...it could be worse...
In wake of our recent restrictions and what-nots, there has been a wave of bizarre events following the publicized lock down of the SOFA personal on Okinawa.
Some twenty incidents have occurred where SOFA personal were caught out-in-town without authorization. Of course they were spotted at the most popular American hang out locations; Starbucks, McDonalds and [...]
Okinawa is now locked down for ANY American citizen under the government. The highest ranking officer of the Island has ordered that all members of Okinawa under the US will be restricted to base and/or their off-base homes. So I can go from base, to home, and thats it. No shopping, no eating food, no [...]
Time: Sex and Race in Okinawa. A good read while we are on the subject.
Sigh…we never learn do we?
Well, here we go again. Just a few of the headlines…
Marine arrested in rape of 14-year-old girl
Okinawa rape case ‘unforgiveable’
Japan Says Okinawa Rape Case May Harm US Relations
Japan leaders angry over alleged rape by US Marine
Japan PM furious over alleged rape
Japan Says It Has `Had Enough’ of Misconduct by US Military
Images, Total Car Care on Okinawa, Japan is probably one of the best image car shops I have been to. I usually get a little something done at each car center in my area to get a general idea of how well each performs.
I don’t usually do this, but a friend of mine suggested that I try it. I am going to recommend a book that I purchased from Amazon awhile back. I have read the book several times again and again, yet it ceases to lose meaning.
The Girl with the White Flag by Tomika Higa recounts her [...]
I just played one verse of it. Enjoy. Next week, new song, I hope…
flickr: Sanshin
I went out and got a sanshin. San means three and shin means string; so you get how it got its name. It is an Okinawan musical instrument that has a body covered, usually with Habu, snake skin. Three strings of which are hit using a special kind of pick called a tsume. It [...]
I forgot, I never showed you guys pictures of my new places. Here are the ones before we moved in. It was unfurnished so I’ll post the pictures of the stuff we bought later…its NICE! The entire 4th floor is our apartment. Very private with security door and elevator. I feel like a movie star.
