Dirt cake was a grand success!  I told everyone it was something like this: 泥ケーキ (doro cake - "mud cake"), 汚いケーキ (kitanai cake - "dirty cake") or 汚れケーキ (yogore cake - "dirty cake").  You may be wondering what is the difference between the last two but it's like this - kitanai is an adjective and yogoreru is a verb which means "to become dirty".  I ( Read more... )

Well that's a relief.  I got worried about Phil because of the earthquake and seriously the newspaper keeps printing pictures of washed out roads and people whose homes were destroyed.  Anyway I just got a message from him saying he was east of the quake and everything was fine.  Whew!

I lost 1.1 kg!  Woot!  You know you're not in the US anymore when you know how much you weigh in kg and how tall you are in cm ( Read more... )

Taught the new preschoolers for the first time today.  Nerve-wracking!  I think they liked me though.  And jeez the kids that moved up to kindergarteners are so adorable and smart now.  Walking home I had them all waving and yelling DARCY SENSEI! at me.  Greatest part was when two kids were looking at my purse which has a felt hamburger and fries ( Read more... )

Two earthquakes today.  One at 6:55 AM and one at 2:45 PM.  First time I ever had an earthquake at work... I was just sitting at my desk at the time, not teaching.  Haha Japanese people are so great during earthquakes.  The head of the Board of Ed was like "an earthquake?" really calmly.  They all just sat/stood there until it was done.  Then ( Read more... )