Using this at work could prove difficult

Not because I'm supposed to be working, as my job is a total sinecure, but rather because for whatever reason everything is in Japanese. Wait, there's a painfully logical reason: I am in Japan. It's easier to forget that than one might think. Often times I feel I'm in some sort of Netherland that's not Japan and definitely not America; it's probably what I imagine the Twilight Zone would be like. In my Japanese reality, or the un-reality of the Zone, anything can happen. Old women have bright purple hair, students go catatonic in class and no one seems to care, it's always too hot or too cold, stamps are more important than money, fish have herpes, and you can never make substitutions when ordering food...the list goes on and on.

Karate

Just had my third class and my feet are quite sore from dragging them repeatedly across the hardwood floor.
The fact that 90% of my class is under three feet makes the whole thing much less intimidating. Unlike my failed foray into soccer last night.

Reclining Buddha, as seen from our canal ride in Bangkok

The Grand Palace, Bangkok

Bamboo rafting. It started pourning rain shortly after this picture was taken and for the duration of the ride I was cold. This would be the only time I was cold in Thailand due to the fact that it was normally 40 degrees.

Meryl and me at the beginning of our trek in Chiang Mai

Buddhist monks in Chiang Mai painted the walk outside their wat

Thai Boxing

Pre-Japan 

Hajimete

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