tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77729871575735795042024-03-19T12:31:20.939+09:00The Gotemba Minami ALTDiannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-64130761979355893382015-03-27T09:50:00.002+09:002015-03-27T09:50:56.971+09:00GMBB Live!It's my favorite time of the year! Brass Band Live!<br />
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These students work tirelessly throughout the year to put on the most epic show. This year's performance did not disappoint!<br />
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Check out a few pictures I snagged! Of course, nothing beats being there in person. There's always so much going on it's hard to capture it all in just still frames. Hope you enjoy these few!<br />
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-58411420494761467852014-12-03T09:50:00.002+09:002014-12-03T10:03:26.009+09:00Halloween 2014: Jack-O-Lanterns, Pumpkin Pie and Costumes!Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since my last post! Things have been so busy around here lately! I have been busy with my first year students, but I've also been busy helping the second year students prepare for their class trip to Hawaii! So cool, right!?<br />
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Anyway, here's a look at our Halloween at GONAN this year!<br />
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First, my second year English Club girls approached me and said they wanted to plan a Halloween Party for English Club. They had a ton of ideas and the ones we liked best were carving pumpkins and making pumpkin pie. Since the girls wanted to be able to display our pumpkins for a while, we started Halloween a little early. We carved pumpkins the week before Halloween.<br />
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Since traditional Halloween looking pumpkins are hard to come by in Japan, we bought as many as we could find that looked appropriate and split everyone into tiny groups to carve together. They all worked really hard to make the cutest Jack-O-Lanterns!<br />
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Next, on the Wednesday before Halloween, we all took over the cooking room and baked together! I had pumpkin pure and pumpkin spice from America so it made our job a lot easier! Katsumata sensei also wanted to teach the students how to make home made soba noodles. So, us girls baked pumpkin pies, and the boys made soba!<br />
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So, that was English Club.<br />
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We also had some Halloween fun in and outside of the classroom as well!<br />
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I have to say, because of my students, I LOVE Halloween again!<br />
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Until next time,<br />
~DiannaDiannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-65374252691422474922014-07-25T14:44:00.001+09:002014-07-25T14:44:41.915+09:00English Club Goodbye PartyAfter bunkasai in June, it's tradition that the 3rd Year students retire from club so they can focus more on their studies in preparation for University entrance exams. So, two of my 2nd Year girls, Tsukika and Minori, put together a small farewell party for our 3rd Year English Club members. Not everyone could make it, but it was still a nice time to chat and say our thank yous and goodbyes.<br />
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We will miss the 3rd Year students a lot, but we will ganbarimasu!<br />
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Here are a few pictures I was able to take. Unfortunately, the 3rd Years had to leave before I remembered to take a big group picture! :( However, our fearless former English Club leader, Daichi Yaguchi, was able to stick around for the big photo opp. ;)<br />
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-19310825602033820662014-06-19T13:11:00.005+09:002014-06-19T13:21:28.497+09:00Bunkasai - School FestivalI was literally blown away by bunkasai (school festival). This was my first bunkasai in Japan so I didn't really know what to expect. Months of planning and weeks of preparation late into the night went into making this year's "Revolution" bunkasai a complete success. Classrooms were transformed into themed cafes, game and quiz rooms from Disney to Pokemon and everything in between. Every club was represented with performances and displays. Even the English club performed our own version of Pinnochio, called "Pinoccho", live for the entire school. It was a big comedic hit, I think! ;)<br />
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Bunkasai was two days. Friday, June 6th was just for GONAN students and faculty to enjoy. I spent most of my time in the gym watching the talent shows, which is obvious because of my love for music. We have so many talented singers, musicians and dancers here! At the end of the first day we all gathered together to watch more performances, like English Club, Brass Band Club and all the 1st Year Homerooms perform their song. Something I was most impressed with was how every student showed their support for every act. They cheered, applauded and encouraged them. I love the unity and genuine support that Japanese high school students have for each other.<br />
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Saturday, June 7th was open to the public. There weren't many talent acts that day as everyone enjoyed walking around the school and visiting the different attractions each classroom had. Also, my friend Jill who is the ALT at Gotemba High School came to visit! I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted because I was primarily filming, but I hope you enjoy these few! I'm already counting down the days until the next bunkasai!<br />
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-86853186866936429942014-05-02T11:18:00.002+09:002014-05-02T11:18:41.656+09:00hOppy easter!Sunday, April 19th was Easter in America, so we had some Easter fun in English Club to celebrate the Holiday!<br />
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First, we played an egg relay game in the classroom. Since we were indoors, I told the students to be careful not to drop the eggs because if they did, there would be a big mess and they would have to it clean up! What I didn't tell them was that I had already hard-boiled all of the eggs so if (when) they did fall, it would be ok. The students, however, thought the eggs were raw! They were SO careful not to drop any of them!<br />
