Live from japan
FIRST! I have a photo album online now for pictures from Japan!
http://s400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/ainolovesong/
there are several galleries there, for your viewing pleasure.
Another long day at work, and a perfect opportunity to write to you all again! You’ll have to forgive the oddness of my typing, I am typing on a Japanese keyboard. I may eventually throw my hands up in frustration and stop bothering to use apostrophes, in which case I apologize. It’s above the “7” key, you see, and that is amazingly IRRITATING! or I:ll just use the key that is where it SHOULD be… which if you didn:t notice is the colon. … I fail to understand Japan sometimes. xD
Life here is becoming incredibly settled. I:m making friends, and I:m enjoying myself greatly. Now that it:s October the weather is getting cooler, and I love it! It:s gotten down to around 50 degrees Fahrenheit here, so not really all that cold as anyone that lived in Boone with me knows. Hehehehe. I:m getting to know my students better, and that:s a wonderful thing! There are some really wonderful kids.
I am in charge of an after school class here at my base school which is a class to expand their listening and speaking skills. They get remarkably little practice with that in Japanese schools so the class is good for them. It is a fun class for me, (I can avoid the apostrophe by wordy writing) I get to interact with a few students more than I would be able to otherwise. Yesterday we played a game where I would describe a picture in great detail, and they had to remember it. Afterwards they would come up one at a time and draw one thing from the picture until the class had collectively drawn the whole picture. I think we all had fun. I am never sure if the third years are enjoying it as much, but I think they are working so hard to prepare for the entrance exams for university that they are more focused than the others. Not necessarily in a good way in my opinion.
I was sad to find out the other day that third years must quit all their high school clubs in September of their last year in high school. This is to give them more time to study. I remember clubs… in both high school and college. Especially in college my club was the highlight of my time there. My friends, the things we did, the passion I put into it is something that I will never forget. the thought of having to give that up so early, not being able to enjoy it to the end mad me really sad. The other teachers could not understand why I was sad for the students. Maybe it is just me. What do you guys think?
On another note, I found shoes that fit me! Now, admittedly they are hard to find, but it is a possibility! I wear a 3XL… or as some stores put it, “Model Size”. Hahahahahaha! Clothes are also sometimes a possibility…. though pants are more difficult. Girls pants from the “ookii saizu” (big-person-size) section are all too short, and boys pants squish my hips. T.T I need a new pair of work pants though, I:m down to one. O.o
I am going to another concert in a few weeks, down in Yokohama. Wheeeee! Several girls in one of my classes have ordered that I tell them all about it when I get back, since they can’t go to this one.
Well, I think that is all for this time around. Another nice long novel for you to read. I miss everyone!