We Need Your Input
Recently a few folks have asked why we haven't posted anything new for a while. First of all, thank you for continuing to read the blog. I guess it is still interesting to some folks.
The reason I haven't posted anything recently is because I've pretty much run out of stuff to post. We've been here almost 2 years and have been through most of the first time events here.
Now it's time for your input. Please let me know what types of things you are curious about. What do you want to see or hear about? Is it restaurants? Stores? Side streets? Markets? Drop us an e-mail or post a comment with your requests and we will 'go on assignment' to cover your inquiries and report them here.
From here on the blog will be driven mostly from you folks.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
By the way, we'll be back in Portland the next 2 weeks, so we'll get on your assignments just as soon as we return back here.
The reason I haven't posted anything recently is because I've pretty much run out of stuff to post. We've been here almost 2 years and have been through most of the first time events here.
Now it's time for your input. Please let me know what types of things you are curious about. What do you want to see or hear about? Is it restaurants? Stores? Side streets? Markets? Drop us an e-mail or post a comment with your requests and we will 'go on assignment' to cover your inquiries and report them here.
From here on the blog will be driven mostly from you folks.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
By the way, we'll be back in Portland the next 2 weeks, so we'll get on your assignments just as soon as we return back here.
posted by Terry & Mio @ 10:48 AM
3 Comments:
At 2:44 AM,
Anonymous said…
Terry and Mio, it wis good to see you in church at Shepherd of the Valley today. I had not really met you before you went to Japan, but followed this blog for a while through links Pastor Kurt left for us. Obviously, the kids have grown, and you are having a wonderful experience in Japan. Concerning what I'd like to hear about, it is mostly the everyday life that you are now in, the events that mark the milestones of life, what you are doing, how people cope with things, etc. While everything seems to have settled down for you and become "normal," most probably your "normal" is not the normal we experience here. You mentioned going on the train to work, for instance. Those kinds of experiences would be interesting to me, and probable others. We did enjoy hearing "Happy Birthday" in Japanese at church today too. Enjoy, John Ratliff
At 12:04 AM,
Unknown said…
Hi Terry and Mio. I expect you and the kids are enjoying your vacation in Oregon. Talya and Tara are spending the summer at PSU this summer and loving living downtown.
Since we live abroad, we spend time looking at our fellow expat's blogs. One of the more interesting postings I found was a listing of various expenses. Though mundane, it is interesting how much things cost in foreign countries. Electricity, food, transportation, etc.
Best to the both of you and the boys!
Tom
At 1:55 PM,
Anonymous said…
Greetings to you far, far away folks, from your insurance agents in beautiful downtown Aloha!
Here's what I wonder:
In every employment position I've had, there is a lot of work time spent chatting about anything other than work. With the cubicle setup there, how does that work - or does it?
At work and elsewhere, most folks here seem to be fairly quick to share their personal opinions on local/national/international politics, local/national/international economics, and the like, as well as more substantial things such as celebrity predicaments and other equally substantive issues... Are those same things discussed openly (outside of, say, the family unit) there? What's the idle pratter there like in and out of relatively intimate situations?
We get very little of Japan in the news here, except when there is a major earthquake or SERIOUS political situation - is the coverage of the USA there similar?
How does the common person there see our Country, our Government, and our People? (Separate? As one and the same? Elaborate, please!)
I hope all is well for you all there - let us know if you need anything from the 'hood, OK?
On Behalf of Bill & Bill,
Bill
(Geddes, that is)
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