Bada Bing!
Finally the rain has stopped. It has been raining for about 3 days straight. At least the air feels a little cooler. Yesterday I ran into Kevin and he was saying that the crappy weather was holding back C501 as well as C401 from going to the grocery store. We had been without fresh provisions since last week. It got to the point where Krystal was willing to ride in the rain (grocery store is a 20 minute walk) to get some food for the week. But as soon as we got outside the rain stopped and even on the return trip the rain didn’t come down.
Recently we’ve been hooked on The Sopranos. My buddy Kevin dropped it via the Bucket and ever since last week Friday we’ve been watching. If you haven’t seen the show its fairly entertaining. The writing is really good as it keeps the hardcore mob lifestyle true as well as the dramatic family issues. When I was working at BlockBuster season 3 just came out on video. I must have had more than 20 callers a night asking if the Sopranos were in. I had some people come in at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday for the videos so that they may have it for the weekend. At least I can now understand why. I would totally recommend it to anyone that is interested in mafias, crime, gratuitous violence, soft core pornography, and the occasional sexual joke. We usually start to watch an episode while eating dinner but we get addicted and it takes us 10 or even 11 o’clock at night to stop. Actually Krystal is more addicted than I am. After every episode it’s, “one more?”
Today is the last day at Rokujoin and I don’t come back until November. This school is ok but I think I prefer my other schools. I don’t know why but something about this school doesn’t make me feel all to comfortable. The 6th graders in this school are really good but the 5th graders are little punks. During my introduction lesson I usually have a question time and out of all my schools I have ever had in Japan, I got the questions, “Did you have sex before, do you do perverted things, do you watch porn, and do you like to have sex?” WTF!?!? And the teacher didn’t even flinch. He’s the type that just sits at his desk and becomes a nonexistent rock every time there is English. Occasionally he tells his kids to shut up or something but not nearly as enough as he should. So what do I do when I’m asked these questions? Act stupid. What? What? I don’t know what you’re trying to say. I just act like I can’t understand a word because of their Japanese accents and then I just go on to the next questions. Stupid kids, wish I could just smack a few of them.
I went to a meeting at a new school I’m going to have next week and they seem a lot cooler than this school. All the teachers look really anxious to see me do my thing. The principal was really cool and looked eager to get me teaching. I saw some of the kids walking around and they kind of looked like punks but can’t judge until after I teach them. Actually I don’t want anyone to think that this school is bad its just everyone has that one school that they dislike and I think this is the school for me. Remember last year I always bitched about my Friday school? These kids are not as bad as those kids but this is my new “dislike school.”
I have 2 more elementary schools on my list and then I make my way back to junior high again. Even the worst elementary school can’t compare to as junior high. It’s just so boring. But at least it’s going to happen when I come back from Hawaii. A nice long vacation is exactly what I need.
I can’t believe that I made a year here already. I was reading my previous blogs from October and I felt like all the things just happened. It’s been so long yet so short. I remember some of the events as if it were last week, in clear detail. All I know is that maybe my second year will go by a little slower so that I may take it in a little deeper.
Ok I feel like I’ve been babbling this whole time. Anyway until next time.
Break it Down
Recently we’ve been hooked on The Sopranos. My buddy Kevin dropped it via the Bucket and ever since last week Friday we’ve been watching. If you haven’t seen the show its fairly entertaining. The writing is really good as it keeps the hardcore mob lifestyle true as well as the dramatic family issues. When I was working at BlockBuster season 3 just came out on video. I must have had more than 20 callers a night asking if the Sopranos were in. I had some people come in at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday for the videos so that they may have it for the weekend. At least I can now understand why. I would totally recommend it to anyone that is interested in mafias, crime, gratuitous violence, soft core pornography, and the occasional sexual joke. We usually start to watch an episode while eating dinner but we get addicted and it takes us 10 or even 11 o’clock at night to stop. Actually Krystal is more addicted than I am. After every episode it’s, “one more?”
Today is the last day at Rokujoin and I don’t come back until November. This school is ok but I think I prefer my other schools. I don’t know why but something about this school doesn’t make me feel all to comfortable. The 6th graders in this school are really good but the 5th graders are little punks. During my introduction lesson I usually have a question time and out of all my schools I have ever had in Japan, I got the questions, “Did you have sex before, do you do perverted things, do you watch porn, and do you like to have sex?” WTF!?!? And the teacher didn’t even flinch. He’s the type that just sits at his desk and becomes a nonexistent rock every time there is English. Occasionally he tells his kids to shut up or something but not nearly as enough as he should. So what do I do when I’m asked these questions? Act stupid. What? What? I don’t know what you’re trying to say. I just act like I can’t understand a word because of their Japanese accents and then I just go on to the next questions. Stupid kids, wish I could just smack a few of them.
I went to a meeting at a new school I’m going to have next week and they seem a lot cooler than this school. All the teachers look really anxious to see me do my thing. The principal was really cool and looked eager to get me teaching. I saw some of the kids walking around and they kind of looked like punks but can’t judge until after I teach them. Actually I don’t want anyone to think that this school is bad its just everyone has that one school that they dislike and I think this is the school for me. Remember last year I always bitched about my Friday school? These kids are not as bad as those kids but this is my new “dislike school.”
I have 2 more elementary schools on my list and then I make my way back to junior high again. Even the worst elementary school can’t compare to as junior high. It’s just so boring. But at least it’s going to happen when I come back from Hawaii. A nice long vacation is exactly what I need.
I can’t believe that I made a year here already. I was reading my previous blogs from October and I felt like all the things just happened. It’s been so long yet so short. I remember some of the events as if it were last week, in clear detail. All I know is that maybe my second year will go by a little slower so that I may take it in a little deeper.
Ok I feel like I’ve been babbling this whole time. Anyway until next time.
Break it Down
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