Pan Asian Goes Global

On Saturday, a couple of girlfriends and I went to the Choco Run in Fukuoka! You heard me,  CHOCO run! Most runs have stations every little while with water, sports drinks and some fruits, like bananas. This race has one rest station and it's full of chocolate! Each loop is 2.5 km, and we did the 5km event. Unlike my regular races, I did not opt for a timed run because I wanted to enjoy what the event was made for - eating chocolate!  I though it would be mostly women, and it was, but there was also still a number of male participants as well.  It was set-up so that the first booth area was chocolate from around the world. Other booths included particular specialty chocolates, a fondue area, and a variety area.  My friends went ahead but I was still sampling the chocolates from the "around the world" booth. I came to eat chocolate, Ok! After the event finished, we went to the playground. Although I'm in my mid-twenties now, I still love playgrounds. Then we made a

This past weekend was a very busy and fun weekend! On Friday, after working at my Junior High School, I went to ES A's girls' basketball practice.  I was a little nervous because this was my first practice of theirs I was attending.When I entered, the girls ran from their practice to greet me with smiles, warmth, and joy.  They are sweet girls.  They invited me to join in their practice, and I was happy to accept their invitation.  The teacher in charge of the basketball team is a grade 6 homeroom teacher so I work with him often. I had told him before that if I have time, I would really like to go to some of their practices and games, so sometimes he gives me their schedule. I actually wanted to attend their basketball tournament the following day because it was the last game the grade 6 girls would be playing before they graduated from Elementary school. However, because I had other plans the following day, which I will talk about in my next post, I wasn't able to atten