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| 27th February 2007 carmen | nice! - From: no job, no home...so why not go to Seoul? I enjoyed your blog of Seoul. You went through varies things you did and I love your adventure spirit! I didn't realize we could take a ferry from Korea to Japan, I'll definitly look inyo it! Thanx for sharing!! |
| 23rd January 2007 heatherinjapan | Ethan..... - From: Sayonara Japan, my home away from home Hey Ethan. I'm surprised we never ran into each other in Habu during weekly rounds to Saty. man I miss going there! how was the International School Day? I started working on that, but (obviously) didn't get to see it through. You know, I always thought you were an urban myth....only having 5 students and all!! haha. Are you staying in Japan for another round after this one? |
| 22nd January 2007 Ethan | Habu - From: Sayonara Japan, my home away from home Hey Heather, i've stumbbled across your entries more than once but I never realized that you had been living on Innoshima! I live way out on Uoshima, about an hour away from innoshima (pretty well known as one of the most rural placements on the jet program... 280 people, only 5 students, etc... do you know it?). Just yesterday i was out at the Innoshima International School day and probably saw a lot of your old students. They are a wild but cool bunch. Then I met up with the new jets out on In-to, jennie and angela. A good night of wandering around the Habu chinatown, karaoke, and picking up my weekly shopping at saty =) Hope all is well wherever you may have ended up. |
| 18th January 2007 Suteishi | Sayonara, and a bit of a boo hoo hoo.... - From: Sayonara Japan, my home away from home Heza san! Thank you for bringing closure to your blogs:) I really enjoyed reading the final installments of Heza in Japan. I especially enjoyed this last one. I remember my sayonara blog was bittersweet as well. How do you say goodbye to such a lovely, beautiful year and the people to go along with it? I outwardly sighed at your taking the ferry to work and the hot, green tea as "things I'm going to miss." Let's just hope there's lots of good adventures still to come! Stacey |
| 17th January 2007 Roothie | Days Gone By - From: Sayonara Japan, my home away from home Yes, you surely did have a great experience there this year and even though you may have struggled to leave it, you probably left a little bit of "Heather" back there too. You touched lives and made a difference in a way you will may never fully know. A wonderful opportunity and you gained a lot from it! |
| 17th January 2007 Roothie | Takes Me Back! - From: My Japanese obsession, purikura! Your mom and I did this once but in those tiny booths at K-Mart or some place similar! I would have liked that too, heather. You should start one here Japanese style! |
| 17th January 2007 Roothie | Dine Out! - From: Summer Festival Season! Well, Heather, you'll be dining out on that celebration for a long time to come! The festival of all festivals! I think I'd like to hang out at them, dance and take in the fireworks and food! Great pics! |
| 18th December 2006 fffff | fffff - From: Kyoto and Nara fffffffff |
| 5th August 2006 Linda | heather bo-beather! - From: The Gion Matsuri in Kyoto I'm soooo glad I got to share part of my japanese adventure with you - that weekend was definitely a highlight! can't wait to see you real soon! xxx |
| 23rd July 2006 mom | another wonderful weekend - From: The Gion Matsuri in Kyoto It looks like you had a great weekend with linda and her cousin. The floats in the parade look amazing. I wonder what they would think of the Santa Claus parade? |
| 23rd July 2006 mom | spelling - From: Osaka: Karaoke, Coldplay and the Aquarium I found a couple of spelling errors! Don't forget to proofread. From your teacher mom!! |
| 23rd July 2006 dad | beer - From: where did June go?! I can't help but notice Heather how drinks especially beer seem to play such a big part of your Japanese experience! How lucky can you be? |
| 23rd July 2006 mom | you are lucky - From: Wakayama-ken It looks like you had an interesting day with your friend. She has taught you a lot about the culture. It was nice to have met Katayama sensei, please say hi from us. |
| 19th July 2006 Roothie | More and More! - From: The Gion Matsuri in Kyoto I'm beginning to think more and more that Japan is just festivals, gardens and temples! What is festival food? Was your internet cafe room cheap accommodation?!!! Cool idea. Have you decided yet where you will be next year? |
| 19th July 2006 Roothie | Different! - From: Osaka: Karaoke, Coldplay and the Aquarium I'm glad you got to a concert and witnessed such a different response. Certainly not what you've seen here at the ACC! We recently went to Bonnie Raitt the same night your parents went to see Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and that corner of TO was rockin'! Very cool jellyfish, and you're right, the penguins look like the ones on those ornamental skating rinks until you turn them on and they move! |
| 28th June 2006 heatherinjapan | Julia! - From: Tottori Beach Party hey julia! i don't think i saw you that night...at least, my extremely foggy memory doesn't remember! it was a good party though, eh? I hope you read this reply....i don't have a contact address for you! see you around! Heather |
