Melor failed
Last night I went into the city with Evan cause I had to do errands that I could NOT do on today, thanks to the fact that I am a raging loser who needs to watch Naruto with Celeste over skype. HARHARHAR. So it was pouring down rain because Typhoon #18, aka Melor was hitting Okayama. We were supposed to get all sorts of lovely storms today.
It is a bright and crisp and beautiful Fall day. WHAT THE HECK.
So yesterday we ate at this Indian place in the Cred building that I will need to go back to. It was really tasty and they serve HUGE NAN. I had a green curry that was lovely, but I think next time I will ask for hot. Normal was nice but I bet hot would be rather fun. 8D
So the students are actually kind of pissed off that they didn’t have the day off today. We spent a good ten minutes in our first period lesson talking about the weather, which was mostly two boys going “BAWWW WHY IS IT SUNNY WHERE IS THE TYPHOON BAWW.” Naturally, I mocked them.
Some lovely “made up” signs that the kids made for class. We were talking about road signs in America (my JTE accidentally put the Union Jack on the worksheet and not the good old Stars and Stripes, PFFT), and they came up with interesting signs.
We must not smile. Don’t be sad. Don’t kill living things. We must keep smiling. You must not look back. Teacher must not throw the chalk. We must pay money. You must not talk. Don’t trust the road. You must kill people here (with picture of a bloody knife, yay!) You must buy thirty books here. You must shout “I love you” here. You must stay here for a week. You must cry here. Don’t be happy here. You have to push the car. I have to sing a song. I have to read a book. I must study. Don’t watch TV. Here you must do a swan. (I dunno wtf this means. Japanese is: ここでスワンをしなければならない. Go figure.) You must play janken here. You must play Marimokkori here. You must fly here. You must study English. You must walk with your dog. You don’t have to study. You must laugh.
Also, I printed out the materials for my CELTA application today. Last night it totally panicked me, today after looking over it, I think I am in less of a state of panic. I am still very nervous, but I think what set me off yesterday especially was the fact that I could have started the program this weekend. If only I could! Doing the winter course would be so much better, but I have commitments. Ones that I made long before I discovered this course.
I think I can do it. It’ll be hard but looking at the little questions that they threw out, with a little research, I think I can do all right. I’m nervous and scared about it, because it requires me pretty much working 6 days a week (five at my job, then one day in class). Plus, there are at least two Sunday sessions as well. And I have to be on a train on Saturday morning by 6am, unless I make friends with someone who lives in Kobe. Mind you, I could probably stay with my host family. Or possibly Allison or Dee (Update: Looks like Dee is a winner. BLESS YOU<3). I don’t want to impose though.
And I have to pack and in June I need to start looking for a new job.
But if I want to stay in Japan and not look like a total loser for future jobs or grad school, I need to do this. And I do want to stay in Japan, I like teaching and I like living here. If I could get a good job, I could stay here for awhile. Maybe I’ll continue in the ESL profession. It’s not a bad one, and I like it when I can actually get students to comprehend what I am saying.
After Evan leaves, I should start packing up my house. Stupidly early, sure, but maybe I’ll be able to gain some sense of peace about this too.
Wish me luck guys, I’m going to need it.
Anyway, Evan is leaving tomorrow. D: Sad! It's been nice having someone around these past few days.
It is a bright and crisp and beautiful Fall day. WHAT THE HECK.
So yesterday we ate at this Indian place in the Cred building that I will need to go back to. It was really tasty and they serve HUGE NAN. I had a green curry that was lovely, but I think next time I will ask for hot. Normal was nice but I bet hot would be rather fun. 8D
So the students are actually kind of pissed off that they didn’t have the day off today. We spent a good ten minutes in our first period lesson talking about the weather, which was mostly two boys going “BAWWW WHY IS IT SUNNY WHERE IS THE TYPHOON BAWW.” Naturally, I mocked them.
Some lovely “made up” signs that the kids made for class. We were talking about road signs in America (my JTE accidentally put the Union Jack on the worksheet and not the good old Stars and Stripes, PFFT), and they came up with interesting signs.
We must not smile. Don’t be sad. Don’t kill living things. We must keep smiling. You must not look back. Teacher must not throw the chalk. We must pay money. You must not talk. Don’t trust the road. You must kill people here (with picture of a bloody knife, yay!) You must buy thirty books here. You must shout “I love you” here. You must stay here for a week. You must cry here. Don’t be happy here. You have to push the car. I have to sing a song. I have to read a book. I must study. Don’t watch TV. Here you must do a swan. (I dunno wtf this means. Japanese is: ここでスワンをしなければならない. Go figure.) You must play janken here. You must play Marimokkori here. You must fly here. You must study English. You must walk with your dog. You don’t have to study. You must laugh.
Also, I printed out the materials for my CELTA application today. Last night it totally panicked me, today after looking over it, I think I am in less of a state of panic. I am still very nervous, but I think what set me off yesterday especially was the fact that I could have started the program this weekend. If only I could! Doing the winter course would be so much better, but I have commitments. Ones that I made long before I discovered this course.
I think I can do it. It’ll be hard but looking at the little questions that they threw out, with a little research, I think I can do all right. I’m nervous and scared about it, because it requires me pretty much working 6 days a week (five at my job, then one day in class). Plus, there are at least two Sunday sessions as well. And I have to be on a train on Saturday morning by 6am, unless I make friends with someone who lives in Kobe. Mind you, I could probably stay with my host family. Or possibly Allison or Dee (Update: Looks like Dee is a winner. BLESS YOU<3). I don’t want to impose though.
And I have to pack and in June I need to start looking for a new job.
But if I want to stay in Japan and not look like a total loser for future jobs or grad school, I need to do this. And I do want to stay in Japan, I like teaching and I like living here. If I could get a good job, I could stay here for awhile. Maybe I’ll continue in the ESL profession. It’s not a bad one, and I like it when I can actually get students to comprehend what I am saying.
After Evan leaves, I should start packing up my house. Stupidly early, sure, but maybe I’ll be able to gain some sense of peace about this too.
Wish me luck guys, I’m going to need it.
Anyway, Evan is leaving tomorrow. D: Sad! It's been nice having someone around these past few days.