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Tag Archives: Earthquake in Japan
We Interrupt Our Usual Programming to Provide This Emergency Message- Typhoon
An emergency message from the US Embassy is always an unwelcome addition to one`s inbox. Next came an email from school announcing its closure and the imminent arrival of the elated Offspring and their celebrating compadres. This was more distressing … Continue reading
The Glamorous Life of an ExPat Wife
Done with all that whininess that can be the ExPat mentality- culture shock, kids coming home from the first day of school without a friend, facing a grocery store selling brains, organ meat or live animals, or not hearing one … Continue reading
Posted in Moving to Japan
Tagged Ambassador Roos, Amblerangel, Arrested Development, Culture, Earthquake, Earthquake in Japan, Emily Cannell, Fund Raising, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, J'Elvis, Japan, Moving, Rapper Speech, TAC, Tasmanian Bloodhound, The Social Chairman, Tokyo, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
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The New More Flexible Normal- Not For the Faint of Heart
On April 15th last year, my taxes were filed, and the day ahead probably looked identical to the 45 preceding it. Starting with mine and Spouse’s morning coffee talk, through school drop off, to the work out session aimed at … Continue reading
Posted in Moving to Japan, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
Tagged Amblerangel, Culture, Earthquake, Earthquake in Japan, Emily Cannell, ExPat, food, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Japan, Moving, Newspaper, Normal, Nuclear Reactor, Offspring, parenting, The New Normal, Tokyo, Tsunami, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
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Some Things Are Hard To Understand. Culture Lesson #14
Anticipating the vast differences between Western and Eastern Cultures, Spouse and I studied like college crammers in order to prepare ourselves and the Offspring for what would certainly be a staggering change in the daily communication. Upon arrival, we all … Continue reading
Playing it Safe
The nuclear power plant deemed fully non-functional, the French have been brought in to decommission the leaking source of the daily Japacolpyse rumors, a process residents have been informed will take several months. I, becoming more green and Gumby-like with … Continue reading
The New Normal
The Offspring headed off for school an hour earlier with a drag in their step and cacophony of complaints on their lips as I merrily pushed them out the door to catch the bus for the first day back. Having … Continue reading
Miss Hathoway- Please Circulate an “Out of Office” Memo
Miss Hathoway, please circulate an “Out of Office” memo as I’ll be out for a couple of days. It’s time for the Clampitts to return to Tokyo as we have over stayed our welcome in Hawaii. My mother in law fled … Continue reading
Can Ouiser Walk the Walk? Culture Lesson #13
My view of the beach. I lie loose limbed on the beach. Hammered. Spouse patiently pushes Offspring #2 to the start position surfing while Offspring #1 tests various versions of surfboards in order to find the one which will guarantee … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Lessons, Moving to Japan, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
Tagged Amblerangel, Children, Culture, Culture Lesson, Earthquake in Japan, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Giri, Humility, Humor, Japan, Moving, Ninjo, Offspring, On, Tokyo, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
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Why is There No Crime in Japan?- Insider vs. Outsider: Culture Lesson # 12
Have you noticed that throughout all the turmoil in Japan, where after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant debacles, the media stories bombard us with news of black outs, curtailed train schedules and empty grocery store shelves but fail to mention riots, … Continue reading
The Offsprings’ Perspective.. Not Quite What I Imagined
As any parent would, Spouse and I have been talking with the Offspring regarding their experience of the earthquake. Since many of our family members are physicians, I feel that I too am qualified to make not only medical but … Continue reading
Posted in Moving to Japan, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
Tagged Amblerangel, Culture, Earthquake, Earthquake in Japan, Emily Cannell, Evacuate, Family, Humor, Japan, Moving, Nuclear Reactor, Offspring, parenting, Tokyo, Travel, Tsunami, US Embassy, We're Being Shaken and Stirred in Japan
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