It's been two week since we've returned from Greece and time is ticking by quickly. For family/friends interested, here's the upcoming itinerary of plans:
May 31 - last day at our house in Japan. This is important because our address will no longer be valid! From now on please send all correspondance to my father's address. If you don't know this, email me and I'll give it to you.
June 2 - Fly to Hong Kong and hang out with Momoko
June 6 - Fly from HK to Chengdu, China. Here we will be meeting 4 other people for our hiking trip around China. We'll be travelling around China for the next 3 weeks.
June 30 - Go back to HK, then fly back to Japan.
July 1-3 - stay in Japan with some friends and go to a friend's wedding.
July 4 - Return home to the States!!!! Save some BBQ for us!!
********Important news: I will be changing my email address soon due to an overwhelming amount of recent spam/viruses. Please give me any name suggestions you have =)**********************
Yesterday was very fun because I went inside the Golden Pavilion, which is one of the most famous temples in Kyoto. Why is this so good? The pavilion was built for the Shogun to sit and view the beautiful pond and surrounding gardens, and the pavilion is only open once every 5 years for those who have special tickets. I was lucky to have a friend who seems to get her hands on these sorts of special tickets and invited me as a going away present. It was a real treat!
I have also been preturbed lately by all the happenings in Iraq. The Abu Ghraib prison is appauling, followed by the sickining retaliation from Al Queda. I am disturbed that everyone wants to fend off blame and not take responsibility for direct human rights violations. Even if those prison guards at Abu Ghraib never did receive rules and regulations from their supperiors, it is sad that they have not been instilled with common values that should clearly determine when they have crossed an ethical line. I have nothing even slightly positive to say about the entire situation, except I do agree that we cannot judge the entire Army or nation by what a few power-happy idiots do. It's just sad, that's all.
In more cheery news, I finally got my black and white pictures back from Greece, a few of which I am particularly proud of. I'll post them as soon as possible, which may not be until later this summer unless I find the time to scan them in before we leave. I have been having a problem with overexposing some of my black and white pictures, and if anyone has any suggestions about how to deal with this problem, please let me know. It does not seem to take too well to bright light.
Posted by Kristen at May 14, 2004 03:45 PM
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