Daily Archives: December 21, 2007

Praying for good fortune in the New Year

Once the bells are done ringing, everyone gets ready to visit the temples and shrines in order to make pledges for the coming year and pray. As late – or early depending on your point of view – as 4:30am (which is the time I visited a shrine last New [...]

Goodbye Ladies!

For the past two years or so I have had a part time teaching job at a city office, teaching two different groups of eight ladies. Because my franchise has been getting busier, I decided to find these ladies another teacher and “retire.” Anyway, I had the opportunity of substitute teaching the class this [...]