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The game went pretty well for the first 10 minutes until all of a sudden, a group of girls screamed and jumped back about 5 feet as an egg dropped to the ground off someone's spoon. They paused and there was silence for several seconds while they processed that their dropped egg hadn't splatter. We all laughed. They were so surprised!<br />
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After that, we all colored Easter Eggs! When all the eggs were colored, it look as if the Easter Bunny had visited, for sure! This was also the first time the new first year students joined us for Club. I think everyone had a good time in English Club for Easter!<br />
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-58741850587124657712014-03-26T12:04:00.004+09:002014-03-27T10:22:16.937+09:00GMBB!On Sunday, March 23rd, the Gotemba Minami Brass Band Club held their annual concert. Which to me, was more like a HUGE production than just a "concert". It was amazing! It was not what I expected at all!<br />
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In America, when you go to an orchestra concert, the audience expects to sit still for about 2 hours, listening to classical music by students who are superglued to the floor with their instruments. It's very boring for everyone involved... both players and family/friends. Take it from me... I played the bass in an orchestra show once in high school. Notice I said, "once". 0_o<br />
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So, you can imagine my surprise when the GMBB Concert had a light show, Disney Princesses and Princes coming to life (in full costume), dancing Baseball Club members, comedy routines, a GMBBBoys Club, dancing, JPop Best and glow sticks. Not to mention the video montage to introduce all the members and the posters and pictures out in the lobby which made it all seem like one big family gathering.<br />
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I was also surprised to see so many students and teachers coming out to show support for their friends and fellow classmates. All the major clubs were there and I saw so many students. Even graduated students, and students from other schools. On a Sunday. The middle of a Sunday. This would never happen in America. I know... I've done countless years of School Choir productions. It's only ever the parents and grandparents that attend.<br />
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Japan never ceases to impress and amaze me. The more I'm here, the more I realize the rest of the world has a lot to learn from its example.<br />
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The Gotemba Minami Brass Band Concert was a great day. I can't wait for next year!<br />
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Even the curtain was amazing! haha :)</div>
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GMBBBoys Club!</div>
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You aren't seeing things. That's Aladdin with his lamp and the Genie!</div>
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-69463838342771850402014-03-19T16:05:00.002+09:002014-03-19T16:11:07.350+09:00The Great Postcard ExchangeWe wanted to do a pen pal activity but with 205 students all writing a post card at once, the proper avenue was hard to come by. However, I managed to find "The Great Postcard Exchange" from doing a bit of online research. The Great Postcard Exchange was originally created by a librarian in Wisconsin in the USA in order to get library kids across the country writing postcards to each other discussing books and other reading related topics. I emailed the program director and long story short, Gotemba Minami Kookoo began writing postcards to kids in the US!<br />
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We got our first one back the day before our last class! It was sent to Keisuke in HR13! Everyone was pretty excited!<br />
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-43399908370494686912014-03-19T15:54:00.000+09:002014-03-19T15:54:20.600+09:00Winter at GONANIt has been one long and COLD winter here in Gotemba! On Valentine's weekend, we got 85cm of snow! That's 3 feet for all you metric system people. Over a month later there were still small piles of snow around town. It's been warm (Gotemba-warm) the passed two days so I think MAYBE all the snow is gone by now.<br />
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So much snow, but Mt. Fuji sure looks beautiful!</div>
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-38400832343514922952014-01-15T10:46:00.000+09:002014-01-15T10:46:12.421+09:00Christmas in 1D-land!Santa's Elves visited 1D! No, not One Direction "1D", our classroom, 1D! The Elves decorated for Christmas! I guess you could say it was a Christmas 1-D-land! (Good joke, right?) ;)<br />
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<span id="goog_1141920770">Anyway, we had a few Christmas lessons, and then right before Christmas, we watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" so they could be both entertained (Snoopy is very popular here) and get some "true meaning of Christmas" insight from Linus. The girls loved this movie. I also showed some of Jim Carrey's, "The Grinch" to the students... the boys loved this one. </span><br />
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On Sunday, October 27th in Shizuoka City, Daichi Yaguchi went home as the 5th place winner in the Annual Prefectural English Speech Contest! Daichi worked so hard on his speech entitled, "Think For Yourself". He spoke and sounded so well! We were all really proud of him. Good job to all who participated, and congratulations, Daichi!</div>
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I know it's November and Halloween is technically over, but this is the first chance I have had to write in a while. Things have been busy lately, which is good!<br />
