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Posts Tagged ‘pre-departure’
To China!
Posted in china, tagged doodles, pre-departure on 18 August 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Eternal Optimism of Hello Kitty
Posted in japan, tagged pre-departure on 17 March 2009 | 2 Comments »
I trust the Hello Kitty coloring book; I just hope I won’t be too much of a zombie to appreciate it! I leave home at 4am to fly out of Baltimore at 6:30am, arrive at Newark at 7:30am, leave Newark for Japan at 11:10am, and land in Tokyo at 2:10pm on Wednesday! The Newark-Tokyo leg [...]
Packing Perils
Posted in japan, tagged being ridiculous, pre-departure on 16 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My suitcase tried to eat me alive! Really, I am getting things done. Really, I swear.
Homes and Houses
Posted in japan, tagged homestay, pre-departure on 16 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I JUST received the address of my homestay and am happy to find that (as far as I can guesstimate with google maps) my commute to school will be on the short-ish end of the expected range (40 minutes instead of 60). The city of Tokyo is divided into twenty-three wards (ku)– Chiyoda-ku is where [...]
Preliminaries
Posted in japan, tagged pre-departure on 11 March 2009 | 2 Comments »
All right! It’s finally come down to the last week of waiting. Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Tokyo! This point, at least, marks the end of another wait: I can start writing about the upcoming trip without feeling like I’m getting way too far ahead of myself. Starting, say, a month in advance would have been [...]
