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Days til Tri is in Japan: 11
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Happy Birthday Jenny!
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Woke up at: 7:50
Mood: Tired
Listening to: Anti-Histamine by Nostalgic Progression
Weather Report: Warm and humid
Japanese Food: Tataki = seared as in Maguro Tataki (seared tuna)
Japanese Word/Phrase of the Day: Ninki = popular, superstar
Japan News: Typhoon Etau, the season's 10th typhoon, hit Okinawa's main island and the southern part of the Amami islands off southern Kyushu on Thursday morning, and is expected to approach western Japan by Friday.
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Fantasy Baseball Update (as of 08.06.03):
| Rank | Manager | Season | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanshin Tigers | 1415 | 64 |
| 2 | Dodger Dogs | 1283 | 160 |
| 3 | Fleas & Ninjas | 1257 | 112 |
| 4 | Border Jumpers | 1244 | 210 |
| 5 | Jookies | 1228 | 196 |
Speech Practice, Just Missed My Package, Denny's, Keys Made, Laundry
Headed to Daily Yamazaki for some onigiri and Amino Supli. Then it was off to school for the 7th grade english speech contest. But to my surprise, Ayumi was feeling sick and Sasaki sensei didn't let Emi leave practice. What's up with that guy? He swears that his team is still practicing like they're competing for the Kanto Tai Kai! They got eliminated in the first round of the Chiba ken Tai Kai! 10 o'clock came around and Miki came for her practice. She still needs a lot of work with her emotion. We only have 2 more practices before the contest. Not sure how that is goin' to work out.
While we waited to see if Emi can still come...I headed over to the tennis courts to talk to Takeuchi sensei about next week's trip to Toyama. Before I could even get halfway to the courts, I hear my name being yelled...and it's not the usual girls from my school yell...as I turned to see who it was, I had to do a double take. To my surprise, it was Takahashi's (from Ikko) wife. She works right in front of my school as a traffic controller! As I chit chatted with her for a bit, she told me to go to Ikko cuz she has a day off so she can drink. I told her I might be able to make it...but I have to take care of a lot of things first..so we'll see. So I get to the tennis courts and see Takeuchi sensei all the way on the far court. He was actually demonstrating serving to the 7th and 8th graders. I was shocked to see him serve the ball with such great velocity. Before I could his attention, I was bombarded with "Hi Kebin!!!" & "Kebin!!!" from all the girls. They all are really nice and try to talk to me in english. I just want them to know that they don't have to scream at the top of their lungs when I'm not far away or standing next to them. I'm not deaf! :) When I spoke to Takeuchi sensei...he told me that he wasn't sure yet on the whole plans! Uhhhmmm....aren't we leaving on Monday? You told me bout this trip over a month ago...shouldn't have some sorta idea? Oh well...he's supposed to mail my keitai with the latest.
Fortunately for the day, Emi was able to come during the girl's bball team lunch break. After she inhaled her food, Takahashi sensei and I had her for like 15 min. That's all we needed cuz she totally impressed me with her gestures and pronunciation. And....she memorized the whole thing!!! I was like holy crap! The best native (who has not lived abroad) japanese english speaker in the school is a 7th grader!
Takahashi sensei decided to grab some lunch, so I biked home and he came to pick me up. When I got home...I saw that I got a notice from DHL that I have to call them because I wasn't home to accept my package. I looked on the paper and I just missed them by like 3 min!!! So I called them I told them to deliver to my school tomorrow morning. I ordered 2 books to read for my trip next week. Supposedly it's a 10 hour drive there! So I'll have plenty of time to read in the car.
We ended up going to Denny's. This is my first time at Denny's in Japan. I must say that I was totally impressed with the food. I had some cabbage salad, spaghetti, chicken yaki niku and some korokke all for about $5! After our meal we headed to this hardware store so that I can get extra keys made...uhmm..hemphh... I ended up also gettin' 2 large storage bins for my winter clothes and a large garbage can for my kitchen.
Came home, cleaned up a bit, did a lot of laundry but now I found out that it might rain tomorrow! Just my frickin' luck. I really miss having a dryer.
After I ate some dinner, I headed over to Ikko. When I went in...mama told me that I just missed Takahashi. Well...gotta run a lot of errands tomorrow...might head out to Akihabara to get another memory stick for my trip next week.
Kaz out...
This entry was posted by kaz, on
木曜日, 8月 07, 2003.
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