So this weekend was nuts...as always. So I was going to have a nice quiet evening cruising with some friends in town, just what I wanted since I drank WAY too much the week before. So I head into town...and I soon notice I do not have my cell phone. ARGH! So I get there thinking...numbers..do I know any? I do not. Keitai Mails... Keitai Mails... well that was also a fail. So after maybe 15-20 minutes of deliberation, and looking (I knew Charity was somewhere there) I decide CRAP! I need to go back home. I'm so lost without my cell phone its not even funny =( So by the time I get back its like 9:30 and I do not want to go back out.
Charity, the JET from Yoshi (way out in stickville) had also come into town and I was going to meet her at some point but basicly I was like ok HELL NO! Please come to Futsukaichi and we can eat and what not here. So after some deliberation and convincing she comes down, she kinda wants to party and I kinda want to show her all the wonderful things Dazaifu, Chikushino can offer. So we go to the local warawara, and it kinda blows. The service was AWFUL and the food took FOREVER to get there. By the time we leave the restraunt its close to 11! And I'm kinda tired, but either way Charity came in from Yoshii so I decide to take her to an izakaya and get a drink before heading off to Karaoke and then hopefully sleep.
We go to an izakaya I had been to before..just once. I knew it was nice and a bit pricey, but Charity was on the look out for good looking guys and I thought, the guys ARE good looking there I guess. (there are 5 bartenders there for some odd reason..) So we take a drink but decide since its expensive here we should take shots! And they have TONS of alcohol I never see anywhere (like Jeiger) So we take some shots and they are just BLOWN out of the water at our (tsuyosa) So thats is just awful for Kristen, because they were just blown away by Charity's strength~! And completely ignoring the fact I'm drinking more...thus the competetive stupid in me comes out and I decide well...ohoho you think THATS strong! So we start drinking up a storm, and its really good. Good quality, they actually shake our drinks, make it really nice, etc, etc. Soon weve been invited into the underground mixing studio/dance floor. And were chatting up the bartender, haveing a fairly fun time. Long story short we run up an impressive bill, we've both drinken god knows how much AND I have consumed some 95% alcohol VODKA. We still stumble to Karaoke, and by the time I get home I'm wasted! (in soo many ways)
Still I get up early the next morning (after 4 hours of sleep) and go off to meet Yamato and some other friends. Were going to hang out with some Japanese guys. It's nice but the day kinda wears on and we hang out way longer than any of us plans. It wouldve been nicer to cut it short and not be exausted and kinda relieved to go home. I get home aronud 11, despite the fact I had planned to be home at 6, and instantly pass out. It was nice, and pleasant but not all worth while. Oomori koen was cool and it was wierd we were all going to these date like places, but I dont think ANY of us had any chemistry going on so it was all kinda wierd. I also won like 100 of these candy things from UFO catch type machine (100 pieces of I dont think I really like it candy...)
So I sleep at maybe 1130 and get up at 10! And I'm still a bit tired, still I try to soldier on, I want to do laundry and cleaning. Instead matt rings up and asks to take him to the nittori (home store) and I agree since I have car. We stop off at the youme town to see if its a better selection and it seems a bit pricey, still we stop off for some food and I realize wow matt does get stared at..ALOT. After we realize the place is a bit expensive we head off to the nitori anyhow, driving around is not so bad. But we land up spending the vast majority of the day going here and there. And as I'm filling up gas to go home, a CRAZY kei car come hurtling my way down this TINY TINY road, barely fitting even my car let alone two. I realize quickly hes not going to stop AND hes going to hit me straight on, so I quickly pull to the side slam my rims into the side walk AND the kei car still almost rips my side windows off. It's no joke, Fukuoka drivers are some of the worst drivers in Japan. Very scary in-deed, I totaly regret taking the long way home to get myself more oriented on where I live (since I have LEGENDARY bad direction sense)
Get home, decide I really want to get a new battery charger so I can take pics of my students with the silly game I have. Realize I have no money and all ATM's in Japan close at 7 on Sunday(zOMG) even the konbini ones, so I pay for it via the credit card, and then have no money for food. And realize crap I was supposed to win some mini mouse doll for a student (I thought I had one but apperanlty I gave it away already...and already said I'd give it away..) And in the end with just 500 yen in the one machine that had mini goods, I failed...and had just 500 yen left, 300 of which I need to use to get home, so in that last try I get it! (I realize the reason why it was so hard to pull was because two dolls are stuck together and land up with two! wOOt)
Do some stuff like hang my laundry and then off to bed, and still I get up pretty giri due to freak morning cold. So cold my windows on my car were covered in a fairly thick layer of icey condensation. Go to my first class, a class I like but one that is affectionately known as "the zombie class", "the dead class", "funeral class" etc. So I thought theyd be jazzed with the first game we play, BUT NO! One of my fav students lands up in tears being picked to be the example, and for the rest of the class is just kinda spaced out in the corner! Every other class had a SUPER fun time, but this class is just too self concious and easily embaressed...ugh that felt crappy. Also I am getting fat and bloated (From too much alcohol me thinks) So overall a very mixed bag weekend. =/ so I end with, DOOM! DOOOM!....... doom.
2007年2月23日金曜日
TEACHING
So I had another class after a two week break, the breaks are only about two weeks between my teaching and for once Ill have classes back to back to back..while that can be tough I'm happy about it.
Also though my lesson was kinda boring (more like I'm not spacing it well, it goes from super exciting students are laughing super enjoying it...to boring sentence work..) When I told class six, by far my worst first grade class (when the lesson got boring students started making obvious snoring noses, and a give a student more tape...so he could tape his face up and look dumb..) When i told them I'd have just one more lesson with them, one of them went EEEEEHHHHHH!!! Mou Owaruto? (What?! Its over already?!) So I was happy, thought they often seem to be the least enthused, they are sad to see me go.
Also one girl who is bar none the worst girl in the class, when I asked her her worst subject she actually said it wasnt english, it was science.... I feel sorry for her science teacher cuz man...shes a pain in English.
Well one more class (class 9) A SUPER awesome class, and then climbing mt. tenppaizan...yay. Hopefully it'll be fun and won't rain. I already planned it so I'd climb with class 3 girls. I like to alternate between classes, and sexes...since they walk in formations broken down to sex and class. Granted I've completely avoided some of my HORROR classes..and I think I've walked down with class 4 like 3 times >.< Oh well.
Well see how this goes, sometimes plans go awry and students just don't feel like stretching their English muscles.
I get my car insurance today w00t! Hopefully I can be driving it out safely by tomorrow, I totally want to hit costco on Sunday. Also yesterday was such a fail day, I spend like 5 hours talking to Charity on the phone! I think some of us get loopy with lack of English, I feel for her shes in the sticks. I'm happy I live in the suburbs and I'm happy I'm at my school w00t.
Also though my lesson was kinda boring (more like I'm not spacing it well, it goes from super exciting students are laughing super enjoying it...to boring sentence work..) When I told class six, by far my worst first grade class (when the lesson got boring students started making obvious snoring noses, and a give a student more tape...so he could tape his face up and look dumb..) When i told them I'd have just one more lesson with them, one of them went EEEEEHHHHHH!!! Mou Owaruto? (What?! Its over already?!) So I was happy, thought they often seem to be the least enthused, they are sad to see me go.
