leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: December 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html
Monday, December 15, 2008. And here's the youtube link to the same video: http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Links to this post. Thursday, December 11, 2008. The end of this journey. I spent what I thought were my last traveling days in Nikko. I stayed in what could quite possibly qualify as the scariest hostel EVER, it was on a back road, perched on the side of a cliff, run by a nice but slightly creepy old Japanese couple, and filled to the brim with junk, as an example I will present you with the masks...
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: Go Fish!
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008/10/go-fish.html
Friday, October 3, 2008. Because I didn't know the words for. She pointed us in the right direction and we knew we were in the right place when we had to start praying for our lives. Tsukiji Market has a reputation for being quite dangerous and rightly so! Tomorrow I leave for Hiroshima! I'm really excited about this, it will be the farthest from Tokyo I've gone since coming to Japan and I'm traveling alone so it should be an adventure! I'll let you know how it goes when I get back! Better late than never.
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: January 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
Wednesday, January 30, 2008. The wrong kind of walk in. Links to this post. Monday, January 28, 2008. Pizza can be inspiring. It was a good weekend, not too hectic for a change and I am totally okay with that! Still, I must say that I felt kind of proud of myself when I hung up the phone, it was the most Japanese I've spoken since arriving here and it definitely inspired me to keep on learning. Links to this post. Friday, January 25, 2008. Yikes, it's ridiculously cold in my apartment! Links to this post.
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: September 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html
Friday, September 26, 2008. A weekend in the country. Signifying that one of them had finally pierced the melon. After heading back we headed to bed. There were 6 girls and 3 guys on the trip so the girls slept upstairs in the beds and the guys slept downstairs on futons. This separation resulted in endless girl talk and I felt like I was 12 years old again at a sleepover party, it was a lot of fun. On a bridge in Okutama. Dressed up for the matsuri (last post). Posing with the world's cutest little girl.
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: February 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
Friday, February 29, 2008. I think I'll wake up soon. Links to this post. Friday, February 22, 2008. Some of our differences. The normal response is "fine, thanks" and then there is the quick swap of each person's current good news and that's about it. In Japan when you ask "how are you? Links to this post. Monday, February 18, 2008. I did luck out a little bit because a few of my students still brought me some chocolate, my male co-worker even said to me, "Why did they bring YOU chocolate? I GOT A PART!
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: May 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Birthdays, picnics, and Oktoberfest. in May. Guy He seemed okay at first, but then just became plain old creepy and started hanging all over me and saying how if he didn't have a girlfriend he'd be kissing me. yuck, back off dude! Links to this post. Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Time to jump the slump. Links to this post. Thursday, May 15, 2008. Trying to be rational. Well, I know this was an insanely short post compared to most of my others, but it's almost 3 am and I really just don'...
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: March 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html
Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Adventures in Akiba, Horror in Harajuku, Heaven on Earth. Well to start off with I should probably share that I'm currently slightly buzzed off a bottle of sake that a random couple bought for me at my sushi restaurant. It is crazy how strong that stuff is, the bottle is smaller than a can of beer yet I am feeling loopy! Crepes are quite popular in Japan and you can get them stuffed with basically anything, I like chocolate and whipped cream personally, but at some places you can...
leilasjourney.blogspot.com
Leila's Journey: October 2008
http://leilasjourney.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html
Saturday, October 25, 2008. Photos that go with the previous post. Sadako and her crane. A crane of cranes. Just a few of the cranes. A beautiful mural at the Youth Hostel. In front of the torii gate. With my friend and a deer. Walking toward the shrine and torii gate. The gate at dusk. Links to this post. Saturday, October 18, 2008. Better late than never. Links to this post. Friday, October 3, 2008. Because I didn't know the words for. Tomorrow I leave for Hiroshima! Links to this post.