Achaa! Today is my first day at work (despite the fact that they’ve been paying me since the 6th.) So far, pretty managable. The kids aren’t actually in school yet so I’m just organizing things, sorting through the files my pred left and meeting people. I think the English teachers find my Japanese to be pretty amusing too, one asked if I knew ( Read more... )

Despite the constant fear that I am going to burn down my apartment complex with the heat its producing, I now have my computer up and running again, and expecting now have Internet by the time this post goes public ( Read more... )

Arrived safe in Osaka this afternoon via the Shinkansen (bullet train). But first, an update of what's happened up til now ( Read more... )

Osaka Climate

* Highest temperature on record......39.1° C (Aug 1994)
* Lowest temperature on record.......-5.5° C (Feb 1981)
* 24-hour maximum snow fall............18 cm (Feb 1907)

...oh my god. XD Suddenly 40 degree New Brunswick summers and -15 degree Newfoundland winters have done well in preparing me for something.

I wonder if I'll miss