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Japanese Communists are Cuddly · 9 August 04

Sign for afternoon tea party.

I inadvertently spent the weekend combatting landmine usage in Cambodia.

I was invited to watch a panel discussion on landmine removal on Friday night, and that led to an invitation to run 10k in a charity run the next day, and be a guest at a hyper-cute tea party on Sunday.

The activists I met during the events were a much cuter (and cleaner) group than the activists I knew back in school. Somehow, at least in what I saw over the weekend, the Japanese college activist manages improbably to mix idealism, productivity, and whimsy.

As evidenced by their tea party decorations.

Due to my inexhaustible novelty status, I had tea and cake with group that included the world’s only landmine victim amputee ultra-marathon runner, the Tokyo Women’s Marathon 1991 champ, and visiting Cambodian students.

I took part in ultra-whimsical conversation, where people drop phrases like, “We are friends!” and “What is your dream?” and “I hope you get your dream!” without sounding like hopped-up motivational speakers.

And I met this insanely friendly tiny Cambodian man, who is approximately 873 times cooler than me.

Me and a cambodian exchange student.

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  1. That tea party stuff is so cute. I could die.
    — Brant    2690 days ago    #

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