2006 December 6 Wednesday.
Today was just another normal teaching day, so there is not much to talk about. However, last Saturday, I was surprised to receive an email from a person that I have not met in over 20 years. The first time I met him, he was a PhD 博士 student at Washington State University WSU, the same university at which I was working on my BA 学士号 in Business Administration 経営学 with a specialty in Marketing. The reason I met him at all on this very large university campus, is because he was one of the teachers for my Summer Session Intensive Japanese Language Course that I was taking during my junior year. You can see his photo on the left. Also, if you click on the photo, you can read more about this unique and interesting individual. While he was a PhD student at WSU, he used to take many field trips out into the surrounding countryside, and dig up old bottles that had been buried for many many years. As you can see from the photo on the left, he has a very large bottle collection. Much much larger than this photo alone can convey. Not only was he my Japanese Language teacher during our time together at WSU, but we also played our guitars and sang songs together. He has written many original songs as well. Anyway, the reason he sent me an email on Saturday, was that he was staying in Hakodate for 2 or 3 days, and asked me to come and visit him if I could. Unfortunately for me, I had many things to do before Monday morning so I had to tell him that I couldn't make it this time. He rarely comes to Hokkaido, and I haven't been to Tokyo in about 7 years, so we have never had a chance to see each other again since our days together at WSU. However, we do keep in touch with each other by sending a New Years Card 年賀状 every year. Hey Taichi! Sorry I couldn't come and see you in Hakodate last weekend, but let's keep in touch and hope that someday our paths will cross again. There is a lot to talk about after more than 20 years. And thanks to you, I learned the Japanese Language. Something that I use each and every day. I couldn't live here without it.
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