Also one girl who is bar none the worst girl in the class, when I asked her her worst subject she actually said it wasnt english, it was science.... I feel sorry for her science teacher cuz man...shes a pain in English.
Well one more class (class 9) A SUPER awesome class, and then climbing mt. tenppaizan...yay. Hopefully it'll be fun and won't rain. I already planned it so I'd climb with class 3 girls. I like to alternate between classes, and sexes...since they walk in formations broken down to sex and class. Granted I've completely avoided some of my HORROR classes..and I think I've walked down with class 4 like 3 times >.< Oh well.
Well see how this goes, sometimes plans go awry and students just don't feel like stretching their English muscles.
I get my car insurance today w00t! Hopefully I can be driving it out safely by tomorrow, I totally want to hit costco on Sunday. Also yesterday was such a fail day, I spend like 5 hours talking to Charity on the phone! I think some of us get loopy with lack of English, I feel for her shes in the sticks. I'm happy I live in the suburbs and I'm happy I'm at my school w00t.
2007年2月21日水曜日
SCARY
With all my excitement I forgot to talk about my weird dreams lately. Of late I've had quiet a few dreams where I'm not just dying..but the entire world is going to end. Usually via some sort of strange sun related DOOM. So its either getting freakishly hot, or somehow I know that some evil genius is playing god and messing up the universe.
I also usually die in these dreams, but of course its the type of death where I quickly and almost instantly just get back up or I body jump into someone else. Very very creepy. Whenever I have these, even when I get alot of sleep I just feel wiped out. In fact the day I overslept ALOT was after one of these dreams. It's really bad since these dreams are usually so engrossing I oversleep my alarm clocks. I overslept like half an hour today (even though all 3 of my alarms clocks were going off) thankfully since LATE DOOM day I've been getting up EXTRA early, so it wasn't much of a problem.
Also they say at my age I only need about 6 hours of sleep...but HELL NO! I am dead tired ALL the time without my 8 hours. I really love sleep and if I could I'd sleep 9 hours everyday. But work, laziness, etc, etc. As a note I am once again horribly bored at school, but with initiative to do anything since I'm rather tired and slightly disturbed from my dream. In my dream I was shot in the neck and somehow survived due to some chemical solution which grants super powers or something, but it was really freaky at some point I think my head was chopped off to end my misery before I body jumped to someone else to witness the end of the world....slightly disturbing.. I'm not sure what it all means. I don't believe in dreams being able to predict my personality or my future but I do believe these dreams have a link with some underlying worry with in me...to an extent. But these dreams, I really have to wonder what is up with it!
Could just be me though, a few years ago for no apparent reason (my life was rather nice, very worry free cruising through college, lots of friends, nice routine, period of my life) every day for almost a month I dreamt I was either dying, being murdered or chased by some psycho maniac. So maybe my psyche just likes to mix things up whenever things are going too good? Who knows, but if dreams are the only thing I need to worry about, the let it be so.
I also usually die in these dreams, but of course its the type of death where I quickly and almost instantly just get back up or I body jump into someone else. Very very creepy. Whenever I have these, even when I get alot of sleep I just feel wiped out. In fact the day I overslept ALOT was after one of these dreams. It's really bad since these dreams are usually so engrossing I oversleep my alarm clocks. I overslept like half an hour today (even though all 3 of my alarms clocks were going off) thankfully since LATE DOOM day I've been getting up EXTRA early, so it wasn't much of a problem.
Also they say at my age I only need about 6 hours of sleep...but HELL NO! I am dead tired ALL the time without my 8 hours. I really love sleep and if I could I'd sleep 9 hours everyday. But work, laziness, etc, etc. As a note I am once again horribly bored at school, but with initiative to do anything since I'm rather tired and slightly disturbed from my dream. In my dream I was shot in the neck and somehow survived due to some chemical solution which grants super powers or something, but it was really freaky at some point I think my head was chopped off to end my misery before I body jumped to someone else to witness the end of the world....slightly disturbing.. I'm not sure what it all means. I don't believe in dreams being able to predict my personality or my future but I do believe these dreams have a link with some underlying worry with in me...to an extent. But these dreams, I really have to wonder what is up with it!
Could just be me though, a few years ago for no apparent reason (my life was rather nice, very worry free cruising through college, lots of friends, nice routine, period of my life) every day for almost a month I dreamt I was either dying, being murdered or chased by some psycho maniac. So maybe my psyche just likes to mix things up whenever things are going too good? Who knows, but if dreams are the only thing I need to worry about, the let it be so.
CAR!!!!!
OK, So my car ROCKS!! Its kinda HUGE for Japan though. But man its a 1997 Laurel, which is basicly the upper end for Japan. Its either a 2 or 2.5 liter, so a bit of a gas guzzler but man is there power in that thing! I have to feather it all the way! But its so cool, it comes with basicly everything I need, it even has the minimum insurrance already tacked onto the car so I don't have to worry about getting arrested w00t! I still need second insurrance, so I can drive on Highways and not worry about you know have to pay out of the ass for an accident.
But, the link is basicly what the car looks like, but mine is SUPER CLEAN! I think my Kyoto (Vice Principle) Got the car service AND detailed, its so clean inside! Its just wow, the interior is nice, the outside is nice. Even though its a 1997, there is a cd player and cassette and the sound system is GREAT!
But...DRIVING man its scary. Everything is inverted even the turn signals (i.e. its on the left hand and up is left turn and down is a right turn) Very weird. I hit the windshield wipers alot! Also the car is large and the roads in Japan are PAINFULLY small. Its about the size of the TL so I have experience driving such a car (i.e. my older sisters) But roads here are so much different, and since the drivers side is the right I'm not used to having to assess how close I am to the left side. Also I'm not used to driving with just like 1 inch space from me and certain doom and accident. (Which everyone in Japan is)
On the bright side I can still reverse with the best of them! And my judgment skills arn't so bad (for a person with no depth perception what so ever) BUT directions...also alot of roads I'm used to taking on my Bike are just impossible (and illegal) to ride on in my car. So I hit quiet a few one way roads AND some pedestrian only roads...but I swear I've seen cars on some of those...strange...
Anyway once I buy a camera charger I'll post pics! The car is so PIMP, I debate sucking it up and paying the shakken(something we don't have in America but it's expensive) come September (But then I'll only be here for a year more =/) Well see when the time comes, its a REALLY nice car though. SQUEE FREE CAR! (I really need to give my Kyoto some happy bonus thank you money.) Since I think he actually had to pay to give me this car (paper work, extra insurance...yeah) once again w00t FREE CAR!
But, the link is basicly what the car looks like, but mine is SUPER CLEAN! I think my Kyoto (Vice Principle) Got the car service AND detailed, its so clean inside! Its just wow, the interior is nice, the outside is nice. Even though its a 1997, there is a cd player and cassette and the sound system is GREAT!
