I had a bit of a craz for baseball when I was in primary school. So it was very exciting when we went to a game last Friday.
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My First Baseball Game!
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What are these kids playing to win?
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THIS!!
No…this is my dinner. As for the kids I spend this morning with Ellen at one of the Kindergaten in Obu. The kids are very well behaved and I had loads of fun just being silly. May be I do better as a Kinder teacher than an engineer. Guess I’ll test that out of my remaining Kinder visits. It might just be they are a good bunch of kids…
Earthquake simulation
2Minus the smile when it comes to the real thing.
Honestly the thought of it happening at any moment is scary.
I get to wear the workers uniform you see on TV during emergencies, excepts it is khaki not blue.
Conditions on weekdays
1Here are two videos riding on Aichi’s road, mostly in Obu.
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Cosplay
3Yes I was cosplay-ing today. Lisa would arrest me if she finds out (I joked about offering my help to the Police in one particular event, that was what I was told if I put on a uniform).
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Ride around Chita Hanto
1Kuno san and some of the riding crew has kindly let me tag along their ride. It was clear later on it wasn’t just a tag along ride. They took me to artist’s workshops and we had too much pit stops for a 100km all so bike ride.
We started at the City Hall and everyone’s bike has quite a large price tag on them. Funny how that got me quite scared this is really serious and there would be no way I can follow the pack.
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Japan’s wonders: Alfa Rice
4The right way to cook rice is to use a rice cooker. Don’t let TV chef tell you that cooking them in a saucepan get you the right texture.
Until I ate this. Now you can use cold water and in an hour you get tasty rice. Yes, it’s not hot but it’s definitely way better than saucepan rice.
When you open it, it’s hard to imagine is would be any different from normal rice
Ooguchi san from Safety Division explaining disaster prevention to parents
This rice can be purchase is large supermarket and serve as supply for emergency situation, including if you pulled a fake sicky and lives too close to work to go out for a meal.
I’ll try to send some back. But I’ll bet every penny the Quarantine would eat it themselves
Gifu & Takayama
1I have spend my first long weekend in Japan at Gifu-ken with Takeshi san and his fun loving family and friends.
After Clean Up the world in Obu, I follow the Kunos up to Gifu-ken to a holiday house they’ve rent with another family.
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Postcard Pictures
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Hands up to ramen!
2WE DO!!!
Ride to Tokoname
6Kuno san and Kondo san have kindly make time from their busy schedule to take me to ride this morning.
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Community Centre Get-together
2Today I was invited to go to one of many community get-together at one of Obu’s many community centres. The kids and mums put up a number of impressive taiko (Japanese Drums) performances.
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