| 28th June 2006 Julia Schuessler | Happy Birthday! Did I see you??? - From: Tottori Beach Party Hey Heather! Happy belated Birthday! I was at the Beach Party Saturday night too...I only arrived at midnight though, because I waited for a friend to finish work. Did I see you at all? I am having trouble remembering the night! Hope you had a blast and hope to see you sometime soon! |
| 21st June 2006 marie | hi heddie - From: Tottori Beach Party your pictures of the beach party look great. i wish i could be there right now! |
| 20th June 2006 Roothie | More Posters?!!! - From: The Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace The kids steal the show again! What a cute pic of those kids..the girl in headgear is particularly classic....looks like an ad to promotefor travel to Japan. Is quite a stopper! No doubt you will be asked by many people, (including lots of teachers!) to come and do a presentation on Japan. You've go the whole thing right here! You can make a dvd of all this or power point...not that I'd know how!!!!! |
| 20th June 2006 Roothie | Best B-day Ever, Eh? - From: Tottori Beach Party Bet this will top birthdays of the past and future! How very special! A Happy belated b-day from moi! This post is one of the greatest..so interesting and just cool with excellent pics, as always! And, yes, I LOVE the sunset! Another poster in the making....you could make a collage of all the sunsets and frame it and maybe plack it. I love the chill out tent idea...we need to copy a few ideas of how to party! I might not ever leave the massage area! HA! I think this is one of your neatest experiences yet! |
| 20th June 2006 anonymous | - From: Tottori Beach Party Happy Birthday! |
| 13th June 2006 Roothie | An Honour - From: Heather , the rice planter? I'm not quitting my day job... What a neat ceremony to be a part of, Heather! An honour to be invited, too. One of yet, another fabulous memory you have of this whole Japan experience! What a marvelous book you'll have when you bind this whole travel blog together! We'll have to have a tea visit when you come back! Well, maybe a few cups, in fact! |
| 12th June 2006 Stacey | Great Photos! - From: Heather , the rice planter? I'm not quitting my day job... Heza san! It looks like you enjoyed a very "real Japan" kind of day! I guess we're just not suited for the agricultural life of Japan, as mikan picking was rather trying too! Thanks for the photos:) |
| 4th June 2006 Soloman | YAY! - From: The Great Wall Congratulations to Heather for climbing the Great Wall! It's considered a great pilgrimmage among the Chinese to scale the Wall; every Chinese person dreams of someday climbing the Great Wall, first built nearly two thousand years ago when the country was unified under one emperor. Heather, you're an honorary Chinese! |
| 4th June 2006 Soloman | Yay Beijing! - From: Ch-Ch-Ch-China!! Yay! Heather is in China! Great photos! I see you've hit up the entertainment district near the Summer Palace. Keep on blogging! |
| 25th May 2006 Roothie | What an Accomplishment! - From: The Great Wall Hey, I would have taken the chairlift UP! How many miles is the whole wall, I ask? Good to know the world of Commerce is alive and well and living on the Wall as well as everywhere else! Yikes! That's a lot of walking for no sale! I have no doubt that you will return some day to your adventures there! |
| 25th May 2006 Roothie | Photo Shoot! - From: The Forbidden City Now you know what it feels like to be a model at a photo shoot! Forbidden City is very old and interesting. I wonder how many people have viewed it and how grandiose it is inside? Their people must feel terrible about such a horror that happened at the Square. Hard to imagine for us something like that happening at Mel Lastman Square. Out of our realm of thinking. |
| 25th May 2006 Roothie | Great Description! - From: Ch-Ch-Ch-China!! I'd love to be shopping with you there! Lots of silk, eh? I think we should invest in exercise machines around our country....excellent idea. The little kid's picture looks like he suits the name you gave him! |
| 22nd May 2006 Stayshi | Ni Hao! - From: Ch-Ch-Ch-China!! Unfortunately this is one of the only Chinese phrases I know! So happy to see your pics and read your comments! I'm glad that you had a great time in China. I love those exercise machines...craziness:) Xie xie for the sharing...keep it coming! |
| 15th May 2006 Stayshi | China wa doko desu ka?! - From: I have cherry blossom fever! Heza-san! Get working on those China travel blogs! I can't wait to read about, and see the pictures of your adventures:) |
| 24th April 2006 Dad | - From: I have cherry blossom fever! your travel blog about cherry blossoms was very interesting. what a nice tradition it is. sitting with family and friends under a tree in full bloom and having a picnic complete with beer and sake, how civilized |
| 18th April 2006 anonymous | cool! - From: Sumo and Universal Studios Japan those are some big dudes! |
| 17th April 2006 Roothie | Beauty! - From: I have cherry blossom fever! What a beautiful festival and reason to celebrate! We should have something like that here after the Looonnnggg winter! In the old days in Applewood Acres, we could have had "Apple Blossum Festival"! I cherry blossums smell fabulous...is there a perfume like it? (There used to be one called, "Apple Blossum". Wonder how the blue tarp tradition came about..guess it's just pretty damp on the ground still? Keep on taking those pics and preserving memories! |