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I want to start off with saying that Halloween in the States feels very different than Halloween here in Japan. (It's better in Japan!) I stopped celebrating Halloween when I was around 15 years old (about all of my students' ages) and really haven't done much to acknowledge it since. Don't get me wrong, growing up I actually LOVED Halloween! All the candy, cute costumes and cool Disney Halloween cartoons and other shows that would come on TV were my favorite parts about Halloween! I loved going Trick-or-Treating with my little sister in costumes our Grandmother made for us, and then coming home to pour all of our candy and chocolates out onto the floor to make two huge piles! When you're a kid, that's the best! But somewhere along the way, the innocence that can be Halloween was stolen from me. I struggled with even acknowledging the day with my students, but I soon realized, it wasn't about me - it's about them, and Halloween was what I taught them it was. So, slightly reluctantly, I decided to revisit the childhood magic that is Halloween, for my students.<br />
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I don't have any children of my own yet, and this may sound silly, but I feel like I understand parents a little bit more now when they say things like "you can see holidays through your kids' eyes and suddenly it's like it's brand new again; like your experiencing it for the first time". That's not an exact quote, but that's the basic gist of it.<br />
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I had an idea from a fellow ALT friend of mine to get small costumes and set them on the kids' desks to find when they walk into class. So, I raided a couple 100 Yen shops and that's just what I did! The plan was to bribe them with candy so they would wear their costumes during class. (Although most kids really didn't need bribing). And, they had to say "Trick-or-Treat" to me at some point during the class in order to get candy. I'm sure their favorite part of the day was getting candy, but my favorite part was seeing and hearing their excitement as soon as they walked through the door. No one was expecting to have a witch's hat, a wizard's hat or bunny ears on their desk during class (to name a few). I think Halloween at Gotemba Minami may have actually been more fun for me than it was for them.<br />
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To sum it up, I want to thank my students for bringing the innocent magic back that is Halloween and I want to thank Japan (especially Disney) in general for making everything for Halloween so colorful, beautiful, cute and innocent.<br />
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Our Arts & Crafts activity for Halloween. Each student made their own Jack-O-Lantern and I hung them up all over the room!</div>
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-69690541101508044092013-10-07T16:09:00.002+09:002013-10-09T08:54:47.064+09:00Speaking of Speeches...I was asked to give a small speech at an Assembly/Award Ceremony last week on October 1st. <br />
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The Assembly was awesome! Kocho-sensee (Principal) opened with a Saxaphone solo! I found out later, he has only been playing for about three or four months and he sounded fantastic! We were all really impressed. It was a great start to the Ceremony! <br />
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A few awards were given for Sports and things... (I only say "and things" because I could only understand the Volleyball part... the rest was slightly lost on me. Ha!) I was also slightly distracted because one of my students, Haruna, from Homeroom 13 won the award for leading the girl's Volleyball team to a Number 1 victory! Congratulations Gotemba Minami Girl's Volleyball! And congratulations to all the students who received awards that day! Daichi was also recognized for his achievement at the Speech Contest! I wish I had pictures to show you, but I was too busy being nervous to give my speech in both English AND Japanese...<br />
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I was really nervous about the Japanese part. Looking at the translation from English to Japanese that Hara-sensee wrote for me made me have flashbacks to my interview for JET. When I interviewed for my position as an ALT through the JET Programme, I had to read (what seemed to me to be) a terribly long passage that was written in both Hiragana and Kanji. I started out just fine, but by the 5th line out of 25 my speech had suddenly slowed to a halt and I was guessing on Kanji. It felt dreadfully slow and painful and I remember wanting to just stop reading and give up in the middle of my interview. I just kept thinking about how I did NOT want that to happen when I gave my speech at school on this day. <br />
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I practiced a bit, and on the day of the speech I didn't slow down or give up speaking in Japanese. I got through it; I persevered! And now I understand my students a little bit more.<br />
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I thought I would put both the English and Japanese versions of my speech here for you to read in case my Japanese did not make it across very well. :)<br />
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The topic was basically, "whatever I wanted to tell the students". I wanted to keep it fairly summed up, but I wanted them to know the most important things to me. So... here's what I came up with:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good morning. I am
honored to speak to you today, and I want to share a few of my own life
lessons. In 2010 I got very sick, and had to go to the hospital several
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In America, hospitals are a scary
place because you only go to them if something is seriously wrong. My family
and I were worried because the doctors didn’t know if I would ever be
completely well again. During this scary time, I learned many things. I learned
to believe that God would heal me when the medicine stopped working. I learned
that God loves me and has a better plan for my life than I can imagine; God
would protect me and I would get through this difficult time and that He will
always take a bad situation and use it for good. I also learned that you are
never too old or too cool to need your mom and dad. Today, I am fully healed
and want to tell you that God can heal you too, and He loves you and will
protect you. Appreciate your mom and dad and tell them you love them every day
because time goes by too fast. Appreciate the moment you are in and don’t worry
about things in the future that you can’t control. Things will always work out.
