Waterboyz
So, I was feeling a bit gloomy having spent the worst birthday of my life, alone, trapped in a paper house, full of bugs and humid heat. I was also feeling jealous of the Junior High JETS who got to go to Aizu for a short homestay/ language program. The Senior High teachers, such as myself do not get to go because we are hired by the prefecture/ken/ province/state.. and we don't have the funding to go. It was hard swallowing my luck as I later read about the loads of fun they had, the mountains of gifts and the shower of hospitality that the host family showed to some of my friends. I was happy for them, yes, but I wish I could go to. It's a long weekend this week, and there's a Samurai festival in Aizu, supposedly the 3rd largest in all of Japan.
Tammy and I wanted to meet up and do something, but as it turns out the homestay situation came back to haunt me. Our initial plans were to go to Iwaki Beach ( where a bunch of Jr. High JETs were staying) crash at their place and head off to Aizu for the Samurai Festival on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Jr. High JETs were all invited BACK to Aizu by their loving homestay families. Meaning Tammy and I would have no place to stay. Boo Hoo cry me a river right?
I suppose God's got some strange way of cheering me up because as I was whining to Vince, he urged me to pray. Immediately afterwards, my supervisor gave me a tub of icecream OO; Then he left for a teachers meeting. On the PA I heard something like " Shinkro sportsu " ... I immediately thought Syncro ...swimming??? Waterboyz??? I went to the pool to take a look and there stood 32 boys, with pom poms, dancing to the music, and well.. the whole shebang. Seriously it was the WIERDEST thing I've wandered into and I've seen two boys dry hump each other while the one behind tucked in the humpee's shirt in all the while.
To which I said, " Tabun, schoshi gay" .. ( probably a little gay )
I took pictures and a short movie clip on my phone. The best part of the routine was them playing the Pirates of the Cari. song and them using cones to shoot water about 2 m into the air while the two glistening platoons converged in the middle of the pool. Very cool.
Tammy and I wanted to meet up and do something, but as it turns out the homestay situation came back to haunt me. Our initial plans were to go to Iwaki Beach ( where a bunch of Jr. High JETs were staying) crash at their place and head off to Aizu for the Samurai Festival on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Jr. High JETs were all invited BACK to Aizu by their loving homestay families. Meaning Tammy and I would have no place to stay. Boo Hoo cry me a river right?
I suppose God's got some strange way of cheering me up because as I was whining to Vince, he urged me to pray. Immediately afterwards, my supervisor gave me a tub of icecream OO; Then he left for a teachers meeting. On the PA I heard something like " Shinkro sportsu " ... I immediately thought Syncro ...swimming??? Waterboyz??? I went to the pool to take a look and there stood 32 boys, with pom poms, dancing to the music, and well.. the whole shebang. Seriously it was the WIERDEST thing I've wandered into and I've seen two boys dry hump each other while the one behind tucked in the humpee's shirt in all the while.
To which I said, " Tabun, schoshi gay" .. ( probably a little gay )
I took pictures and a short movie clip on my phone. The best part of the routine was them playing the Pirates of the Cari. song and them using cones to shoot water about 2 m into the air while the two glistening platoons converged in the middle of the pool. Very cool.