Jonathan Wilder AIS class of 1974 wilder@inter.net

Here's a bit on my journey: After the family left India in '70, we lived in the family home in Granby, MA for a year, then my father's job with Asia Foundation took us to San Francisco where I eventually graduated from high school. (My father's job had taken him and my mother to Singapore from where they adopted two Korean girls, Hye-Jin and Kyung-hee -- both married and with kids now.)

In SF, with all the distractions of the post hippie, pre-AIDS period, I mainly bartended, until '81 when I moved back to MA to attend UMass Amherst, from which I graduated late with a joint degree in Journalism and Sociology in '88. (The family had moved back to the US, first San Francisco for some years then Block Island, RI, where incidentally the Dahl's also lived.)  As for work, I was employed mainly in the restaurant business until '88 when I had enough of that and got into teaching/ training in both the public and private sectors.

I've been in Japan since '91 teaching/training business people. I'm employed on a freelance basis by multinationals like Kodak, Texas Instruments, plus some other large Japanese companies. Having great fun here, here too. I live in the center of Tokyo with an excellent view of Tokyo Tower. Anybody passing through is very welcome to stay on the sofa bed in the living room (wish I was on an ex-pat package).

Here is a link to a gallery of pictures from late last year to give you a better idea of what my life is like here. http://www.ii-idea.com/gallery/2004-Holiday?page=2

In India from DEC 22, 2005 to JAN 7, 2006. Would love to get together with anyone who has the time.

Warmly,

Jonathan

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