ちりちり
my hair is ちりちり according to a 4th year at Misato E.S. today who became quite interested in my hair. ちりちり（した）＝ frizzy/kinky btw. i didn`t mind her feeling up my hair because atleast she was being sweet about it. D; 「いい感じ!」, 「こんなにチリチリした髪の毛、いいなぁ。」D; "wow, this feels nice!", "having hair this kinky must be nice." lmao she even asked me if i`m able to straighten my hair. D; my hair is already semi-straightened, kid! man, these kids (and probably most Japanese) don`t know what REAL ちりちり hair is! hell, the ちりちりness of my unstraightened hair is probably even beyond the word ちりちり. D; i wonder what my natural, unstraightened hair would be called in Japanese. it`d probably just get called アフロヘア ("afro") lulz.
ANYWAY, did two class of fourth years today. taught them English songs... which ended up being "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-cake". i`ve done almost this exact lesson only once before with 6th years at Ikku Higashi and it didn`t go too well because those 6th years friggin weren`t genki or well-behaved at all. -_- but i was hoping for more success with 4th years because at this age they`re usually still genki, and things did go better! with one setback: they couldnt even read the Japanese on the print out i made for them because they haven`t learned many kanji yet. D; i hadn`t thought about that, damnit. but i was able to work around that and things went pretty well besides the unable-to-read part. i was surprised how hard it was to get the kids to open their mouths and sing, though. usually the younger kids are, the less of a problem that is, but these kids felt like singing the English songs was impossibly hard so they were really hesitant to even try at first. luckily i have experience in poking and prodding away at children`s hesitation.
when i went home for lunch after the classes an interesting show was on tv featuring two of Japan`s staple foreign "talents" (ie. tv celebs) and i got to thinking about how cool it would be if someone would make a documentary or something on Japan`s foreign "talents". on how they managed their success not only in mastering (or nearly mastering) the Japanese language, but also in making it into Japan's "talent" lineup. i`m sure many many people besides me would really be interested in hearing their stories. :[ in Japan, being a tv celeb (known as "(tv) talents") is a whole nother world away from being a tv celeb in America. hell, "talents" and "idols" have their own little section in bookstores all over Japan. there are several foreigners who are staple "talents" on many TV shows and news broadcasts and considering how Japan really can be on the topic of foreigners (you may or may not know what i`m referring to), i find this to be rather inspiring. :[
.....but anyway, on to the spider! the spider that decided that my bike was a good place to build its home. >:[ it`s not like i havent ridden my bike in a while, it`s just been a few days, and there it was. a spider sitting right in the middle of its web between the handlebars of my bike. had it not been sitting there smack-dab in the middle of the web, i would have gotten on the bike without even seeing it. D; almost did. but you can be sure that spider felt my wrath....! >:[ ..as soon as i found something to hit it with. >_>; god i hate bugs.
speaking of bugs, all bugs have been coming out in full-force lately. ;-; this is stressful for someone with a huge fear of bugs, such as myself! ;-; everywhere there`s bees, wasps, mosquitoes, spiders... and stuff i don`t know what to call. this, plus being able to go outside without your glasses fogging up, is why living in a desert was so much nicer. :`[ even Portland wasn`t this bad, though. right now it feels like you`re stepping into a just-used shower when you step outside. u-u
...k, i`m done blabbing about nonsense for now.
ANYWAY, did two class of fourth years today. taught them English songs... which ended up being "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-cake". i`ve done almost this exact lesson only once before with 6th years at Ikku Higashi and it didn`t go too well because those 6th years friggin weren`t genki or well-behaved at all. -_- but i was hoping for more success with 4th years because at this age they`re usually still genki, and things did go better! with one setback: they couldnt even read the Japanese on the print out i made for them because they haven`t learned many kanji yet. D; i hadn`t thought about that, damnit. but i was able to work around that and things went pretty well besides the unable-to-read part. i was surprised how hard it was to get the kids to open their mouths and sing, though. usually the younger kids are, the less of a problem that is, but these kids felt like singing the English songs was impossibly hard so they were really hesitant to even try at first. luckily i have experience in poking and prodding away at children`s hesitation.
when i went home for lunch after the classes an interesting show was on tv featuring two of Japan`s staple foreign "talents" (ie. tv celebs) and i got to thinking about how cool it would be if someone would make a documentary or something on Japan`s foreign "talents". on how they managed their success not only in mastering (or nearly mastering) the Japanese language, but also in making it into Japan's "talent" lineup. i`m sure many many people besides me would really be interested in hearing their stories. :[ in Japan, being a tv celeb (known as "(tv) talents") is a whole nother world away from being a tv celeb in America. hell, "talents" and "idols" have their own little section in bookstores all over Japan. there are several foreigners who are staple "talents" on many TV shows and news broadcasts and considering how Japan really can be on the topic of foreigners (you may or may not know what i`m referring to), i find this to be rather inspiring. :[
.....but anyway, on to the spider! the spider that decided that my bike was a good place to build its home. >:[ it`s not like i havent ridden my bike in a while, it`s just been a few days, and there it was. a spider sitting right in the middle of its web between the handlebars of my bike. had it not been sitting there smack-dab in the middle of the web, i would have gotten on the bike without even seeing it. D; almost did. but you can be sure that spider felt my wrath....! >:[ ..as soon as i found something to hit it with. >_>; god i hate bugs.
speaking of bugs, all bugs have been coming out in full-force lately. ;-; this is stressful for someone with a huge fear of bugs, such as myself! ;-; everywhere there`s bees, wasps, mosquitoes, spiders... and stuff i don`t know what to call. this, plus being able to go outside without your glasses fogging up, is why living in a desert was so much nicer. :`[ even Portland wasn`t this bad, though. right now it feels like you`re stepping into a just-used shower when you step outside. u-u
...k, i`m done blabbing about nonsense for now.