September 2008
50 posts
Because this past week has been so busy for us – organizing (and marking) term-end exams – there was a free yoga session for the sensei this afternoon. I can’t believe I (honestly) forgot my kit.
There’s a rumour going around. It goes like this - there’s going to be a big earthquake in Gifu tonight. It was started by a couple of psychics (allegedly they predicted the Kobe earthquake). It should be at 4am. Some of the kids are waiting up all night for it.
Whether or not the hype is far-fetched remains to be seen. But it’s a good time to re-assess that I now live in a...
August 2008
76 posts
I just received the second landslide warning in a week in my inbox.
“I wanted to send out an extra warning about landslides in the [region]. There were warnings just announced on the news. There is no need to worry at this stage as they are just warnings however, I would like to ask you all to take extra care if you are outside whether it be on foot or in your car. There isn’t an...