2006 December 8 Friday.
My teaching day started off at 9:00 with the second year students at the DoKan Nursing School 北海道立旭川高等看護学院. Today, we did a word association exercise using page two of one of my original textbooks. It was a very relaxed and enjoyable class for everyone involved. After that class was finished at about 10:30, I took a taxi back to my classroom to eat brunch and get ready for straight classes from 15:00 until 20:00. When that was all finished, Ikuko and I got into a taxi and rode over to her mother's house which is located in the Chuwa District of Asahikawa. Today was a special day, because Ikuko's younger sister, who lives and works in Tokyo, had come back to Asahikawa for a one night stay. Only one night? Why now? Why not at the end of this month? It's because she had some accumulated mileage points from flying, in the past, and needed to use them up before they expired. So, she came back to Asahikawa today. During August of this year, she took a 3 nights 4 days trip to South Korea, and had a wonderful time. She really likes Korean food and so do I, so I wrote in my blog on August 16, asking her to get me some good stuff to eat. Well, today my wish came true. You can see some of the stuff that she brought with her today in the photo on the left. Actually, this is only about one-forth of what she brought with her. I couldn't get everything into one photo. Tonight, we all sat around eating and drinking Korean goodies and talking about various things. I took a taxi home at about midnight, but Ikuko stayed overnight at her mother's house. The stuff you can see in the photo is all made in Korea, but Ikuko's younger sister bought it all in Tokyo. No big surprise there. It would be a big hassle to try and carry all of this stuff back from South Korea. She brought about 4 times more items than you can see in this photo. That's a lot of stuff. Thanks U!!!! She is too busy with work to come back to Asahikawa again during the year-end/new-year season so, I'll see you again in February. Have a safe trip back to Tokyo.
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