Another night is over / Another day is dawning
Name that tune? Anyone? Anyone? That's right, it's "Memory" from Cats. You all get 50 points. Well done.
I see the comments starting to come in as you all start your day with a dose of my blog. Thanks! That makes me feel great. You might be saying "Wow, he has a lot of time on his hands tonight" or "Wow, he's up kind of late." The answer my friends: laundry. It is like the Impossible Dream or something. It washed up just fine but the dryers are taking FOR.EVER. Brooke, it's like the old days at the apartments in Macomb. Yeah, it's that bad. So I keep feeding them 100 yen and they just keep going. So I blog while I wait.
I am really overwhelmed at the end of this day. I have seen so many beautiful things, both physical and emotional. After all of our cool activities of the day, we had a meeting in the lobby of our hotel. A young Japanese woman was there dressed in a yukata, and I was suprised to see it was someone I recognized. Fellow Itabashi-ite Tetyana had befriended her before and during our flight. Tetyana was sitting next to her in the airport and asked to see her Japanese passport just to compare the appearance. While they were talking and Tetyana revealed that she would be visiting Itabashi, Katsue said that was her hometown! The two spent the free Saturday together having a great time.
Tonight, Katsue visited us. She lives in San Fransisco now, and she said she was impressed by how kind people are to her in America. She was also moved by her new friendship with Tetyana. So, to show her goodwill towards us and towards America, she gave every single one of us yukatas (for the ladies) and jinbei (for the men) as well as a bag full of candy and toys for children.
Every member of my group was deeply touched. We are simply amazed at the kindness and respect shown to us here in Japan. It will be impossible to leave here without being forever changed, both in our outlook toward the Japanese people and just in general, I think. It's really a life-altering experience. It'll probably take me a while to process all of this, and I'm beginning to be glad that I have all those hours of flight time on the way home just to reflect. (I say that now, wait until I get back on that plane.... It'll be a different story.)
I am so blessed, honored, and privileged to be on this trip. I thank everybody back home for supporting me and of course I thank all of those who are making it possible here in Japan.
I am running out of words to try to capture how I feel. One can only say "amazing, wonderful, beautiful, incredible, etc." so many times.
I see the comments starting to come in as you all start your day with a dose of my blog. Thanks! That makes me feel great. You might be saying "Wow, he has a lot of time on his hands tonight" or "Wow, he's up kind of late." The answer my friends: laundry. It is like the Impossible Dream or something. It washed up just fine but the dryers are taking FOR.EVER. Brooke, it's like the old days at the apartments in Macomb. Yeah, it's that bad. So I keep feeding them 100 yen and they just keep going. So I blog while I wait.
I am really overwhelmed at the end of this day. I have seen so many beautiful things, both physical and emotional. After all of our cool activities of the day, we had a meeting in the lobby of our hotel. A young Japanese woman was there dressed in a yukata, and I was suprised to see it was someone I recognized. Fellow Itabashi-ite Tetyana had befriended her before and during our flight. Tetyana was sitting next to her in the airport and asked to see her Japanese passport just to compare the appearance. While they were talking and Tetyana revealed that she would be visiting Itabashi, Katsue said that was her hometown! The two spent the free Saturday together having a great time.
Tonight, Katsue visited us. She lives in San Fransisco now, and she said she was impressed by how kind people are to her in America. She was also moved by her new friendship with Tetyana. So, to show her goodwill towards us and towards America, she gave every single one of us yukatas (for the ladies) and jinbei (for the men) as well as a bag full of candy and toys for children.
Every member of my group was deeply touched. We are simply amazed at the kindness and respect shown to us here in Japan. It will be impossible to leave here without being forever changed, both in our outlook toward the Japanese people and just in general, I think. It's really a life-altering experience. It'll probably take me a while to process all of this, and I'm beginning to be glad that I have all those hours of flight time on the way home just to reflect. (I say that now, wait until I get back on that plane.... It'll be a different story.)
I am so blessed, honored, and privileged to be on this trip. I thank everybody back home for supporting me and of course I thank all of those who are making it possible here in Japan.
I am running out of words to try to capture how I feel. One can only say "amazing, wonderful, beautiful, incredible, etc." so many times.
posted by 1UP RPG | 7:50 AM
4 Comments:
What a cool experience. Do they have a preschool teacher scholarship program? :)
sounds like sensory overload to me. i hope someday to have that sensation myself. what a lucky guy you are to get this opportunity. i have every confidence that you will use every nugget of info and impressions and ideas that you get over there. the money they spent on you will be well used.
ok.....so i am just know looking as some of your pictures and i realized that you have been to the wonderful world of MISTER DONUT!!!! can i just say that the one i went to when i was is japan was GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRReat! I also would suggest trying the soda C.C. Lemon it is like a fizzzy lemonade....it was my favorite.....and don't forget to stop in the candy store.....the candy in japan has the best flavor...."the strawberry tastes like strawberry, the snozzberry tastes like snozzzberry"(willy wonka) looks like you are having a great time...can't wait to read more about your trip!
This, of course, would qualify under the "you Prune it, you bought it" catagory
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