Midori Sour
Glenn, I am so glad that you want to come to Japan. I can’t wait. I can give you a tour. We have beautiful campuses over here.
Mom, don't worry about the other typhoon yet. It is not really forecasted to head to us, and if it does, it is forecasted to become very weak. You can check out Tropical Storm Risk for more information.
NOTE: Megan has asked for my address and is sending me a care package. Will she be the first one? (insert creepy Who wants to be a millionaire? theme music) I don’t know; we’ll just have to wait and see. Tune in next time on Who wants to be the first person to send Jesse and Cristina a care package? Remember to be creative.
As for yesterday, I finished my introduction. I made a small scrapbook of things I drew and printed out saying where I am from and what I like to do. Today I have to present it 3 times to junior high school students and then answer their questions. I am a bit nervous, but I am comforted by the thought that they wont understand anything I am saying.
I have to leave soon, so I will make this more brief than usual. Yesterday during lunch, I had a disgusting onigiri (rice ball) that had some kind of salty fish egg paste in it. I finished it nonetheless. My boss keeps on trying to get me to eat at this school lunch center every day including the days I am not at school, but my predecessor informed me that it was not pleasant. What was more interesting about lunch yesterday was that I watched somebody fishing in the river by standing in the river and casting a net over the fish. It was very interesting and cultural I thought. In the time that I watched him, he caught about 8 fish. Not too shabby.
After lunch, there was an English teacher that worked at Uchinoura Junior High who had to come to our office to give a little formal speech saying that he was leaving. This is actually the creepy English teacher that is living in the bungalow next to Cristina’s that doesn’t really know or understand English. I think he got the job because he was in England for a year. Doing what, I don’t know. In any case, he said his goodbye when our superintendent of schools said something to me in Japanese. My section chief looked at me and told me to tell the exiting English teacher Goodbye. So I said “Goodbye.” Everyone in my office started to laugh. I do not know what else I was supposed to say since I had only met him once and for not even 3 minutes. I found the whole encounter a bit strange.
And, after I got home from work, I took off most of my shutters. Some had scary things flying around them, so I thought those could stay. Then, I painted my entrance (genkan) and hallway a bright, really strong lime green (midori). It looks good, just really bright. Anything I do to that house makes it look good. You really cannot make it look worse. I am thinking of perhaps painting the 9 big tiles on the ceiling of my kitchen as a red and white checkerboard or a big tic-tac-toe game. I will take opinions and suggestions.
Well, I am off to school for my 30 minutes of work today. Wish me luck.
Mom, don't worry about the other typhoon yet. It is not really forecasted to head to us, and if it does, it is forecasted to become very weak. You can check out Tropical Storm Risk for more information.
NOTE: Megan has asked for my address and is sending me a care package. Will she be the first one? (insert creepy Who wants to be a millionaire? theme music) I don’t know; we’ll just have to wait and see. Tune in next time on Who wants to be the first person to send Jesse and Cristina a care package? Remember to be creative.
As for yesterday, I finished my introduction. I made a small scrapbook of things I drew and printed out saying where I am from and what I like to do. Today I have to present it 3 times to junior high school students and then answer their questions. I am a bit nervous, but I am comforted by the thought that they wont understand anything I am saying.
I have to leave soon, so I will make this more brief than usual. Yesterday during lunch, I had a disgusting onigiri (rice ball) that had some kind of salty fish egg paste in it. I finished it nonetheless. My boss keeps on trying to get me to eat at this school lunch center every day including the days I am not at school, but my predecessor informed me that it was not pleasant. What was more interesting about lunch yesterday was that I watched somebody fishing in the river by standing in the river and casting a net over the fish. It was very interesting and cultural I thought. In the time that I watched him, he caught about 8 fish. Not too shabby.
After lunch, there was an English teacher that worked at Uchinoura Junior High who had to come to our office to give a little formal speech saying that he was leaving. This is actually the creepy English teacher that is living in the bungalow next to Cristina’s that doesn’t really know or understand English. I think he got the job because he was in England for a year. Doing what, I don’t know. In any case, he said his goodbye when our superintendent of schools said something to me in Japanese. My section chief looked at me and told me to tell the exiting English teacher Goodbye. So I said “Goodbye.” Everyone in my office started to laugh. I do not know what else I was supposed to say since I had only met him once and for not even 3 minutes. I found the whole encounter a bit strange.
And, after I got home from work, I took off most of my shutters. Some had scary things flying around them, so I thought those could stay. Then, I painted my entrance (genkan) and hallway a bright, really strong lime green (midori). It looks good, just really bright. Anything I do to that house makes it look good. You really cannot make it look worse. I am thinking of perhaps painting the 9 big tiles on the ceiling of my kitchen as a red and white checkerboard or a big tic-tac-toe game. I will take opinions and suggestions.
Well, I am off to school for my 30 minutes of work today. Wish me luck.
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