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Daniel Gallimore
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- About myself:
- I studied English literature at Oxford University before going to Japan on the JET Programme in rural Kyushu in 1987 (its first year). Returning to Britain in 1990, I completed an MA degree in Japanese Studies at Sheffield and somewhat later a doctorate at Oxford with a thesis on Japanese translations of Shakespeare. I have taught at schools and at university in Britain, and since 2003 have been teaching English at Japan Women's University in Tokyo. Aside from my academic research, I enjoy travelling in Asia, going to the theatre in Tokyo, the sea, and learning and using the Japanese language. I have quite deep roots in Asia as my mother was born in Bombay and my paternal grandmother was born in Japan in 1909.
- My experience with PEPY involved:
- I taught English lessons to the children at the PEPY School, staying overnight, and handed out presents at the children's hospital, as well as taking part in the other scheduled activities.
On the March trip, I cycled about 125 km over three days, including 75ish km up the Mekong river from Kampong Cham, visiting a number of environmental projects and the PEPY Friends School near Stung Treng, where I helped to build a bike shed.
- My favorite PEPY memories are:
- The ceremony for handing over the bicycles at the PEPY School - partly because my bicycle in Tokyo means so much to me in terms of my freedom but also because whereas I can easily replace my bike if it gets stolen and can take the train if I have to, those bicycles mean so much more to the children in terms of their education and as a financial investment.
The second trip in March was a different experience altogether, the cycling especially bringing me closer to the land and people. The highlight was arriving at Kratie to see the sun setting over the Mekong after cycling further than I had ever been in a single day (and through the sweltering March heat).
The song of the woman when we want canoeing on the Tonle Sap was very moving for me.
I've sorted out a few of my other memories on my Pepy blog.
- Since my time with PEPY, I have been:
- Sorting my photos from Cambodia into an album and reading one of the many books I was persuaded to buy by the street vendors in Siem Reap and Pnomh Penh! Incidentally, many of those are pirated copies, although none the less readable for that.
In August 2008, I took part in another bike ride, this time from Warsaw to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, about 600 km, in aid of the charity Marie Curie Cancer Care. I raised a little over £4000.
- My plans for the future include:
- I would like to remain in Tokyo for the foreseeable future, and have a particular ambition to write a book about Japanese translations of Shakespeare.
I would like to maintain my interest in Cambodia, not only by visiting the country but also by talking to my friends and students, perhaps even organising some kind of formal activity at my university.
For the past years, I have been learning Korean, and would also like to learn the Khmer language one day.
- I am inspired by:
- Since I have hardly any experience of the business world, I have to say that I am inspired by those men and women who build up huge businesses from nothing, even more if they give back some of what they have taken to charities and the community.
- My Facebook profile is at:
- http://www.facebook.com (Daniel Gallimore)
- My website address is:
- http://momi.jwu.ac.jp/~shirazu5/ (academic)
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Top Cambodian experiences
This is just an extension of my profile but I would like to add the following thoughts (penned April 2008, Tokyo).
As one of the silent majority who never took a gap year between leaving school and entering university, I have found myself almost ever since going to university at the age of 18 and hearing other people’s stories with an unrequitable Wanderlust that seems to get only worse with age. On the JET Programme twenty years ago I travelled widely in Japan and a fortnight in Thailand left… Continue
As one of the silent majority who never took a gap year between leaving school and entering university, I have found myself almost ever since going to university at the age of 18 and hearing other people’s stories with an unrequitable Wanderlust that seems to get only worse with age. On the JET Programme twenty years ago I travelled widely in Japan and a fortnight in Thailand left… Continue
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 8:38pm —
Earth in Flower
For anyone interested in traditional Cambodian culture, I would strongly recommend Earth in Flower: The Divine Mystery of the Cambodian Dance Drama by Paul Cravath (DatASIA, 2007).
There is a website at www.EarthinFlower.com, and below the review I posted on Amazon:
'Anyone who has visited Cambodia will know that the traditional dance drama, or royal ballet, can be hard to track down, despite the ethereal apsara dancers one sees carved in relief on the monuments at Angkor Wat. Yet histo… Continue
There is a website at www.EarthinFlower.com, and below the review I posted on Amazon:
'Anyone who has visited Cambodia will know that the traditional dance drama, or royal ballet, can be hard to track down, despite the ethereal apsara dancers one sees carved in relief on the monuments at Angkor Wat. Yet histo… Continue
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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Rithy
How are you? I don't have you email.
Can you send me an email?
Oh, and how is your lag? I hope everything going fine.
and Thank you for your help in my project.
And you, Kevin, Daniela, all PEPY is my best friend.
So, because of all your help and your encourage I commit, I
done all the best, all the work I am doing please share with all of you.
Rithy
Hope things are going well. I signed into the PEPY network when I returned home and am just now logging back in to check it out again. I only sent my pictures out to family and friends last night...jeez, I am a slacker. I hope your students' papers are impressing you. It was great to meet such a scholar as you are. I hope you do upgrade your bike in Japan and continue taking to the streets!
Things here are good. Just busy working and traveling, mostly for work. I did manage to get a 30 mile (not km!) ride in last Friday along the coast, which was awesome.
Enjoy and keep in touch.
Kevin
We're definitely partners for the school visit, and I was also wondering the same thing. I think music is a great place to start... What songs did you teach? And if I might ask, what sort of materials did you bring with you to introduce your home country? I have lots of JET related teaching materials that I use with my JHS kids, but it's all very English-education based and not necessarily very international... or interesting, hehe.
Thanks for the message! I can't wait to get this show on the road... :)
Wow, it's admirable that a british guy could be able to teach a complicated language like Japanese!
I'm currently studying ACCA program, in which i'll be automatically opted to Oxford Brookes BBA. I actually don't have to be there to get the BBA. All i have to do is to write a research paper and present it. By the way, how is Oxford Brookes? Is it a well-known uni in Britain?