The weather today was beautiful – not a cloud in the sky. The temperature was nice and warm, so no jacket required! I walked to work loaded down with gear for class and leftover sushi for my lunch.
All three of my classes today were during the first, second, and third periods. The nice thing about that was that I was done by 11:30 in the morning. I sat down and ate some sushi, and then spent the rest of the afternoon prepping my next lessons. Mr. Hayashi came by and dropped 15,000 yen in my lap the help that I gave him on the technical translations. It was a lot of money for not a lot of work. We said he’d buy me lunch sometime, too. Nice!
Mr. Hayashi has also agreed to tutor me in Japanese. I’m hoping to take the Japanese language proficiency test that is administered yearly. I’m shooting for Level 3. Level 4 is the lowest and Level 1 is the highest. The gap between Level 3 and Level 2 is huge and I don’t think I can get there by the end of the year. Mr. Hayashi bought a textbook for me to study, and the whole thing, including the instructions, are in Japanese. I spent some time today reading through it, and it was hard work. My first class is tomorrow, and we’re going to try the new book. I hope it works well.
ESS club met after school, and some of the more genki students got there early and they were eager to get started. I chatted with them in English and we looked through some magazines that my parents sent over from home. They really liked the pictures of California and the west coast. We talked about our upcoming cultural project, and what we will need to build a big display. One of the long lost ESS students even dropped by, and I think that she was surprised to see the turnout. No sign of the boy ESS student, so I’m not sure what his story is.
I had leftover Mexican food for dinner tonight, and sent off some e-mails. I’m thinking about going hiking this weekend – tomorrow is already Friday, so I need to start making plans!