But...DRIVING man its scary. Everything is inverted even the turn signals (i.e. its on the left hand and up is left turn and down is a right turn) Very weird. I hit the windshield wipers alot! Also the car is large and the roads in Japan are PAINFULLY small. Its about the size of the TL so I have experience driving such a car (i.e. my older sisters) But roads here are so much different, and since the drivers side is the right I'm not used to having to assess how close I am to the left side. Also I'm not used to driving with just like 1 inch space from me and certain doom and accident. (Which everyone in Japan is)
On the bright side I can still reverse with the best of them! And my judgment skills arn't so bad (for a person with no depth perception what so ever) BUT directions...also alot of roads I'm used to taking on my Bike are just impossible (and illegal) to ride on in my car. So I hit quiet a few one way roads AND some pedestrian only roads...but I swear I've seen cars on some of those...strange...
Anyway once I buy a camera charger I'll post pics! The car is so PIMP, I debate sucking it up and paying the shakken(something we don't have in America but it's expensive) come September (But then I'll only be here for a year more =/) Well see when the time comes, its a REALLY nice car though. SQUEE FREE CAR! (I really need to give my Kyoto some happy bonus thank you money.) Since I think he actually had to pay to give me this car (paper work, extra insurance...yeah) once again w00t FREE CAR!
2007年2月19日月曜日
CAR and other misc.
This weekend was NUTS!
On girls night out we landed up hitting some nice bars and got some over priced....not so good pizza =/ After though we looked for a hopping club, but in Japan since alot of people work on Saturday, Fridays are generally dead. We finally went to the dark room, and it was full of some gaijin guys (i.e. white people) There were 7 of us girls left, all from Hawaii. So it's kinda dead, the music isn't really dance music, but soon we start making requests and soon some of the girls start getting drunk! And before you know it the club is just insane. Some kokura Jets came down as well, and I guess since trips to the BIG city are rare they decided to go ape shit!
But it was all good at first, they were flirting up a storm and the guys there were happy to not be in a total penis fest. Soon we were getting free food, our drinks mysteriously got stronger..and the dancing started to get freak nasty o.0 Though actually the most insane couple was some random Japanese girl and a kinda ugly white guy, they were freaking all nite long, making out AND man for awhile I thought the girl was just gonna whip his thing out on the dance floor!
The end of the night wasn't so cool, and some people were a little too drunk. But in the end a fun night was had by all (I'm almost certain) So I look forward to next time! (Though all nite can be harsh after Friday work)
The next day was a totally waste, I thought I'd stay in as is DESPERATELY needed to do laundry, I was running out of desperation clothes. So I thought head to tenjin, maybe get a bite to eat and head back home for a quiet evening. But it seemed everyone was heading out to some a party n Chikugo (where this is I'm kinda unsure, but it is STICKSVILLE) The party was really mellow and I didn't drink much, we got there late and before we knew it, it was time to go. And we kinda had to RUSH to catch the last train.
For some reason someone wanted to get drunk...and I guess my reputation preceded me and so I was being offered straight swigs from a bottle of vodka. Normally when its drinking peer pressure via the "DO IT DO IT" method I'm pretty good at saying no. (Unless I actually do want to drink) But, it was just a polite offer so I decided to be polite and take up the offer o.0 After a swig or two I thought "OK, that's enough", since I assumed the nite was over. But some third party person suggested, KARAOKE! And I thought, well now there an occasion to drink to! So I start chugging along... then we get off the train and everyone else (even the person who first suggested it o.0) bails out. So its just me and one other person rather blasted standing in the rain, slightly unsure where to go. (At this point I'm still pretty good, having my wits about me, but as well all know 200% sober Kristen still means I'm a complete lose when it comes to directions) Well to make a long story short lots of alcohol late, sans Karaoke, alot of too loud music and drunken passed outness. And the next morning someone (being not me) is just shattered. The day is kinda a lose again as I get up late and kinda just am a bit tired. Also its freezing once again.
I get a really late start doing laundry from 4, but I wash my dishes, do three loads of wash, and get my bike from the station and cook a nutritious (for once) meal. Over all very productive but I'm dead tired by 9 and land up sleeping at 1045-11. I get up early but its SO COLD! I can get out of bed till 5 till 8! Then I rush as always to work.
But on my desk at the beginning of the day is...dun dun dun!!!! CAR KEYS! And an owners book, its all nice and neat! Yay so now I have a car! What a nice topper to the weekend. Though I have no insurance, and while its like a 5-10 min drive to my house I am kinda afraid to drive it. Since 1. I have not driven in 6 months. 2. There are a million students near my school, and 3. there is a GIANT major highway coming out of my school...so in the case of accidents and DOOM, I would like to be covered.... So driving may have to wait, but we'll see. I'm going to ask Andrea at the meeting about all this car stuff. And hopefully I will soon be ONE HAPPY CAMPER! Squee. Also note...no alcohol for like a week for me (maybe two). I am now a driver and will learn to appreciate oolong tea ^_^
On girls night out we landed up hitting some nice bars and got some over priced....not so good pizza =/ After though we looked for a hopping club, but in Japan since alot of people work on Saturday, Fridays are generally dead. We finally went to the dark room, and it was full of some gaijin guys (i.e. white people) There were 7 of us girls left, all from Hawaii. So it's kinda dead, the music isn't really dance music, but soon we start making requests and soon some of the girls start getting drunk! And before you know it the club is just insane. Some kokura Jets came down as well, and I guess since trips to the BIG city are rare they decided to go ape shit!
But it was all good at first, they were flirting up a storm and the guys there were happy to not be in a total penis fest. Soon we were getting free food, our drinks mysteriously got stronger..and the dancing started to get freak nasty o.0 Though actually the most insane couple was some random Japanese girl and a kinda ugly white guy, they were freaking all nite long, making out AND man for awhile I thought the girl was just gonna whip his thing out on the dance floor!
The end of the night wasn't so cool, and some people were a little too drunk. But in the end a fun night was had by all (I'm almost certain) So I look forward to next time! (Though all nite can be harsh after Friday work)
The next day was a totally waste, I thought I'd stay in as is DESPERATELY needed to do laundry, I was running out of desperation clothes. So I thought head to tenjin, maybe get a bite to eat and head back home for a quiet evening. But it seemed everyone was heading out to some a party n Chikugo (where this is I'm kinda unsure, but it is STICKSVILLE) The party was really mellow and I didn't drink much, we got there late and before we knew it, it was time to go. And we kinda had to RUSH to catch the last train.
For some reason someone wanted to get drunk...and I guess my reputation preceded me and so I was being offered straight swigs from a bottle of vodka. Normally when its drinking peer pressure via the "DO IT DO IT" method I'm pretty good at saying no. (Unless I actually do want to drink) But, it was just a polite offer so I decided to be polite and take up the offer o.0 After a swig or two I thought "OK, that's enough", since I assumed the nite was over. But some third party person suggested, KARAOKE! And I thought, well now there an occasion to drink to! So I start chugging along... then we get off the train and everyone else (even the person who first suggested it o.0) bails out. So its just me and one other person rather blasted standing in the rain, slightly unsure where to go. (At this point I'm still pretty good, having my wits about me, but as well all know 200% sober Kristen still means I'm a complete lose when it comes to directions) Well to make a long story short lots of alcohol late, sans Karaoke, alot of too loud music and drunken passed outness. And the next morning someone (being not me) is just shattered. The day is kinda a lose again as I get up late and kinda just am a bit tired. Also its freezing once again.
