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Broadcasting to an audience of three (and a goldfish)...
Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
 So, then, another good night on Japanese television. There's a discussion on now about whether female celebrities should have long underarm hair...
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Tonight is positively glacial. I think this is probably the most shiver-inducing evening of the year yet. It really is an archetypal Etajima cold- a cold that really chills you to the core.
I think tonight might need the kotatsu and the kerosene heater...
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I made the right decision in deciding not to go to taiko. My sore throat is developing into a cold, and I'm aching all over.
I wonder if it might be killer flu...?
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Got home to find two parcels in my letter box. One was from home; the other, though, was from Dartmouth Primary School. A parcel of posters and letters from the children of Dartmouth to the children of Ozu! Thank goodness they've arrived at last- not only can I tell the Mayor that things are progressing smoothly, but the children in Ozu will be delighted, I'm sure!
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Yes, I do feel bad about missing taiko, but nevertheless I've decided that it would be best not to go this evening. My throat is really sore now, and I'm not feeling at my best generally. I've also taken tomorrow off work (which I was planning to do anyway), so I'll be able to have a leisurely day. Hopefully with plenty of rest, I'll be feeling better soon.
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A productive afternoon. Not only did I get the International News out of the way, I also fixed the Christmas crafts we'll be doing at the International Club's Christmas event on December 14th. We're going to make paper snowflakes, maccaroni Christmas trees, and then the children are going to write letters to Santa Claus (I'll distribute personalised replies to the children's schools after the event). These crafts are ideal because they're simple and cheap, but more than anything because the children are not likely to have done them before. Deciding on the content of an event is always the most difficult part of the planning, so having our programme decided so early is a weight off my mind.
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My throat's getting worse. I'm not going to the hospital, though,(1) because it seems hopelessly over the top to have to go to a hospital just for a sore throat (GPs in the British style don't exist in Japan), and (2) because from past experience I know that whatever medicine I end up being given won't work. I'd rather take my chances with gallons of orange juice, to be honest.
I suppose this is a legitimate excuse for skipping taiko this evening, but all the same, I think I'm going to go. I've no intention of going on Friday, and, for some odd reason, I feel bad about missing a whole week, especially after last Friday...
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It's amazing what being friendly with the right people will do. Two years ago, when I was doing the International News, I had to drive round to each local office and get the people there to distribute the newsletters for me. This time, though, when I went to ask for the number of copies required for each office, the editor of the town newspaper very kindly offered to include my newsletter with all of the leaftets and announcements he was going to be distributing to the same set of offices himself. This saved me at least two hours driving round the island; not that I'd have minded a pleasant drive, but I have other things I need to do to. Moreover, if the newsletters are distributed with all the other leaflets, they're less likely to be ignored or discarded (as happened before). Even if I'd left the newsletters downstairs to be distributed in the internal post tomorrow, I'd still have had to have made a phone call to every office to tell them what to do, so the editor's offer saved me a great deal of effort. Needless to say, I'll be taking him up on his offer every month!
Then, the webmaster of the town's homepage heard about the newsletter. He asked me to send him the file, and he's going to put it on the homepage. It's amazing what people will do for me if only they know what I'm up to. It's a shame, therefore, that there's no efficient way of letting people know what I'm working on, and (perhaps more importantly) what I'm planning.
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I've developed an intense dislike for the printing machine. If it doesn't chew up every master I try to make, it either runs out of ink, or transfer sheets, or the transfer box needs emptying... It must know- somehow- that I'm using it.
Today was the turn of the ink...
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Got permission from everyone, all the way up to the Deputy Mayor, to distribute 'Etajima International News'. I'm fairly sure, though, that nobody actually read the newsletter itself, just the proposal attached...! Anyway, this doesn't really matter that much; the fact that they've put their seal on the proposal means that they've agreed that the content of the newsletter is fine. Ultimately, not having read the newsletter is no excuse.
It normally takes much longer than half a day to get everyone's seal on a proposal; I think the fact that I took the papers to everyone personally, rather than waiting for them to be passed round, was what speeded everything up...
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Web articles worthy of mention...
A whole page on the BBC Derby homepage about UFO sightings in Derbyshire. Apparently, Ilkeston may be on the verge of a UFO 'flap'...!
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I should have known to go straight to Google's web directory in my search for ways to increase the exposure of the Breakfast Show. There a long list of weblog directories, just ripe for the registering...
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Spent the morning shovelling nodo-ame- herbal cough sweets- down my throat, along with copious amounts of satsuma... but my throat is still sore. At least I don't have a cold.
If I can, I'm going to take tomorrow off, I think...
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