http://www.oz-to-oya.com babblings! and incoherent mumblings about going to the Japanese Countryside Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:42:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well… I’ve become busy organising the Taj Ultimate Frisbee tournament again.  But I’ll keep updating monthly. At the start of the month was Golden week.  Luke came to visit for a few days, and then Adrian came to visit with Tylar.  My house was filled with guests!   I spent ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=364 April was an eventful month too.   My life in Japan is coming to an end but the adventures continue.  The first weekend of April, I went to a cherry blossom viewing party (hanami) in the Himeji castle grounds.  The weather was miserable and drizzling, but it was still ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=363 Well… March was a pretty intense month.   On the first weekend, I had a Lodge party in Yoka that was brilliant.  We rented a lodge in Yoka for the night and invited as many people as we could think of… the result was an epic party!   Then the ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=362 February was pretty busy.  I finished my application for National Taiwan University (NTU) and I have started my application for NCCU.  I should send that application in a few days. Over the Valentine's day weekend, I went on a snowboarding trip with Jim, JJ and some other friends.   I ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=361 I came across this while checking something for the student's tests.   I liked it so I thought I'd share it here. One day a terrible fire broke out in a forest - a huge woodlands was suddenly engulfed by a raging wild fire. Frightened, all the animals fled their homes and ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=360 Well....   January has been pretty busy.On the 17th, Deanne and Peter came to visit me for two weeks.  So I was pretty busy showing them around.  Took them to Kinosaki, etc.  I also took them up the mountain to go snowboarding...  Side note:  The weekend before they arrived, I wrench ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=359 When oh when will I learn about setting unrealistic goals. :) hahaha..well.. it's time for the monthly weight update.. and the figures don't lie.  I haven't really lost any "weight"... but I definitely have started to lose the gut.  Huzzah.   I'll probably try and upload some progession photos on Facebook ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=357 Wow... what a jump... the last update was "Happy Halloween". Since then I've been pretty busy.   I've been thinking a lot about my future and putting some steps into motion.  I have been thinking about what to do when I finish JET a lot.  I truly love Japan and I especially ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=358 Since the last update, I had a salsa performance (video on Facebook!), I joined the local Autumn festival and carried a small shrine around on my shoulder with several local men for several hours, I went to Osaka with Jim and crew to meet Jon Kerr's sister. (She's an actress!  ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=356 I have been busy lately.   I have too many hobbies.I just started piano lessons.  It is so difficult but it is really interesting!   I must practice hard.Also... I'm going to try and learn Chinese.  I really had a good time in Hong Kong, and I think knowing a little Chinese ... http://www.oz-to-oya.com/?p=355