a japanese life

the life and times of a young japanese woman

Monday, September 19, 2005

Phone call from Namie

I got a phone call from Namie!
This evening I was just telling about her to my friend here.
Namie is my friend whom I met in a NGO, Asian Rural Institute which is a place where I was working as a full time volunteer after I graduated from my university. We were neigbors in a dom and often talked a lot untill midnight. Also we sang many songs together. She is a wonderful singer and we made harmony together under the blue sky with greens or in front of born fire. I can't explain how, but she is really a special one as she exists and everyone could feel it once he or she spend some time with her. She is now living in Austraria and we haven't contacted each other for long time. Then on the day I was telling about her to my friend, I got the phone call!
I think I am a witch.
Through her I also could talk with another friend.
He is also a friend from the NGO.
He was in Newyork for his study and now temporarily in Japan, and leaving to Malawi on next monday.
These days I got many news from my old friends.
Is it a sign for some good news for me?????

Friday, September 16, 2005


Sung Jun with Korean breakfast. Everyone likes him. Me either. :-) Posted by Picasa

In the hotel with cambodians.  Posted by Picasa

Very good job, Heng! hehe Posted by Picasa

Torturing Jet. Posted by Picasa

Korean Kids with their traditional cloth. Soo sweet, Posted by Picasa

This event was also a commemoration of Korean farmer Lee Kyung Hae who killed himself in Cancun in Mexico in 2003, when WTO ministerial meeting was held there.  Posted by Picasa

There were many police around the venue, in fact, the rally got to be violent afterward. Posted by Picasa

These farmers offered me Kimuchi and Jinro (strong rice wine). I could talk with them while drinking. it was fun. Posted by Picasa

A farmer with bunch of rice. Posted by Picasa

We joined Aiti-WTO rally. 15000 farmers all over Korea joined this. I was struck with the passion and the power of Korean farmers. Posted by Picasa

I was in Korea for attending asian farmers' exchange visit that is a program of a philippine based NGO asiadhrra where I was working untill March 2005. I was super happy with seeing my old friends there. in this pix, you can see participants from Taiwan, Thai, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea. Posted by Picasa