Yeah, it's been about a month, and now it's time for another update! In this update, I'll be putting up pictures from a sumo tournament I went to with my homie Leanne from work as well as other images of fukuoka during this holiday season here in Japan. I have to be honest because I am getting a bit homesick when I see all of the Christmas lights and trees, and hear x-mas type music about. It's a bit disheartening because I miss all of you back at home!

To my loving family who has been so GENEROUS to me, I want to say Happy Holidays, and that I'll be back before you know it! Especially my mother and father who want to know exactly what day I'm going to return to the United States. I'll have to tell you guys in about 6 more months =). To all of my friends (and I think I have a couple), I can't wait to see you guys again, so take care and have a happy holiday season as well.

As far as my plans for the New Year, I think I'm going to venture off to Seoul, Korea for almost a week. I'm totally psyched! It'll be the third country I'm going to visit and I hope it'll be a blast. I'm trying to check places I should visit now, and I'll definately take plenty of pictures for everyone to see.

Everything else in life seems to be going well. I'm still happy being a Nova teacher. I love the students and my co-workers, and am having a blast. There was a weird psychotic episode today though of a student who yelled at the staff for not letting her into a lesson. She was 30 minutes late for a lesson which lasts 40minutes. But besides that it's been normal.

I have a picture of one of my roomies (Joe) from the United States. He's such an awesome guy, very chilled out, and fun to hangout with. My other roomie (Steve) doesn't feel comfortable getting his picture put on the internet so I will respect his privacy. It's not like I'm running a naughty site or anything, but whatever! [Here's Joe]