My dad always tells me, “do right, and trust God”, and I want to tell you the
same. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p>Ohayoo gozaimasu. Watashi wa kyou minasan ni mukete ohanashi ga deki, watashi jishin no jinsei no kyoukun wo ikutsu ka kyouyu dekiru koto wo kouei ni omoimasu. Nisen jyuu nen ni watashi wa totemo taichoo ga waruku nari, nankaika byouin ni ikanakereba narimasen deshita. Amerika dewa, byouinn wa totemo kowai basho desu. Nazenaraba, hidoku dokoka no guai ga warui baai ni dake hitobito wa byouinn ni iku kara desu. Watashi no kazoku to watashi wa shinnpai shimashita. Toiunomo, isha wa, watashi no taichoo ga hutatabi kanzenni yokunaru ka douka wakaranakatta kara desu. Kono osoroshii jiki ni watashi wa ookunokoto wo manabimashita. Watashi wa, kusuri ga kikanakunatta toki ni, kamisama ga watashi wo naaoshitekureru to sinjiru kotowo manabimashita. Watashi wa, kamisama ga watashi wo aishitekureteiru shi, watashi ga kangaerareru yorimo watashi no jinsei wo yoriyoku keikakusiteiru, tsumari, kamisama wa watashi wo mamottekurete ite, watashi wa kono konnan na tokii wo norikoeru koto ga dekiru to manabimashita. Soshite, kamisama wa itsumo warui jyoukyou wo tukuri, sore wo iikoto ni tsukau to wakarimashita. watashi wa mata, hahaoya ya titioya wo hitsuyou to suru koto ni toshi wo totteisugitari, zuuzuushisugiru koto wa kesshite nai toiu koto wo manabimashita. Ima, watashi wa kanzenni byouki kara kaihuku shimashita sorede, watashi wa kamisama ga minasan mo iyashitekurerushi, kamisama ga minasan wo aishite ite minasan wo mamottekureru to tutaetai no desu. Minasann no okaasan ya otoosan ni aishiteiru to mainichi tutaete kudasai, nazenaraba, toki ga sugiru noha haya sugiru kara desu. Minasan ga ima koko ni iru koto no arigatasa ni kanshashite kudasai. Soshite, jibun de kontorooru dekinai shourai no koto ni tuite nayamanaide kudasai.Monogoto wa itsumo nantoka naru mono desu. Watashi no titi wa itsumo watashi ni iimasu.Tadashii koto wo shinasai. Soshite, kamisama wo sinjina sai. Watashi mo onajikoto wo minasan ni iitai to omoimasu. Goseichoo arigatoo gozaimashita.</o:p></span></div>
Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-36508520795620652742013-10-07T15:32:00.003+09:002013-10-07T15:34:19.685+09:00Speech ContestThis will be short and sweet, but is long overdue...<br />
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I want to say a BIG congratulations to Daichi for placing third in the first round of the Speech Contest! Daichi spoke about Japanese companies and how they have to think for themselves. He gave some very insightful economic and business advise and strategy plans that my ALT friends were very impressed with. I think the rest of the crowd was very impressed by his ideas as well!<br />
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He and Natsuki worked so very hard and I am so proud of both of them for the effort and devotion they put into participating this year. They are both first place winners in my eyes!<br />
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Daichi will move on to the next round of the competition on Sunday, October 27th in Shizuoka City. Prefectural Speech Contest round 2, here we come!<br />
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Daichi giving his speech entitled, "Think For Yourselves"</div>
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Natsuki giving her speech entitled, "The Pleasure of English"</div>
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I love them, but why are they so much taller than me!? haha :) </div>
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Daichi receiving his award for coming in 3rd place!</div>
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Happiness! </div>
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Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-27776809865113236562013-09-09T15:31:00.003+09:002013-09-09T15:40:46.460+09:00The Fast, The Slow and English Club!Well... I thought I would be able to post something pretty much right after the opening ceremony but time has been moving so fast lately! I can't believe we are already into the second full week of the new semester. Actually, it feels like time is flying by, and moving at a glacial speed all at the same time.<br />
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At school, most of my classes are already into their second lesson (Lesson 7) in their textbooks while others are just one class away from catching up. I am working hard to remember my students' names, but it has been a little challenging. I had each of my students fill out name cards that they stand up on their desks at the start of each class so that I can read their names from up at the blackboard. I love when they have their name cards on their desks because it helps me remember everyone's name and it also helps with calling on volunteers for class activities.<br />
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English Club has already met twice now (and we are getting ready to add a second meeting day during the week)! I have really enjoyed getting to know my students in English Club so far. Last week, we played another getting-to-know-you game called "Have You Ever..." in which the 11 of us formed a circle of 10 chairs. One student then stood in the center and asked a "have you ever" question. Whoever can answer "yes" to the question has to quickly get up and sit in a new seat. Whoever doesn't find an empty seat stands in the center and asks a new question. It got a little crazy when everyone was up and eagerly searching for a new seat. I think everyone really enjoyed it! We then had "Popcorn and Movie Time" where we watched "My Neighbor Totoro" in English. The students had never seen it in English before. I learned last week from the "Have You Ever..." game that they have also never tried a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (the American lunch classic). I think I will have to bring the ingredients this Friday to Club and have the students make them so they can try it. (Although, personally I prefer peanut butter and banana, so maybe we will have to try that one too) ;-)<br />
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The speech contest is fast approaching and Daichi and Natsuki are working very hard on their entries. I am so proud of them and am looking forward to sharing the big day with them in Numazu when they give their speeches!<br />
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So, at school, things are moving right along, and time seems to be passing quickly. I hope that the students have been learning a lot from me and have been having fun in the classroom and in Club. <br />
