hello everyone! october is going well. i'm really enjoying working at the school, and everything is working out pretty well despite the fact that yahoo babelfish is doing most of the work when it comes to communication between the other teachers and myself. i just can't seem to put the words together yet. still studying, though, so hopefully that will change soon.
i've been sick for a little while (since last friday), but now it's going away and i hope to be all better by tomorrow morning. now i will go to sleep and maybe post something more exciting this weekend. oooooooweeeee.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
the internet
i bet you thought i would have posted something on here by now! BUT I DIDN'T, DID I? because i didn't have the internet. now i have the internet, so my life is back to normal and i can watch the office and hell's kitchen and 30 rock if it ever comes out. on a related (and startling) note, hulu.com does not work in japan. it is a sad day for internet tv. (but not really, because there are lots of other illegal tv sites; hooray!!)
anyway, i will give you a quick rundown of what happened while i didn't have real internet:
-we got off the plane and took a bus (limousine bus, mind you) to shinjuku
-mark met us LITERALLY as we stepped off the bus (alan was hugging him while he was still on the steps, and i have to admit... i was pretty sure alan was just so excited to be in tokyo that he had hugged a stranger)
-we dragged 200 pounds of luggage down the world's narrowest and steepest stairway into what we had ASSUMED was a ramen place, but soon found out was a restaurant specializing in tongue. good, though surprising.
-i was grumpy and tired
-we went out all night the next night and had an AMAZING TIME!!
-the next day i was sick, and grumpy and tired
-then we did normal day to day things and had fun and stuff, but i can't remember anything specific at the moment... so i will fill this part in later
-five days after we got here we had our first and only interview, after which we were hired as assistant language teachers for the school district of kawaguchi city!
-then we did lots of things that were fun; see the bullet point before last for more information
-now we are teachers and it is fun!
-alan and i have switched commute times: i have a 30 minute commute and he has an hour commute!
-we have the internet!
-everything is awesome!
ok, i will tell you more later. ask specific questions if you want; i'm sure i will remember more things worth telling if prompted. ok bai!!!!!! ja ne!
anyway, i will give you a quick rundown of what happened while i didn't have real internet:
-we got off the plane and took a bus (limousine bus, mind you) to shinjuku
-mark met us LITERALLY as we stepped off the bus (alan was hugging him while he was still on the steps, and i have to admit... i was pretty sure alan was just so excited to be in tokyo that he had hugged a stranger)
-we dragged 200 pounds of luggage down the world's narrowest and steepest stairway into what we had ASSUMED was a ramen place, but soon found out was a restaurant specializing in tongue. good, though surprising.
-i was grumpy and tired
-we went out all night the next night and had an AMAZING TIME!!
-the next day i was sick, and grumpy and tired
-then we did normal day to day things and had fun and stuff, but i can't remember anything specific at the moment... so i will fill this part in later
-five days after we got here we had our first and only interview, after which we were hired as assistant language teachers for the school district of kawaguchi city!
-then we did lots of things that were fun; see the bullet point before last for more information
-now we are teachers and it is fun!
-alan and i have switched commute times: i have a 30 minute commute and he has an hour commute!
-we have the internet!
-everything is awesome!
ok, i will tell you more later. ask specific questions if you want; i'm sure i will remember more things worth telling if prompted. ok bai!!!!!! ja ne!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
t-minus 3 days and counting
we are less than 72 hours from take-off, and i am not ready at all. everything will be ok, though. i promise.
everyone has asked for pictures, so alan and i will be buying a digital camera (maybe even two if they are $6 each) when we get there. until then, you are going to have to settle for webcam pictures of us. and you will be thankful to have them, because there are very sad children in africa who have no pictures of us to look at EVER.
i think we will also be getting a skype account or two, and will let you know the details of that later. if you're not into skype, i've taken a real shine to gchat's video chat option, and look forward to being awake in the middle of the night to talk to you american types.
time to begin an adventure. weeeeeeee!
everyone has asked for pictures, so alan and i will be buying a digital camera (maybe even two if they are $6 each) when we get there. until then, you are going to have to settle for webcam pictures of us. and you will be thankful to have them, because there are very sad children in africa who have no pictures of us to look at EVER.
i think we will also be getting a skype account or two, and will let you know the details of that later. if you're not into skype, i've taken a real shine to gchat's video chat option, and look forward to being awake in the middle of the night to talk to you american types.
time to begin an adventure. weeeeeeee!
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