Yesterday there was a pall thrown over the workday when we found out that one of the employees at the company where I work had died suddenly at home the previous day. He was forty years old. He lived alone, so he wasn’t found until his boss went over to his place to try to find him.
I taught several of his coworkers yesterday, and what resulted looked more like a therapy session than an English lesson. I’ve always had an attitude of “enjoy life now, before it’s too late” because of some experiences in college and soon afterwards that had a big effect on me. So it was more of the same during my classes yesterday. Most of my students overwork as a general policy, and to suggest that they don’t work until 10 pm every night is something like heresy. But yesterday I think a couple of my students saw the light – or pretended to, anyway.
This weekend is a little bit busy – Kuniko has a big presentation that she will make today, and we both have drinking parties afterwards. Tomorrow we’ll go catch a movie in Kobe, try a wine and cheese tachinomi place in Sannomiya, do some shopping for some friends, and cap off the day with yakiniku. Sunday will be completely open and free – I’m sure we’ll be looking to burn some calories by then.