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For as fast as time feels like its passing, it also feels like its passing just as slow. I often wish I was further along in class than I am. I wish I knew more students' names and I wish I was spending more time with them getting to know them. This is also my first time teaching, so I wish I had it "more together" as we say in America. But, I guess these things just take time.<br />
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For me at home, it's really a mix of both. I know I have accomplished a lot so far in just my one month of living in Shizuoka, but I would like to have accomplished much more already. But that's just typically me... I can be a perfectionist and sometimes set unreasonably high goals for myself in short amounts of time. In reality, the friends I've made, the places I've traveled already, the things I learned and the progress I've made adjusting to life in a foreign country is actually enough to cover TWO months of living in Japan, when I stop to think about it, not just the one it has been.<br />
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All in all, I basically have a LOT of expectations and a lot planned in my time here to both do for fun and to accomplish with my students and in this school. God has blessed me with this time here in Japan working at Gotemba Minami High School and I want to be a good steward of my time and talents here. I don't want to waste one second.<br />
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PS. Speaking of adjusting to life in a new country, I ventured off to Tokyo for the first time by myself yesterday! It was fun, but I guess you could say I needed to go because I "worked out all the bugs" for my next solo mission. (AKA I got a bit lost.....) :- /<br />
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Here are a few pictures from my Sunday Tokyo stroll...<br />
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My three FAVORITE things... coffee, music and Tokyo all in one! The perfect Sunday!</div>
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So, basically I spent probably 2 hours roaming around Tsutaya, listening to all the sample records they recommended. I came across this one by Fuzzy Control. This band really stands out to me because they are really good and the drummer is a girl! I am a female drummer as well and to see one be so successful makes me feel so inspired! Since my degree is in the music industry, I really want to explore the Japanese Music Industry while I'm here.</div>
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New ALT From Nashville, Tennessee!</h2>
<br />Hello, everyone! My name is Dianna Antenucci and I am SO excited to be the new ALT at Gotemba Minami High School! First, I want to thank my Principal and Vice Principals as well as my supervisor and all the teachers I have met so far for being so kind and welcoming to me. I will never forget all that you have done for me!<br />
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It's a quiet day in the teacher's room today so I thought I'd get this blog going again. I'll do my best to keep you updated on school functions and activities as they come up and I'll also be posting a bit about my new life here in Japan!<br />
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Well... I guess I should introduce myself to you. I am from Nashville, Tennessee in The United States of America. <br />
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My town is the state's capital, so it's starred!</div>
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I call Tennessee home, but I first moved there in 2009 to attend Belmont University in Nashville where I earned my degree in Music Business. I worked my way through school and had the opportunity to intern for many different Music Business companies. I LOVE Nashville and plan to return there after my time on JET.</div>
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My parents and sister, Amanda, and I on Graduation Day at Belmont!</div>
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(They live in New Jersey with my dog, Zoe)</div>
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I've always loved Japanese culture from the time I was very little, but I never dreamed that I would get to live here one day. I often find myself walking around and taking all the sights and sounds in, being very grateful to be in the moment.</div>
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Talk to you after Opening Ceremony!</div>
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Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-69096452088703423622013-06-07T13:23:00.000+09:002013-06-07T13:40:38.013+09:00My favourite time....Bunkasaiiiii! <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Last weekend was our school festival or bunkasai in Japanese. The festival lasts two days, Friday is just for the students to enjoy and Saturday is when the parents and past students come to take part. We don't have anything similar to this in Ireland, which is a shame because its so much fun and the students organize everything. It's a lot of responsibility! Each homeroom class decides on a theme for their class and decorate accordingly. They decide if they will have a game or serve food in their room. Students spend days painting, drawing, gluing and crafting so that the school becomes a colourful wonderland. These are also performances such as dance, singing, and instrumental.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love the science clubs room too, there is always so many interesting creatures. My favourite is the Salamanders (above). Science club also play a common summer festival game called Kinyoshui, the object is to catch goldfish in a cup using a paper covered hoop as a net. You have to be careful not to rip the paper as when it breaks your turn is over. I caught only four goldfish but I watched the science teacher catch 23! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was so excited that my friend Jill came to visit my school. She is the ALT at Gotemba High School and we had so much fun visiting all the games rooms and eating lots of food. We really enjoyed the Coco Curry from HR33 and various things made by the cooking club. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The Brass Band club performed on Saturday morning and they were brilliant. As well as music some students performed a dance routine. Unfortunately my video isn't uploading but I will hopefully be able to fix it and upload at a later date. Until then, there are some picture below. Four of our teachers joined the club for the performance Miss Unno, Miss Goto, Mr Heima and Mr Atani, they were excellent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All the students worked so hard and should be proud of their achievements. The students council worked tirelessly for weeks and most are third years so I hope they have many great memories of their last school festival. I certainly have lots!</span></div>
