LA 2 Tokyo

Well, it’s been one year since I started teaching at NOVA. Today was my last day there, and I was sad to say goodbye to everybody. I worked with many cool people, and met a lot of great students. People who’ve never worked at NOVA before might be wondering what it’s like, so I’ll be [...]

Another one of my co-workers is leaving to move back to America in a few days, so I went to his going away party last night. He decided to have it at club AIR in Daikanyama, near Shibuya. It was my first time going there, and the place took forever to find. It was tucked [...]

Well, it’s been awhile since I posted anything here. The main reason being, my computer bit the dust! Actually, it died around December of last year, but I managed to resurrect it after replacing the bad capacitors on my motherboard. However, I think this time, it’s given up the ghost for good.
Luckily, there’s a spare [...]

Remember singing “100 bottles of beer on the wall?” Yes, it’s a schoolbus classic, and reminds me of the fun times we used to have on long schooltrips back in the good old days. But the days of the jolly yellow schoolbus are over. The reign of the nightmare bus is here…
Riding the schoolbus is [...]

It was almost 4 years ago when I first came here. I was really excited, but nervous, too. I hate flying, and even the flight from LA to San Francisco is terrible for me. Just thinking about crossing the Pacific Ocean gave me the chills. After my first flight to Japan, I learned just what [...]