At least, some people think so.

Tonight was the Yae-Nishi Neighborhood Talent Show, winter edition. I was originally supposed to perform an act in the summer talent show when they held it six months ago, but at that time I had caught a cold and wasn't able to sing. This time, I had no such excuse, so softlykarou and I did Scarborough Fair as a duet (with her ( Read more... )

For dinner tonight, softlykarou and I went to the ramen stand near one of the pachinko parlors nearby. It looked empty when we got there, but the door was open, so we went in and I asked (in Japanese) if they were open. The old man said they were, and then spouted off a string of Japanese so quickly that I had no idea of anything he said. We went through a ( Read more... )

It seems like Tokyo, Aichi, Chiba and Saitama need a ton of teachers, but no one around here needs any. There were a couple really weird entries, though...like this one:

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CONTRACT TEACHING POSITION. Part-time, Tue/Thur, 7:40-9:10pm. Teach basic English skills in a science context to second-year master's students. The course should be based on ( Read more... )