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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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Friday, July 5, 2002 |
 I went to Friday night taiko for the first time since I rejoined Furutaka-daiko. Instead of playing shime-daiko, I took my old place at one of the big drums, and tried to remember some of the old tunes after a two-year break. My memory was fine; my muscles weren't. Not to mention the huge blister I got.
Despite this, though, it was worth going. It was the birthday of one the girls, and two members had bought cakes! We also got a huge watermelon, freshly hacked from its stalk, although because of the cakes nobody could eat much of the melon. I think the chap who brought the melon was more than a little put out- but let's face it, there's never going to be any serious competition between melon and cake, is there?
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Typhoon 6 is coming. It's still a way off, according to this Japanese weather site, but it's definitely out there. Ample proof, in fact, can be found in Etajima Bay itself- there are any number of floating crane-like structures in the bay, where there will be at least some shelter from any typhoon. I wonder if it's the case that more cranes=bigger typhoon? I can't say I've ever noticed before, but I'll be sure to check it out during this year's typhoon season.
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Matsue
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The worst thing about a long period of teaching is nothing obvious, like that there are nightmare children. No, the problem lies in the fact that outdoor shoes cannot be worn in school, so there are slippers at the entrance. However, these slippers are designed for Japanese feet, and so they only come to half-way across my heel; the back of my foot hangs off the slipper, in other words. Standing like this for more than thirty minutes or so begins to become painful; after a double lesson- a full 100 minutes, including breaks- it's not pleasant at all.
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