Mosh Pit Disney...
Yup thats right Mosh Pit Disney...
Its the new CD compilation that I pickd up this past weekend. Its a bunch of punk/ska music that goes to your ol' favorite disney tunes. Most amusing this cd is especially the funky Japanese vocals that have the most noticible Japanglish.
Anyway this weekend was pretty jam packed. I rained a lot on Friday so we basically stayed in all night. But on Saturday one of my schools' fourh graders were having a concert and I was invited to go and see them. I invited Krystal to come with me and basically took about an hour to get there. But she got to see some of my students and she got to hear some nice jamming. For instance theres a song that was really popular in Japan last year so its everywhere this year. It by a band called SMAP. I believe its Lauren's favorite Japanese band. It was pretty cool and then we went to visit my supervisor (she a SPED class teacher) so on the day of the ocncert it was kind of like an open house with parents and stuff. The SPED kids put on this little play that was really fun to watch.
Afterwards we headed to a sushi place called Kura Kura sushi. ( I think Kura Kura is the Japanese onomatopia for going round.) It was like eating like Genkis. I couldn't believe eating somewhere in Japan made me miss home so much. The bike ride was about 20 minutes off course so we sluggishly made it back into town where we live around 1:00.
But Krystal's school had a thing called undokai, which is kind of like a field day, where all the students in each grade participate in some physically "show" whether dance or relay race. The school did really good and the sixth graders put on a really good show of human pyramids and yoga type demonstrations. On the finale piece they made a human pyramid that was about 5 levels high it was really cool.
After that we came home for a much needed rest. We had left home at about 8:00 that morning and we were getting back around 5:00ish and of the 10 hours I think 3 hours went to riding bikes. But after a qucik break we went to get our hair cut. Krystal went to a hair salon and I went to a regular barber. It was a little apprehnsive about getting my hari cut since I've been going to the same place for about 10 years back at home. So when I went to this new place I tried to explain in my best Japanese exactly how I wanted it. He said ok and grabbed a pair of scissors and started tohack away!! I was so scared 'cause I had no idea what he was doing. When he finally stopped to change weapons I had a chance to get a glimps in the mirror and guess who I saw.... Friar Tuck from Robin Hood!!! I went into shock. This can't be the end of the haircut, there was no way that I can leave this place with my haircut like that. Fortunately we wasn't done and started to shape my haircut. Then it started to look pretty decent and I wasn't really worried. But then he started to recline the chair forward. And magically in front of me where there sued to be mirror now stood a sink. Where the hell did that sink come from? I have no idea. Anyway he asks me to bend over and he shampoos my hair. I thought they only did that at beauty salons... anyway it was nice and refreshing. Then he reclined the seat back to the main postion and gave me a hot towel for my face which he kind of put on and wiped my face. Then he reclined the chair again, this time backwards. Then the woman that worked there same out with shaving cream. Then I saw a razor blade, the ones in old movies where the guy gets shave with an actual blade. And she started to give me a shave which I kind of didn't need but oh wells. After the shave I was put into the upright seating position. Then the barber came back and put this kind of alcohol/peppermint ting in my head and totally thrashed my scalp. I guess it was supposed to be like a scalp massage. Then after that he cleaned me off and put the finishing touches on my hair. So after al this I have anew haircut... hmmmm I guess its ok.... nothing spectacular but different.
Was that the end of my day? Nope... it was my first day at the kendo dojo! That's right I gonna take kendo. Saturday was just to watch but it was pretty intense. They literally scream as they charge and I noticed you practice getting hit in the head with the bamboo sword. But I was so interested that I told them that I would come back. The sensei told me that it was hard work and the firts couple months all you do is practice swinging your sword. So should I do it? HELL YEAH!! I'm not going anywhere for a while so why not trying something cultural in Japan? It looks pretty interesting to be in the gear and haivng matches and stuff. (the gear which I won't be getting until about 6 months of swinging practice.) But still I'm excited, not to mention the challenge I have with Jake....
That was my weekend so far... so exhausted....
BREAK IT DOWN!!!
