My alarm woke us up at 6:15 a.m., and it was a severe shock to the system after sleeping so much yesterday. I showered and took off, but I left Kuniko sleeping with my key so that she didn’t have to leave at an ungodly hour like that.
At school things were getting back to normal after a long weekend. The students started out sleepy in my first class, got noisy in the middle of the day, and my last class they were getting sleepy again. Tuesday is generally a tough day for me, but I spent most of my lessons talking about the merits of I, Robot – the movie that I had seen the night before.
In my Tuesday classes I’m having my students plan for a presentation that they will give towards the end of the term. We’re laying the groundwork now, and I can’t wait to see what they come up with. The all want to be funny and clever, so I’m not sure what will happen – I haven’t put any limits on it, really. I’m sure it will be something to write about when it happens. And if it isn’t, I’ll write about it anyway.
The oft-postponed 50th birthday party for Mr. Komori has been scheduled for this Friday. It’s at the wonderfully dark and cheesy bar “Amuse”, in Kakogawa. It should be fun.
After school I left a little early to get home and change clothes, and then I walked to Carrefour to meet a prospective student, Azusa-chan. She is a 19 year old college student in Kyoto who lives nearby. She had talked to Ms. Miyake and asked about a foreigner to chat with. She doesn’t want to pay the high fees for the language schools, so I offered to chat with her for around 2500 yen an hour. That’s about $25 to chat with someone. Even the porno lines don’t get those kinds of rates. Or do they?
She’s going to think it over, but we are planning to meet next week on Wednesday. She wants somebody to chat with for about six months, and then she’s moving to Kyoto to go to school full time. She seemed very nice, but very nervous. I had to carry the conversation, and I think it was probably the first time that she had spoken English with a foreigner.
When we had finished, I went into Carrefour to do a little shopping. It was a shame to be this close to tortilla chips and not pick up a bag. Also I got a container of sour cream, another rare item only found at Carrefour.
I came home and had leftover salad and sushi (leftover sushi? dangerous!) Now I’m getting ready to go to bed. Tomorrow is a regular day for me, but Thursday is a day off to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox. Yeah!
