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Gifu Beaujolais Nouveau Party Practice

11月

27日

Tomorrow night (Saturday, Nov.27) is Gifu Teragoya school`s Beaujoulais Nouveau (pronounced "Boo Noo") wine party. There will be a wine-tasting challenge, so I thought I should practice a little tonight...

This is a bottle of Californian Cabernet Sauvignon (pronounced "Koo Soo") I got at Seiyu supermarket for 380 yen (A$4). Wow - even cheaper than Saizeria!

There will also be live music by our gifted Ichinomiya student Kiyotaka. It`s from 6-8pm if you want to go - please join us if you`re free!

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Halloween Kids Colouring Contest

11月

4日

Thanks to all the kids at Ichinomiya school who coloured a picture for our halloween coloring contest - it was so difficult to pick winners. There were so many good - and funny, and creative - pictures.

We awarded prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Cutest, and Scariest picture.

Congratulations winners, and well done everybody!

Is your child a student at our school? Can you see his/her picture here?

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My costume

11月

4日

These 2 pictures are for anyone who has no idea what my halloween costume was supposed to be.

I hope this helps!

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Last Year`s Halloween Costume

10月

28日

For those of you who didn`t see my halloween costume last year, here are some pictures. I was a (Japanese-style) grave-stone.

It was useful for hiding when my boss was looking for me. But it was difficult to pick things up from the ground if I dropped them...

My costume this year is a secret. If you come to our Teragoya Halloween Party on Sunday you can see it, and afterwards I`ll post photos here on my blog. I haven`t quite finished making it, but I think it`ll be pretty good, and pretty funny, like last year.

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Kakamigahara Airshow

10月

26日

Thanks Naoaki for reminding me about the Kakamigahara airshow on Sunday.

I went there with my son, Owen. We arrived just in time for the Blackhawk helicopter display, but Owen seemed more impressed by the big cargo planes. He also got excited about the `Blue Impulse` formation flying display and wasn`t scared by the noise, which I thought he might be.

Afterwards we looked at the stalls (yatai) and I bought him a set of small Blue Impulse jet-shaped magnets. I wanted to buy more geeky (otaku-poi) stuff to make my wife roll her eyes and sigh (tameiki o tsuku) but it started to rain, so we headed home.

It`s an annual (every year) event, so next year I recommend you go – it`s easy to get to by train and free to enter.

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