(01/11/04 - 30/11/04)
| 02/11/04 |
Meal out in Sabae to meet Flick's Mum. A really good meal, lots of alcohol...swiftly followed by a karaoke session and more alcohol. All in good company, too. What more could you ask for?! See the photos |
| 05/11/04 |
Pizza and Wine Party A very chilled evening, with pizza, wine and friends.... Thanks to all who came :) |
| 07/11/04 |
Changing of the leaves, and making flutes Tom and I had an early start this morning as we drove out to Izumi to admire the beautiful scenery...and also make Japanese flutes. It was a really interesting experience, even if our teacher was despairing when she tried to teach us how to play our new flutes! See the photos |
| 09/11/04 |
44th Fukui Ken English Oratorical Contest For Senior High Schools! Like last year, I helped Aoyama-sensei make arrangements. A HUGE thank you to the ALTs (and Tom) who acted and judges and chairpeople - you did a fantastic job guys, making this year's contest better than last! |
| 10/11/04 - 14/11/04 |
Detox Yes, it can be done. We invested a lot of time into juicing...ate only fresh fruit and raw veggies...and felt absolutely no different at the end of it...! |
| 11/11/04 |
Lecture and demo lessons at Jin-ai Girl's Senior High School Although not really relevant to my situation, it was good to get an afternoon off work ;) (which must also have been in the minds of two of my JTEs, who also attended!) |
| 21/11/04 - 23/11/04 |
Hiroshima I was very fortunate to be able to go back to Hiroshima with Tom. It's such a fab city, I just couldn't stay away! ;) See the photos |
| 25/11/04 - 26/11/04 |
ALT Mid-year Conference We're very lucky in Fukui to have a great group of people - the conference was really interesting, and actually quite helpful! (Thanks to the people that came to our workshop - hope you found it useful! And a HUGE thank you to our Kencho Alt, Jazz, for all her hard work making the MYC a success!). |
| 26/11/04 |
Powa Howa & the party after the MYC Drink...and lots of it. Fun times! Unfortunately, due to a technology malfunction (i.e. I forgot to charge the batteries in the camera), I only have a few pics of the event. If anyone has some they could send me, it would be much appreciated! See the photos |
| 27/11/04 |
Mugenkyo Taiko Concert in Takefu Mugenkyo is a professional British Taiko group, and this was a bit of a homecoming for them - the two founding members lived in Fukui for 2 years (one of them was a JET in Takefu), and they learned taiko here. We were very privileged to see them perform with their Taiko sensei! The concert was absolutely fabulous (although those with a hangover from the night before may disagree with me). |
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