Just got back from an 宴会 (enkai, or drinking party) for the teachers at my school. We have about three or four of these things a year to celebrate certain events throughout the school year. The one in early September is to celebrate / thank the teachers for a successful school festival ( Read more... )

Tuesday and Wednesday this week was the school festival… Students look forward to this shit perhaps even more than they look forward to graduation… It is two days: culture day (?) and sports day ( Read more... )

They drew this pic of Liz and I... Isn't it cute ( Read more... )

I'm sure you guys can help me with this... where can I download jpop mp3s?

Right now I'm looking for a song called "so far away from home" by the group "globe"...

domo thank you :)

The 5th Wheel
So there is now a fifth ALT in my city, Keith... He is working with Amy... I think he and I will get along well, since he likes video games, wrestling and 酒... I think he will get along with the others too, but probably me the most...

Sandwich ContestOn Sunday Amy and I had a sandwich contest... It was her "gourmet vegetarian" ( Read more... )

The local arcade finally got VF5! Just renewed my subscription to vf.net... life is good!

I've been in America since last Thursday for [lj-user = "bobu92] Bob's wedding!

Depature DramaBefore I left there was a little bit of "high-tension" as even though my supervisor oked my vacation time, he didn't run it by the vice-principal or principal of the school... They didn't know I was going, I wound up getting last minute approval from them ( Read more... )

So last night there was an enkai (宴会) for young teachers / teachers in charge of clubs... Soon the clubs will go to various tournaments and gatherings to compete against other schools... This was a kind of "cheer them on" party ( Read more... )

Ran into this old pic of me on the net... can anyone date it?

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The other night Rich and I ate at a ramen shop we've never visited before... It was pretty damn good, and the owner seemed friendly... As we were paying he said "go ahead" to the younger guy workng there, so the young waiter guy says "Please come again!" in English... It was pretty nice ( Read more... )