Days 760 - 766 <{ }> Sunday - Saturday, April 18- April 23, 2010 (I love Thursdays)
Days 760 - 766 <{ }> Sunday - Saturday, April 18- April 23, 2010
Day 760
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Left from Hiroshima and went back to Okayama city by bus. It took about 2hrs and 30 mins. I missed the stop for the train station, because I wasn't sure where to get off. But the driver told me to take another bus to the Okayama station. That took only about 7 mins.
I then went to the second part of the Christian conference and it went pretty well. My bible study leader on Mondays was there with her husband, and they took me home.
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Day 761 { Exhausted }
Monday, April 19, 2010
I was exhausted after work today, maybe because of my up and down on the road since Friday. I was so exhausted at work that I had very little power while teaching. I hope that the teachers didn't notice.
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Day 762 { }
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
I was also very tired today but better than yesterday. After work, I went to the Niimi College to see a presentation done by a half Chinese/half Japanese guy. His English is pretty decent and he speaks Japanese and Mandarin - Chinese. His presentation was mostly about his one year living in Canada.
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Day 763 { }
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Did nothing really today, except spoke to the bible study leader on Mondays for about 1hr 30 mins.
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Day 764 { Book Almost Finished / I love Thursdays }
Thursday, April 22, 2010
At work, I showed one of the teachers, the office lady and the school nurse, 2 poems from the book I'm writing. They said the translation to Japanese is good but the love poems will cause many Japanese girls to blush heavily. Which is a good and bad thing. Because in Japan, strong and passionate love words are hardly ever used if at all, it may seem unnatural for the girls to see and hear certain words. Even a simple sentence as "I love you", is hardly used in the Japanese vocabulary. So the stuff I have in my poetry about kissing and holding etc, might cause some heavy blushing....
The picture I have to the left is an idea from a friend of mine, concerning how my front cover might look. I am still exploring other ideas...
In the evening, I played football at the college and it was really exciting. The guys and girls there think I am an incredible player.... But they seem to figure out that after 10 mins or so, I'm fully exhausted. I met some very bold first year girls who were asking me a whole lot of questions. Stuff like my age and if I am married and what not. I guess that a good amount of the younger generation of Japanese, are not so shy.
Even after enjoying the time thoroughly at the college, and being very tired, I still went to the usual Thursday night football with the other guys. I was the only foreigner there tonight though and I finally managed to score 2 goals... I realize now that Thursday is my favourite day of the week.
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Day 765
Friday, April 23, 2010
Went to the bank ATM today with a friend of mine to pay for a ticket. We then went to a coffee shop, had tea and spoke for a while about life in Japan and all manner of stuff. He is trying to organize for us to have some sort of dinner with other ALTs and interested Japanese persons on Wednesdays.
I then went to karate, played football at the college and went to the Friday English conversation thing at the bible study leader's house.
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Day 766 { }
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Stayed in for the entire day doing almost nothing.
Day 760
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Left from Hiroshima and went back to Okayama city by bus. It took about 2hrs and 30 mins. I missed the stop for the train station, because I wasn't sure where to get off. But the driver told me to take another bus to the Okayama station. That took only about 7 mins.
I then went to the second part of the Christian conference and it went pretty well. My bible study leader on Mondays was there with her husband, and they took me home.
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Day 761 { Exhausted }
Monday, April 19, 2010
I was exhausted after work today, maybe because of my up and down on the road since Friday. I was so exhausted at work that I had very little power while teaching. I hope that the teachers didn't notice.
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Day 762 { }
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
I was also very tired today but better than yesterday. After work, I went to the Niimi College to see a presentation done by a half Chinese/half Japanese guy. His English is pretty decent and he speaks Japanese and Mandarin - Chinese. His presentation was mostly about his one year living in Canada.
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Day 763 { }
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Did nothing really today, except spoke to the bible study leader on Mondays for about 1hr 30 mins.
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Day 764 { Book Almost Finished / I love Thursdays }
Thursday, April 22, 2010
At work, I showed one of the teachers, the office lady and the school nurse, 2 poems from the book I'm writing. They said the translation to Japanese is good but the love poems will cause many Japanese girls to blush heavily. Which is a good and bad thing. Because in Japan, strong and passionate love words are hardly ever used if at all, it may seem unnatural for the girls to see and hear certain words. Even a simple sentence as "I love you", is hardly used in the Japanese vocabulary. So the stuff I have in my poetry about kissing and holding etc, might cause some heavy blushing....
The picture I have to the left is an idea from a friend of mine, concerning how my front cover might look. I am still exploring other ideas...
In the evening, I played football at the college and it was really exciting. The guys and girls there think I am an incredible player.... But they seem to figure out that after 10 mins or so, I'm fully exhausted. I met some very bold first year girls who were asking me a whole lot of questions. Stuff like my age and if I am married and what not. I guess that a good amount of the younger generation of Japanese, are not so shy.
Even after enjoying the time thoroughly at the college, and being very tired, I still went to the usual Thursday night football with the other guys. I was the only foreigner there tonight though and I finally managed to score 2 goals... I realize now that Thursday is my favourite day of the week.
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Day 765
Friday, April 23, 2010
Went to the bank ATM today with a friend of mine to pay for a ticket. We then went to a coffee shop, had tea and spoke for a while about life in Japan and all manner of stuff. He is trying to organize for us to have some sort of dinner with other ALTs and interested Japanese persons on Wednesdays.
I then went to karate, played football at the college and went to the Friday English conversation thing at the bible study leader's house.
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Day 766 { }
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Stayed in for the entire day doing almost nothing.
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