Today was back to work and everybody was talking about the earthquakes. What’s better, tomorrow a new typhoon is supposed to blow in that is as strong or stronger as the last one. Nobody is sure if we’ll even have classes tomorrow, but my prediction is that we will. The typhoon seems to be moving slowly enough that we should be OK.
I had a busy day with four classes. They went pretty well, and the students were paying fairly good attention considering all the distractions that nature has been providing lately. Some of my students said that they had seen me with a girl at a movie theater, and they asked if it was my girlfriend. I played dumb and said that it might not have been me, or that maybe it was an ALT friend. I guess they didn’t identify Kuniko, so her identity is protected.
Mr. Hayashi told me that a student’s mother had seen me with a girl somewhere, and he asked me all about that. A couple of weeks ago he was sure I was gay, now he’s sure that I’m hiding something good. He seems to be patient about rooting out the information. I think he figures that time is on his side, and he’s right.
After school I went across the street to practice Japanese and English with Tsuji-san. She helped me with some new verb conjugations, and I helped her with pronunciation. Next week she’ll be in Hokkaido sightseeing, so I’ll have next Monday off.
I got out of there around 6:30, and went home to rustle up some dinner. I made koyadofu for the first time, guessing from the back of a box and trying to read some of the Japanese. I ended up doing OK, but there’s something I’m missing. The flavor was good, but the texture was a bit too firm. I’ll try again tomorrow night.
I finally caught up on some e-mail, and now I’m headed to bed. Tomorrow may be an easy half day to weather the storm, or a regular day with a wild windy night. We’ll see what happens.