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Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-22212908166761939552013-05-24T11:35:00.000+09:002013-05-24T11:35:54.498+09:00Cooking Time for English Club<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
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the members of the English club asked if they could learn about food from other
countries and cook them. I love cooking so I was extra excited about
this request. First we talked about the different continents and the types of
food we knew from each and we voted on which one we wanted to study. The
students decided on Europe, so the next week I gave them a list of different
types of European food. They read over some different recipes and had to choose
four dishes that they would cook, two mains and two desserts. The four dishes
chosen were Spaghetti from Italy, Quiche from France, Apple Strudel from
Austria and Eton Mess from the UK.</span></span></div>
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divided into groups of four and each group cooked their dish and everyone
shared at the end. However, the week before they had to study and translate the
recipes into Japanese. </span></span></div>
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worked well together and finished each dish perfectly. We all enjoyed
working and eating
together and it was a very nice to have our little
European food party. I think that it was interesting for them to learn
about
food from other countries because Japanese food is so unique and is
especially different from European food. They have also decided to
present world food as their topic for the school festival.</span></span></div>
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boys were great chefs and they understood the instructions well.
Most of them are third years, so soon they will be off to university and having
to cook for themselves. Great to know that they will survive! </span></span><style>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As the saying goes, 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating', and everything was delicious! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Even the soccer boys dropped in for a bite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was a lot of fun messing around with the new first year students and getting to know them better. These two were very funny!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Recently, I went with the third year students on their school trip to Yamakita to have a BBQ. It was a lovely day and the scenery was beautiful. This group of students were my first to teach at Gotemba Minami and I don't see them so often anymore. Therefore, it was very nice to relax and talk to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All the students were so good at preparing all the food and making their fires. I not sure if I would have been as good when I was their age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Japanese BBQ's are a little different to the ones we have in Ireland. The food is much healthier and there is more variety in Japan. In Ireland, and most Western countries, a BBQ is mainly lots and lots of meat. For example, burgers, sausage and kebab skewers. </span></div>
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-63917337711297375382013-03-26T15:28:00.000+09:002013-03-26T15:28:07.477+09:00Spring Break!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This Spring I traveled to Kyoto, Ise, Kobe and Naruto. It was quite a tiring journey as I did it in four days but I had an enjoyable time. I took the night bus to Kyoto so I arrived early in the morning and headed to the Toji (</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">東寺)</span> Temple flea market. This was a great market for many Japanese style items. I bought quite a few Kimono's, some lovely pottery and an excellent glass sake bottle. I also had a look around the temple which was very pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Afterwards I decided to walk to Kiyomizu-dera (</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">清水寺</span></span>)<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"></span><span class="t_nihongo_help noprint"><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" title="Help:Installing Japanese character sets"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: #0000ee; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 80%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; padding: 0px 0.1em; text-decoration: none;"></span></a></sup></span></span> via a quick stop at the lockers in Kyoto station to store all my goodies. I also walked through Gion and got a glimpse of a few Maiko, Geisha in training walking in the streets. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><span class="t_nihongo_help noprint"><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" title="Help:Installing Japanese character sets"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #0000ee; font: bold 80% sans-serif; padding: 0 .1em; text-decoration: none;"></span></a></sup></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This was my first time at Kiyomizu-dera and I really loved it. The views over the city scape of Kyoto were beautiful and the temple was very pretty. Unfortunately, I was still a bit too early for sakura but there were some plum blossoms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The next day, I went to Ise which was one of the main reasons for my trip. I wanted to see the Ise Katagami museum. Ise is particularly famous for Katagami, which is Japanese paper stencil cutting. The stencils are used in Katazome, Japanese dying. Unfortunately, I couldn't take pictures but this is the website if you are interested, http://tourismmiejapan.com/search/spot.php?act=dtl&id=182. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">In the afternoon I went to Ise-Jingu, the Grand Shrine. The shrine is rebuild every twenty years using traditional techniques and this year it will re-open. Therefore, I couldn't see much of the shrine but the grounds were very nice. There are two parts to Ise-jingu, Geku (outer shrine) and Naiku (inner shrine), but I only had time to visit Naiku.