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HL: saw my first sumo tournament today! It was a lot of fun.  One of the university staff that was with us even bought me and a couple of friends some chanko nabe (a kind of stew that sumo often eat).
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HHL:
got to spend some time with one of my sons fathers-in-law yesterday, just talking; spent some GREAT time visiting with some of my granddaughters and grandson and their parents (not my children) and having a good lunch at a Mexican restaurant with my friend Bob and waited on by the daughter of an OLD work mate... And finished the day by working on historical stuff... A great day...
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Decades ago, when I was a kid living in San Diego I was able to tune in the Tijuana TV station that showed bull fighting every Saturday.
Then, when I was much older there was a weekly showing of Australian rules football.
Then not too long after that, there was a station that showed weekly Sumo matches. I loved the ritualized manner in which the bouts were conducted...
Then for a while there were the Full Contact PKA Karate matches. What blew me away with these were the manner in which the opponents conducted themselves. If a wrongful blow was struck, the opponent would immediately try to aid or at least apologize for the wrongful blow. Only on a very FEW occasions did I see any purposeful mis-conduct. I was impressed by this alone as opposed to regular boxing matches, which I did not enjoy...
Then they all went away from the daily or weekly TV screens...
I was fascinated by them all... One, the matches themselves and two, that I was even able to see them on American TV!!! Well, not the bullfighting, that was from across the border...
Then in later years seeing annual events like a crowd of people chasing a wheel of cheese down a steep hillside from somewhere in the British Isles...
And a bunch of Japanese men riding a huge log down a steep mountainside...
And, of course, the annual Running of the Bolls in Pampolona, Spain...
All we Americans had was Demolition Derbies with stripped down cars; figure eight racing; figure eight racing with a trailer; Rodeos, Roller Derby games on roller skates, relatively tame (?) stuff...lol
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foreignfilmfreak
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Oh yeah, happy belated birthday, Kaz~. I was trying to wish you happy birthday over the weekend but I didn't have a proper wifi signal. Hope you had a fun day (also not sure/pretty sure it was your birthday).
HL/LL: I really like my job for some reason but I'm exhausted.. I want to get back into volunteering and gain some more experience/get my driver's license but I'm so tired. :/ Grr.. I know the only way to get my energy back is likely to find a different job..
I've decided to take back up art. I haven't drawn since high school..
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HL: Spending time with my Lioness this evening. Catching up with a mate and having a great deep and meaningful. Doing more creative writing today, I'm up to the fifth chapter of a story I'm working on. There were a few highlights today 
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LL: leaving Japan. ; - ;
And I'm not entirely sure where my luggage is, I really hope it's okay. They couldn't put it on my flight from Hong Kong because the stop was too short so there wasn't time. Hopefully it shows up not long after I do...
I'm in Qatar right now. Next plane will take me back to Scotland. <3
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Aww, I didn't realise it was happening already.  Well, I hope things work out alright with your luggage!
Highlight of yesterday: finally booked tickets to go home for a week in August. I was getting really stressed about it.
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foreignfilmfreak
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Aww Kaz. I hope the transition to moving back home goes smoothly. <3 And that your luggage arrived.
HL: I keep being moved to higher paying jobs at work and everyone wants to keep me working for them (juggled around to different jobs). I could be making a pretty decent amount of money soon.
Not sure how this will affect me professionally. I keep feeling like I should be developing skills but I need the money to do so. And I feel happy with my job. I have a really strong work ethic. I'll probably be fine in the long run and besides it's interesting to tell people about my work. My friend who did JET did the same line of work and they placed her in agricultural high schools.
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HL: arrived home yesterday, great night's sleep in my soft, soft bed. And today Dad treated me to lunch at the nice inn we often go to for special occasions. 
One of our dogs here was just a four-week-old pup when I left for Japan, and she's grown up so beautifully. Mum and Dad brought her with them when they came to pick me up from the airport. It didn't seem like she recognised me, but she was sleeping in my lap within a couple of minutes so she didn't seem to think I was a stranger either. We've been playing all day. 
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That's good to hear.
HL: My ex's last girlfriend who was dumped by him recently reached out to me. Was really good to finally have someone who understands me but I feel horrible for what she's going through. I'm just hoping she has a good support group in her country and can move on. Also found out he's a pathological liar.
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Oh, let us know how it is, Husky! Been thinking about watching myself.
HL: nice, relaxing day~.
LL: lol, I think I forgot the sheer amount of dog hair in this house. It's on everything, everywhere, all of the time. I own too many black clothes for this. :')))
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Thanks, husky. I'm just glad she reached out. I think she felt much better after we talked. But really feel bad about what she's experienced.
I'm also pretty mad because he told her I have no ambition in life and that he felt responsible towards taking care of me. I scoffed. That comment alone has given me enough motivation to do everything I've set out to do. I'm just so disgusted.
HL: I had a friend open up to me. And it really meant a lot. Not sure why, when people feel they can tell me anything I'm very grateful that they trust me and want to talk to me.
Also, realizing I have a lot of skills I picked up from my degree that you never really notice.
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Oh, I never tell them what to do! I'm just thankful they feel comfortable with me. But most of the time they don't come to me for advice, but to talk about parts of themselves they are afraid to reveal to others.
I've never felt it was a burden. Most times it's hard to know how to answer right away but I'm always reassuring them.
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WL: I started using a language app to practice Japanese and help people with their English and I've somehow met a woman whose hometown is the same as most of my friends so we bonded over that. Then I randomly connected with a former student who studied abroad at my little university for a semester. Pretty cool but also unexpected! This happens a lot when I randomly encounter someone from Hyogo despite never being there myself.
HL: I have two weeks of vacation this year and am debating if I should go to Japan this year or next during my work's layoff period.. It would mean charging the flight ticket to my credit card and paying it off but that wouldn't take a long time.
It would also probably mean I might only be in the Kansai region but pretty sure a few of my Tokyo friends will kill me if I don't visit them.. lol Really wish I could visit my close friends in the inaka though..
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) ever since one of my friends sisters told me she was pregnant and what was she gonna do?!!! And I was still a virgin!!!