I get a really late start doing laundry from 4, but I wash my dishes, do three loads of wash, and get my bike from the station and cook a nutritious (for once) meal. Over all very productive but I'm dead tired by 9 and land up sleeping at 1045-11. I get up early but its SO COLD! I can get out of bed till 5 till 8! Then I rush as always to work.
But on my desk at the beginning of the day is...dun dun dun!!!! CAR KEYS! And an owners book, its all nice and neat! Yay so now I have a car! What a nice topper to the weekend. Though I have no insurance, and while its like a 5-10 min drive to my house I am kinda afraid to drive it. Since 1. I have not driven in 6 months. 2. There are a million students near my school, and 3. there is a GIANT major highway coming out of my school...so in the case of accidents and DOOM, I would like to be covered.... So driving may have to wait, but we'll see. I'm going to ask Andrea at the meeting about all this car stuff. And hopefully I will soon be ONE HAPPY CAMPER! Squee. Also note...no alcohol for like a week for me (maybe two). I am now a driver and will learn to appreciate oolong tea ^_^
2007年2月16日金曜日
BORED
Not sure who other JETs manage NOT to go and make blogs EVERY DAY! Seriously I do nothing!!! Even when I BEG to do things...I do them rather quickly and then land up going NOTHING. I corrected all the first years tests (my section) it took like....an hour. w00t 360 tests in an hour good fun.
Anyway silly story, I can see why people dont blog everyday as some days why bother!
So I was dead tired last nite but resolved I NEEDED to do my laundry. Due to Japanese washing machines kinda sucking it takes like an hour to wash clothes, so i decided nap for an hour. Then get back up hang it up eat, shower then go to sleep YAY! No i nap from 6..to 12. And I'm stil groggy, I decide if I got up and then did all my crap id not go back to sleep till like 3 and seemingly get only 4 hours of sleep. So I intelligently (sleep deprived thinking does not work) decide that I shall sleep in till 4 and then GET BACK UP w00t so smart.
Of course I sleep in till 6, get up and go groan I'm never gonna get my clothes dry in time! So I decide I guess its suit day. My suit pants sadly had already been used 2-3 times (the UPPER limit of Kristen wearing) and were in the laundry pile. But it was alright I also have a matching skirt with this nice suit combo, and a nice collared shirt..which silver accents, a little gaudy but ok with a jacket.
I'd worn a skirt before and biked to school and while this skirt was a little shorter (on the knee vs past the knee, I thought eh cant be that bad) Actually another teacher is wearing a skirt basicly the same length.. but shes wearing pantyhose which I only have one pair of...with giant holes in them o.0 So I decide to wear my trusty long socks, and go downstairs and get my bike. As I'm getting on I realize there are problems...its hard to get on the bike for one. And when I sit down the skirt no longer sits on my knee..its sits above it. Its like an inch above but I think eh Fukuoka Nogyo girls wear their skirts this short all the time, I'm fine. Well their skirts are pleated and mine is not.. so as I'm biking I quickly realize..OMG my skirt is slowly (as in quickly) inching up my leg....
So i stand up, and I keep on standing up for the entire school ride. And as I pass students I think CRAP cane it! So they don't see how high my skirt is up my leg, as a note today is a bit chilly and I came to school with some damn cold knees. By the end I just got off my bike seeing as I had more than enough time to get to school. And that is the story of my skirt, and the silliness. I was kinda thinking OMG going home, but realize that the students have testing all day (which is why im ubber bored..) and most will have gone home by then. So I am generally safe, yay.
Also it is girls nite out, I have but one party dress...which was bought in Hawaii and is CLEARLY made for summer usage, but eh. I am a KAZE NO KO, and I think I'll survive the cold! Also I ate like maybe 500 calories worth of food and drink yesterday so I have magically lost like 4-5 lbs in 2 days. I also ate very little food on wendsday, but consumed probably more than my share of Alcoholic calories (but I ussually BURN through it like crazy, I think my body goes into OVERDRIVE when I drink)
I dirgress again, its 1 and I think most students have left for the day, and it's safe for me to leave the shokuinshitsu and go out to eat lunch YES! I am starved, and when I come back (it's basicly PC to take an hour to eat lunch during testing time) I will eat and be happy, YAY. Then Ill only have like another 2 hours till I can leave (blargh)
Anyway silly story, I can see why people dont blog everyday as some days why bother!
So I was dead tired last nite but resolved I NEEDED to do my laundry. Due to Japanese washing machines kinda sucking it takes like an hour to wash clothes, so i decided nap for an hour. Then get back up hang it up eat, shower then go to sleep YAY! No i nap from 6..to 12. And I'm stil groggy, I decide if I got up and then did all my crap id not go back to sleep till like 3 and seemingly get only 4 hours of sleep. So I intelligently (sleep deprived thinking does not work) decide that I shall sleep in till 4 and then GET BACK UP w00t so smart.
Of course I sleep in till 6, get up and go groan I'm never gonna get my clothes dry in time! So I decide I guess its suit day. My suit pants sadly had already been used 2-3 times (the UPPER limit of Kristen wearing) and were in the laundry pile. But it was alright I also have a matching skirt with this nice suit combo, and a nice collared shirt..which silver accents, a little gaudy but ok with a jacket.
I'd worn a skirt before and biked to school and while this skirt was a little shorter (on the knee vs past the knee, I thought eh cant be that bad) Actually another teacher is wearing a skirt basicly the same length.. but shes wearing pantyhose which I only have one pair of...with giant holes in them o.0 So I decide to wear my trusty long socks, and go downstairs and get my bike. As I'm getting on I realize there are problems...its hard to get on the bike for one. And when I sit down the skirt no longer sits on my knee..its sits above it. Its like an inch above but I think eh Fukuoka Nogyo girls wear their skirts this short all the time, I'm fine. Well their skirts are pleated and mine is not.. so as I'm biking I quickly realize..OMG my skirt is slowly (as in quickly) inching up my leg....
So i stand up, and I keep on standing up for the entire school ride. And as I pass students I think CRAP cane it! So they don't see how high my skirt is up my leg, as a note today is a bit chilly and I came to school with some damn cold knees. By the end I just got off my bike seeing as I had more than enough time to get to school. And that is the story of my skirt, and the silliness. I was kinda thinking OMG going home, but realize that the students have testing all day (which is why im ubber bored..) and most will have gone home by then. So I am generally safe, yay.
