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Country: United States State: Indiana Height: 5 foot 8 inches. 172 cm. Hair Color: Dark Brown (Highlighted) Eye Colors: Green (Morning), Gray (Afternoon), and Blue (Evening, Rainy Days and Humid Days) Age: 34 years old Favorite Food: Eastern and homecookedd Favorite Colors: Blue and Pastels (pink, mint green, baby blue, yellow) Favorite Music Group: Barlow Girl (christian) Favorite Movies: Neverending Story, Blue (French movie), Thin Red Line, Memoirs of a Geisha, Narnia and Dreams (In Japanese Yume) by Akira Kurosawa. Favorite Flower: Pink carnation Favorite Smells: Sweat Pea Lotion, Clove incense, Moss and sesonal kyoto incense, Gardenias in the mountains, Grandma's cooking, and spring mornings in southern Indiana.. Favorite Sights: Bloomington's (Indiana University) green grass and hills, Tanegashima's clean clear waters, ice and snow covered trees along a road along with snow stacked high, the sun rising over the lake, moss covering walls of Kyoto and Adirondak mountains in New York. Favorite Japanese Foods: Sashimi, sushi, Japanese spinich and sakura mochi(a sweet made out of rice). Favorite Japanese phrases: otsukaresama (thank you for your effort) and Gambatte (Fight/You can do it/Hang in there). Two very friendly and encouraging phrases. Favorite Activites: Church, bible studies, film events, fellowship,along time reading and researching, learning new things, running, and surfing (lake).. Favorite Japanese Mini-dramas: 2 Heart (Nov. 1999-Feb.2000), 3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei, and The sun never sets. Favorite American Actors/Actresses: Johnny Depp and Michelle Sarah Geller (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Dreams: Pay off my college loans, become licensed as a teacher in the U.S., marry and buy a house, write books and do lectures in retirement, fly a helicopter, make three short films and compile camcorder tapes from 1991 to present. . Why did you come to Japan? Easy English: Because of good Japanese Friends Long Story: Summer of 1996 I had the chance to live in a mostly Asian Dorm. I made many Korean freinds over hot noodle and then I met Shinya Takahashi. We became good friends and he moved into my dorm, Collins Living Learning Center, for the next 4 months. Over cups of cofee and exchanges about Japanese culture, my desire for Japan grew. Three other Japanese freinds contributed to my desire: Fumitaka, Masaki (now married in Osaka, JP) and Yoshinori (working in Kawasaki, JP). To this day, Shinya and Yoshi are still good friends. |
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