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I spent that evening in Kobe so that I could travel to Naruto the next morning. I was very excited to cross the Onaruto Bridge in to Shikoku because I had read about it before coming to Japan. I got off the bus at Naruto Park so that I could cross under the bridge to look at the whirlpools. I was a little late but caught the end of the tide changing and saw some interesting whirlpools. The attendants there spoke perfect English and they were very nice to talk to us for a little while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I had met two of my friends there and we all went to Naruto Otsuka Museum, which is Japan's largest museum. The museum holds life-sized reproductions of some of the greatest Western art of the twentieth century, including the Sistine Chapel. Most of the work I had never seen before so it was very interesting. Luckily, my friends are art historian so they explained a lot of the paintings to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We were all very excited that you could touch the work because they were copies and took this picture of us touching the Mona Lisa. Apparently the real Mona Lisa is kept behind bullet proof glass. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I spent the next day exploring Kitano in Kobe. This area has lots of American and European style buildings, that were very pretty and actually made a nice change from Japanese style building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I found two Japanese girls dressed as Sherlock Holms on an investigation, I thought they were so cute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I also found the beautiful Kobe Mosque and was excited to see that in this area there was so many Middle Eastern shops. I was able to buy some of my favorite food; halloumi cheese and cous-cous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">At the weekend myself and some other English teachers were invited by the Izu City Association for Friendship Relations to go to Shuzenji. They wanted us to experience Japanese culture by taking part in a Taiko Drum workshop and Onigiri making. It was a fantastic day and I'd like to thank everyone who organised the event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We were taught Taiko by students of the Taiko club at Izu Sogo High School. They were all brilliant teachers and we all had lots of fun learning from them. They performed for us a few times and I was really impressed. They were so energetic and cheerful in their performance that it was inspiring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then we were taught how to make onigiri which was interesting because I have never been able to make perfectly shaped onigiri before. I was quite proud of my final one and it was tasty! We had a choice of fillings, which were Bonito (fish flakes), Umeboshi (sour plum) or Spinach Gomaae (sesame seed). My favourite was the Bonito.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Afterwards, some friends and I went to Kawazu to see the cherry blossoms. The blossoms flower here a lot earlier than anywhere else in Shizuoka and there are so many that there is a festival. The blossoms were very pretty and the trees lined the river for about 2.5km. The weather was very hot and it felt like Spring was finally here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> My friends and I enjoying the Spring weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All the food was delicious and nearly everything was Sakura flavoured. I thought that the Sakura ice-cream was too sweet but the mochi was delightful. There were three types, plain, green tea and sakura. (below) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Although the strawberry filled one was definitely the best!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was a great first cherry blossoms viewing festival but I want to see many more. I think it might be my favourite Japanese festival, but really there are so many it's impossible to choose.</span></div>
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<br />Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-44024077758436961092013-03-04T09:20:00.001+09:002013-03-04T09:20:15.522+09:00Omedetou Gozaimasu<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Congratulations to all the third years who graduated from Gotemba Minami on Friday. The ceremony was lovely and full of very proud parents and teachers. I want to wish all the third years all the best in their futures. I know they will all achieve great things because they have all had a great start. Good luck to all of you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Some of the third year teachers dressed in kimono for the occasion. I was very excited to see them, I love kimono and thought these were very beautiful. </span></div>
Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-91810832759540687592013-02-15T10:44:00.003+09:002013-02-15T10:44:44.636+09:00Soba Making with HR16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Yesterday I joined HR16 for a soba making class with Mr. Katsumata. Soba is a thin Japanese noodle that is made from buckwheat. I have always wanted to learn how to make soba and was really excited when Mr. Katsumata offered to teach me. Earlier in the day he taught Mrs. Sekimoto and I and it was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. When making soba you have to kneed the dough four hundred times and the dough isn't soft like bread dough so it takes a lot of effort. Afterwards the dough is flatten and rolled out, which also takes a lot of effort because it has to be rolled in four different directions to make it into a square. When it is thin enough the flat dough is folded in half, then it is folded from right to left and again from left to right, making a rectangle. Now it is ready to be cut into very thin noodles. Later, I join HR16 for their class and some soba tasting, it was delicious! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Two of the girls trying their best to keep the noodles thin enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The knife looked a little scary but it was fun to use.