| 17th April 2006 Stayshi | Oh la la! - From: I have cherry blossom fever! Hey Heather! Great pictures! Kirei, desu ne?! I love the picture of "Overlooking Onomichi and the Seto Inland Sea." Really pretty! Who says you have to travel far from home to engage in the magic of the sakura? :) |
| 31st March 2006 martini | Green with envy - From: Sumo and Universal Studios Japan Completely awesome. I am truly jealous. And I can't believe you actually have a shot of the Time Machine DeLorean! Wild. http://dmcme.blogspot.com Martini |
| 28th March 2006 dad | great trip - From: Last stops for the McLean's: Hiroshima, Innoshima and Miyajima hi heather, thankyou for all those great photos and info. we all had such a good time. japan is such an interesting place to visit and you are the perfect tour guide. can't wait for the next trip, when should we start packing? love, dad. |
| 28th March 2006 Soloman | Hi Heather! - From: The McLean's meet Japan It's so amazing that your family flew over to visit. And I love looking at your pictures! Sorry I've been out of touch. When you come back to Toronto, we should meet up for coffee! Love, Soloman |
| 27th March 2006 Marie | - From: Fuji-san and beautiful surroundings...McLean Adventure Part 2 I just read the two travel blogs from the family trip. The pictures are great! I love your mom and dad`s new coats. They look really nice. Plus Auntie Sue has a new hairdo she looks very pretty and you and Gramma look great as usual the pics are really good. Hope you are recovering from the trip and I hear you are going to China how fantastic. It is so neat to read about your travels and see your wonderful pictures. Take care Love Aunt Marie |
| 25th March 2006 anonymous | - From: Fuji-san and beautiful surroundings...McLean Adventure Part 2 i'm so glad you're family got to visit you! Looks like you had a great time...I love the toy cars, hilarious! |
| 24th March 2006 Roothie | Scenery - From: Fuji-san and beautiful surroundings...McLean Adventure Part 2 Yes, Mt. Fuji looks pretty amazing! Wonder if there are any skiers there??!!! Still, it does look a bit cool outside, especially for the cruise part. Hope the place where you spent the night was cosy and warm! Looking forward to the next part! |
| 24th March 2006 Roothie | Good Overview! - From: The McLean's meet Japan Sounds like the group got a good overview in general for their first days! AND a place to SHOP too! Okay, 'fess up! What did you all buy?!! Well, I'd sit with you, but I'd probably embarrass you by not being able to eat with chopsticks - in fact maybe I'd have to order a hamburger!!! Neat to see pics of the clan all there with you, Heather! |
| 23rd March 2006 anonymous | - From: A hike to the Peace Pagoda, Conferences, too many parties, and other random fun Hi Heddie we are really enjoying your pictures and your stories about your travels what a wonderful experience. Gramma really enjoyed looking at the pics also thanks for sending it to us and I hope you are enjoying every minute of your exciting Japanese life. The Japanese people will be so proud of the gold medal in figure skating won today by the female skater are you watching the olympics at all? Love Marie |
| 23rd March 2006 anonymous | - From: Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Man Festival) the naked men entry is quite an eyeful. I just quite don"t know what to say. that must have been an experience and a half. Just finished talking to gramma she is all set to go. i can't wait to see the pics of your reunion in Japan. By the way Don really liked the gifts you sent him from Japan at Christmas. Have a great time together talk to you soon hopefully. Love Marie |
| 19th March 2006 Roothie | Love Sunsets! - From: Phuket, Thailand: Part 3 Just gotta turn those 2 pics into big posters!!! Best ones I've seen! |
| 19th March 2006 Roothie | Amazing! - From: Koh Phi Phi...the home of "The Beach" What a beautiful colour the sea is! And to think something so beautiful could turn into such a destructive force when the tsunami struck. Neat that you saw the wreckage almost exactly a year later. |
| 19th March 2006 Roothie | Question - From: A hike to the Peace Pagoda, Conferences, too many parties, and other random fun What are Torri Gates? |
| 19th March 2006 Roothie | Great Pics! - From: Sapporo's Yuki Matsuri! (Snow Festival) I love the field of snowmen! The colourful sculpture is cool too! Quite spectacular...and we thought our Quebec Winter Carnival was great! |
| 19th March 2006 Roothie | Neat Stuff! - From: A catch up: special sushi, visits with teachers and a day at the Glass Museum Wow! I think they should have "Girls' Day" here too! Your stained glass looks excellent. You have done a lot of crafty and creative things there. What is in your favourite food? |
| 27th February 2006 Gill Jefferson | We're in Japan too...AND we're related. - From: Sapporo's Yuki Matsuri! (Snow Festival) |
| 23rd February 2006 neil | tamano - From: Beach Party!...but, where's the beach? hey, really interesting. I am looking for Ashley's new blog, and came across this. I am actually Ashley's neighbor in Tamano and heard about this huge trip to Takamatsu (I was supposed to be around for the weekend, but for some reason was elsewhere, can't remember why). Those are the first pictures I've seen from that weekend! Fantastic. If you're curious, check out the recent news on www.pallaver.blogspot.com Next time your in Okayama, lemme know. Actually, where in Japan are you stationed? I'm sure I can find it out actually, and will attempt to do so. Ciao, pallaver |