Also it is girls nite out, I have but one party dress...which was bought in Hawaii and is CLEARLY made for summer usage, but eh. I am a KAZE NO KO, and I think I'll survive the cold! Also I ate like maybe 500 calories worth of food and drink yesterday so I have magically lost like 4-5 lbs in 2 days. I also ate very little food on wendsday, but consumed probably more than my share of Alcoholic calories (but I ussually BURN through it like crazy, I think my body goes into OVERDRIVE when I drink)
I dirgress again, its 1 and I think most students have left for the day, and it's safe for me to leave the shokuinshitsu and go out to eat lunch YES! I am starved, and when I come back (it's basicly PC to take an hour to eat lunch during testing time) I will eat and be happy, YAY. Then Ill only have like another 2 hours till I can leave (blargh)
2007年2月15日木曜日
DOOM DOOM DOOOOOOM~ .....doom
So I landed up going out with my predecessor's, predecessor's, predecessors...yes seemingly sounding like its a LONG time ago but really its was just 2 years ago. My predecessors had a bad habit of digging out early. So, we get to drinking with some san-nen sei teachers, i.e. teachers I never teach with. And I realize alot of things, this guy made friends because he wasnt on the internet. Because there was no internet, he went to TONS of clubs, AND even helped out Debate team at another school. Also I found out how he did lessons, and why he was well liked. He used Japanese! He was amazed my Japanese is better than his BUT I stand there and talk so slowly with student using any means needed to get them to understand my English. He put it simply, he HAD to teach the students, which do you like better cat and dog. And then had to FORCE them to discuss... even doing this he landed up using tons of Japanese... This is the level of the school. He said I was reaching for the stars trying to get them to use, CHOICES to make zOMG SKITS!
But I think I've made progress. He said he was not patient enough to deal with the explaining over and over in English. But my drawings, charades, hand motions of insanity are coming alone nicely. I think I will use Japanese, but bad Japanese sprinkled with some bad pronounciation. The students I can feel are getting better...at least at speaking. Their test scores still suck as I now realize I have to grade papers, with a headache from a combo of too much alchol and not enough sleep.
Thats right, I slept at 4 in the morning, STILL got up at 730 and made it to school. I also ran into a student with my bike due to bleary eyes tiredness, my fault. BUT the student didnt even apologize or check on how I was. What a bastard I'm totaly on the look out for him to get some serious ass spanking. I should've screamed out APOLOGIZE... but I'm certain he'd not understand. Thus the need for more Japanese...
Also I have a meeting soon, and I graded about 120 papers...w00t 250 more to go! Maybe I'll actually be doing something on my Zangyo! Ugh, what a horrible day, but a good nite. This guy was too insane, he was a super JET in some ways.. but in other ways...
I don't want to give up on my students, I feel..I KNOW they can make it! I do realize through grading their tests, they sometimes don't understand the meaning of what I am trying to get them to do. And I think in those times I need Japanese...diagrams go only so far =/.
But I think I've made progress. He said he was not patient enough to deal with the explaining over and over in English. But my drawings, charades, hand motions of insanity are coming alone nicely. I think I will use Japanese, but bad Japanese sprinkled with some bad pronounciation. The students I can feel are getting better...at least at speaking. Their test scores still suck as I now realize I have to grade papers, with a headache from a combo of too much alchol and not enough sleep.
Thats right, I slept at 4 in the morning, STILL got up at 730 and made it to school. I also ran into a student with my bike due to bleary eyes tiredness, my fault. BUT the student didnt even apologize or check on how I was. What a bastard I'm totaly on the look out for him to get some serious ass spanking. I should've screamed out APOLOGIZE... but I'm certain he'd not understand. Thus the need for more Japanese...
Also I have a meeting soon, and I graded about 120 papers...w00t 250 more to go! Maybe I'll actually be doing something on my Zangyo! Ugh, what a horrible day, but a good nite. This guy was too insane, he was a super JET in some ways.. but in other ways...
I don't want to give up on my students, I feel..I KNOW they can make it! I do realize through grading their tests, they sometimes don't understand the meaning of what I am trying to get them to do. And I think in those times I need Japanese...diagrams go only so far =/.
2007年2月14日水曜日
ECC
So apperantly none of the students remembered. I remined the teachers to tell the students but that kina failed. As a result bombarding them 5 seconds before it happened kinda did not work. In the end though like 12 students did come, but not for the reasons I thought. 4 came to give me chocolate..well one of them wanted to give me chocolate and 3 of her friends came with her. That resulted in some conversation, thought initially they were like NO ENGLISH, just chocolate, and I was like wait what?
Some girls from the class next door to this empty classroom who always go to that room were there and I talked to them and gave them chocolate. Thankfully with one of them, I have a good relationship (shes an awful students whos been really friendly ever since I told her she looks slim when she commented she was on a diet) So that was good I talked to them for a good 20 minutes before some other students showed up.
Then another girl came to give me some hand made chocolates, she was so cute. It was really like oh your here for english practice.........., and then she gave me the chocolate haha. And then I ran into more students who had made 7 stamps and wanted their prizes..that resulted in NO english talking. Though one of them was with spacey girl who I gave guitar tabs to on her birthday and I talked to her about that. So it wasnt a complete lose.
A BUNCH of lessons learned, 1 students need to be reminded DAILY of these things. They easily forget what I tell them...granted i admit I told them 2 weeks in advance so I can see how they forgot even with my posters. Cuz hell even I ignore those things. Also reminding teachers to tell them FAILS, they either didnt say anything or the students arnt listening. Also students wont come at lunch untill after they eat, which leaves like maybe 15 minutes to talk before they have class. So many lessons learned, I will persevere. But this time I'm going to make the club the WEEK after I have lessons AND I'm going to personally remind the students a few days before hand AND I'm going to make it afterschool.
In the end I think it went.....eh. Couldve been MUCH worse, with NO ONE showing up. I'm also happy I got candy, though BOO to all the students I expected candy from who didn't give me any! In the end 4 girls got LOTS of english practice, 2 got some, 5 got a little/and one basicly got none. 8 students got candy and I got 6 pieces (though two were from teachers...thus kinda not counting..)
So in the end though really most of the students just came to give me candy, I count them HAHA. So I count 5 students coming for the sake of English, cuz seeking me out = English practice. I'm also jazzed the four girls who happened to just be there when, I said I spoke a little Japanese from living there for 6 months and they STILL spoke to me in English. Yays, granted it could be just because they were used to it, by that point I had been speaking to them for 10 minutes. Also music so works, two girls (one of them a fav) said they LOVE American music, so I talked to them about it. I'll talk to this girl more often from now on. After school I'm thinking of harassing my favorite students like, WHY DIDNT YOU COME! In reality alot of them just didn't know so I wont fault them.
My predecessors, predecessors, predecessor is in Town and I'm wondering if i should go to his welcome party. I do have Japanese class, but that's not that fun. But the after part always is, its like hang out with my friends or show face at work... I think I'll go show face at work it makes me wonder how was this guy SOO well liked. His lessons seemed hard and he seemed strict with the students. But the teachers were different, the teachers he is close to are all third year teachers I don't teach with. And he even mentioned the first year teacher (the other two who hes never met) is kinda...iffy. And he seems to be rather distant from the second year teachers...so maybe that's it? Nah, its totally this internet/ PC damn you technology I don't talk to teachers because I am on here! Oh well. I think ill go...
Some girls from the class next door to this empty classroom who always go to that room were there and I talked to them and gave them chocolate. Thankfully with one of them, I have a good relationship (shes an awful students whos been really friendly ever since I told her she looks slim when she commented she was on a diet) So that was good I talked to them for a good 20 minutes before some other students showed up.
