genius babies

So currently I have three little munchkins that I teach English to. They are all boys, Yuri, Ryugo, and Kiyotaka. I'm pretty sure they are all three years old. And my, they are such darlings! They bring joy to my tuesday and tursday mornings. I am so tempted to produce "Japanese Kids Say the Darndest Things". Seriously! Especially Kiyo the cute and girly one is pretty much fluent in English! It's absolutely amazing! He can speak as much English as any Canadian three year old. And oh how he knows how to use his big bug eyes to manipulate!!

Today as we were gluing paper monsters to make our Halloween bags, sneaky Kiyo tells me...

"I can't glue! Pleath help me! It's too hard! I can't do it!!"

So I told him...

"Yes you can Kiyo! You are a big boy, you can do it"

Then he continues to negotiate with...

"Okay, Okay. Then, pleath, let's do together. Come on! Come on! We do together right?"


Oh Kiyo you are so cheeky. It's like he has a blueprint of how to get what he wants without getting in trouble. Smart child, perhaps too smart! *sigh, but this is why I love chids so much.. too manipulative but too cute to resist <3

kinda fell off the map...

Oh Haay. I'm back! I fell off the map there for a while... sorry mama jackie! I miss you btw!!
I've been tearing up the streets of Tokyo these days ;)
Working almost everyday and partying hard with some new homies!
This past three days have been work, party, work, party, work, party, party and PARTY!
good freakin times man! I've been making lots of friends at Leafcup (the english convo cafe) that I work at! Oh Oh OH! check me out on the STAFF PAGE!
yes thats right, don't mess with me I'm LC STAFF :D http://www.leafcup.com/staff.htm

We had an international party on saturday, bar at shibuya on sunday, and taco party on monday! absolutely fab! I've come to love "Ume-shu" aka plum wine ;) if you get a chance give it a try! it tastes like asian sour puss and it makes you feel wonderful!

so thats whats been going on with me lately. but I will PROMISE to keep this up to date!!

xoxox J

Leaving on a Jet Plane

hey all,

Im out of this town on Thursday, October 15! Oh man, i am so stoked! Just thought i would let ya'all know where i will be! Keep me in your thoughts!

xoxo
jd


p.s. June, write something. i want to know about your life.
love you

Dearest Readers,

I am so sad today! Today marks the last day of my summer on the island of G. Although it was romanceless, i have had a great time and i am not really down with it all ending. I have met great people here, have seen blankets of stars almost everynight and now i have to go back to the city where all there is is light. Im super stoked to go back home and all but this summer was sureal. I encourage all of you, sometime in your life, to go to the island of G, its the shit!!

Call me up if you would appreciate my presence, i know i will appreciate yours!

xoxo
jd

GALS UNITE!

walking around Shibuya, one of the most populated part of Japan, was such an insane experience!
the things that japanese people come up with are endless! defs ran into a three story condom store "condomania" - naturally and a group of "Gals" hanging out front.

Who are these "Gals" you say? well my friends, they are the young fashion leaders of japan. with long, fake, and hay yellow curls and ridiculously unnecessary eyelashes they rule the streets of Shibuya. Their insanely colourful fashion can be spotted from miles away and when you spot one, there are most likely 5 or 6 others following.

Their habitat consists of the most populated areas of japan including, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Roppongi Hills. They survive by wearing the most outrageous clothes and speaking "Gal-go" aka. their own version of japanese communication. Many are from the ages of 17-25 but some are as young as 14.

These Gals are exponentially on the rise and are soon to take over the whole of Japan and probably the world. so be on the look out canada!

When I went to Shiubuya I went to the mecca of Gals - department store 109. Wow that was something else! It was really fun but also one of the most terrifying things I've ever experienced. There were so many Gals and so many stores owned by Gals it was like Gal Heaven.
109 had 9 floors and countless stores inside. There were lots of cute clothes but some were so ridic that I couldnt even deal. the sales girls pretty much stalked me until i either bought something or walked out.

But after 4 hours of walking around I ended up with a very cute autumn dress for only 1000 yen ($10) :D woot! tres cute <3

Now here is a picutre of

I.M.U. miyako

so I'm back in tokyo now... its cloudy and slightly depressing after 12 days of sunny miyako!! I miss the endless beaches, the blinding sun, the wind, diving, and mostly my pals at hidamari guesthouse, Passion, Lipton, Oji, Kurochan, and everyone else!! Y'all are such wonderful people :)

My first plan was to stay for a week... but my addiction to miyako led me to stay for an additional 5 days! and boy, that may have been the smartest decision that I've ever made! I ended up getting my Open Water divers license with Passion! possibilities in miyako are actually endless! so I've decided to live there after uni. and get married to a cute tanned diver (p.s there are many in miyako) and open my own diving shop! Y'all should come visit me n my japanese hubby in miyako in the future!

p.s. this is my instructor, totty... he was cute, tanned, and an excellent diver lol. ;)

shakespeare in love

Jackie-Deane your as cool as a bean,
You look so fly because you like to get
high. I stept on your toe and now I
hope im not your foe. With your dresses
SO cute and your hair so brown baby I would
HATE to see you frown.

xoxo Oliver Schnare


so, today was really slow at the marina so i was writing oliver "love" poems which were actually like, hella insulting and ridiculous poems and then he was like "oh man, i wish i could write poetry like you" and i said he could and then like half an hour later he came up from the dock with this poem. I copied it exactly the way he wrote it, line structure and all. It is sooo cute. mostly because the lines make no sense in terms of where he decided to end them. :D

LOVE!!!

xoxo
jd