Friday I was busy during the day finishing up the interview tests for my first year students. Technically today was the last day of classes for me, but I’ll still have some filler classes the week after next, so that is something to look forward to.<\/p>\n
In the evening we had Yasu and his mom come over. Kuniko split from work early, and so together we got everything ready and served up tacos. It was a first for them, but everyone seemed to enjoy them. They came to the house loaded with presents – farewell gifts. It was a big surprise to us – we weren’t expecting a gift exchange and as such were totally unprepared. <\/p>\n
We drank a bottle of wine, several beers, and Kuniko and I even got a little bit into the tequila. After two tacos each everyone was full, but we dug into some dessert that Kuniko brought from Kobe, so it was a gutbuster evening. After they left we opened the presents, and Yasu got me a earthenware sho-chu server with two big glasses, and his mom got Kuniko a new train pass case. She also gave us some money as a gift – it was all really too much. <\/p>\n
Drunk and full of food, we took off to Ito Yokado after they left to do some late night shopping, but I’m happy to report that we didn’t come home with a new widescreen TV or anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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