Chicken McUpdates

I like to think of this blog as consisting of little bite sized morsels of updates (followed by a slew of pictures). Basically, I've been so busy that I'm too tired to write a proper blog entry. Enjoy?

-I moved into a new house. It happened in a matter of days.

-I've already had two guests over. It's great to not be ashamed of where I live.

-My toilet flushes.

-I did a cooking class for the community. About 30 people showed up. We made REAL hamburgers as well as biscuits and gravy.

-I went to Ise Jingu shrine (probably the most important shrine in all of Japan).

-I went to Nabari and participated in a pub quiz. My team got a glorious 9th place out of 10.

-I did karaoke late into the night with good company in Owase.

-I went to an awesome celebration of life dinner with even better company. This after a rather traumatic incident at a beach. (Everyone is OK!)

-I went to my favorite school's culture day. It was great fun.

-I played table tennis, FINALLY! Even though I was (humbly) quite better than the 8th graders I played, it was still fantastic to play again.

-I went fishing with one of my school's principals.

Okay, picture time:

Gone Fishin'

My new house

View out the front of my new house

Train rides are gorgeous where I live

CoCo Curry House - I love it <3

Hamburgers and biscuits & gravy - as made by JJ

Me and my special needs student play Jenga once a week. Last week we played "Twisted Jenga". The boy is awesome!

One of the dinners so kindly made for me by my new neighbor

Good times at the 'celebration of life' dinner

Okonomiyaki is most definitely my favorite Japanese food

A stylized map of the area I live in

Left: Amount of rainfall in the least rainy region of Japan
Middle: Average rainfall in all of Japan
Right: This is where I live. lol

Another delicious dinner courtesy of my awesome neighbor

Ise Jingu shrine at dusk

That's all folks!

Jordan