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Greetings, everyone! I`m Jonathan (or Jon) from Washington, D.C. in America. Before I moved to Japan, I was a high school teacher. I taught courses in Literature and Composition and really enjoyed it. Now I enjoy teaching various aspects of English, including TOEIC and TOEFL. In my spare time I enjoy mountain sports like snowboarding, rock climbing and mountain biking. I also like cooking, reading and practicing my Japanese when I have time. I look forward to another great year in Sapporo!
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Too touristy?
2010年8月31日 (火)
Howdy folks ~ Hope everybody has been enjoying this sweltering summer heat! I`ve had an eventful August. I hiked in Taisetsuzan for four days with some friends, without injury or rescue. I did a car/camping tour of eastern Hokkaido, hitting Lake Akon, Onnetto, Kusharo and then Shiretoko and Abashiri before heading back to Sapporo. I have to say, though, that Shiretoko was a bit of a disappointment...It`s renowned as one of Hokkaido`s most beautiful areas, but all I really saw was lots of construction walls, convenience stores and tetrapods along the coastline. It`s as if the entire peninsula has been bonsaied into a tourist attraction...not a whole lot of unspoiled natural beauty remains. Why have people allowed this to happen, I wonder? Sorry if I sound negative, but for me Shiretoko was way too touristy. Taisetsusan was much prettier!
The future is...
2010年7月20日 (火)
Bright, perhaps? Full of opportunities? Open to endless possibilities? One thing is for sure, the future is going to look a lot different in 50 years than it does now. And not necessarily for the better. Recently I`ve been doing a lot of reading and documentary watching about the world`s environmental issues and have reached the conclusion that humans living today all have to do our part to preserve resources for the future. So maybe you take your eco-bag grocery shopping, refuse a plastic bag when you buy a bottled water - or even better, just drink tap water! (They`re basically the same product, anyhow...) Japanese marketing uses a lot of plastic - let`s do our best to reduce it! The next time you`re offered a plastic bag while shopping, stun the clerk by saying (in English, naturally;) - No bag, thanks! And in that one tiny decision, you`ll be making a positive effort to make things a little cleaner! Have a green summer: )
World Cup
2010年6月29日 (火)
Well, America lost. Everybody knows that. But we did better than I thought we would. Despite being generally critical of America (sociopolitically speaking), I couldn`t help but feel a sense of patriotism watching the boys in blue give it their all. And having lived here in Japan for nearly four years, I feel an indirect pride for the Japanese team - perhaps due to their strong efforts in the World Cup, but more in part to the fact that many of my best friends are Japanese and for them, I want their (our) country to do well. Regardless of how tonight`s game turns out, I`ll be proud of Japan`s result in this global soccer (yes, I know - football) competition. It`s an opportunity for all of us to embrace national pride, as well as general pride in the dualistic human spirit of cooperation and competition.
Good luck, Nihon;)
