I don't really have anything particulary fantastic or interesting to talk about, but...in the past month, there have been a couple events in amongst the insanely busy normal things.
The last time I updated my blog was near the beginning of my summer vacation time...the first part of that week was definitely the more interesting part. The second half, nothing overly exciting happened. I spent time at the beach, talked with some interesting people. Oh, and I went for dinner and a walk one evening with my Japanese teacher. That was about it. Good for me, not so interesting for you. Also, there was a couple days of rain, if I remember correctly. So, not so much to do, although, some pretty sunsets....
I also, of course, went to some street lives. Can't say I really took any pictures. Well, there was this one, but it was more of the pretty colors in the sky than the live.
I also came across a really interesting event at Harborland one night when I was out walking. (I'm sure a lot of you have seen these videos already though...). A performer was putting on a show with fire and LED lights. Well, watch the videos, they show it better than I can explain. I actually had really good timing to watch it though. As I was walking by, he was just testing out his flame shooting things (and I could feel the heat walking by!), and so I got to watch the show from the very beginning!! I'd also actually seen him once last year, also randomly, but only got to catch a couple minutes of the show, and from kind of far away. Much better view this time!! Check it out!
The fire part...if the link doesn't work, click here...
LED part...if the link doesn't work, click here....
Around about this time, we had our training week at work, which for me, was followed by a couple days with my kids, and we did a lot of fun camp related activities with the younger kids, because the older kids had actually gone camping.
Also, kind of random...but at the beginning of the month, one of my favorite bands came out with a new album!! I love it!!
After that, I had another 5 day weekend, throughout which it rained for 2 or 3 of those days. I was sad. But the other days had beautiful weather, so I of course, went out to the beach.
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| The clouds were really interesting this day! |
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| This picture looks so similar to one I took last year around the same time (similar type of clouds...) |
I also started to do some research for my winter holidays!! It's going to be good!! That weekend, I also went to a couple of lives. The first one was FASE's live. The second one was Yoshida Hiroki's (it was his last live before heading out to Australia for a month). They set it up really nicely, and before the live started, he taught us how to make lanterns out of those cardboard milk containers. It was interesting!!
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| *I didn't take either of these photos* but...this atmosphere! |
This weekend is also another 3 day weekend here in Japan, and I had things that I wanted to go and do, but unfortunately we are currently being hit by an extremely strong typhoon, so while I went out for a little before it started to pour, I've been stuck at home most of the time. On the plus side, I've been able to do a lot of research, and I caught up on some sleep as well. So, I suppose I should thank the typhoon, since it's actually helped me out a little bit.
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| This beast.... |
Stay safe (and inside if possible) Japan friends!
