When I got home from school yesterday, I made 4 new friends in the courtyard of my apartment complex! They are the cutest 9 year old little girls I have ever met. One girl, Haru, speaks really good English for her age, and speaks Japanese slowly enough that I can actually understand what she's saying to me even when I don't know the words. *g ( Read more... )

Don't go to Pure!

There's too many gaijin, and nasty sloppy drunkenness is bound to ensue.

ETA: Saltines are god, and I'm so fucking happy they're available in Japan.

So I spent the day with my Kyoto Sensei today. He took me out to Doutonbori, we watched a Japanese play, ate doteyaki, takoyaki, akashiyaki, and taiyaki, then drank some sake. He was super surprised that I like sake, even more surprised that I drank it in America, and extremely surprised that nigori sake is my favorite ( Read more... )

ganked from my baby sister

Leave one memory of you and me together! It doesn't matter if I know you a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, post this in your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

I got to go to my Tuesday Wednesday school for sports day today since I didn't have to teach at my Thursday school. I love that school so much, I wish they'd just let me move in and never leave! Sports day was awesome, my students have incredible stamina, and they ran forever today. I swear if I ever had to run that fast for that long I would ( Read more... )

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So I taught the first years at my scary Friday JHS, and they're not so bad. We played bingo today, and I had Winnie the Pooh stickers for prizes. That went over really well, and I was impressed that all the kids got so excited about something so small. So even though the second years suck so far, I think I'll be able to have some fun with the ( Read more... )

I have had internet for about half an hour now, and I feel like I've had a missing limb reattached. I'm already downloading like crazy, and will be setting up all my chat shite on my laptop after I post this. I'm too excited to post about any rl goings on at the mo, will post more on that later.

*bouncing off into the ether*

So I've been to all of my schools now, and my Monday through Thursday schools are awesome. On Mondays and Thursdays I'm at Ichiritsu High School, and it's an intensive high school, so I teach really small classes and the students speak excellent English. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays I'm at Sumiegaoka Junior High School, it's on the outskirts of the ( Read more... )

So I'm doing pretty well so far, getting settled in and all. And I've now got my welcome to Japan sickness underway, just a sinus infection, but it seems like that's pretty normal for most people coming out here. I went to the dr, and got meds today and it was actually relatively painless, and the dr visit and meds only cost me about $20, so that ( Read more... )