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Nov. 20th, 2006 @ 11:15 am
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Hi. My name is Lani (not to be confused with my LJ name) and I attended ASIJ for 3 years back in the mid-'70s. Even though it was just a handful of years, ASIJ felt most like home to me than any other school I attended (I was a Nishimachi Int'l School refugee).
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Apr. 17th, 2006 @ 03:31 pm
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Hello, my name is Mary. I am a junior at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I am sorry to bother everyone, but I am hoping that someone might be willing to assist a fellow student. I am in a women's studies course and am collecting stories of women travelers in Japan, in particular, meaningful experiences women have had in Japanese parks, shrines, or temples. These do not have to be religious experiences, although those are welcome, but just any story that you feel is interesting.
I also welcome any men who are interested to submit their stories. This is NOT for publication, just an end-of-the-year assignment, and all I need is just a basic idea of what happened. You are free to go into details but I understand most of you are probably very busy.
Again, I am sorry to bother everyone here but most of my other postings have only been answered by younger people who can't wait for their first trip to Tokyo. Thank you for your time!!!
(Please, if you comment, let me know what your name is. Real, fake, or just first name is perfectly fine.) |
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Hi everyone, I'm Alex, a sophmore at ASIJ right now. I did not know there was this community but know i do.
Have fun.Current Mood:  Wow there's an ASIJ community |
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Is anyone out there that wouldn't mind helping someone learn japanese over msn? I'm only now studying hiragana characters and romanji phrases and words.
Please add: LifHana@hotmail.com
Thank you so much!
-Brandy
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I know I just posted about this guy's music a few days ago, but I finally was able to find his email, wrote to him, and he wrote me back! He sent me a link to a band that he plays with, called "Beat in Fractions", and I thought I should pass it on. They're based in Montreal. Bass, drums, and shakuhachi. GREAT STUFF! Go check it out! Just click on the titles, and they'll start playing. At some point I'm going to make an MD of this stuff, since I haven't figured out how to save the files into iTunes or anything like that. Maybe I should just ask him...
Beat in Fractions
While I'm at it, I'll give a shameless plug for my own music too:
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So I finally listened to the album by Kojiro Umezaki - I think he graduated in 1985? It's called Extraditional: New Pieces for the Shakuhachi - I downloaded it from the Apple iTunes Music Store. I know I posted about this before (last year?) but I finally listened to the album! It's really interesting - he takes the shakuhachi, which is a traditional instrument, and puts it in different contemporary contexts. No pop here, think more 20th century electronic classical or ambient. The first song has some great acoustic guitar playing (at least that's what I think it is), and I was wondering "who'd he get to play this great guitar stuff?" totally forgetting that Ko was a monster guitarist too! How could I forget that?!! I played in at least two bands with the guy!!! But that was over 15 years ago... He's also involved with the Silk Road Ensemble that was started by Yo Yo Ma.
So anyway, if you want some new music check out the album!
Jan. 28th, 2005 @ 09:34 pm
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First and foremost, hello to everyone in this community. :D I am looking into schools for my 11th grade year, next year, and thought asking the people who actually go there would be the best way to get the best information.
So, what is the atmosphere of the school like? The afterschool activities? What do kids do with free time?
My parents will be in Spain next year, so if I plan on going to ASIJ I will be living with a host family... is this common among the student body?
Thanks for being so patient with me... :)
xoxo
Oct. 13th, 2004 @ 01:28 pm
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When I went to ASIJ (82-88), they used the modular schedule system. Each day was divided into blocks, and you had to construct a schedule where all your classes fit together. The good thing about it was that some days you would have huge chunks of free time.
One of the weird things was that there were actually 6 days on the schedule, labeled A through F. So, for instance, if one week Monday was A day, the next week it would be F day. At least I think that's how it worked?
SO, what's the schedule system like now? Do you have any free time during the day when other people are in class? Any old timers remember the modular schedule differently? I may have misremembered it...
Aug. 31st, 2004 @ 08:16 pm
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would anyone be interested in trading packages? i live in dallas texas and would love to get some little japanese items. im especially interested in those little nori wrapped rice packs but i cant remember what theyre called.
Jul. 18th, 2004 @ 10:53 am
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What's going on with the school? I recently made 2 Japanese friend, they live near Tokyo. Heard everyone is taking these tests at the end of the school year, is that right? I'm already on my summer break. ^^ Going back next month though. *sad*
Jul. 14th, 2004 @ 06:46 pm
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I've checked up on this community page a few times, but I've never introduced myself....
