I’ve been pretty busy since arriving back in the States. Between family and church functions, work, preparations for a New Years Party I’m working on, getting my permit renewed and starting my job search I haven’t yet managed to get bored.
Archive for December, 2007
I’m going home
07Dec07This afternoon, I’ll be boarding a United Airlined 777 and heading back to the land of the free and the home of the brave. I’ve been longing to get home to be with my family and friends and eagerly counting down the days until I leave but yesterday as I wandered the streets of Shibuya, […]
NOvember reading list
05Dec07 Last month I read:
The Wedding - Nicholas SparksWar of Honor - David WeberThe Pilgrim’s Regress - C.S. LewisThe Awakening - Kate Chopin
It seems a rather paltry list compared to October but I had a large number of papers and assignments to complete that robbed me of reading time. Furthermore, the little time I did devote to reading was […]
The Seattle Times, today, is running a story entitled, ‘Seattle’s gifted program seen as ‘elitist.’” Am I misunderstanding something or is elitism not the purpose of a gifted program?
What the article is really complaining about is not that the program is too ‘elitist’ but rather that it is too white. It is pointed out that […]
I’ll be home for Christmas
04Dec07 Tomorrow is my last day as an undergraduate student. I’ll finish my final final at 2 o’clock, completing a four and a half year quest to attain a diploma. Friday, I’ll board a plane and head home.
While I’ve enjoyed my time in Japan and am thankful that God has used my time here to teach […]
