained and cracked concrete slab houses, heavy snowflakes landing with a moist smush on corrugated tin roofs of entirely disposable housing units, the slush of cars and scraping of dragged umbrellas on the streets... New... ...the calls of legions of identically suited hosts and miniskirt sporting...
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Posted on: 12/27/2003 03:31 PM
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This one's for you Miss Ninja! Merry christmas to all my loyal Panda fans out there. Panda love forever!!! Now listening to: "Chicane - Autumn Tactics" (one of my all time favorite songs... seems so appropriate, everyone gone, and just me standing in the overcast grayness of snowy Japan.) 8:34 am...
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Posted on: 12/24/2003 03:31 PM
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errr.. or not. Most people in this country don't even know his name. Things have been quiet here in the House of Panda (HoP) lately, which suits me just fine. Winter vacation is officially upon me now, though virtually every other ALT has already blown this frigid popsicle stand for places much warmer, including, but not limited to, Malaysia, Thailand, and Bali, as well as the usual array of "back home" countries. Which to the...
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Posted on: 12/23/2003 03:31 PM
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In Japan, it is a custom to send out "Nengajyo" or "New Year's greeting cards". These are little cards you can buy (usually from the post office) for around 50 yen each, and then brightly festoon with a variety of your own designs, personalized greetings and set phrases heralding the coming of the new year. They are supposed to be timed such that they arrive on New Year's day itself, and are often intended for...
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Posted on: 12/18/2003 03:31 PM
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A bit of panda news for all you Panda lovers out there. The baby panda born in the San Diego Zoo last August has officially been named! Awwww! Idn't he just the cutest itsy bitsy widdle panda!? The 100 day old boy panda has been named "Mei Sheng" which is supposed to mean "Born in the USA", but as Wantin or any of my other chinese friends can attest, I am probably horribly slaughtering that...
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Posted on: 12/17/2003 03:31 PM
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This, believe it or not, is Tokyo Disneyland. Dude, the magic kingdom killed me. I am so unbelievably sick (for what must be the fourth time since I got to this cold, rainy little mudhole I live in) this past weekend in Tokyo. In Disneyland, no less. I ended up coming home early (I spent a whole whopping day and a half in Tokyo, most of that buried under a ton of blankets or else...
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Posted on: 12/16/2003 03:31 PM
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First of, a big thank you to all the loyal supporters of the House of Panda (HOP) (or would "tHoP" be better? it sounds funnier, at least to me...) for your suport. I am happy to report that I am still alive after my little misadventure with a marauding Japanese press gang and have thus far avoided a life of conscripted servitude as a fake minister (see entry below if you don't know what I'm...
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Posted on: 12/10/2003 03:31 PM
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Well hello. My apologies to all the loyal panda-ites out there for my recent absence. It was just one of those weeks. To make up for my extended absence, I have for you today a story of how the forces of evil tried to run game on the House of Panda and abduct him for their evil purposes. It was an incredible struggle, to be sure, and its retelling is rather long. But I thank...
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Posted on: 12/07/2003 03:31 PM
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Sorry for the recent lack of updates. I had a busy weekend. I promise I'll post something by tomorrow night, including a riveting story of how the wacky Japanese forces of darkness tried to trip on the House of Panda. But for now, please enjoy a picture of a fountain from a nearby samurai house garden. Aaah... soothing! Now listening to: "Gaball - Represent 01" (I saw they had a new album out in Tsutaya...
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Posted on: 12/02/2003 03:31 PM
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