I'm Regina, class of '01, living in Okinawa with my husband and two puppies. I went to ASIJ for 9-11 grades. I had two sisters that went to ASIJ--Karina and Crystal Jones. Karina was with the class of '03 from 7-9 grade and Crystal was class of '06 and went to asij from 4-6 grades. Anyway, that's all.... ^_^.
May. 25th, 2004 @ 10:21 pm
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Hey, it's chie.
Class '03 and coming back to Tokyo for the summer.
Just curious how many '02-04 will be around?
Drop me a line. Greetings to students/alumns.
May. 17th, 2004 @ 07:28 pm
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yep, it's over, our exciting SPRING MUSICAL! this year was Once Upon a Mattress, directed by Mr. Brent Huber, Mr. Tom Rosevear, and Mr. Kevin Riordan. i think they did it...not too long ago, 93/92? some time around then, maybe. not sure. for those of you who don't know the story, it's basically the princess and the pea. it was fun, and now it's over *sigh* and i'll get some pictures up on the asij website asap! (of course, our server's down...again.) i was in it, as well, as Lady Mabelle (the french-turkish-bellydancing-distraction-from-algiers-the-french-territory-in-north-africa-that-only-speaks-one-word-of-english) obviously, we did some improv-ing as far as my part went. haha. well, just thought i'd let you all know...
May. 1st, 2004 @ 09:29 pm
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well, i think we should all check out our ASIJ WEBSITE, and look, there's even a link to it on this site!! ...sorry, this is some shameless plugging by the main webmaster of the hs site...hah. god i'm bored. i suppose i ought to do some homework...nothing like ap classes to keep you on your toes! and i'm really awake right now too...nothing like a couple shots of starbucks espresso to keep you up! wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo caffeine~! too bad i hate coffee, ne? hah.
sarah*
Apr. 19th, 2004 @ 10:28 pm
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I've been at ASIJ for 10 years from 88 - 98, but the one thing I miss the most are those 50yen chicken nuggets and 100yen harumaki's.
Damn, I miss the food.
Apr. 19th, 2004 @ 12:11 am
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Found an ASIJ alumni on ITunes! His name is Ko Umezaki, he was a few years ahead of me (I graduated 1988), awesome guitarist and he also played shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). I played in a couple of bands with him (I play bass), but lost track of him after I graduated. Actually, he was featured in the "Ambassador" a year or two ago (?).
Anyway, if you're interested, go to ITunes, search for Kojiro Umezaki. The album is called "Extraditional: New Pieces for the Shakuhachi", I think it's listed in world music...
Apr. 12th, 2004 @ 07:06 pm
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Well...I wish I was at the school. ^^; Unfortunately, I've never heard of it until about...last week when I joined Live Journal and seach around for fun and found this community. Anyway, nice to meet you lil_jake or Hajimemashite lil_jake-san!
Apr. 10th, 2004 @ 06:35 pm
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well what's up, everyone? seems like this is a community for alums and people who are basically not at asij anymore...oh well! my name is sarah, and i'm currently a junior at asij. all you alums probably know my father (coach jacobsson) or my mother (mrs. jacobsson/ms. sadler) as they've both been teaching there for roughly...um...forty something years? well, my mom's not there anymore, but my dad still is--they're both p.e. teachers.
so how are ya'll? how's life...away from tokyo? i'm just getting used to this 'livejournal' thing, as i've always seen it as sort of limited and therefore pointless for the creative mind *cough, cough* of a web designer such as myself. anyway, i guess there's not much to know about me...i'm so stressed for ap's though. okay, not that anybody cares...hmm. well, the only person i recognize in posts is jen, she and i were in second through fifth grade together...yeah, as an established faculty kid, i've been at asij since kindergarten. since before that, actually. i'm in the 1987 ms yearbook. hah!
anyway, i'm awfully bored, but i should be writing my essay for advanced composition on the shining, a very well-written book by mr. king, might i add, so i'll bid you all adieu. hope everyone is having fun wherever they are, and be thankful you're not trapped in tokyo...
sarah*
Apr. 11th, 2004 @ 12:38 am
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So can you guys tell me what it was like to attend school in Japan? I expect it to be very crowded, right? I guess most of you must've studied Japanese as well, anyone still remember some? I'm currently trying my best to learn Japanese right now so any tip would be great! ^^
Apr. 9th, 2004 @ 08:52 pm
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hello,
I went to ASIJ for junior year in 89-90. Long time ago. I still hang out with Tokyo Joe in Vancouver and we reminisce on occasion. I only found this site today. very interesting........
Apr. 9th, 2004 @ 01:46 am
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