I split my day today into studying in the morning, and classes in the afternoon. The afternoon classes were interview tests, and they were actually pretty fun. I see these students every week, but during the interview test I actually sit across from them, and it’s like meeting some of them for the first time. I’ve got some pretty weird guys in my classes, but it’s the students that don’t stand out that are interesting to me. Some are really shy, some are so quiet I can hardly hear them, but it’s a good way to show them that they have nothing to be afraid of.
After school the history teacher told me about a last minute staff meeting that they had arranged, but he said that I didn’t have to attend – I could go home if I liked. I liked, so I got to go home early today. Unfortunately Tsuji-san wasn’t available early, so I had to postpone our lesson until later.
Back home I did a few chores, and had a nice simple dinner of rice and kimchee. Two girls out front of the building were playing badminton when I walked in, and they came and knocked on my door and explained that they lost their badminton birdie on my patio, so I went outside and threw it back down to them. They were really brave to come up to knock on my door – I’ll have to work on my scary foreigner vibe.
Antoine gave me a ring and we talked for more than 90 minutes about everything that’s new in his life lately. He sounds busy – he’s moving into a new apartment over the summer, he’s flying to France to attend his sister’s wedding, he’s being sued by Mazda, and he stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Osaka for a night last week to celebrate his first anniversary of meeting his girlfriend, Miwako.
Tomorrow is finally Friday, and I’m looking forward to a pretty easy day at work. This weekend should be pretty relaxing – I hear that storms are going to be coming in so I’ll try to stay dry.