Then another girl came to give me some hand made chocolates, she was so cute. It was really like oh your here for english practice.........., and then she gave me the chocolate haha. And then I ran into more students who had made 7 stamps and wanted their prizes..that resulted in NO english talking. Though one of them was with spacey girl who I gave guitar tabs to on her birthday and I talked to her about that. So it wasnt a complete lose.
A BUNCH of lessons learned, 1 students need to be reminded DAILY of these things. They easily forget what I tell them...granted i admit I told them 2 weeks in advance so I can see how they forgot even with my posters. Cuz hell even I ignore those things. Also reminding teachers to tell them FAILS, they either didnt say anything or the students arnt listening. Also students wont come at lunch untill after they eat, which leaves like maybe 15 minutes to talk before they have class. So many lessons learned, I will persevere. But this time I'm going to make the club the WEEK after I have lessons AND I'm going to personally remind the students a few days before hand AND I'm going to make it afterschool.
In the end I think it went.....eh. Couldve been MUCH worse, with NO ONE showing up. I'm also happy I got candy, though BOO to all the students I expected candy from who didn't give me any! In the end 4 girls got LOTS of english practice, 2 got some, 5 got a little/and one basicly got none. 8 students got candy and I got 6 pieces (though two were from teachers...thus kinda not counting..)
So in the end though really most of the students just came to give me candy, I count them HAHA. So I count 5 students coming for the sake of English, cuz seeking me out = English practice. I'm also jazzed the four girls who happened to just be there when, I said I spoke a little Japanese from living there for 6 months and they STILL spoke to me in English. Yays, granted it could be just because they were used to it, by that point I had been speaking to them for 10 minutes. Also music so works, two girls (one of them a fav) said they LOVE American music, so I talked to them about it. I'll talk to this girl more often from now on. After school I'm thinking of harassing my favorite students like, WHY DIDNT YOU COME! In reality alot of them just didn't know so I wont fault them.
My predecessors, predecessors, predecessor is in Town and I'm wondering if i should go to his welcome party. I do have Japanese class, but that's not that fun. But the after part always is, its like hang out with my friends or show face at work... I think I'll go show face at work it makes me wonder how was this guy SOO well liked. His lessons seemed hard and he seemed strict with the students. But the teachers were different, the teachers he is close to are all third year teachers I don't teach with. And he even mentioned the first year teacher (the other two who hes never met) is kinda...iffy. And he seems to be rather distant from the second year teachers...so maybe that's it? Nah, its totally this internet/ PC damn you technology I don't talk to teachers because I am on here! Oh well. I think ill go...
2007年2月13日火曜日
BORED
I was going to go and bug some students in my really good class and convince them to come to my English club. My desire for promotion has fallen so much. Its really awful when I have nothing to do I get really tired and discouraged. And then all my grand plans kinda fail to materialize. Its lunch when I was going to bug them but sadly I'm still sitting here! Argh, ok never mind. The thing that sucks is I feel really obliged to put make up on when I have to go see the students. In reality I don't HAVE to, but not wearing make up way back in the beginning of the school term students actually asked why I didn't, asking if i overslept etc. And getting caught outside of school (where I never wear make up) actually had them commenting about me not wearing it. Also when I walk the streets of Fukuoka people would kinda stare at me, and I thought do I have something on my face? Is my clothes weird? And then I realized "DUH! it's because I'm not wearing make up!" Its about as common to see a girl naked, than it is to see a girl wearing no make up. Thus, maybe I should just break down and go with the masses and wear it. BUT LAZINESS!!!! AND MONEY!!!! Make up is expensive..and that makes me sad. Also make up takes time, precious, precious sleep time which I love. So in the end, I'll run outside throw some make up on (semi badly) and then go bug class 9 only. Hah, I win....not really. Shit, I have so little time should I go? I should since a bunch of them actually used my question box...and I have yet to answer their questions. And I did say I'd give them BONUS stamps for asking me, so argh I'll go. Wear make-ups bear through the comments that the teachers make about why does she wear make-up only when she see's the students. I guess it is obvious I care more about what students think that what other teachers do. (Hey, bad relations with them just makes me bored in the shokuinshitsu, bad relations with the students makes me go ARGH and wanna stab my eyes out in class.....)
2007年2月12日月曜日
Odds and Ends
Things I forgot and then remembered when I re-read my blog and thought, "Damn, I didnt write that in?!"
BUBBLE MAN II
The first night we got to Hiroshima we went randomly bumbling around and found a store selling nicknackes. And we found some BUBBLE MAN II, if you dont know what it is, its just about the best soda in the world. Its a can full of random engrish, homoerotic art AND it tastes like Melon soda SLAMMED into ramune. The best of two worlds in one ultra fizzy package, impossible? NAY! for there is BUBBLE MAN II. Granted I was going to get the bubble man (original in grape) pencil holder because it had this KANCHO (where you make your fist into a gun like shape and ram it up peoples butts) action along with this drinky cool part, but ugh 8sen for something I wont use..meh.
I kinda regret not getting it because the rest of the trip I just was looking EVERYWHERE for Bubble Man II, and alas while Hiroshima sells his goods it seems you can only find him in Hakata. Where I had to settle for bubble man the original. While I like grape nothing can compare to BUBBLE MAN II. So now I'm on the hunt for Bubble Man II everyone keep your eyes peeled!
Also I got my first professional massage, it was pretty good. The lady was blind and Shinnae got one as well from a blind woman. It seems they have the market for massages cornered and in the end it was nice that I contributed to their well fair. Its cool that they can find jobs that are well suited to them. But I feel bad since this society its not exactly open and I feel it would be impossible to try and excell in other jobs. Granted not that its easy even in America but at the very least possible...but in reality I think most languish in homes due to the fact very little attention wants to be payed to them. So its a give and take I suppose.
Well my water is finnally heated up! (took about an hour =/) so I best be off, work again tommorow....
BUBBLE MAN II
The first night we got to Hiroshima we went randomly bumbling around and found a store selling nicknackes. And we found some BUBBLE MAN II, if you dont know what it is, its just about the best soda in the world. Its a can full of random engrish, homoerotic art AND it tastes like Melon soda SLAMMED into ramune. The best of two worlds in one ultra fizzy package, impossible? NAY! for there is BUBBLE MAN II. Granted I was going to get the bubble man (original in grape) pencil holder because it had this KANCHO (where you make your fist into a gun like shape and ram it up peoples butts) action along with this drinky cool part, but ugh 8sen for something I wont use..meh.
I kinda regret not getting it because the rest of the trip I just was looking EVERYWHERE for Bubble Man II, and alas while Hiroshima sells his goods it seems you can only find him in Hakata. Where I had to settle for bubble man the original. While I like grape nothing can compare to BUBBLE MAN II. So now I'm on the hunt for Bubble Man II everyone keep your eyes peeled!
