Back to the Middle and Around Again
Sorry it’s really has been a while since I last posted. Actually I tried blogging twice but the first time I didn’t have my jump drive and the second time I tried the laptop I was using in school couldn’t read my jump drive. I usually blog while I am at school but this past week has been a little difficult.
Anyway in new news, I have made it back to my base school. The very first school I started all the way in April. So far the students are not too bad. At this school the level of students’ enthusiasm is reciprocal to their attitude outside of school. During class, I can’t get any of them to say a simple “I’m ok” or answer any kind of answer. But outside of class I get bombarded with so many questions that sometimes the other teachers have to tell them to leave the staff room. It’s so weird here. So far each school that I have been to has had some sort of weird quirk unique to the school. The baseball guys seem to be the best “Jengrish” speakers. The best part was yesterday when they came and talked to me about their team. I asked them what position they played and my little comments but the funniest part was when this second year outfielder made a comment about the team captain that his position was “bench player.” I thought that was pretty funny. He izu Kaputan, but he izu za besto benchi pureya! Ahh, the kids make me crack up.
In other news just two more days until we I get to back to my element, elementary school. I can’t wait to play dodge ball, freeze tag, and just be the bully of the playground again. Something about having “street cred” in elementary school is pretty cool. Make all those little punks pay!!
This past weekend was pretty awesome. So many things happened that I don’t know where to begin. In the morning I went to one of my elementary school’s Sports Day. Its kind of like a Field Day. I was planning of skipping it in the morning but it was a good thing, since the teacher told their students that I was coming. But I watched their relays and competitions and made haste back home because it was also Costco Day!
This particular trip was pretty awesome because we decided to rent a van and go to Costco. Krystal played around with some numbers and found out that it would a little cheaper to rent a car than paying for all the train tickets. And because we had he car we got really crazy with meat and frozen foods. I would totally recommend going by car than by train. Oh yeah, not lugging around suitcases there and back was also a plus.
After Costco, I had an enkai with my old elementary school, which Kevin has this year. They were crazy as usual and everyone got drunk off their asses. This school totally knows how to party and party we did. We ended up going to two parties that night with the teachers and afterwards meeting up with the original Taiwan clique to do more drinking. I got so drunk that I started a slapping fight with my friend and you would be surprised what you don’t feel when intoxicated. We were really slapping each other in the face.
After coming home drunk, we had to wake up early the next morning (12-ish) to play some kickball. It seems to be a fad amongst us Kyoto JETs. Everyone loves to play kickball. What a funny sight it is to see a bunch of grown men and women play8ing kickball, some of them inebriated. Man kickball totally rocks!!
Not much going on in other news, except Krystal’s sisters Kumiko and Kazue (Karyn and Katrina) are coming next Tuesday. Krystal is pretty excited even though she doesn’t like to show it. She always talks about them coming and what we’re gonna do when they come. Actually I’m pretty excited about them coming too. It would be nice to see some familiar faces. But you know what that means? Crazy cleaning…. Sigh…
Break it Down
Anyway in new news, I have made it back to my base school. The very first school I started all the way in April. So far the students are not too bad. At this school the level of students’ enthusiasm is reciprocal to their attitude outside of school. During class, I can’t get any of them to say a simple “I’m ok” or answer any kind of answer. But outside of class I get bombarded with so many questions that sometimes the other teachers have to tell them to leave the staff room. It’s so weird here. So far each school that I have been to has had some sort of weird quirk unique to the school. The baseball guys seem to be the best “Jengrish” speakers. The best part was yesterday when they came and talked to me about their team. I asked them what position they played and my little comments but the funniest part was when this second year outfielder made a comment about the team captain that his position was “bench player.” I thought that was pretty funny. He izu Kaputan, but he izu za besto benchi pureya! Ahh, the kids make me crack up.
In other news just two more days until we I get to back to my element, elementary school. I can’t wait to play dodge ball, freeze tag, and just be the bully of the playground again. Something about having “street cred” in elementary school is pretty cool. Make all those little punks pay!!
This past weekend was pretty awesome. So many things happened that I don’t know where to begin. In the morning I went to one of my elementary school’s Sports Day. Its kind of like a Field Day. I was planning of skipping it in the morning but it was a good thing, since the teacher told their students that I was coming. But I watched their relays and competitions and made haste back home because it was also Costco Day!
This particular trip was pretty awesome because we decided to rent a van and go to Costco. Krystal played around with some numbers and found out that it would a little cheaper to rent a car than paying for all the train tickets. And because we had he car we got really crazy with meat and frozen foods. I would totally recommend going by car than by train. Oh yeah, not lugging around suitcases there and back was also a plus.
After Costco, I had an enkai with my old elementary school, which Kevin has this year. They were crazy as usual and everyone got drunk off their asses. This school totally knows how to party and party we did. We ended up going to two parties that night with the teachers and afterwards meeting up with the original Taiwan clique to do more drinking. I got so drunk that I started a slapping fight with my friend and you would be surprised what you don’t feel when intoxicated. We were really slapping each other in the face.
After coming home drunk, we had to wake up early the next morning (12-ish) to play some kickball. It seems to be a fad amongst us Kyoto JETs. Everyone loves to play kickball. What a funny sight it is to see a bunch of grown men and women play8ing kickball, some of them inebriated. Man kickball totally rocks!!
Not much going on in other news, except Krystal’s sisters Kumiko and Kazue (Karyn and Katrina) are coming next Tuesday. Krystal is pretty excited even though she doesn’t like to show it. She always talks about them coming and what we’re gonna do when they come. Actually I’m pretty excited about them coming too. It would be nice to see some familiar faces. But you know what that means? Crazy cleaning…. Sigh…
Break it Down
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