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	<title>Comments on: How to be a Baka Gaijin (at a Tea Ceremony)</title>
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		<title>By: Shelby J</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelby J]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Guzzling down&quot; the tea might actually be a good idea, since the sado obaasan came back in and asked who didn&#039;t finish their tea.  It&#039;s not my fault they didn&#039;t give us enough time!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Guzzling down&#8221; the tea might actually be a good idea, since the sado obaasan came back in and asked who didn&#8217;t finish their tea.  It&#8217;s not my fault they didn&#8217;t give us enough time!</p>
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		<title>By: Lewis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lewis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in Japan is so graceful, I felt three times clumsier than normal while I was over there.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone in Japan is so graceful, I felt three times clumsier than normal while I was over there.</p>
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		<title>By: kate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[you are an absolute genius! i have just been to japan as part of a study tour through my university and we got to experience all the joys of a japanese tea ceremony. you have hit the nail on the head ... just fabulous writing!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you are an absolute genius! i have just been to japan as part of a study tour through my university and we got to experience all the joys of a japanese tea ceremony. you have hit the nail on the head &#8230; just fabulous writing!</p>
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		<title>By: Applesauce 21</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Applesauce 21]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading that hurt me deeply. It must never be let out on a t-shirt! Peoples eyes will burrrrrn]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading that hurt me deeply. It must never be let out on a t-shirt! Peoples eyes will burrrrrn</p>
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		<title>By: Applesauce 21</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Applesauce 21]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[そうねえｗｗティを大好きよ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>そうねえｗｗティを大好きよ</p>
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		<title>By: Laura Dodd</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Dodd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been studying Tea for a few years, and thoroughly enjoyed learning how to be a baka gaijin. 

We&#039;ve had some newbie guests, and have done Tea demos for the public. Most people try very hard to be respectful, even though they might not quite know what to do. We do what we can to guide them through without scaring them off with the complexity. I think the worst thing I saw was someone lifting a very old and valuable tea bowl high off the mat, without realizing the potential danger for breakage.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been studying Tea for a few years, and thoroughly enjoyed learning how to be a baka gaijin. </p>
<p>We&#8217;ve had some newbie guests, and have done Tea demos for the public. Most people try very hard to be respectful, even though they might not quite know what to do. We do what we can to guide them through without scaring them off with the complexity. I think the worst thing I saw was someone lifting a very old and valuable tea bowl high off the mat, without realizing the potential danger for breakage.</p>
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