May 16, 2004 - Posted by Matt- 0 Comments
My host parents were good friends with Leslie’s host parents, the Okayamas, so we ate with them on two occassions at our house. The Okayamas also fed and took Leslie, Joy, and I to the Okaeri festival one weekend.
When Mr. Okayama saw my sketchbook progress, he was very impressed and gave me two tickets to [...]
May 16, 2004 - Posted by Matt- 0 Comments
On Sunday we were supposed to go to a rice-planting event to promote the tradition of rice planting… but it was raining so hard that when I heard the phone right I knew that it was going to be cancelled. Later on, however, the rain let up a bit, so Leslie and I went to [...]