Hello Barbara, I’ve never written a letter to a journalist about their article before but I just wanted to let you know that I found your story “Their Dream to Build Life in America Shattered,” exceptional. I really feel terrible for Hilda and her family and hope that your story puts pressure on the right people to correct…… Continue reading E-mail to Newspaper 7.20.2003
Category: E-mails
Old e-mails to friends and family I’ve written. Contain information that would also be good as posts as they deal with my life at that time.
E-mail to Farah 7.17.2003
Hey Farah-san! You are lucky you left Nihongo class when you did. We have to do two final projects and Thursdays teacher is being worse than usual. She now speaks neither Japanese nor English but some crazy mix she made up herself. I hate that stupid woman. But after tomorrow it will all be over,…… Continue reading E-mail to Farah 7.17.2003
E-mail to Kate 7.16.2003
Hi Kate! Congratulations on your getting married! I wish you the best of luck!Thanks also for inviting me but I think I will still be in Japan at thattime,,, although I would love to come to your wedding! I am going to come back for a visit on August 15 – Sept. 8th and then…… Continue reading E-mail to Kate 7.16.2003
E-mail to Ron 6.27.2003
Ronald, Don’t worry about the shirt. It’s says “Waseda” and is the name of the university where I study Japanese. If I may brag, it is also on of the top three best universities in Japan. In Japan the #1 is Tokyo University which is public, but then you have two private universities Keio and…… Continue reading E-mail to Ron 6.27.2003
E-mail to Kazuko 6.22.2003
Salut Kazuko! C’est Matthew! Ça fait longtemps n’est pas. Qu’est-ce que tu fasse ces jours-ci? Est-ce que tu as obtenu son maîtrise ou est-ce que tu étudies encore? Moi, je suis toujours un etudiant au Waseda. Je trouve le la langue japonais difficile! Surtout le Kanji c’est impossible. Mais je pense que je vais étudier…… Continue reading E-mail to Kazuko 6.22.2003
E-mail to Sarita 6.4.2003
Hi Sarita, Good to hear that you are in Grad School. We all know that working is no fun and should be put off for as long as possible. That’s basically what I’m doing in Japan. I got into a Japanese language program at a university called Waseda. It’s pretty cool, but I must say…… Continue reading E-mail to Sarita 6.4.2003
E-mail to Dad 5.18.2003
Sis, I sent this message to your hotmail account but it came back saying it didn’t work. So I’m sending it to your AOL address.. Hello Mom, Dad and Sis, How are things back home? I still haven’t seen any one of you online from MSN instant messenger. That tells me that you are all…… Continue reading E-mail to Dad 5.18.2003
E-mail to Kenny 5.3.2003
So you’re finally going to graduate huh! Wow, it’s only been what, 7 years? Ha ha .. Man actually I’ve been missing Ohio State and doing all those schoolactivities. It was a good time. Congratulations wey. So what degree did you finally end up getting anyway? Regarding a job in Mexico, all I can say…… Continue reading E-mail to Kenny 5.3.2003