sorry for the 1 week delay in update. been pretty busy here.
- note -
since i'm goin' to thailand in december, do ya'll have any recommendations of places that i have to go/see?
since takane jhs's gym is under construction til the end of next month, we've been lettin' them come to our gym for practice. it was kinda weird at first cuz they're our rivals but in the end, i think it's a good thing cuz it should motivate our team to work harder. plus i also get great advice from oshino sensei and enomoto san.
on friday, we had our school chorus festival @ futawa kominkan. it went rather well. it was a lot different than my school last year probably because of the venue as well as number of students/classes (9 classes compared to 15). what made things worse was that it was frickin' hot inside the hall. i was really impressed with the chorus club's performance. they did the same song as one of my classes last year did. cgrats to 3-2 for defendin' their title!
as for the weekend, it was pretty hectic. saturday was my school's bazaar. but in the mornin', we had observation classes for the parents. the 8th grade class was ok, not too many parents came but the 7th grade class was fun cuz we got to play a game at the end which the students really liked. we had about an hour or so to chill until the bazaar started. when the time came, i was behind the grill, makin' yakisoba. sure, i've made yakisoba before when we go eat okonomiyaki and stuff, but that's for like 3-4 ppl. when you have to make yakisoba as a serving size for about 15 ppl, it's tougher than you think. halfway thru, my arms felt as tho they were gonna fall off. i think that if the grill was a little lower, it would've have been a lot easier. my first time, i had the principal, vice principal and like 3 other teachers tryin' to tell me what to do. i was about to say, damn, just chill!! they were gettin' annoyin'. anyhow...i teamed up utsumi sensei and we rotated and churned out like 15 or so batches. it was good that i saw chacha mama, her hubby and shimba (their grandson). nakamura sensei and chi mama came too. after walkin' around the bazaar, i decided to eat some curry rice, 4 yakitori. then it was oden. next was some more yakitori, then some cake. and finally tonjiru. all the while, buyin' candy, cookies and soup from my students walkin' around. i would only buy it from them if they could give me my change in english (we just studied this in class). i also bought some cotton candy and choco bananas for the students that i'm closest with. all in all, i think that's the most food i've eaten in a long, long, long time. my stomach was probably @ around 120%. after cleanin' up everything, had a nice conversation with sekiguchi sensei on the veranda. i think we understand each other much better and our team teachin' should reflect that.
@ around 1730, met up with miyamoto san, toita sensei and utsumi sensei @ kita nara and headed to this restaurant. wasn't even that hungry, but put down the drinks. after showin' them the new 1000yen bill, toita sensei breaks out this pinsatsu 100 yen bill. they stopped producin' them a good while ago. she ended up givin' it to me! ;b then i brought out my tried and tru 2 bill swap trick but miyamoto was on my right, so he kinda saw what i did but toita sensei was still in awe. after 3 times, she still couldn't figure it out. then miyamoto shows us one of his tricks with a cigarette. pretty dope. when utsumi sensei shows us his tricks...well...they weren't really tricks...i think the best way to describe them...hmmm...well...STUPID!!! but since we were all drinkin' and havin' a good time, it was all good. the trick that i learned from asada san, worked perfectly. i used to miyamoto san as my partner and he got the clue perfectly. however, when i used utsumi sensei, he kinda ruined the trick. i should've known not to use him. well...after walkin' toita sensei home, i headed to serenade, since i haven't been there in a while. master was takin' a break and drinkin' it up. so maybe about 1 or 1.5 hrs later, he was passed out on the couch! it was good times.
on sunday, tama came by and we had a picnic. then went lookin' thru my hood (which was the first time i ventured that far south from my apt) for susuki for her ikebana class. then we just chilled , watched johnny english and then went to eat some kaiten sushi.
on monday, went into the city and had lunch @ kaoru's restaurant. grubbed on some miso butter ramen and some of kaoru's special pizza. a pretty weird combo, huh? kaoru also made this dessert that was also quite tasty. the reason i came was to hang out cuz i haven't seen her for a long time...probably since summer time. i also missed her bday party, so i had to give her her gift. she showed me the pics of her wakeboardin' trip to saipan with aki. her pops and i were talkin' bout digicams and stuff and somehow horse racin' came into the conversation. he was tellin' me how he places bet with his cell phone.
after lunch, met up with b in ginza. we went to check out wako (this super high end designer store in the heart of ginza) to see if fuyumi (mika's sister) was workin'. we totally felt outta place goin' in there. that's how high end it is. after that, we went to the apple store and i spent some time with the 40gb ipod. i had the money in my pocket too, but didn't pull the trigger. i had to think bout what i want and what i need. i want an ipod but i need an electronic dictionary. so b told me that i just came to the apple store for a tease. we then headed to a coffee shop to just chill for a few hours. then we tried to check back @ wako but no fuyumi. came home and went to ikko for a light meal.
back to my elementary school. the card game i did for them was ok, but i think the review game turned out a lot better. next week is parent's observation class, so i had to prepare a lot for that. since they had to do an electrical test, the power was out from 1600. so the principal told everyone to go home, so i headed to my jhs and went to vball practice.
so i come to school yesterday and a teacher tells me that he has to go to his student's house cuz she got into a fight with her friend. i found out later that she wouldn't open the door for the teacher and when she finally did, he found her wrists bloody. and also, one of my students last year kinda got assaulted by an old man. so it's been a pretty stressful time these past 2 days @ school.
.: news :.
