Today my clairvoyance turned out to be correct – I didn’t get out of school until around 2 p.m. Still three hours early, so nothing to complain about. While I was studying at my desk one of the students was getting chewed out behind me by one of the “bad cop” teachers. He left for a while and left her to sit crying at the desk next to me. It’s a little unnerving to have some poor girl sniffling away while you’re trying to study.
Mr. Hayashi treated me and Mr. Komuri to coffee at a local coffee house. We talked mainly about prostates and erectile dysfunction again – a recurring theme with Mr. Hayashi. It’s a good thing all the old ladies surrounding us didn’t speak English. I think Mr. Hayashi kind of relished the idea of speaking about a topic like that in public without anyone knowing.
On the way home I stopped in at the grocery store and picked up three pork steaks for 200 yen – what a bargain. Back home I rubbed them with a little salt and a mustard/garlic/black pepper/oil combination that I created. Once the grill was hot I cooked up the pork steaks and also I grilled some onions that I had leftover from a previous meal. I made up a green salad and together it was quite a feast. Not a lot of food, but quality stuff.
The little grill has really changed the way I cook. Now I use the grill about twice a week to make some kind of meat or seafood main course. The rest of the week I either cook up traditional Japanese or non-grilled American food. Anyway, I’ve stopped pan frying my meat which helps cut down on the grease.
Tonight after dinner I watched “School Of Rock” which was a pleasant surprise. I thought it was a pretty fun movie – and the end song that went with the credits was pretty good, too.
Tomorrow night I’m going to the Hanshin Tigers game with Mr. Komuri – it should be a blast! The weather has been beautiful lately, so there’s no chance for a rainout. I’ll be taking tons of pictures. Japanese baseball is a whole different experience.