Also I got my first professional massage, it was pretty good. The lady was blind and Shinnae got one as well from a blind woman. It seems they have the market for massages cornered and in the end it was nice that I contributed to their well fair. Its cool that they can find jobs that are well suited to them. But I feel bad since this society its not exactly open and I feel it would be impossible to try and excell in other jobs. Granted not that its easy even in America but at the very least possible...but in reality I think most languish in homes due to the fact very little attention wants to be payed to them. So its a give and take I suppose.
Well my water is finnally heated up! (took about an hour =/) so I best be off, work again tommorow....
HIROSHIMA: While its all fresh in my mind.
So, I just got back from Hiroshima. It was a beautiful city but I noticed alot of things. First, Hiroshima is a very well planned city. The streets are surprisingly wide, and while there is no subway the streetcars has its own little charm. On the other hand keeping in mind the reason why the city had a chance to be planed so well was the A-bomb.
The A-bomb museum was horrifying to say the least. The pictures were not so shocking as I had seen many before. But the somber mood and the people surrounding me, as well as the layout that included not just the horrifying pictures but alot of information, background and true stories was numbing in scope. My number one complaint was the museum was so long it left you feeling rather empty and exhausted by the end of the exhibit.
But one such horror was the people there. There was a young girl probably around 13 (or in Japan terms 9-18) who was with her mom and younger sister, there were looking at a replica of Hiroshima the day before and the second after the bomb. The mom was explaining how in an instant the entire city was destroyed and probably all the people killed, she had her completely unenthused daughter go back to the full scale model of before and take a look to compare to the utter destruction that followed, and the young girl responded with a, hnnnnnn. It made me sad and a bit angry that the youth seemed so apathetic to it all. Like none of it concerned their lives, or perhaps her own trivial problems overshadowed this site. Granted I have no idea what was going on her in life, and maybe she was just having a bad day, maybe her mom got her up early and she wanted to sleep in and just could not be bothered... but that still does not excuse the total disregard to such a horrific lose of life.
But going on through the museum there were times when I just could not hold in the tears. But I am without a doubt a horribly proud person and fought terribly to keep them in check. But as I was walking through I ran across a young girl with her mother, she was silently crying, not bawling, but she was crying so hard she has a small towel pressed to her checks, hiding her eyes. I thought to myself, and latter reflected in the small note book of reflections at the end of the museum, that if more human beings in this world could hold such empathy to human life and the preciousness of each one, I am certain we would not live in such a horrifying world of cruelty and death.
Also I deeply regretted not getting a new camera battery and charger. I thought well I have a battery just not charger, so I will wait till I find just the charger because I dont want to shell out another 5 sen on both. I thought shinnae, yamato and Jon have their cameras so I should be fine. But, walking around the peace park I thought to myself, cameras and pictures are not so much about taking a picture as a keepsake, but the act of taking a picture is capturing a moment in time and framing it in your own mind. As if the action itself is more precious than the pictures that develop. I felt that taking a snap shop of the A-Bomb Dome, would've framed simply in my own mind what that experience meant for me, but as I was lacking a camera, all I could do was lament the missed opportunity.
With just 3 days I could not see all I wanted to, or all I thought I might want to. In reality I thought we were just going to snow board for two days but I was really happy we went just for one and sight seed the other day.
Snowboarding has also managed to come together for me. At first try I was awful once again and falling down left and right. I eventually chickened out and scooted on my edge the whole way down. But seeing Shinna be so afraid that she could only go down twice I decided to just screw it and cane it down. Granted even then I was a bit cautious I really managed to go down with some speed and felt the great rush. I'm still pretty weak on turning left (as I am going down goofy) but I think I'm getting the hang of it and I cant wait to go again.
Last but not least. The fashion in Hiroshima is totally different. Girls there do NOT wear skirts that go up their butts, and on cold days they do not bare their legs, they actually wear stockings! Gasp. And the bling bling Tommy, hiphop reggae fashion, does not exist. Its a rather generic but pleasant Japanese cute fashion. Interspersed with some funky fruits fashion. Shinnae and Yamato seemed to enjoy the change of pace, but I thought .....the girls in Hakata ARE MUCH better looking. Its no lie the girls in Hakata/kyushu area are MUCH MUCH better looking on the whole and average the the other places of Japan.
Coming off the train and running into an old man at least 50 wearing, bling bling Sean Jean all white track suit with gold accents really made me feel like, ahhh Fukuoka. And then going to Hawks Town and seeing these Sho 4-6 kids in their baggy, baggy track suits and over sized caps ahh, home. Hiroshima was a great place, beautiful city with so much history but in the end I love Fukuoka, slutty clothes, reggae music and all.
But as a consequence of no Hip Hop/Reggae scene or at least a weak one, we ran into some Para Paraing Center Guys. Black face, Silver hair, tight jeans and all... it was a scary scary site and I was amused. Sadly neither Yamato, John or shinnae had the temerity to take a picture..sadness. Overall I loved the trip, but next time I hope to drive none of this take the bus, which I once again got HORRIBLY car sick on. Hopefully I will be able to go again for snow boarding sightseeing and all that jazz.
The A-bomb museum was horrifying to say the least. The pictures were not so shocking as I had seen many before. But the somber mood and the people surrounding me, as well as the layout that included not just the horrifying pictures but alot of information, background and true stories was numbing in scope. My number one complaint was the museum was so long it left you feeling rather empty and exhausted by the end of the exhibit.
But one such horror was the people there. There was a young girl probably around 13 (or in Japan terms 9-18) who was with her mom and younger sister, there were looking at a replica of Hiroshima the day before and the second after the bomb. The mom was explaining how in an instant the entire city was destroyed and probably all the people killed, she had her completely unenthused daughter go back to the full scale model of before and take a look to compare to the utter destruction that followed, and the young girl responded with a, hnnnnnn. It made me sad and a bit angry that the youth seemed so apathetic to it all. Like none of it concerned their lives, or perhaps her own trivial problems overshadowed this site. Granted I have no idea what was going on her in life, and maybe she was just having a bad day, maybe her mom got her up early and she wanted to sleep in and just could not be bothered... but that still does not excuse the total disregard to such a horrific lose of life.
But going on through the museum there were times when I just could not hold in the tears. But I am without a doubt a horribly proud person and fought terribly to keep them in check. But as I was walking through I ran across a young girl with her mother, she was silently crying, not bawling, but she was crying so hard she has a small towel pressed to her checks, hiding her eyes. I thought to myself, and latter reflected in the small note book of reflections at the end of the museum, that if more human beings in this world could hold such empathy to human life and the preciousness of each one, I am certain we would not live in such a horrifying world of cruelty and death.
Also I deeply regretted not getting a new camera battery and charger. I thought well I have a battery just not charger, so I will wait till I find just the charger because I dont want to shell out another 5 sen on both. I thought shinnae, yamato and Jon have their cameras so I should be fine. But, walking around the peace park I thought to myself, cameras and pictures are not so much about taking a picture as a keepsake, but the act of taking a picture is capturing a moment in time and framing it in your own mind. As if the action itself is more precious than the pictures that develop. I felt that taking a snap shop of the A-Bomb Dome, would've framed simply in my own mind what that experience meant for me, but as I was lacking a camera, all I could do was lament the missed opportunity.
