Archive for the "JET Programme" Category

12.Sep.2010 Meeting the Mayor and the My Country is Presentation

Check out some of these photos. The picture of us with the man with the white hair in the center is our visit with the mayor. The other pictures are from the my country is presentation we did for some seniors at a community center.

Internet Finally

I’m back online! I finally got internet. I really had no idea getting a connection to the internet would take such a long time. I was a bit frustrated because in order to get the internet a man came and checked the phoneline. By check I mean he literally brought in a phone with him [...]

13.Aug.2010 Pictures from Tokyo Orientation

Here are a few of the pictures from the Tokyo orientation before I forget to post them. They’re sort of all over the place because I was functioning off probably around 12 hour off sleep that whole weekend.

The Aomori Aquarium

Well I got up today and some of the other JET’s in the area went together to the aquarium. It was quite road trip. The aquarium itself is located a little bit northeast of Aomori city close to the beach. We drove east from Towada, which si located in the Nambu region of the prefecture [...]

12.Aug.2010 Lake Towada Photos

Lake Towada photos check them out enjoy.

Lake Towada

Yesterday we went to a place called Lake Towada. I was really excited beause my previous Japanese teacher had been to Lake Towada and told me that it was an amazing place. It didn’t dissappoint at all. There was a great Jinjya (Japanese temple) that we visited. Also there were these crazy watch out for [...]

Bank

Things have been going very well so far living in Japan. I’ve been getting used to my house, which is absolutely huge. I think I’ll dedicate an entire post to it a bit later and maybe post a quick video tour. Also today one of the other JET’s in the area took myself and another [...]

08.Aug.2010 Towada, Nambu, Aomori ken, Tohoku, Japan

So far I am loving Japan! As a quick reminder I was placed in a prefecture called Aomori Ken which is in Tohoku which is in northern Japan, and my city is called Towada shi. The last few weeks have been really busy. So far I had my orientation in Tokyo. It lasted for 2 [...]

02.Aug.2010 Trip to Tokyo

Well I’m in Tokyo right now. My trip went well and I was actually really impressed with the flight over from Vancouver. There were some good movies and as a result it didn’t seem that long although I didn’t sleep a wink. Also for movies I watched the Wolfman, which was well… interesting, and I [...]

30.Jul.2010 Farewell Vancouver

Well as of 2:00 pm on Saturday I’m going to be moving to Japan for one year. I will be participating in the JET Programme (Japan Exchange Teaching Programme) as an English teacher. I will be at a two day orientation in Tokyo, followed by a trip to my new home city, Towada shi, in [...]

28.Jul.2010 North Korean Team Reprimanded

Japan images. Happy New Year’s Day 2010. 明けましておめでとうございます。 Originally uploaded by Glenn Waters ぐれんin Japan.Away for 2 weeks From: http://sports.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=25017188 North Korea World Cup team reprimanded SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s soccer team and coach have been reprimanded for losing all three games at the World Cup in South Africa, a news report said. [...]

25.Jul.2010 A non Extensive List of Books

Some Books I would like to Read: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Japan Beyond the Event Horizon Bushido, the Soul of Japan Idoru

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24.Jul.2010 I Love Vice Magazine

A Beautiful Saturday

Memories of Shibuya Originally uploaded by manganite Wow it’s really nice outsid. About 22 degrees, but a nice breeze and not a cloud in sight. I’m about to go for a 12 km run around Vancity, I think later in the week I wouldn’t mind getting some good trail running in around Pacific Spirit Park [...]

23.Jul.2010 Improve Japanese

Japanese HDR scene （2）_in Akihabara in Tokyo Originally uploaded by hiro_sj30 Well so far I was looking into getting an electronic dictionary. However, I read through some forums and I was actually really surprised that the iphone had some really good apps set up for reading Japanese. The cool thing is that it has a [...]