what a long week!

had finals this week. corrected all the 8th graders' tests and i must say, they didn't do too well.

had my elementary school's rokunensei okurukai (6th grader farewell assembly). it was really cute and very nice.

came back to school and had vball practice. not sure if the girls are gonna be ready for tomorrow's practice tournament but oh well.

get to hang out with kyoko for a bit since she just came back from ny after a year. then her, b and i are gonna head to yokohama to see marvin and watch the all star game and probably i'm gonna have to drink with pops ;b should be a chill weekend.

in sports news...

webber a 76er!?! baron a warrior!?! 'toine back to da celts!?! some pretty crazy trades went down @ da trade deadline. should be an interestin' 2nd half...

aite then,

kaz out...

the 4th graders did this jump rope routine.  

more jump ropin' 

"arigatou" 

all da 2nd graders 

the 1st graders' performance 

the 3rd graders came out with this crazy performance 

the 6th graders enjoyin' the performance 

3rd graders dancin' 

the 3rd graders' in their masks 

5th graders' rendition of the wizard of oz 

the wicked witch and her minions 

they had some interestin' props 

the 5th graders thank you speech 

the 6th graders performin' for the 1st-5th graders 

the 6th graders singin' a song to the 1st-5th graders 

pops and me @ ikko for the annual dinner that mama has for him. hmmm...next one oct. 2k6!!! 

sensei makin' the sukiyaki for me & pops 

pops and toita sensei doin' a duet...well, more like toita sensei takin' over cuz pops only knows the first line of the japanese song ;b 

shacho tryin' to eat a fried egg with chopsticks while bein' super drunk 

toita sensei and kita (doin' his wink) ;b 

top: pops, toita sensei, daisuke, sensei bottom: me, mama, sakamoto, kita 

dad took tajima & kazue out for some yakiniku as thanks for lettin' him stay at their house. after that, we headed to their favorite little bar. met up with jo san. too much drinkin' and lots of singin'. first time i heard pops sing a korean song.  

we all got together for goto sensei's (mita jhs's principal) bday. went drinkin' with this guy last year. he's a crackup. always has his wrestlin' mask. 

we played all kinds of games. this game was a janken (rock, paper, scissors) for $$$. it was a single elimination tourney w/da winner takin' all (100yen/person) i was eliminated in da first round ;( 

the toilet paper weddin' dress game begins