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13.5 Months' Recap

Saturday, May 26, 2007

It’s Saturday night. The apartment is clean, I’m 80% packed, and I’ve practiced my four-minute thirty-second message for tomorrow morning.

Seven things in the U.S. I’m looking forward to

Air conditioning
Watching hockey
Unpacking after moving into my own place
A fresh reboot to plan out some long-term goals
Seeing more than ten stars at night (one of the best things about Tsukumi)
Getting a new pair of speed skates
Seeing family and friends

Seven things in Japan I’ll miss

Courteous and helpful customer service
The convenience of smallness
Various foods: taiyaki, melonpan, anko (hmm, they’re all sweets…)
Using money with holes in the middle
Being immersed in Japanese
Trains of all varieties
Friends from English classes and the church

Comments

David Sedlacek wrote on May 28:

The apartment is clean. I went over yesterday afternoon just to check it out, and the apartment is beautifully clean. Bravo, Derek!

Derek Schaab wrote on May 28:

Well, maybe mostly clean… now that I think about it a thorough dusting would have been nice. And the windows, too. But all the major things should be okay. Thanks for letting me stay there, it was a great place to live!