(no subject)
Spent the day doing nothing. That would be awesome if it wasn't the norm. I was planning on heading to Tokyo to grab some new glasses but, alas, the lure of catching up with some TV and laundry compelled me to stay. I tried to at least go for a walk but that didn't pan out either.
Tomorrow I definitely have to get out because my phone bill needs to be paid. I would go now but for sure my delinquent students are chilling at the Seven Eleven. Tomorrow it is. And I'm going to figure out how to take the local trains to Tokyo. I'm sick of the bus. At least on the train I don't have to sit in traffic. Plus, it's prettier.
Yesterday was fun though. My teachers are starting to open up. The scary PE teacher called me up in the teacher's room to invite me along to a drinking party. I caught a ride with the guys who live in my apartment building and discovered hot teacher lives above me! And we got to chat which was a first because he kind of avoids me. We went out for nabe at my favourite nabe restaurant and my Challenge eating skills apparently improve upon drinking. I managed to down level 10 nabe with the chem teacher which makes us badass and our picture is now going up on the wall of fame :D Also, I apparently like intestine. And kimchi. Two things I used to avoid.
It ended up being me, a female history teacher, the young female office worker and all male teachers which is a riot. I can out drink them all which, again, makes me badass. Also, one of the PE teachers is a full eleven months younger then me. He was all excited. When I was on exchange here we would have been in the same grade. I suddenly felt old ;_;
Then we went to the second drinking party and cheered for Japan in the FIFA Asian Cup. Still loads of fun. It's the second time I've been out with them and I really do enjoy it. They always try hard to include me but at the same time it doesn't feel like I'm dragging the conversation down. It helps I've lost any sort of self consciousness or embarrassment about myself. I think I broke when I put my IC train pass in the ticket booth instead of scanning it though and brought a whole train station to a halt. In front of my new foreign friends as well. Don't worry though, now that I've actually put that claim in writing I'm sure I will embarrass myself spectacularly very soon. I predict tripping over something and falling in class.
Tomorrow I definitely have to get out because my phone bill needs to be paid. I would go now but for sure my delinquent students are chilling at the Seven Eleven. Tomorrow it is. And I'm going to figure out how to take the local trains to Tokyo. I'm sick of the bus. At least on the train I don't have to sit in traffic. Plus, it's prettier.
Yesterday was fun though. My teachers are starting to open up. The scary PE teacher called me up in the teacher's room to invite me along to a drinking party. I caught a ride with the guys who live in my apartment building and discovered hot teacher lives above me! And we got to chat which was a first because he kind of avoids me. We went out for nabe at my favourite nabe restaurant and my Challenge eating skills apparently improve upon drinking. I managed to down level 10 nabe with the chem teacher which makes us badass and our picture is now going up on the wall of fame :D Also, I apparently like intestine. And kimchi. Two things I used to avoid.
It ended up being me, a female history teacher, the young female office worker and all male teachers which is a riot. I can out drink them all which, again, makes me badass. Also, one of the PE teachers is a full eleven months younger then me. He was all excited. When I was on exchange here we would have been in the same grade. I suddenly felt old ;_;
Then we went to the second drinking party and cheered for Japan in the FIFA Asian Cup. Still loads of fun. It's the second time I've been out with them and I really do enjoy it. They always try hard to include me but at the same time it doesn't feel like I'm dragging the conversation down. It helps I've lost any sort of self consciousness or embarrassment about myself. I think I broke when I put my IC train pass in the ticket booth instead of scanning it though and brought a whole train station to a halt. In front of my new foreign friends as well. Don't worry though, now that I've actually put that claim in writing I'm sure I will embarrass myself spectacularly very soon. I predict tripping over something and falling in class.