Its the new CD compilation that I pickd up this past weekend. Its a bunch of punk/ska music that goes to your ol' favorite disney tunes. Most amusing this cd is especially the funky Japanese vocals that have the most noticible Japanglish.
Anyway this weekend was pretty jam packed. I rained a lot on Friday so we basically stayed in all night. But on Saturday one of my schools' fourh graders were having a concert and I was invited to go and see them. I invited Krystal to come with me and basically took about an hour to get there. But she got to see some of my students and she got to hear some nice jamming. For instance theres a song that was really popular in Japan last year so its everywhere this year. It by a band called SMAP. I believe its Lauren's favorite Japanese band. It was pretty cool and then we went to visit my supervisor (she a SPED class teacher) so on the day of the ocncert it was kind of like an open house with parents and stuff. The SPED kids put on this little play that was really fun to watch.
Afterwards we headed to a sushi place called Kura Kura sushi. ( I think Kura Kura is the Japanese onomatopia for going round.) It was like eating like Genkis. I couldn't believe eating somewhere in Japan made me miss home so much. The bike ride was about 20 minutes off course so we sluggishly made it back into town where we live around 1:00.
But Krystal's school had a thing called undokai, which is kind of like a field day, where all the students in each grade participate in some physically "show" whether dance or relay race. The school did really good and the sixth graders put on a really good show of human pyramids and yoga type demonstrations. On the finale piece they made a human pyramid that was about 5 levels high it was really cool.
After that we came home for a much needed rest. We had left home at about 8:00 that morning and we were getting back around 5:00ish and of the 10 hours I think 3 hours went to riding bikes. But after a qucik break we went to get our hair cut. Krystal went to a hair salon and I went to a regular barber. It was a little apprehnsive about getting my hari cut since I've been going to the same place for about 10 years back at home. So when I went to this new place I tried to explain in my best Japanese exactly how I wanted it. He said ok and grabbed a pair of scissors and started tohack away!! I was so scared 'cause I had no idea what he was doing. When he finally stopped to change weapons I had a chance to get a glimps in the mirror and guess who I saw.... Friar Tuck from Robin Hood!!! I went into shock. This can't be the end of the haircut, there was no way that I can leave this place with my haircut like that. Fortunately we wasn't done and started to shape my haircut. Then it started to look pretty decent and I wasn't really worried. But then he started to recline the chair forward. And magically in front of me where there sued to be mirror now stood a sink. Where the hell did that sink come from? I have no idea. Anyway he asks me to bend over and he shampoos my hair. I thought they only did that at beauty salons... anyway it was nice and refreshing. Then he reclined the seat back to the main postion and gave me a hot towel for my face which he kind of put on and wiped my face. Then he reclined the chair again, this time backwards. Then the woman that worked there same out with shaving cream. Then I saw a razor blade, the ones in old movies where the guy gets shave with an actual blade. And she started to give me a shave which I kind of didn't need but oh wells. After the shave I was put into the upright seating position. Then the barber came back and put this kind of alcohol/peppermint ting in my head and totally thrashed my scalp. I guess it was supposed to be like a scalp massage. Then after that he cleaned me off and put the finishing touches on my hair. So after al this I have anew haircut... hmmmm I guess its ok.... nothing spectacular but different.
Was that the end of my day? Nope... it was my first day at the kendo dojo! That's right I gonna take kendo. Saturday was just to watch but it was pretty intense. They literally scream as they charge and I noticed you practice getting hit in the head with the bamboo sword. But I was so interested that I told them that I would come back. The sensei told me that it was hard work and the firts couple months all you do is practice swinging your sword. So should I do it? HELL YEAH!! I'm not going anywhere for a while so why not trying something cultural in Japan? It looks pretty interesting to be in the gear and haivng matches and stuff. (the gear which I won't be getting until about 6 months of swinging practice.) But still I'm excited, not to mention the challenge I have with Jake....
That was my weekend so far... so exhausted....
BREAK IT DOWN!!!
posted by Chris at 10:42 PM
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aw. w/ my mullet/shaggy hair cut, and if you had a friar tuck 'do, we coulda gotten lisa to shave her head bald, or at least make it a little orphan annie 'fro. and get krystal to make hers like lesbo rosie o'donell.
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