Monthly Archives: March 2008
Off Base Housing, near Torii: Yomitan (2)
Living overseas has its challenges, and a commonly agreed upon one is finding that perfect place to live. To help those of us who...
Diapers, potties, and travel… Oh my!
CONTRIBUTED BY KIMBERLY MITCHELL
We are just now heading into the wide world of potty training. I admit that I am a major germaphobe and...
Time for Thailand
CONTRIBUTED BY JEN PRESTON
With the U.S. dollar flopping about like slimy, gasping, beached trout, it's difficult to find a travel destination that doesn't make...
Hiking
CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA
"Put one foot in front of the other and soon you'll be walking out the door..."
Anybody remember that song?? It's from...
DAO – Vietnamese Restaurant
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
I got into Vietnamese food when I lived in Arlington, Virginia. There are so many GREAT Vietnamese restaurants there. My husband...
Kaho’s Japanese Corner: Kore wa nan desuka?
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
Kaho's Japanese Corner: Kore wa nan desuka?
I think that when living overseas, you are often in situations where you want to ask...
TONYU: Soy Milk
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
I had been away from Japan for so long until I came back two years ago that I didn't know about this...
Me & My Big PCS: IX {possibility}
CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO
It turns out we will be leaving Okinawa. We won't be able to go AND stay after all. There is still...
Lemon Lot
The whole car experience here in Okinawa for me was like teenage deja vu. Oh! the feeling of freedom and independence of buying that...
Medical Tourism in Asia
CONTRIBUTED BY JEN PRESTON
It's bikini season again. Oh lordy, I haven't truly celebrated bikini season since '96 or so, but for those of you...
Yazaemon
CONTRIBUTED BY JULIA
Yazaemon is a relatively new restaurant that opened up about 4 months ago. I was lucky enough to end...
Indo-ya
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
Indo-ya is to me a hidden gem of Park Avenue. (Side note: Indo means India in Japanese. Ya means store.) This store...
Me & My Big PCS: VIII {coming or going?}
CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO
I killed a cat in Hawaii. Not with my own hands per se. He was slumbering peacefully under a parked car...
Off Base Housing, near Torii: Yomitan
Living overseas has its challenges, and a commonly agreed upon one is finding that perfect place to live. To help those of us who...
In Vitro in Okinawa, Part 1
CONTRIBUTED BY KIMBERLY MITCHELL
Okinawa Hai reader, Lisa, has a question. Can anyone help her out?
I have been in Okinawa for about 5 months now....
Searching for Seoul
CONTRIBUTED BY JEN PRESTON
Destination:
Seoul, South Korea
How did you travel?
We flew Asiana Airlines. The flight was about 2.5 hours long. A roundtrip ticket cost about...
Kaho’s Japanese Corner: Irasshaimase
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
Kaho's Japanese Corner: Irasshaimase
This is a request from my friend's husband, which I think is a very helpful one to know. I'm...
Tuttle Book Store
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
If you have an APO address, you have this wonderful store, Amazon.com, which you can shop on-line even from the other...
Kaho’s Japanese Corner: Onomatopoeia
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
Kaho's Japanese Corner: Onomatopoeia
I changed the format of this Japanese lesson. I hope that it will be easier for you to find...
Me & My Big PCS: VII {limbo}
CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO
At five o'clock this morning my father called and woke us up. Typically and unfortunately, that's when the boys usually get...
Vaccines
CONTRIBUTED BY LAN
This question happened to come in on the same day that I took my little one for his first set of shots. ...
Gymnastics & Cheerleading
CONTRIBUTED BY MARISA AMICK
Gymnastics
My nine-year-old daughter has been taking gymnastics at the Kadena Youth Center for about three months now. She had previously...
Korean Restaurant: Kalbi Pot (Kalbi-No Tsubo)
CONTRIBUTED BY KELLYERACE
This is the first week that I'm gonna write about a place that I feel just 'eeh' about. Usually when I write...
Plastic Bags
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
I have just written about a recyclable shopping bag I bought yesterday at G-AREA in Plaza Shopping Center as my Wednesday post...
Plaza House G-AREA
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO
Have you read Meredith's "me & my PCS: VI"? My family and I are also moving from Okinawa back to the U.S....
Me & My Big PCS: VI {choices, choices}
CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO
I became a smoker in someone's eighteen-wheeler. There isn't much else to do when you hitchhike. You might as well smoke....