Monthly Archives: January 2003

When I was a kid, we hung up stockings for Santa to fill, even though we didn’t have a fireplace.  My mom said that one year, she put money in our Santa stockings, and then the next year, my sister and I put lots of little stockings up on our Christmas tree!  Plus, after that year, we kept making more big stockings to hang up.  I think that the last time we put up Santa stockings, my sister and I had two or three each, and then we also had stockings for our two cats and our dog!  Of course, we got to keep the money that Santa gave to our pets. Continue reading →

I attended Japanese school for a few years during elementary school. However, by high school, I’d forgotten most of it.  I took Japanese from 10th grade in high school, but instead of learning, we played cards and watched anime.  Therefore, I wasn’t prepared when a Japanese tourist in Waikiki asked me a question.  (I was in 11th grade then.)  I said, "wakarimasen," and she laughed and said, "oh, Japanese student!"  Exactly! Continue reading →