Tuesday, March 29, 2011
THAILAND
I officially bought my tickets to Bangkok tonight! I am flying out of Tottori and going to Tokyo and then it is off to Bangkok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Bangkok
Sooooo, after failing numerous times trying to convince my Amity friends to go on a beach vacation I decided to book it to Thailand. My JET friends are going to Thailand for our Golden Week vacation and I decided to tag along. I just want to visit another country while I'm over in this part of the world and China doesn't seem too attractive, so Thailand it is! I have no idea what I will do once I get there, but the plan goes something like this. Hangout in Bangkok for a day and then book it to a island off the coast. My main goal is to relax on the beach. If god forbid, there is some waterskiing, I'll probably spend all my money doing that. But if not, I'll settle for some snorkeling, elephant rides and some much needed beach time. All I know is that I'm excited for another crazy experience. It should be awesome and hot, also I've been working out like a fiend for 5 months, so I want to showcase the beach bod......haha.
Today was a good day minus the triple double (ice cube anyone?) I woke up at like 10am, and headed to the city. I went to the bank and sent 140,000 Yen to my American Bank and it will come out to like 1,700 DOLLARS!! I need that to buy my expensive plane ticket to Thailand ($1,450).....it will be worth it, I mean it is Thailand. After that I went to the 100 Yen shop and bought 2000 Yen worth of crap...well not crap but some stuff for school mostly. I also bought some $1 ties. Who can tell the difference??? I also got a zip up tie, it reminded of Ron's, the old suit rental place on Penn where me and the homies used to get all of our suits for the dances.
After that I headed back home and put my Nikes on and ran out the door. I recently found this great jogging route. I run past the mall and head to Tottori Port and then past the port there is this great beach that has a wall that is next to the beach and it runs all the way to the end of the beach. Basically the feeling I get when I'm running next to the ocean can't be topped, so I have been running this route twice a week for about a month, since it became warm enough to jog comfortably outside. It is a feeling that I only dreamed of back in MN, that feeling of looking out at the huge waves crashing into the pier is amazing. I also like running in the sand, it makes it more challenging and I feel like Matt Damon in the Bourne Supremacy film. The jog is about 8K or so. I have completely forgotten about miles and pounds...haha.
After that I went to the gym and work on the most important parts of the beach bod, abs and chest. I didn't have a great workout though because I was a little tired and I strained my groin a bit during the jog.
Whale Rock off the coast of Tottori.
So overall a good day.
Everything else is going well, my coworker Jeannie leaves in a couple of weeks which sucks because we have had fun at work joking around. It will be weird to see her go. The next teacher studied Japanese, so it will be fun to practice with her.
Next Thursday is my B Day and it is strange to be turning 24....it kinda sucks. It seems like yesterday I was going to get my license.. I guess I'm an adult now...haha. I still don't feel like an adult. Maybe at 30 I will.
Until next time, I'm safe, far from all the bad radiation and what not. So don't worry!
Much Love
JB
Today was a good day minus the triple double (ice cube anyone?) I woke up at like 10am, and headed to the city. I went to the bank and sent 140,000 Yen to my American Bank and it will come out to like 1,700 DOLLARS!! I need that to buy my expensive plane ticket to Thailand ($1,450).....it will be worth it, I mean it is Thailand. After that I went to the 100 Yen shop and bought 2000 Yen worth of crap...well not crap but some stuff for school mostly. I also bought some $1 ties. Who can tell the difference??? I also got a zip up tie, it reminded of Ron's, the old suit rental place on Penn where me and the homies used to get all of our suits for the dances.
After that I headed back home and put my Nikes on and ran out the door. I recently found this great jogging route. I run past the mall and head to Tottori Port and then past the port there is this great beach that has a wall that is next to the beach and it runs all the way to the end of the beach. Basically the feeling I get when I'm running next to the ocean can't be topped, so I have been running this route twice a week for about a month, since it became warm enough to jog comfortably outside. It is a feeling that I only dreamed of back in MN, that feeling of looking out at the huge waves crashing into the pier is amazing. I also like running in the sand, it makes it more challenging and I feel like Matt Damon in the Bourne Supremacy film. The jog is about 8K or so. I have completely forgotten about miles and pounds...haha.
After that I went to the gym and work on the most important parts of the beach bod, abs and chest. I didn't have a great workout though because I was a little tired and I strained my groin a bit during the jog.
Whale Rock off the coast of Tottori.
So overall a good day.
Everything else is going well, my coworker Jeannie leaves in a couple of weeks which sucks because we have had fun at work joking around. It will be weird to see her go. The next teacher studied Japanese, so it will be fun to practice with her.
Next Thursday is my B Day and it is strange to be turning 24....it kinda sucks. It seems like yesterday I was going to get my license.. I guess I'm an adult now...haha. I still don't feel like an adult. Maybe at 30 I will.
Until next time, I'm safe, far from all the bad radiation and what not. So don't worry!
Much Love
JB
Monday, March 14, 2011
Tsunami
I am safe everyone. I am so far from the chaos that I would have to drive for 12 hours to get there.
I now know why we use the Japanese word Tsunami in English. This past week has been crazy over here, well at least on the TV. People are going about their lives like nothing has happened. Just a few words here and there about the Quake and then people continue living. I guess that is the best thing to do, but it is hard for me to act like nothing happened. My friends up in Fukushima are living in a friend's apartment outside of the city with ten other people due to the fear of a nuclear meltdown. I am glad that everyone is safe and I hope that the rescue/clean up efforts proceed smoothly. Keep praying for and thinking about the people of Japan.
I am doing well, I am going to Hiroshima next weekend to meet up with Jeremy. Too bad our reunion won't be as crazy and fun as I would like because of the tragedy that has occurred here. I am pumped to see my favorite dude in Japan. He always has so much positive energy, so it will be nice to see him. I am also meeting my friend Catherine there, she goes home at the end of the month so it will be bittersweet. That is all for now.
I am alive and well, so don't worry about me! I love you all.
I now know why we use the Japanese word Tsunami in English. This past week has been crazy over here, well at least on the TV. People are going about their lives like nothing has happened. Just a few words here and there about the Quake and then people continue living. I guess that is the best thing to do, but it is hard for me to act like nothing happened. My friends up in Fukushima are living in a friend's apartment outside of the city with ten other people due to the fear of a nuclear meltdown. I am glad that everyone is safe and I hope that the rescue/clean up efforts proceed smoothly. Keep praying for and thinking about the people of Japan.
I am doing well, I am going to Hiroshima next weekend to meet up with Jeremy. Too bad our reunion won't be as crazy and fun as I would like because of the tragedy that has occurred here. I am pumped to see my favorite dude in Japan. He always has so much positive energy, so it will be nice to see him. I am also meeting my friend Catherine there, she goes home at the end of the month so it will be bittersweet. That is all for now.
I am alive and well, so don't worry about me! I love you all.
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