<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:27:26 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Typhoons]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/318875</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/318875</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the last three weeks we`ve been hit with two monster typhoons. The first was widely proclaimed to be The Biggest Typhoon In 10 Years. The second, which hit the day before yesterday, was&nbsp;pro... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/318875'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese Video Stores]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/306343</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/306343</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Because I only teach an average of about 4 hours a day, I have a lot of spare time. And because it only takes five minutes to make rice and ten seconds to open canned fruit (the two dietary staples... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/306343'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Piggy-Back Races: The Scourge of Modern Society?!]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/303309</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/303309</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I was reading the English translation of the Japan Times yesterday over a cup of coffee at Mister Donuts, and I read an article that made me laugh out loud, thereby attracting even more attention t... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/303309'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stuff I Miss]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/295770</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/295770</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is a list of what I miss from home:- ATMs that are open all the time, and don`t close at 8pm and on holidays;- North American pizza - not the monstrosities they make here... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/295770'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanazawa]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/289533</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/289533</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Been a while since I posted anything, so here`s a quick note on last week`s mini vacation.I went on a business trip to a place called Kanazawa, which is on the other side of Japan - `wid... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/289533'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet Another Quake...and Bears, and Hot Wax, and Piranhas]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/281749</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/281749</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last night I was up fairly late watching TV. One of the Hockey World Cup games was aired the night before, from 2am-4am, and I stayed up and proceeded to sleep until noon; hence I was quite wide aw... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/281749'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Quake]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/279248</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/279248</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Another earthquake woke me up at 8:30am - a 6.4, so nothing too serious, and centered off the coast once again. It really tells you something when you start getting used to them. But it is sobering to... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/279248'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quakes]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/278335</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/278335</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two earthquakes last night - first one just after 7pm our time, a 6.9 off the Wakayama coast south of where I am located; then another one just before midnight, this one about a 7.3, similar area, ... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/278335'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Typhoon and Boredom]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/273138</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/273138</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We have a typhoon going through right now, and though it`s only hit really hard in the southern area of Japan, it`s been really dismal and rainy the past two days. My weekend was spent stuck indoor... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/273138'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Rather Painful Lesson]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/269182</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/269182</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So I had another young class today...frequent perusers of this blog will remember the last class of this species in which I had a particularly unstable little guy who kept wanting to exact his violent... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/269182'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese Bugs]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/265699</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/265699</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of bizarre types of bugs in this crazy country. And the normal bugs that you`d expect to find in North America can do all sorts of weird stuff that our bugs can`t.Take sp... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/265699'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climbing　Fuji-san]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/261014</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/261014</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I climbed Mount Fuji last week, and it was one of the most difficult thing I致e ever done, physically and mentally. We left about 8:30pm on Sunday night, taking a train and a taxi to get to the fi... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/261014'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddhism and the Art of Obeying Traffic Laws]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/249142</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/249142</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The last couple of days I`ve been at my farthest school, which, if you`ll recall, is about an hour-long bike ride uphill towards Mt. Fuji. And I think I need to vent a little about the way people driv... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/249142'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick Note...]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/248733</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/248733</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I know I haven`t updated in...well, forever, but it`s been uber-busy with summer school and the parents visiting. Rest assured I am alive and well, and will update shortly. Hopefully.... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/248733'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Odd Stores]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/222248</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/222248</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nothing much to add today. I went on an excursion to Shizuoka and Shimizu, and found two shops that I just had to blog about.The first one is a small cafe-type place where I had lunch. Its nam... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/222248'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engrish]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/218726</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/218726</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Not much to report here. We had a major storm system move in yesterday, and I experienced a thunder and lightening storm that lasted for about 6 hours. It was really weird...usually in Canada they mov... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/218726'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[`A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse...`]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/216805</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/216805</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So on Saturday night the group of teachers from the Shizuoka district went out on the town for one of the teacher`s going away party. We hit up an izu-kaya, which is a traditional Japanese pub/bar. It... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/216805'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Unexpected Visitor]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/215422</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/215422</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My doorbell rang this morning at 10:30am. I had just woken up, and was listening to music and trying to recover from the previous night`s isu-kaya experience (more on that in the next blog, only have ... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/215422'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids Say the Darndest Things]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/213650</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/213650</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Linklater tested it. Cosby proved it. And today, I witnessed it.I was teaching three classes today, and by the end of the third one I was getting a little cocky. Things were just going a bit t... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/213650'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tokyo!!!]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/209652</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/209652</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I got lost.Well, technically, we all got lost - there were five of us on our little expedition, and nobody spoke fluent Japanese, and only one of us had been to Tokyo before. Still, we wandere... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/209652'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classes and Nosebleeds]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/208141</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/208141</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Had a bit of an odd day today. Still at that (relatively) far away school, and I only had two classes.One was just insane. There were 12 kids, which was the largest class I`ve ever taught (usu... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/208141'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Miscreants and Bidees]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/205261</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/205261</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It was a day of firsts. One good, one disturbing.I started a new school this week, and have been riding my bike every day. It`s a long ride - about 10km, mostly uphill (it`s closer to the foot... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/205261'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing Really Interesting]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/203426</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/203426</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Had a good weekend. I worked on my apartment yesterday - cleaned it up, finally, and tidied it up so there`s not suitcases and papers everywhere. Then this morning I went and bought a desk for $20, al... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/203426'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[My First Rant! I must be getting used to this country...]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/198048</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/198048</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So far, I`ve been pretty laid-back about some of the differences between Japan and North America. I`ve accepted most of them with interest, some with humour, but rarely have I gotten actually irritate... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/198048'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Week in Fuji]]></title><link>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/196057</link><guid>http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/196057</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[And it has been a good week.The kids I`m teaching have been great. One nose bleed, two `criers,` and a few troublemakers have been the only tough spots. The kids are great, though.The ... <a href='http://cambjohnson.tblog.com/post/196057'>more from cambjohnson...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>