Random thoughts

We arrived in Yokohama 12th August 2009. It was a smooth trip from LA. I bought a portable DVD player from Target before we left DC and that was especially useful on the plane. Khin barely cried and fellow passengers were pleased with us for not having loud kids. Some even came and said "great kids, and can't hear any crying etc." Of course we were glad. Who wouldn't? On Thursday 13th August, we went to the FSI, Yokohama. Both Rob and I (separately) talked with the director there, trying to convince him that I should also be allowed to study there. In retrospect, the decision has been made for awhile but I wasn't sure why we spent a few hours that day talking about it. In any case, the FSI is on a hill, about 10 minutes walk for me from our house. On Friday, 14th August, all the students and their families except dogs and cats, went to Tokyo to the US embassy for a check-in. My mom took Zey and Khin and went with other kids and the director's wife who kindly k...

I have been meaning to share our experience in Japan with family and friends but somehow until now, I haven't found the time to do it. Now that both kids are asleep and Rob is out of the house, I could finally sit down and write. (I like talking to my hubby when he is around). Then I thought for awhile what I should do; write an email or create a little free website or write on Facebook or just write better captions for photos. Too many options to choose from which makes me think of my usual mistake. For example, when I go to a super market and see so many different brands of one product (let's say cookies) I want to buy, I usually end up buying sugar free or diet or fat free products (sugar free in this case). I guess, coming from Burma and not being used to having too many choices still makes me perplexed sometimes (short attention span probably contributes to it too although I call it decisiveness). Anyway, here we are with another technology, Blog. I am not a blogger usuall...