With just 3 days I could not see all I wanted to, or all I thought I might want to. In reality I thought we were just going to snow board for two days but I was really happy we went just for one and sight seed the other day.
Snowboarding has also managed to come together for me. At first try I was awful once again and falling down left and right. I eventually chickened out and scooted on my edge the whole way down. But seeing Shinna be so afraid that she could only go down twice I decided to just screw it and cane it down. Granted even then I was a bit cautious I really managed to go down with some speed and felt the great rush. I'm still pretty weak on turning left (as I am going down goofy) but I think I'm getting the hang of it and I cant wait to go again.
Last but not least. The fashion in Hiroshima is totally different. Girls there do NOT wear skirts that go up their butts, and on cold days they do not bare their legs, they actually wear stockings! Gasp. And the bling bling Tommy, hiphop reggae fashion, does not exist. Its a rather generic but pleasant Japanese cute fashion. Interspersed with some funky fruits fashion. Shinnae and Yamato seemed to enjoy the change of pace, but I thought .....the girls in Hakata ARE MUCH better looking. Its no lie the girls in Hakata/kyushu area are MUCH MUCH better looking on the whole and average the the other places of Japan.
Coming off the train and running into an old man at least 50 wearing, bling bling Sean Jean all white track suit with gold accents really made me feel like, ahhh Fukuoka. And then going to Hawks Town and seeing these Sho 4-6 kids in their baggy, baggy track suits and over sized caps ahh, home. Hiroshima was a great place, beautiful city with so much history but in the end I love Fukuoka, slutty clothes, reggae music and all.
But as a consequence of no Hip Hop/Reggae scene or at least a weak one, we ran into some Para Paraing Center Guys. Black face, Silver hair, tight jeans and all... it was a scary scary site and I was amused. Sadly neither Yamato, John or shinnae had the temerity to take a picture..sadness. Overall I loved the trip, but next time I hope to drive none of this take the bus, which I once again got HORRIBLY car sick on. Hopefully I will be able to go again for snow boarding sightseeing and all that jazz.
2007年2月9日金曜日
teh awsome
Hah! I just remembered I'm going snowboarding this weekend. Monday is a holiday so w00t long weekend, granted I overslept by ALOT on wendsday so I have been EXTREMELY reluctant to bring up the topic of free car to my Kyoto (Vice Principle) So no car on this SNOW BOARD trip, its only my second time but I am JAZZED. Since I cant bring my snow board on the charter bus, I'm going to rent. I spent about 300 on the whole shabang shabang (snowboard, boots, bag, bindings etc) And another 200 on clothes, (which is why I'm not completely rolling in the doll, per my previous post, RANDOM SPENDAGE) but it's sadly regular stance. I used to skateboard goofy but I'm not sure why I thought eh screw it why not be regular stance. Bad idea, first time out I often was riding down backwards since I'm used to goofy.
So hopefully this goofy rental will go good and YAY. Wendsday is Valentines day, and in Japan girls have to give guys crap. Plus they have a thing called giri choco were Im socially forced to buy shit for my male teachers.....errr.. But wends, is my first English Club day, I'm worried no one will come >.< Well see how this goes, hopefully someone will come and remember (cuz crap even I forgot!) I'll post again on monday and we'll see how this weekend goes. Its my first real trip around Japan. Granted I had been to hiroshima before, along with Yamaguchi to visit my somewhat relatives, but this time I think oppertunities for fun are abound, as I'm with friends! w00t!
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So hopefully this goofy rental will go good and YAY. Wendsday is Valentines day, and in Japan girls have to give guys crap. Plus they have a thing called giri choco were Im socially forced to buy shit for my male teachers.....errr.. But wends, is my first English Club day, I'm worried no one will come >.< Well see how this goes, hopefully someone will come and remember (cuz crap even I forgot!) I'll post again on monday and we'll see how this weekend goes. Its my first real trip around Japan. Granted I had been to hiroshima before, along with Yamaguchi to visit my somewhat relatives, but this time I think oppertunities for fun are abound, as I'm with friends! w00t!
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College
I'm not sure why but I RAN through college. Granted, I did minimal work and hardly attended classes, I managed to pass them all. And thanks to actually paying attention to the minimum graduation requirments and mapping it out ahead of time, like magic I was done in a flash. All great and good, right? Wrong, college was a ball I loved doing so little and just bumming around. I could go out everynight, sleep for 10 hours a day, and could live with my parents with the excuse, HEY It's college!
Granted now that I'm in the JET program now, so I'm not exactly living a real life job. I mean I havn't taught a class in a week, and before that class I hadn't taught a class in a month. I find myself wasting away surfing the internet and skyping. So, why not start a blog! I just troll on others anyhow!
Even with this "work", I still miss those days of going out till 3 am, on wends getting up at 12 then going to school not to actually go to class but just to bum around at the bar! Ahh what memories. My life was like a fantasy, somewhat like a retired person, hell exactly like a retired person but with my youth and vigor availiable to enjoy it!
Now, though I barely work I need to get up in the morning. And since I live alone I find myself having to do laundry, cook my own food, buy said food, then do the dishes. I guess its real life but man does it blow when its biking all the way and its dipping into negative territory and I'm too cheap to buy a better heating source that probably wont kill me in my sleep... Granted I get paid handsomly for my non-work, work. Over 30,000 a year...not including taxes, nor does that include my health insurrance AND my rent is HIGHLY subsidized I pay like 100 dollars a month for RENT! So I basicly shouldnt worry about spending a few bucks on clothes, and warmth but eh. I'm content..but man am I missing the old days!
Well I'll be back in Hawaii at the end of March with tales of COLD, SILLY Japanese students and random people and encounters. And at the very least I'm finnally growing up, because while college was fun and games, it's not something I could do for the rest of my life. Now if only I could find enjoyment in what I'm doing now....
Granted now that I'm in the JET program now, so I'm not exactly living a real life job. I mean I havn't taught a class in a week, and before that class I hadn't taught a class in a month. I find myself wasting away surfing the internet and skyping. So, why not start a blog! I just troll on others anyhow!
Even with this "work", I still miss those days of going out till 3 am, on wends getting up at 12 then going to school not to actually go to class but just to bum around at the bar! Ahh what memories. My life was like a fantasy, somewhat like a retired person, hell exactly like a retired person but with my youth and vigor availiable to enjoy it!
Now, though I barely work I need to get up in the morning. And since I live alone I find myself having to do laundry, cook my own food, buy said food, then do the dishes. I guess its real life but man does it blow when its biking all the way and its dipping into negative territory and I'm too cheap to buy a better heating source that probably wont kill me in my sleep... Granted I get paid handsomly for my non-work, work. Over 30,000 a year...not including taxes, nor does that include my health insurrance AND my rent is HIGHLY subsidized I pay like 100 dollars a month for RENT! So I basicly shouldnt worry about spending a few bucks on clothes, and warmth but eh. I'm content..but man am I missing the old days!
Well I'll be back in Hawaii at the end of March with tales of COLD, SILLY Japanese students and random people and encounters. And at the very least I'm finnally growing up, because while college was fun and games, it's not something I could do for the rest of my life. Now if only I could find enjoyment in what I'm doing now....
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