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Tag Archives: We’re Being Shaken and Stirred 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
Is My Muffin Top More Deadly Than Radiation?
Another day spent in Hawaii, jumping from one hazardous activity to the next entertaining the urchins, the ultimate goal being to “ride em hard and put em away wet.” Unfortunately, Spouse and I are the only two who suffer during … 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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Evacuate, Vacate, Inebriate, Marinate, Ruminate- The Clampitts’ Evacuation Vacation from Japan
Foreigners hit the skies while ever-increasing numbers of Tokyo-ites hit the highway in order to avoid the radiation poisoning looming overhead. I am handling this disaster the old-fashioned way- with my head in the sand and a drink in my … Continue reading
