May 7, 2008

Hey hey! So, today has left me feeling like "what am I doing here¨ lol. That and I'm wondering how they thing these Pringles could possibly taste anything like swiss cheese...So, I got up today at my usual time, 8am. I try to get up early so I can take my shower, get dressed and ready then turn on my compy and read my e-mails. I'm usually reading them at like 8:30 or so. Well, at like 8:45 my cell phone rings and it's Jon. He's like "so, everything ok?¨ I'm like, "yeah, why, what's up?¨ And he's like "we were meeting at 8:30 this morning...oh you wouldn't have known that, my bad.¨ Lol, so then I was like "oh! Is everyone waiting for me?¨ He's like, "nope, I'm the only one down here.¨ He asks me to call Reina real quick, so I do and she wasn't even up yet. Then I hear a knock at my door and it's Jon offering to get me some breakfast while I finish getting ready. I told him that I have some of my apple juice so I'll be good. So we all meet downstairs in the am/pm. Yoshi and Kevin went ahead and so we hurried off so we hopefully wouldn't be late. We get there right on time, but I guess in Japan land that's like being 5 minutes late. Blah, it's training. Lol. And Yoshi and Kevin weren't even there yet. But, a new student was. She was only with us for the day, but she was cool. She was from Spain but had lived for the last 5 years in California. I'm meeting so many people from everywhere, lol. Well, I guess Kevin and Yoshi got lost but eventually found themselves and we started class. We learned about middle school and what level their English should be at. Then he showed us the text books they use....and wow, yeah. Thank you America. The stories in them were awful! Like, one story he read us was about this tree during WWII and after we dropped the bomb. It talked about how this mother sat with her son while he died then she died too...then this other story was about a photographer who took a pic of a vulture next to a starving and dying africian boy. By the time the photographer got back from putting his camera away the vulture was eating the child. GROSS!! And they let 12 year olds read this stuff! Awful! I was like "um, that would be super akward to read that Hiroshima storybeing as I'm an American¨ and he said that they usually wouldn't make Americans read that story cuz they'd understand..but still...wow. Thank you morbid Japanese. Lol. So we learned more games and stuff today, and we went out to lunch at that curry place. That was quite the experience. So, there I am..at lunch and unable to read the menu. Jon's at another table and so I ask Yoshi to order for me. It was interesting food, they give you this huge piece of bread that's call nam and you dip it in this bowl of curry. I got mine 2 peppers hot and it wasn't hot at all. I liked the bread, it was rather yummy, but I wasn't a big fan of the curry. It's not bad, but it's not good either, lol. And Brandon ordered us all these drinks that were like yogert and water and sugar. It was grossly sweet and not my style at all. Ok, so after we ate we were given an assignment to work on tonight. We have to prepare part of a lesson. Now comes the "What have I done¨ Yeah, wow. Jon and I sat there and were like "um...K....¨ Lol, yeah. Our teacher did help me a little, so I think I'll do alright. Cross your fingers for me. So, we left class and on the way back Yoshi wanted to stop and shop. We were close enough that I could walk back to the hotel so I started off. Reina and Brandon joined Yoshi but Jon came with me. So, back at the hotel I quickly change cuz I wanted to hit the shops real quick before they close and I wouldn't get a chance to shop again before we leave. I call Jon, cuz I thought he might want to join me, but he says he wants to pack but if I get lost at all I can call him. So I go. Sadly as I get there people are closing, and one of the closed shops is that paper umbrella place. :( But I hurry in one and find 2 of the things I've wanted. Yay for the very little Japanese I know, cuz I was able to ask the lady for a box for my little doll I bought! So it was a good trip. Back at the hotel Jon calls me and asks if I want to join them for dinner. I didn't hear my phone, so I didn't get the message til they were gone, so I just decided to not call them back. I'm not in the mood...and I actually, just now got a phone call from Jon again cuz they are going to Karaoke again. I told him that I'm feeling poor and not up for spending 25 bucks like that again. I said that he should have fun though and he was like "eh, ok.¨ lol, poor guy. I don't think he'd go either, lol. So, I just went down to the am/pm and got me some spaghetti and this really kinda good sparkling peach juice stuff. I love Japanese juices. Can't go wrong, lol. And the spaghetti isn't good, but it's not bad and can't beat 3 bucks for the whole thing. (the juice and noodles) so, I did good I think! Wow, that was long, lol. I'll let you get back to life.

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So, after I wrote this I got another call from Jon. They found a cheaper karaoke place and really wanted me to join them. It was only Yoshi, Reina, Brandon, Jon and I who went. It turned out being a ton of fun. I'm super glad I went. :p