Tuesday, October 7, 2008

5 days and counting...

Today while my students and I located places on the world map that I will be visiting in Japan I just had to stop for a moment and think about what I was saying...I will be in Tokyo, Japan this time next week! It is real! I can tell as we talk in art class about the trip that BES students are just about as excited as I am. I have been busy trying to get last minute things taken care of, things that I just have to do like getting travelers cheques, memory cards and battery chargers, lesson plans, lesson plans, lesson plans and finishing up gifts for the host family I will be staying with. I decided to make a palmetto tree tile from clay. I wrote a special note on the back into the wet clay so they will remember my visit from SC! Today I finished it up by glazing (painting) it and tomorrow I'll wrap it up and pray it doesn't break during travel. Since I won't get the info on my host family until I get to San Fransisco, I really don't know how many gifts to take for the family, so I'm going to just take a few things and hope for the best. Most of the host families don't speak much English, so I'm just going to smile a lot and eat what they feed me.
My goal...to leave them with a great feeling about people from the US, oh and of course I'm going to teach them to say "Ya'll"!
I will be leaving Columbia Airport at 6am Sunday morning while all of you are snoozing. My poor family will have to get up so early to see me off, but I hope they all can be there. I have never been away from them this long at one time. That is going to be the hardest part for me, especially since my phone won't be of much use in Japan. I plan to use e-mail a lot as long as I can get on the internet. I will be flying to Dulles in Washington, DC where I will catch my connector flight to San Fransisco, CA. I will be arriving a little after lunch time on Sunday. We have a special dinner that evening, hosted by the Consul General and today I learned that his house has a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. Wow!
All 160 teachers will fly out on Monday. I am on the second flight out, leaving the airport around 1:35 that afternoon. I will land in Tokyo, Japan the next day. This will be the longest flight I have ever been on. I hope I have a window seat. I love to take photos of the clouds.
OK, here is your question of the day...What ocean(s) surround Japan? Don't forget, the first one to answer correctly will get a special goody from Japan when I return! Until next time...

11 comments:

rachelsstudio.com said...

Kim - This is so exciting!! I'll definitely follow your blog and live vicariously through you : )

Meliss said...

Hi Mrs.Sullivan!The answer is the Pacific Ocean.See ya soon!




Elise Maglione

Sully said...

Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Do I get a Japanese Goody!?! ;-)

*** Sully

morgan said...

i love you mrs.Sullivan.here is my gusse;2,558 love,morgan scott

morgan said...

i love you.i hope you are haveing fun.you are the best art teacher ever.love,morgan scott

Anonymous said...

The pacific ocean. have fun. drayton walling of davis 5-k



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dirtbikerider said...

The island of Japan is bordered by the North Pacific on it's east and the Sea of Japan on it's west.

Have fun in Japan and enjoy.

Michael B

Anonymous said...

The answer is the Pacific Ocean. That is because all of the other bodies of water are seas not oceans. See you later, Miss Sullivan.

Anonymous said...

The answer is pacific

Anonymous said...

The Japan Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Anonymous said...

parker the answer is pacific