I had dinner with my cousins and also saw my uncle. I'll be visiting friends and family for the next few days before starting my volunteer work in Chiba on Monday. Tomorrow morning I have orientation at New Start -- the place I will be volunteering next week. New Start is an NPO that helps hikikomori (shut-ins) reengage themselves with society.
I've been eating a lot at Denny's (also under the same ownership as 7/11, called 7 & I-holdings) which has a very bizzare mix of eastern and western cooking. For example here is a breakfast with rice, miso soup, natto (fermented soy beans), seaweed, bacon, and egg served with a coffee.
Anyways thanks for checking out my blog! In case you weren't aware, I'm doing a sort of contest starting on July 26th for commenters of the blog (you won't be entered for posts here.. but feel free to comment anyways haha!). I'm really new to this blogging thing so any advice would also be appreceated!
That looks like a great breakfast! Fermented soybeans and coffee... but where are the fruitloops?
ReplyDeleteGlad to know that you have arrived safely!
ReplyDeleteWow, the breakfast set looks very bizarre... I hope they are still tasty?
And I have one complain... Is there any chance you can put larger photos in your future entries? :P
The view from your hotel is awesome!
ReplyDeletehmm the breakfast looks interesting, ill have to try it if i go to Japan
glad you got to go back! ah i miss it so much.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll use the ferris wheel roller coaster contraption as a physics example in tutoring! I knew you would be helpful, even halfway across the globe.
ReplyDeletehey thanks for sharing denny's with me this morning. very meaningful to me.
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Hey thanks for commenting guys!
ReplyDeleteDespite the strange looks, the breakfast actually hit the spot (so much so that I got it 2 days in a row).
And blogspot has a kind of limit on the photo upload size.. maybe I will look into taking bigger photos. Jessica you are going to use it for your art? lol
And the only important thing to remember about roller coaster physics rachel is that in the frictionless case, total energy is always constant and split up into potential and kinetic.
It was great to have breakfast with you too rick. Thanks for your help and your strength is inspiring.
.. also I might take you up on your higashi-kurume offer.
Hahaha, no no no, it's just that I want to see the details in the photos. :]
ReplyDeleteWell the max file size that you can upload on Blogspot is 8mb, which is about eight 2592x1944 photos? (I am not sure if 8mb is for individual file or all the files combined). You can experiment with it a bit. **Even a 1600x1200 is better than 320x240 you know! xPP **
I use the same blogger site that you do, but when I click on the photos in my photoblog it goes to the picture itself (which becomes full-screen) and lets me take a good look at it. I wonder how you could change that in yours?
ReplyDeleteand the offer still stands - hope you enjoy it! i'll leave bedding downstairs for you so you don't have to mess with cooling the upstairs, too.
Are you going to go on the roller coaster? :D
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ReplyDeleteLove the way you incorporate physics into every day conversation - it's like you are speaking your mother tongue.
Be blessed as you begin your volunteer work.
I uploaded some other pictures.. i think they're bigger but maybe still not able to click and enlarge.
ReplyDeleteNo plans as of now to go on the roller coaster.. its kinda sketch going from 80m in the air down to the ground.. 130 km/h . I'll have to do it with someone else if i go for it haha..
Thanks for the snippet of physics wisdom. This was exactly what I was teaching yesterday! Maybe we'll learn about earthquakes and the impulse of Japanese trains next week.
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