My last easy day today – the last day of exams. Mr. Hayashi stopped by and helped me with my Japanese, and mainly I studied through the morning. After the exams finished the students were running through the halls, very happy to be done. Some even came by to visit me. At lunchtime we gathered the usual suspects and had lunch at the coffee shop across the street.
When we got back everyone was making motions to leave, and kind of a mass exodus began with the teachers trying to be subtle as they snuck out for an early weekend. It was funny to watch, they’d stretch, quietly gather their bags, and pretend to walk outside to see a student or look out the window. And then they were gone.
I was looking to do the same thing, but a couple of my ESS students dropped by and wanted to work on the English bulletin board. I set them up but told them that I had to be going. They looked a little disappointed.
I returned home and did a quick clean up around the house, and just kind of relaxed until Kuniko showed up around five. We went out to dinner at one of the restaurants in Ito Yokado – there are a group of restaurants tucked away on the third floor, so it was cool to explore those a bit.
Finally we came back and got caught up on the last two weeks – it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other. We’re hoping to catch a movie on Saturday, and then afterwards we’re going out to dinner with one of her friends from Hong Kong. Should be interesting!
