Life: September, October, November

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Feeling more and more at home here in Osaka. Here are some snippets of my life over the last couple of months, which have just FLOWN by...

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Photos

Osaka sunset
From the dormitory roof

The new exchange students
59 newbies

The old exchange students
versus 9 oldies... Shock!

Takoyaki Party at Mariko's
Yasu

Takoyaki Party at Mariko's
Aiko

Takoyaki Party at Mariko's
Yasu

Takoyaki Party at Mariko's
Mariko and Aiko, with Mariko's hat collection

The Tada family
A local family I've made friends with and have started teaching English to... A welcome Takoyaki party
Miku and I

The Tada family
Kurumi- also an absolute sweety and a bright spark

The Tada Family
Miku

The Tada Family
Kurumi

The Tada Family
My dorm (think purple) from their balcony. Kinda close!

Earthquake drill
Yes, an earthquake drill! Imagine 30,000 umbrellas all in one place, yet being Japan it all ran as smooth as clockwork and we were in and out of there within 10 minutes.

Katherine's birthday drinks
Amelia and Veerle (new Belgian- absolutely gorgeous girl)

Katherine's birthday drinks
Laura. Again, lovely, and Belgian

Katherine's birthday drinks
Han, Fernando and Thomas

Katherine's birthday drinks
The birthday girl

Nihon Buyo
Amelia and I have been taking traditional Japanese dancing classes here for a couple of months now each Friday night. This is the teacher in the foreground, and the other students, of which there are 4

Buyo
This time we're using umbrellas instead of fans. Arg!