Examinations have started today for my students, and they’re busy working hard during the first half of the day. I’m quite free during the day to study or relax, and I’ve been studying most of the time.
Today we had a free lunch brought in, and it was one of the better bento lunches that we’ve had. The food was a good mix of fish and meat, and the rice was sushi rice, rather than the traditional white rice you normally get.
Mr. Hayashi and I cut out of school early today and we went home. I spent the morning taking a nice nap, trying to shop for shoes at Ito Yokado (sorry, your feet are too big), and doing some housework.
Jane had invited me to dinner with some of her friends, and so I joined her and three other people for a big chili and rice dinner. It was awesome – great salad, the chili was excellent, and we had Haagen Dasz ice cream for dessert. Yum. Two of her friends were also new ALTs here in Japan, and one was the nice lady from the bookstore that speaks such great English.
I think the highlight was when one of the new ALT’s had used the expression “packing fudge”, and then had to explain herself to the poor Japanese lady. It was a classic moment.
I’m back home now and getting ready for school tomorrow. I received my correspondence course materials for my Japanese language course, so I’m reviewing that here at home and then studying at school.