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Fuka and I were definitely better at cutting udon than soba! Mr. Katsumata cut the perfect noodles, below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Ours were not as good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">One of my favourite things about Japan is that the ski slopes here are very accessible. From Gotemba you can drive a few hours north and be among the beautiful Northern Alps in Nagano. I usually go to Hakuba, which is where the 1998 Winter Olympics were held. I am definitely not an expect skier but I have been getting better and as long as I keep to the green slopes I'm safe and happy! This is my friend and I enjoying a great day skiing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">There are many great things to do in Nagano apart from skiing. For example, visiting the onsen snow monkeys, which is what I did on my last trip. It has been a dream of mine to visit these monkeys since I watched them on David Attenborough's program, Planet Earth. I think they are incredibly human-like and they remind of old men relaxing by a fire. They were very interesting to watch so I took a lot of pictures. Here is a selection of them below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We where able to stand really close and they didn't seem to notice us there. This little boy was enchanted by them, so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To get to the monkeys we had to walk for about 20 minutes through the forest. It was beautiful and still because of the snow, we all said it felt like we were in a scene from Norwegian Wood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I enjoy traveling and want to visit most
countries in the world but Australia had never been on my list of countries to
visit. However, when my youngest brother moved there I decided to visit him for
Christmas. My mind was completely changed and I fell in love with Australia
because it is such an exciting country. It is unique but also very similar to
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have enough time to stop much along the way, but I’d love to go back and visit
all the lovely little towns along the road. The Twelve Apostles were stunning,
and the beaches near there were beautiful.</span></div>
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was a very long, hot car journey to Sydney. The Christmas dinner was great
though. </span></div>
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friends and explored the city. I went to see Sydney Harbor and the Opera House which was so beautiful, even close up. </span></div>
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many beautiful beaches. I visited a friend there and played bowls with some of
her friends. The boat ride was very great and it was amazing to think that it was some peoples morning commute. </span></div>
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the city I visited Hyde Park, which was very beautiful. It had great walkways
lined with amazing arching tree and a lovely fountain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Before I knew it was New Years Eve and we
were of to celebrate the end of 2012 at Sydney Harbor. We all gathered
together and spent the day enjoying the sun in Mort Park on
the harbor waiting for the evening’s fireworks entertainment. They didn’t
disappoint and the show was spectacular! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The next day we decided to go to Taronga
Zoo because I really wanted to see some Australian animals. I loved seeing the
Kangaroos but my favourite was the Kola bears. They were very energetic when we
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">On my second to last day we took a trip to
the Blue Mountains. We visited the Three Sister, which is an unusual rock
formation there. We walked through the forest and climbed down to the Three
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">On my last day the
weather was marvellous so we all went to Bondi Beach. It was a great last day
in Australia, we went swimming in the sea and relaxed and chatted in the
sunshine. It was a perfect end to a great holiday and I hope I can visit Australia again some day. </span></span>
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Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687189577026283469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772987157573579504.post-87618641644460579872012-12-13T16:35:00.001+09:002012-12-13T16:35:25.973+09:00Koyasan and Kyoto <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Last week, for the long weekend I went to Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture. Koyasan is a home to an active community of Buddhist monks who study and practice Esoteric Buddhism. It was founded twelve centuries ago by Kobo Daishi on the top of Mount Koya which is surrounded by eight other mountains, symbolizing a lotus flower. It is a very peaceful and serene place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It is difficult to get to Koyasan so I decided to stay overnight. I stayed in Eokin Temple which was build 1200 years ago. Above is a picture of the garden that my room lead off to. The temple was very beautiful and the monks were so friendly and interesting to talk to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">There are many shrines and temples to walk around. My favorite was this Tori-gate shrine (below), it was quite dilapidated but I think that added character and it led to a beautiful cedar forest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After dinner on my first day, I walked through the cemetery which is the final resting place for many famous Japanese Lords, Lady's, Monks, Priest and poets. It was very eerie but spiritual. The cemetery is set among an ancient ceder forest and the trees are hundreds of years old which creates a mystical feeling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The next day I attended a fire ceremony at Eokin Temple, it was a very unique experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After breakfast in my room, which was a delicious vegetarian feast with tofu I went to see the other Temples. I walked through the cemetery again to the Mausoleum of Kobo Daishi which is the most sacred place in Koyasan because this is where his body is enshrined. I couldn't take picture there but it was a very beautiful temple. Below shows the Buddha statues at the entrance, people throw water from the river on the statues to pray for the dead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I viewed a lot of the other temples but couldn't take many pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The next day I went to Kyoto to see the Maple leaves at Tofuku-ji Temple. The weather was perfect and the colours of the leaves were breathtaking. This was the first time I'd gone to Kyoto for Maple viewing and it was worth it. </span></div>
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