Ah yes well, the rest of Kyushu was a fantastic time.  Amanda and I met Midori in Nagasaki and she showed us around the Peace Park and the Wharf and stuff.  Midori was one of my exchange student friends when I was studying in Beijing last year, and it was great to see her again.  Then Amanda and I went to Kagoshima and spent our time there at an ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas!  It's Christmas now in America too, right?  Let me check the time.. yeah, it's 11 pm here, so it should be like 8 am in Chicago.  So Merry Christmas to everyone!

Yesterday - Christmas Eve - Amanda, Sarajane, and I went to Fukuoka City to see some cool things.  All the cool things ended up being Mongol related, though, which made me ( Read more... )

I'm in Fukuoka!  Well, actually, a suburb of Fukuoka called Karatsu.  Although I'm not sure how much of a suburb it is, because it's pretty big and in Saga-ken instead of Fukuoka-ken.  Either way, I'm in Kyushu!  And I'm typing on Sarajane's sticky keyboard right now ( Read more... )