Long Time No See!!
Hey there, all the peopel that read this blog. I'm sorry that I haven't been really blogging recently. The thing is that this past week has been busy with our mid year seminar and everytime I tried to log on at schools the interent was messing up. But here I am now and get ready for a full update...
OK so I'm finally getting over my cold. But every morning when I wake up I feel like I still have it lingering around. The mornings have been colder and Krystal and Ihave finally taken out the winter blanket and even doubled up on some nights. Krystal is also fighting a cold that doens't seem to be letting up. So in general how are we Hawaiians adjusting to the cold? Not too good.
This past weekend was a blur since I don't think anything happened. We had the last day of the Fall Sumo tournament and we came in... third. Not bad for some sumo newbies. Actually the funny thing is that out of the 6 people that played, the three newbs were in the top 3. We actually were in second place going into the last day but we ended up going 2-4 on the day and the guys behind us went 6-0. Getting one more win than us to sneak the second place spot. It was pretty exciting how it all came down to the last day though. I wouldn't mind participating in another tournament. And the best part the next tournament will be held in Osaka, which means we might be able to go and see a match day! Our Osaka is like Kaimuki's Millilani. Too far to walk but with transportation, easy breezy.
So anyway the mid year seminar. Can't believe we made it to mid year. Krystal was going off last night how we had made it all the way to the half way point and yet it hasn't sunk in that we LIVE in Japan. Anyway the two day seminar meeting fest was... not that beneficial to us Elementary folk. Actually the overall impression that I got was that the seminar was mainly beneficial to the Fu JETS. The jet participants that come from Kyoto Fu prefecture. They have the small towns out in the boonies of Kyoto so their interaction with other JETS are minimal. We Kyoto Shi JETs, the city folk meet every two weeks so this seminar was an extra meeting for us. But I did come away with some new understandings and information on how to teach. Also meet some cool elementary peopel from the FU that seem pretty cool.
The best part about the seminiars were the extra currlcular stuff we did after. The first day we went to a nearby micro-brewery. We boozed it uop with some really good tasting beer. Beer that wasn't Kirin. They even had some interesting beer that was kind of mixed with sake. Talk about buzzing. They also had some pretty good food taht went very nicely with the beer. COnversation topics included, Las Vegas and how it rocks and how hard it will rock the next time we go, Super heros and how Batman is a super hero even though he has no super powers (other than his money), and why beer tasted so good.
Last night was an even cooler event. The second and final day of the seminar was ok, even had a pretty cool lecture on culture shock. But afterwards was the annual Kyoto City Board of Education Bowling and Dinner social! I ddin't bowl but I did go to cheer my buddies Kevin and Val on. They did alot better tahn what I would have done but it was all in good fun. The dinner aftewards was an all you can eat and drink banquet. Talk about party animals! These Japanese peopel really know how to tank their brew. And teh food was AWESOME!! They had everyhting from scallops to roast beef. Not to mention the never ending Asahi super dry and the chocoalte mousse. I went home feelig pretty good for the past two nights.
Tonight the festivities continue with Kevin and Val coming over for dinner and a movie. We can now watch movies with teh PS2 in the Japanese region. On teh menu... pork chops in cream of mushroom gravy, steamed asparagus and broclolli, and maybe some salad. Then on cinema... Hero starring Jet LI, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Lieu. Sounds like a good night for me!!
BREAK IT DOWN...bebe!
OK so I'm finally getting over my cold. But every morning when I wake up I feel like I still have it lingering around. The mornings have been colder and Krystal and Ihave finally taken out the winter blanket and even doubled up on some nights. Krystal is also fighting a cold that doens't seem to be letting up. So in general how are we Hawaiians adjusting to the cold? Not too good.
This past weekend was a blur since I don't think anything happened. We had the last day of the Fall Sumo tournament and we came in... third. Not bad for some sumo newbies. Actually the funny thing is that out of the 6 people that played, the three newbs were in the top 3. We actually were in second place going into the last day but we ended up going 2-4 on the day and the guys behind us went 6-0. Getting one more win than us to sneak the second place spot. It was pretty exciting how it all came down to the last day though. I wouldn't mind participating in another tournament. And the best part the next tournament will be held in Osaka, which means we might be able to go and see a match day! Our Osaka is like Kaimuki's Millilani. Too far to walk but with transportation, easy breezy.
So anyway the mid year seminar. Can't believe we made it to mid year. Krystal was going off last night how we had made it all the way to the half way point and yet it hasn't sunk in that we LIVE in Japan. Anyway the two day seminar meeting fest was... not that beneficial to us Elementary folk. Actually the overall impression that I got was that the seminar was mainly beneficial to the Fu JETS. The jet participants that come from Kyoto Fu prefecture. They have the small towns out in the boonies of Kyoto so their interaction with other JETS are minimal. We Kyoto Shi JETs, the city folk meet every two weeks so this seminar was an extra meeting for us. But I did come away with some new understandings and information on how to teach. Also meet some cool elementary peopel from the FU that seem pretty cool.
The best part about the seminiars were the extra currlcular stuff we did after. The first day we went to a nearby micro-brewery. We boozed it uop with some really good tasting beer. Beer that wasn't Kirin. They even had some interesting beer that was kind of mixed with sake. Talk about buzzing. They also had some pretty good food taht went very nicely with the beer. COnversation topics included, Las Vegas and how it rocks and how hard it will rock the next time we go, Super heros and how Batman is a super hero even though he has no super powers (other than his money), and why beer tasted so good.
Last night was an even cooler event. The second and final day of the seminar was ok, even had a pretty cool lecture on culture shock. But afterwards was the annual Kyoto City Board of Education Bowling and Dinner social! I ddin't bowl but I did go to cheer my buddies Kevin and Val on. They did alot better tahn what I would have done but it was all in good fun. The dinner aftewards was an all you can eat and drink banquet. Talk about party animals! These Japanese peopel really know how to tank their brew. And teh food was AWESOME!! They had everyhting from scallops to roast beef. Not to mention the never ending Asahi super dry and the chocoalte mousse. I went home feelig pretty good for the past two nights.
Tonight the festivities continue with Kevin and Val coming over for dinner and a movie. We can now watch movies with teh PS2 in the Japanese region. On teh menu... pork chops in cream of mushroom gravy, steamed asparagus and broclolli, and maybe some salad. Then on cinema... Hero starring Jet LI, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Lieu. Sounds like a good night for me!!
BREAK IT DOWN...bebe!
posted by Chris at 2:01 PM
2 Comments:
what is kaimuki's mililani?
What I was trying to say was comparing the distant from kaimuki to milliani. Not that Kaimuki possesses a place called millilani.
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