- firefox 1.0 has been released
- fox to offer cell phone version of '24' tv show
- note -
since i'm goin' to thailand in december, do ya'll have any recommendations of places that i have to go/see?
since takane jhs's gym is under construction til the end of next month, we've been lettin' them come to our gym for practice. it was kinda weird at first cuz they're our rivals but in the end, i think it's a good thing cuz it should motivate our team to work harder. plus i also get great advice from oshino sensei and enomoto san.
on friday, we had our school chorus festival @ futawa kominkan. it went rather well. it was a lot different than my school last year probably because of the venue as well as number of students/classes (9 classes compared to 15). what made things worse was that it was frickin' hot inside the hall. i was really impressed with the chorus club's performance. they did the same song as one of my classes last year did. cgrats to 3-2 for defendin' their title!
as for the weekend, it was pretty hectic. saturday was my school's bazaar. but in the mornin', we had observation classes for the parents. the 8th grade class was ok, not too many parents came but the 7th grade class was fun cuz we got to play a game at the end which the students really liked. we had about an hour or so to chill until the bazaar started. when the time came, i was behind the grill, makin' yakisoba. sure, i've made yakisoba before when we go eat okonomiyaki and stuff, but that's for like 3-4 ppl. when you have to make yakisoba as a serving size for about 15 ppl, it's tougher than you think. halfway thru, my arms felt as tho they were gonna fall off. i think that if the grill was a little lower, it would've have been a lot easier. my first time, i had the principal, vice principal and like 3 other teachers tryin' to tell me what to do. i was about to say, damn, just chill!! they were gettin' annoyin'. anyhow...i teamed up utsumi sensei and we rotated and churned out like 15 or so batches. it was good that i saw chacha mama, her hubby and shimba (their grandson). nakamura sensei and chi mama came too. after walkin' around the bazaar, i decided to eat some curry rice, 4 yakitori. then it was oden. next was some more yakitori, then some cake. and finally tonjiru. all the while, buyin' candy, cookies and soup from my students walkin' around. i would only buy it from them if they could give me my change in english (we just studied this in class). i also bought some cotton candy and choco bananas for the students that i'm closest with. all in all, i think that's the most food i've eaten in a long, long, long time. my stomach was probably @ around 120%. after cleanin' up everything, had a nice conversation with sekiguchi sensei on the veranda. i think we understand each other much better and our team teachin' should reflect that.
@ around 1730, met up with miyamoto san, toita sensei and utsumi sensei @ kita nara and headed to this restaurant. wasn't even that hungry, but put down the drinks. after showin' them the new 1000yen bill, toita sensei breaks out this pinsatsu 100 yen bill. they stopped producin' them a good while ago. she ended up givin' it to me! ;b then i brought out my tried and tru 2 bill swap trick but miyamoto was on my right, so he kinda saw what i did but toita sensei was still in awe. after 3 times, she still couldn't figure it out. then miyamoto shows us one of his tricks with a cigarette. pretty dope. when utsumi sensei shows us his tricks...well...they weren't really tricks...i think the best way to describe them...hmmm...well...STUPID!!! but since we were all drinkin' and havin' a good time, it was all good. the trick that i learned from asada san, worked perfectly. i used to miyamoto san as my partner and he got the clue perfectly. however, when i used utsumi sensei, he kinda ruined the trick. i should've known not to use him. well...after walkin' toita sensei home, i headed to serenade, since i haven't been there in a while. master was takin' a break and drinkin' it up. so maybe about 1 or 1.5 hrs later, he was passed out on the couch! it was good times.
on sunday, tama came by and we had a picnic. then went lookin' thru my hood (which was the first time i ventured that far south from my apt) for susuki for her ikebana class. then we just chilled , watched johnny english and then went to eat some kaiten sushi.
on monday, went into the city and had lunch @ kaoru's restaurant. grubbed on some miso butter ramen and some of kaoru's special pizza. a pretty weird combo, huh? kaoru also made this dessert that was also quite tasty. the reason i came was to hang out cuz i haven't seen her for a long time...probably since summer time. i also missed her bday party, so i had to give her her gift. she showed me the pics of her wakeboardin' trip to saipan with aki. her pops and i were talkin' bout digicams and stuff and somehow horse racin' came into the conversation. he was tellin' me how he places bet with his cell phone.
after lunch, met up with b in ginza. we went to check out wako (this super high end designer store in the heart of ginza) to see if fuyumi (mika's sister) was workin'. we totally felt outta place goin' in there. that's how high end it is. after that, we went to the apple store and i spent some time with the 40gb ipod. i had the money in my pocket too, but didn't pull the trigger. i had to think bout what i want and what i need. i want an ipod but i need an electronic dictionary. so b told me that i just came to the apple store for a tease. we then headed to a coffee shop to just chill for a few hours. then we tried to check back @ wako but no fuyumi. came home and went to ikko for a light meal.
back to my elementary school. the card game i did for them was ok, but i think the review game turned out a lot better. next week is parent's observation class, so i had to prepare a lot for that. since they had to do an electrical test, the power was out from 1600. so the principal told everyone to go home, so i headed to my jhs and went to vball practice.
so i come to school yesterday and a teacher tells me that he has to go to his student's house cuz she got into a fight with her friend. i found out later that she wouldn't open the door for the teacher and when she finally did, he found her wrists bloody. and also, one of my students last year kinda got assaulted by an old man. so it's been a pretty stressful time these past 2 days @ school.
.: news :.
- firefox 1.0 has been released
- fox to offer cell phone version of '24' tv show
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木曜日, 11月 11, 2004.
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