Comments on: The View From the Classroom http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Shingen http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-281557 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:13:38 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-281557 Great as always Sam, good luck and keep in touch! I look forward to hearing your thoughts, although I apologise, but it looks like I won't be able to catch you in Japan this time! Great as always Sam, good luck and keep in touch!

I look forward to hearing your thoughts, although I apologise, but it looks like I won’t be able to catch you in Japan this time!

]]> by: Sam http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-281061 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:09:46 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-281061 Thanks again for all of your comments! I just arrived in Tokyo 3 hours ago. I'm now in my hotel in Tokyo. I'll be leaving for my host family in two days via the Shinkansen (bullet train). Until then I'll be trying to enjoy my fist glimpes of Tokyo when I wake up tomorrow. Hopefully my awful jetlag will have worn off a little, otherwise tomorrow's walk about Tokyo is going to be painful! Thanks again for all of your comments!

I just arrived in Tokyo 3 hours ago. I’m now in my hotel in Tokyo. I’ll be leaving for my host family in two days via the Shinkansen (bullet train). Until then I’ll be trying to enjoy my fist glimpes of Tokyo when I wake up tomorrow. Hopefully my awful jetlag will have worn off a little, otherwise tomorrow’s walk about Tokyo is going to be painful!

]]> by: Joe http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-280745 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:15:59 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-280745 Adamu and I both got our respective starts in Japan through Japanese high schools (thanks Rotary!) back in the day. Enjoy every minute of it--the good memories will stay with you forever, and the bad ones will mostly disappear after a while... Adamu and I both got our respective starts in Japan through Japanese high schools (thanks Rotary!) back in the day. Enjoy every minute of it–the good memories will stay with you forever, and the bad ones will mostly disappear after a while…

]]> by: Grace http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279318 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:56:52 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279318 Hey Sam! This is a great introduction of yourself! Hope to hear more about your experiences in Japan in the near future! All the best on your flight, Grace Hey Sam! This is a great introduction of yourself! Hope to hear more about your experiences in Japan in the near future!

All the best on your flight,

Grace

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279295 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:32:01 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279295 I've had some of those, Sam. Getting <em>to</em> the US is no problem, making your connections is another matter. The first time I went back to the States after moving to Japan, I got stuck in Minneapolis and had to wait a week for my luggage to catch up once I finally made it to Fort Lauderdale. Delta never paid me the $50 a day they are obligated, under federal law, to pay in such circumstances. That was one of a number of nuisances on that trip. I hope your trip goes smoothly. I’ve had some of those, Sam. Getting to the US is no problem, making your connections is another matter. The first time I went back to the States after moving to Japan, I got stuck in Minneapolis and had to wait a week for my luggage to catch up once I finally made it to Fort Lauderdale. Delta never paid me the $50 a day they are obligated, under federal law, to pay in such circumstances. That was one of a number of nuisances on that trip.

I hope your trip goes smoothly.

]]> by: Turner http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279290 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:28:38 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279290 Well said. We've all had that impression slowly broken down in our perception - some accept it, some can't deal. I look forward to hearing your reports. Well said. We’ve all had that impression slowly broken down in our perception - some accept it, some can’t deal. I look forward to hearing your reports.

]]> by: Sam http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279224 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:42:41 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279224 Thank you for your kind compliments. Right now I'm sitting in a Holiday Inn Express at Chicago's O'hare airport.I'll be leaving for Japan in 4 hours. I'm excited to finally be leaving, but the thought of a 14 hour flight certainly dampers my mood. I suppose things could be a lot worse, like my seemingly endless and sleepless 34 hour journey returning from Japan last summer to America. Regardless, I'll be excited to start writing my next installment when I begin school in a week. Thank you for your kind compliments. Right now I’m sitting in a Holiday Inn Express at Chicago’s O’hare airport.I’ll be leaving for Japan in 4 hours. I’m excited to finally be leaving, but the thought of a 14 hour flight certainly dampers my mood. I suppose things could be a lot worse, like my seemingly endless and sleepless 34 hour journey returning from Japan last summer to America.

Regardless, I’ll be excited to start writing my next installment when I begin school in a week.

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279204 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:23:42 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-279204 I thought 50 was the new 30 and so on and so forth and other such crap. I'm not even the old 30 and Ken's just the old 30. Does it take that little to be an old fart? Neither one of us is even old enough to be Sam's father. Oh, wait. . . I get it. You were referring to our accumulated wisdom. In those terms, call me Methuselah. Sam, it's good to have you on board. I toast to your impending success. I thought 50 was the new 30 and so on and so forth and other such crap. I’m not even the old 30 and Ken’s just the old 30. Does it take that little to be an old fart? Neither one of us is even old enough to be Sam’s father.

Oh, wait. . . I get it. You were referring to our accumulated wisdom. In those terms, call me Methuselah.

Sam, it’s good to have you on board. I toast to your impending success.

]]> by: Steve Schapiro http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-278621 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:47:11 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/08/21/the-view-from-the-classroom/#comment-278621 Sam, let me be the first listener to welcome you to the team. Here's hoping you catch what the old farts running TPR miss. Sam, let me be the first listener to welcome you to the team. Here’s hoping you catch what the old farts running TPR miss.

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