Thursday was the drama festival at my base school. All the different classes put on plays. It was up to the kids to write the play and do the costumes, scenery, props, and lighting. It was fun to see what they came up with. The plays included everything from three different versions of Snow White, a serious piece about the war in Okinawa, and Home ( Read more... )

I was excited this weekend because Greta (Fearless Leader of Kotobukigumi) arrived in Japan! I met up with her and Leslie after work on Friday. We ended up getting dinner at Sukiya and then we went back to Leslie's place. I wasn't originally going to stay the night, but it was cold and rainy and I didn't feel like walking all the way back to the ( Read more... )

I basically went out and ate all of the food this weekend. Leslie and I met up again after work on Friday to go to 80+1. We might make it a thing we do on Friday nights. This weekend the cafe was Arabian themed, so the waiters were wearing fun Arabian outfits. They also had a special event menu, so I got a roll cake with hazelnut ice cream. We didn ( Read more... )

I finally got a haircut this weekend! I hadn't had one since I arrived in Japan. My hair had a bunch of split ends and no more layers, so I knew it was time to find a salon. I ended up making an appointment at Sin Den, an English speaking salon in Harajuku that I had heard some good things about. It was slightly pricey, but I'd say it was worth it ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to update for the past couple of nights and I haven't. There's no particular reason why. It mostly comes down to a combination of me being forgetful and lazy ( Read more... )

I had been half expecting that my cold would get even worse after all of the physical exertion at the GazettE concert, but luckily that didn't happen. I've been feeling pretty decent since Tuesday, even if my nose is still a little stuffy ( Read more... )

Here's the last part of my winter vacation updates.

On Thursday night, Kiri and I slept over at Leslie's apartment so that we could get to Comiket bright and early on Friday. I was so excited to get the chance to go, cause Comiket is only one of the biggest anime and manga events in the world. There's always a huge line to get into Comiket, so we ( Read more... )

I'm going to start updating about my winter vacation, but I'm going to do it in chunks because I did all of the things.

I'll start with Christmas Eve. Kiri and I started off the day by going to Otome Road and doing some shopping. Leslie met up with us later in the afternoon. We decided to go for a bit of a snack at Cafe 80+1. Our waiters were a bit ( Read more... )

I'm on my winter break right now and it feels great!

Thursday night was the bonenkai (end of the year, or literally "forgetting the year") party at work. The first part of my school's bonenkai was the annual bowling competition. I was on one of the all ladies teams with Akiko-sensei, Shono-sensei, and Obara-sensei. Our bowling scores weren't that ( Read more... )

First things first, thank you ashura_oh for the cute profile gift! <3

This week was pretty low key. I taught all my students about Christmas and didn't have much else to do. I still have work until next Friday, but this was the last week of teaching classes before winter vacation. I'm super looking forward to the end of this week, which probably means that ( Read more... )