A year in Nagasaki

A desription of my final preparations during august and the fun time in Amsterdam during that time up to my year at the university of Nagasaki from the 1st october 2005 thru august 2006. Together with 9 other students from the University of Leiden, Holland, we are on an extra-curricular year to improve our conversational skills. Will it work ??

Wednesday, December 14

Duvet

In order to combat the extremely cold nights here (we already witnessed snow flurries and cold rain...) I finally bought a Duvet...93% Eider Down... and boy it did keep me warm...didn't want to get up this morning. Not that that is anything abnormal but then again now was really special.
With the Yen having a favourable exchange rate to the Euro now I didn't feel all that bothered by the price either ( a whopping 26.000 Yen).
Today is Christoph's last day here after a whole month. He will go back to Frankfurt first and then back to Amsterdam. But will be back in March...so Alexandra hopes.
Bad news came in that the sister of Aty, Jopie, suffered an attack and is halfway paralyzed plus suffers from Aphasia, a disorder where you want to say something but you come out with something else..e.g. you want to say salt but you say pepper instead or even worse nothing at all. So Aty going back and forth to Vlaardingen, close to Rotterdam where her sister lives. I hope she will still be on her feet and not exert herself to much.
Doesn't sound good at all......

1 Comments:

  • At 6:55 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Morning Paul - must be fab snuggling up under that duvet. You're worth the expense and you know it. Now about the shits - too much information dear. Lets just be grateful that you're on the mend and say no more about it.
    Dean won a competition - flights, transfers and 2 nights accommodation in Geneva at the Tiffany hotel. We're going to go in March for a little weekend break. Should be fun. Not much more to tell at the moment. Stay well. Keep warm. Love Chris

     

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