So here is my cheesy "Year in Review" entry that was planned forever ago, but whatever. you guys get it now. Two weeks into the new year.
January 2005: I came home for the first time in the one and a half years that I had previously been in Japan. Here is my brother and cousin at one of our festive Lee family Christmas/New Year dinners. Sorry for the graininess of the photo; it was taken with my cool little Japanese cell phone.
February 2005: Jenni, Ruth, Alice, Shannon, and I headed to Hokkaido for some fun in the snow to celebrate my bday and to see Sapporo's famous ice festival. I don't know if you can read it, but the title of the ice sculpture behind the girls is "Weasel's Slash." Ah, the Japanese and their wacky nonsensical English!
March 2005: The crazed obsession with snowboarding is at its peak and we were all making the loooooong trek to the slopes nearly every weekend. I think this was in Nagano and I'm eating J-curry for lunch. Mmmmmm.
April 2005: Cherry blossom season in Japan. One of the few times of the year when the weather is bearable, even pleasant. I must admit, as cliche as they are, they were really pretty though.
May 2005: Shan, Jenni, and I headed over to 'Nam for some R&R. Here is me and Shan in a restaurant in the beautiful beach resort of Nha Trang.
June 2005: Ali and his friend Prem came to visit me in Japan. My friend Satomi and I took them to the World Expo in Nagoya.
July 2005: After two crazy years in Japan, I finally made the great escape. But not without the many obligatory good bye parties (complete with attempts on my part at making speeches in Japanese). My board of education office threw me a little farewill partay.
August 2005: Family reunion of my dad's half of the clan in the gorgeous mountains of Mammoth, CA. We're missing a few people in this pic, but that's what happens when you hike SLOWLY. You miss out on the family pic.
Still August 2005: Went to sunny San Diego to meet up with my Berkeley Buds, Anjali and Eva. I miss you guys!!! Not to mention the weather. Why I left warm mild beautiful CA to come to cold wet windy Manchester beats me. Oh yeah, school and my degree.... dude,whatever!
September 2005: Moved to Manchester to try my hand at being a student again. What have I gotten myself into?! Good thing I met JP.
October 2005: Nothing too terribly important or interesting happened here.
November 2005: Went to Stratford upon Avon (Shakespeare's birthplace) and Warwick castle with JP.
December 2005: Ruth and her family invited me to spend Christmas with them so that I wouldn't have to spend the holidays all by my lonesome. They kept me very well-fed and I got to see the beautiful Welsh countryside.
Well, that's it in a nutshell. Happy New Year everyone!!!
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