I have to admit, my weekend was pretty darn good. Don't be jealous (Diva Snap ( Read more... )

Since the teachers all know what they will be teaching starting on the 20th, they now have switched their desks, in order to be close to other teachers in their grade. They usually don't switch the ALT desk, so I'm fine. However, there is another ALT who comes her one day a week. The desk in front of me was used by any guest ALTS until now. However ( Read more... )

Hey Everyone,

I started my day well. I got up a little bit earlier and went to Starbucks for breakfast. Yummmmmyyyyy!!!

Last night was the Welcome Party for the English Department at school. I have to admit that I had a lot of fun. One of the new teachers is really funny and cracks jokes every couple of minutes.

The teachers have been in meetings all ( Read more... )

 Today is a cold and rainy day. Last week it was pretty nice, so the school put all their kerosene heaters away. However, this week it's been chilly and what makes it worse is that there are no heaterｓ. Geez ( Read more... )

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Last night I watched the last episode of Mei-chan no Shitsuji ( メイちゃんの執事). The English translation is Mei's Butler or Mei-chan's Butler.
For more info  and links to the episodes,  you can go to MySoju

Mei-chan no Shitsuji is about a poor girl, Mei, whose parents die and she finds out that she is the heiress to a fortune. She then goes to a school ( Read more... )

Spring is here, although it's been kind of cold all weekend and today, so it doesn't feel very springy. Anyway, with spring comes flowers and in Japan that means plenty of beautiful cheery blossoms (sakura). Over here, people go sakura flower viewing because it is so beautiful. They even have a name for this called hanami ( 花見）、which literally ( Read more... )

Poll Angel Egg Donuts CommercialEric today showed me another cute commercial. It's for Mister Donut's, which is a donut chain kind of like Dunkin' Donuts back home. Anyway, it's promoting a donut hole that has a filling called Angel Egg. Believe me, this little number will get stuck in your head quickly.

I should really turn on my tv more so that I can watch all of the ( Read more... )

"Kermit, you need to take care of your eyes. You have wonderful eyes. They are like......two ping-pong balls floating in a sea of mildew."
~~Grover

Today Eric, Monica and I were watching the latest episode of 30 Rock. In the episode, Kenneth pictured everyone as muppets. Eric said "I wonder what I would look like as a muppet?" That got me thinking ( Read more... )

“I’m so busy that I don’t even remember that you didn’t call me for 3 days and 13 hours!” -Goo Jun Pyo

I am a bit addicted to Asian dramas. I feel as if this past year my anime addiction has turned into a tv drama addiction. lol. There always has to be something, right?

Anyway here are two Asian Dramas that I really like.

Hana Yori Dango 花より男子　( ( Read more... )