how CUTE is this girl?!?!

what a weekend!

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October 29th 2007
i was all packed up on friday afternoon and ready to head out of school slightly earlier than usual (i am allowed on friday, as i teach an extra class during the week!) but then a first grade teacher invited me to a home-ec class where the students were cooking okonomiyaki so i had to go along and watch them and luckily, they fed me really well as everyone wanted to cook for me! it meant that i d ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more