Thursday was the last day of exams for the students, and the last day of preparation the teachers had before they have to get back to classes. I spent the day continuing to cram vocabulary into my brain with the idea that maybe they will come in handy someday. Now I am exclusively studying for the exam, rather than studying for my own benefit. I’ll keep this up through November and take the exam in early December.
On the way home from school Kuniko sent me a message saying that she was off early today. We ended up meeting in Ito Yokado, and going on a grocery shopping spree. We bought ingredients to make our own ramen, and plenty of supplies for the weekend.
Back home we ate big bowls of steaming hot ramen, with cuts of pork, Chinese bamboo, green onions and bean sprouts floating around in among the noodles. After dinner Kuniko watched some Japanese TV and then did some marking – I watched the latest episode of ‘Lost’ on my computer, and then went to hit the sack.
This weekend should be a lot of fun. We’ll be cleaning house on Saturday, but Saturday night Kuniko is going into Osaka to have dinner with some of her old co-workers. I’m heading over to one of the Denya regulars’ house for a house party. Then Sunday I’m going to go to the Futami matsuri once again and try to injure myself. Antoine and his girlfriend will probably come by, and Yuri, Tamura sensei, and her boyfriend will probably all meet us for dinner afterwards.
