yes people, it is officially warmer!! for the first time in a very very long time, i did not need to turn on my heater last night. isn't that amazing?!? well i think so :P
last weekend i went to a couple of ladies nights and then did a bit of sight seeing (although, it's not at its prettiest right now, we just needed to get out and about). sightseeing was spent with ben, aki, and brian and we walked down the longest wooden bridge in japan at a very nice park with confused cranes. stay tuned for pictures, i'll try and get them posted within a couple of days.
japanese class on mondays has started up again. had my first classes at the new junior high school today. only had 2 classes with the 3rd years and it was actually a lot of fun. ive been hearing horror stories about the school, well not quite horror but i think u can get what i mean, so i was a bit worried. but it turns out that these kids are pretty similar to my other junior high school kids so its not bad at all.
been keeping myself busy at the board of education planning lessons and trying to put together a yearly curriculum for the elementary schools. somehow i was motivated to start being serious about work again instead of just wasting time at the BOE. perhaps the 9 month hiatus from school has finally caught up to me and i miss being productive and feeling useful. so my new goal is to start being productive and feeling useful! :P
one last thing ... you know whats nice? when you go somewhere and you see people you know. ive been trying to take walks/jogs around town and everytime i do i see people i know and we wave and say hi. everytime i go to the store i see people i know. a couple of weeks ago i ran into a random sgi member i know in hirosaki while eating lunch with another teacher. ran into someone else i knew in hachinohe. i think "bumping into people" (and by people i mean not only JETs but japanese friends as well) is a sign that ive been here for a while and slowly but surely making my niche here (not to mention that i live in a relatively small area). its a nice feeling.
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yey no more shoveling and you can run outside and enjoy spring. it's gorgeous out here too.
i just hope you're not literally "bumping" into people. then i'd be worried about the sake thing. :P
whooooowee that's cool. actually, it must be hot...:D haha. bad joke, I know. the bumping into people thing is pretty awesome. You're becoming a part of the community there :D. That, and it must mean that your japanese is awesomeness put to the super cool level now. Heh, bad syntax. Now, enough of the bad stuff. Just wanted to let you know that I'm happy to see that you have plenty of time to blog and keep us updated into what you're doing there in Japan. Yay!
9 month hiatus from school??
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