"Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there."

「海辺のカフカ」 ♥ 村上春樹
'Kafka on the Shore', Haruki Murakami



Friday, June 25, 2010

Noh Excuse for not posting =p (adding to the list of bad puns on Noh - google it)



I realise that it's been forever since I last posted - very sorry!

A lot has been happening, which has been very fun - a visit to Nara where we fed deer and saw the Daibutsu - my first experience of Noh (my classmate Diego - below in the green - was one of the performers - and a trip to Uji City (the setting of the last chapters of the Tale of Genji and holiday retreat of the Heian nobility).


Also, as promised, two videos of the dancing maiko apprentice geisha who came to our class a few weeks ago, which can be found on my youtube site here.

Today Ana, Cecilia and I will be leaving to go to Okinawa for a much needed break from 1. school life and 2. this disgusting tsuyu (rainy season). We're going to lie on the beaches, swim in the blue water, and go to the aquarium to see the whale shark, the largest fish alive today. Luckily it only uses it's 3000 teeth to eat plankton.


Cecilia, Ivan & Ana (Ivan, Joanna, Mats and Marica are also coming, but staying at a different hotel)

In the meantime, I hope I will get to meet this guy in Okinawa:

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM

    Hi Ella.
    I'm still enjoying reading your interesting blog. The clip of the Japanese Manzai was very funny.
    Just wondering if you got a chance to read my comment on your 'Yokohama- a photo diary' blog re 'American Dad'?
    Take care and enjoy!
    Steve.

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  2. EllaJuly 10, 2010 at 7:05 PM

    Hey Steve! So sorry - I actually did go on youtube looking for a clip of that Japanese kid speaking so I could tell you - but I couldn't find it and forgot about it! If you know somewhere I can watch it online I can tell you for sure =)

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