kanashii ~

kanashii means sad. the two schools i'm leaving have finally found out that starting april, i will no longer be coming to their schools. one of the teachers that i'm really close to (we are actually going on a trip together towards the end of march to kanazawa city down south, or have i already mentioned this?) said she was shocked. when i came to school yesterday, many of the teachers said they were sad to hear i was leaving and the students pretty much had the same reaction as well. in a way, it's nice to know that i've had a nice enough presence here to warrant such a reaction. i met some of the people i'll be working with in april, but only for a short period of time so i couldn't really gage what it would be like. apparantly, one of the junior high schools i'm going to has some, shall we say ... a little troubled with behavior problem students. so that should be interesting ~ hmmm. actually i'm looking forward to the change in some ways because it will force me to grow, force me to leave what is now my comfort zone and start a new again, well with 4 schools anyways.

other news ... the sun has stopped shining and it's snowing again. but i don't think to the extent that i'll have to shovel. the weather just can't make up it's mind ... it's spring, then winter again, then spring again, then winter. at least that means i might be able to get in some boarding a couple of times before the season is over!

oh yeah, i think i'm not going to drink again for a while. i never really drink when i'm in the states, but in japan, man it's a whole other story! drinking is such a huge part of their culture here. it helps every loosen up and take a break from their over-stressed lives. but it also means spending money and not to mention, harmful for the liver and what not. last week i got to go this sake tasting party and it was really good. had the best sake in the area with the proper foods and it was delicious! then a couple of days later, went out with my friend's student's mom and her friends and that was hilarious. whoever said japanese women are demure need to meet these women after they have a few drinks! they were hilarious! anyways, that was another drunken night (mind you there had been one just a week before as well). so, in the words of one of my friends, i'm starting to feel pickled and thus will take a break. which is fine, because any of you who know me know that i can have a good time and act just as stupid when im sober as when im drunk!

school is really slow right now. graduation for the 3rd years is tomorrow so pretty much all classes have been cancelled to help prepare for the graduation, which means i get to sit in the office doing nothing but pretending like i'm doing something productive of course! i'll fill you in on graduation tomorrow.