Jamaicans in Japan - Spring Ting 2013 Part 2

Japanese Sentence of the week - Ima nanji desuka - 今何時ですか？- What time is it now?

Days 1866 - 1872 
Sunday, April 28 - May 4, 2013


Day 1866 ( Jamaicans in Japan - Spring Ting 2013 Part 2 )
Sunday, April 28, 2013

We started off the day with our team practicing for cheer leading competition. We then had breakfast, some ackee with saltfish (cod fish) and dumplings. Then it was time to begin arguably the main event of Spring Ting.... SPORTS DAY!!!

So yeah this was our breakfast that was to energize us for sports day.

Ok back to sports day.... These were the cheers.


First up was Gold house......

Booooooooooooooo!!!

Next up was the great Green.

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


Then there was Black house....

What was that really ????

Yellow house some how paid off the judging staff to win the cheerleading....

We did several Jamaican style sporting events including:

Egg and spoon race

Wheel borough race

No Jamaican buns in Japan, so Melon pan (bread) eating contest



Soda drinking contest (sorry no pictures)

100 and 200 Metres sprint. I ran second in the 100 metres race.

Jump in the garbage bag contest aka Crocus bag race

 We did few other events as well but overall as I feared and predicted from day 1.... We came third overall or frankly speaking, DEAD LAST!!! It was maddd fun though....

After the sporting events, we had lunch while being interviewed by a camera crew in Toyama. Toyama TV wanted to do an interview with Raul and he invited them to our spring ting event. They asked the females, which male anchor man they liked, and the males, which female newscaster/announcer they liked.

After this, we had team challenge quiz. This is a very common practice in Jamaica where we have School's Challenge Quiz. In this quiz competition, different high schools from all over Jamaica compete against each other. It is very similar to jeopardy where several questions are asked, and teams should try to answer correctly. We were placed second in the quiz competition.


We then had dinner. Jerk chicken, festival, rice and peas and vegetables.

After dinner, everybody just did there own thing until we were ready for the party!!!



I forgot that there was a T-shirt writing competition. Yamato came second with this one.

We stayed up until like 1 - 2 am. And my voice was gone. Almost completely.

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Day 1867 ( Leaving Toyama )
Monday, April 29, 2013

It was time to leave from remote Toyama. So a couple of us drove down to Toyama city, which was about 2 hours from the camping site. Then we drove back to somewhere in Saitama. I was having a terrible headache, maybe because of all the excitement.

It was far away, kind of expensive, my voice is gone, I'm having muscular aches, but it was definitely worth it!!! I would have done it over and over again.

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Day 1868 ( Yakuza Hung Swiftly Under New Government )
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Had 2 classes at my "once a week" school today. My feet were aching and my voice was cracking. Luckily I didn't have business English afterwards so I went straight home.


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Day 1869 ( )
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Had 3 classes at my main school today then I went to the YMCA. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that my classes were on holiday. I had to spend money to go there but nooo problem. I also had no lesson with my private student so I went back straight to my apartment.


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Day 1870 (  )
Thursday, May 2, 2013

I did absolutely nothing today.. And it felt good. 


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Day 1871 ( Happy Birthday Fellow Poet )
Friday, May 3, 2013

Went to Harajuku at the Jamrock Jamaican restaurant to attend my friend's birthday party. Saw a couple recent friends and some old ones there as well.

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Day 1872 ( Going To Odaiba )
Saturday, May 4, 2013

I've always been hearing about Odaiba since I came to Yokohama. So I decided to go there with my friend today. There is a big shopping area there and a gigantic Gundam statue.

There is also a fake statue of liberty there.

Ohh and Fuji TV (A Famous Japanese TV Station ) is also located there. This station shows my favourite anime .... ONE PIECE!!!!

After Odaiba, we went to another Jamaican restaurant. This time Good Wood Terrace in Shibuya.