quick update

[frellnik]

Hey :)

I'm not going to post much here...I've written out the past few days on my laptop back at my apartment so when I get the internet tomorrow afternoon...and after I figure out how to get it working (fingers crossed) I'll post the last few days worth of posts.

As for today.  I went to my base school to wait for the taxi to come take me to Iwasaki Elementary in Yumoto.  I got there a little after 8am and I spent the day with Lenny and Chelsea.  Basically I went to class with Lenny and watched how he taught his classes. TOday he taught 5th grade (which is the same class and same material I have to teach on Tuesday). So I got to watch him teach the same thing in three different classes.  I also gave a short self introduction in each class.

 

We had lunch with the VP and a few other teachers and then I went back to my base school by taxi.  WHen I Got to the base school I couldn't find anyone and I could hear music coming from the gym building.  So I went to the gym and there was a shakuhachi performance happening!  I only got to hear the last song, but it was amazing! I loved it!  I've seen a shakuhachi performance once before in Toronto back in April.  I can:t really explain it so you should google it if you don:t know what it is. (sorry, the keys are in different places on this keyboard and I*m too lazy to look for them lol).

After school I went to the park for about 20 minutes and watched some of the kids from my school play baseball. All the kids say hi to me now so it seems that everywhere I go, someone is calling my name! lol
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On the up side, none of the kids followed me home today, and there were no kids hiding in the bushes today either. lol  I:ll post about that tomorrow or Monday.

Now I:m at the libarary in Taira killing time until the welcome enkai (all you can eat and drink - alcoholic or not - party) at the Beer Garden.  I also got a phone call last night that my book came in.  I ordered it on Tuesday and they told me it would take 3 or 4 days to come in. It came in last night (Thursday). 

um...I think that's it.  OH!  My rent is a hell of a lot less than I thought it was going to be.  I was told about $250 amonth....I:m paying $183 a month!!  well 18,300 yen and the canadian dollar is down so maybe $200. plus utilities.  so...yay! lol

well I:m off to go read some more of Becoming Connar Davids by race_the_ace. I thought I had saved it all,...but I hadn:t..so now I:m reading it at work and at the library., lol  I'm on chapter 12 and I love it!!  If you haven:t read it, give it a try.

Comments

[trewestriandta.livejournal.com]

sounds like I need to send you anti stalker spray :P I'm guessing that there was an incident with kids following you home and hiding in bushes..... sounds kind of like residence all over again.

[kittythelunatic.livejournal.com]

I want to hear about kids following you home :) you're going to be that cool sensei everyone wants to be with!! you'll have an entourage of kids!! haha xoxo