The weekend is too short
Hey guys sorry its been a while. Well its Sunday and the weekend is more than half over. Then I have four days of work then a THREE DAY WEEKEND! From a slacker point of view, the first semester of school is better since its chalk full of three day weekends and holidays. And because we are special in Hawaii the three day weekends start in August with Statehood Day! At the moment we don't have plans yet but if all the cards fall in right spaces then we might spend a night at Turtle Bay Hilton. Krystal has work to do up there and the Shidler College of Business is paying for a night. Why not go up and take advantage?
The first full week of school just ended and it seems like its going to be pretty challenging in the future. Well the newest stuff at school is the Welcome Back Assembly. We have a new counselor this year and he wanted to start the school with a bang. Something like a PEP rally for the starting of the school year. So where does this put me? Well during the first week of school I felt some what bad because the kids where so drained for all the rules and regulations that we were going over. So on the first day to give the kids a break I turned on some music with my iPod and ad them just get up and dance. You know to shake off all the stiffness of the morning. Anyway I went with "Pop! Goes my Heart" from Music and Lyrics and the kids totally loved it. I had them do a very simple dance and ever since then they ask for it everyday. I wanted to change it up so they've done dances for "Time Warp" and "Walk Like an Egyptian." But the all time favorite seems to be "Pop! Goes my Heart." Anyway the kids looked so cute that I asked a one of the other teachers to come and watch and she thought it was the cutest thing ever.
So I come to school a few days after the initial show when I'm sent to straight to the counselor's room. He very subtly lets me know about the up coming Welcome Back Assembly and how he's been looking for something or someone to perform to bring up school morale. What could I say? He's new to the school and he needs some help and I was put right there on the spot. So I said YES. Now the hard part, convincing my kids that they want to perform in front of the whole school.
At first when I presented with the performance I got a mixed reaction. Some kids were out right against singing and dancing in front of the school. The other half had a nuke warm enthusiasm. So I told them that they didn't have to if they didn't want to and that we were going to take the "all for one and one for all" motto so if one person in the class didn't want to, than we wouldn't go. So of course there were a few that were absolutely against it. I came up with an inspirational speech that would have been good for any Family Channel Movie. Bottom line I told them, if they did this performance they would become rock stars. Everyone in the school would know who they were, what class they were in, and who their teacher was. Now I asked them, "Do you want that kind of stardom?" Pause . . . . . YEAH! Everyone was just sold on the belief that they would be rock stars. Which they would be but not to the grand scale that I jazzed it up to be. So we are currently on the bill at the school Welcome Back Assembly.
The weekend, 0n Friday we decided to do something with Krystal's family. The night started off pretty slow with some time on the Wii, but after we got the call to go karaoke we were there. It was the usual beer drinking crowd. But the highlight must have been little Jojo who before her trip to Japan could only handle one heineken took down three not to mention 2-3 shots of sake. But I guess thats what Japan does.
Saturday was actually a "natsukashii" day. We got to sleep in a little and started the day with a visit to the doctor's office. Krystal needed to get her shots and stuff. After that we went for lunch at Hata's. Its this really small hole in the wall place that has Japanese food. Yeah the food was a little expensive but it felt like the little restaurant we found in Japan close to Ginkakuji. It brought back memories and was just like old times in Japan. After filling our bellies to the max with awesome Japanese food we went for dessert at Waiola Shave Ice. I guess the walk to the car was just enough to drp the food down a little so we can out a little more food in. I had my usual and Krystal had something that really tasted like Goodie Goodie.
We hurried home to help with the Spring Cleaning? I guess its not spring but every once in a while my mom gets this idea in head that she needs to clean the whole house. Like the all the trimmings and behind couches and etc. Krystal had kitchen table top duty and I had to clean my shelves. I guess my mom was happy about the cleaning day that she took everyone out for Mexican. And for the second time today we were stuffed to the max. Later that night Jake and Clifton came by to play the Wii and watch DVDs. We saw Hot Fuzz and it was just as funny as the first time we watched it.
Well its Sunday and we were supposed to play DnD but our DM seems to be missing. Well I did plan on cleaning my car today and there is this blog so I guess my Sunday is pretty much set. Oh and congratulations to Krystal's parents on their wedding anniversary which we'll all go to the dinner for. WHOO HOO Teppanyaki here we come!
The first full week of school just ended and it seems like its going to be pretty challenging in the future. Well the newest stuff at school is the Welcome Back Assembly. We have a new counselor this year and he wanted to start the school with a bang. Something like a PEP rally for the starting of the school year. So where does this put me? Well during the first week of school I felt some what bad because the kids where so drained for all the rules and regulations that we were going over. So on the first day to give the kids a break I turned on some music with my iPod and ad them just get up and dance. You know to shake off all the stiffness of the morning. Anyway I went with "Pop! Goes my Heart" from Music and Lyrics and the kids totally loved it. I had them do a very simple dance and ever since then they ask for it everyday. I wanted to change it up so they've done dances for "Time Warp" and "Walk Like an Egyptian." But the all time favorite seems to be "Pop! Goes my Heart." Anyway the kids looked so cute that I asked a one of the other teachers to come and watch and she thought it was the cutest thing ever.
So I come to school a few days after the initial show when I'm sent to straight to the counselor's room. He very subtly lets me know about the up coming Welcome Back Assembly and how he's been looking for something or someone to perform to bring up school morale. What could I say? He's new to the school and he needs some help and I was put right there on the spot. So I said YES. Now the hard part, convincing my kids that they want to perform in front of the whole school.
At first when I presented with the performance I got a mixed reaction. Some kids were out right against singing and dancing in front of the school. The other half had a nuke warm enthusiasm. So I told them that they didn't have to if they didn't want to and that we were going to take the "all for one and one for all" motto so if one person in the class didn't want to, than we wouldn't go. So of course there were a few that were absolutely against it. I came up with an inspirational speech that would have been good for any Family Channel Movie. Bottom line I told them, if they did this performance they would become rock stars. Everyone in the school would know who they were, what class they were in, and who their teacher was. Now I asked them, "Do you want that kind of stardom?" Pause . . . . . YEAH! Everyone was just sold on the belief that they would be rock stars. Which they would be but not to the grand scale that I jazzed it up to be. So we are currently on the bill at the school Welcome Back Assembly.
The weekend, 0n Friday we decided to do something with Krystal's family. The night started off pretty slow with some time on the Wii, but after we got the call to go karaoke we were there. It was the usual beer drinking crowd. But the highlight must have been little Jojo who before her trip to Japan could only handle one heineken took down three not to mention 2-3 shots of sake. But I guess thats what Japan does.
Saturday was actually a "natsukashii" day. We got to sleep in a little and started the day with a visit to the doctor's office. Krystal needed to get her shots and stuff. After that we went for lunch at Hata's. Its this really small hole in the wall place that has Japanese food. Yeah the food was a little expensive but it felt like the little restaurant we found in Japan close to Ginkakuji. It brought back memories and was just like old times in Japan. After filling our bellies to the max with awesome Japanese food we went for dessert at Waiola Shave Ice. I guess the walk to the car was just enough to drp the food down a little so we can out a little more food in. I had my usual and Krystal had something that really tasted like Goodie Goodie.
We hurried home to help with the Spring Cleaning? I guess its not spring but every once in a while my mom gets this idea in head that she needs to clean the whole house. Like the all the trimmings and behind couches and etc. Krystal had kitchen table top duty and I had to clean my shelves. I guess my mom was happy about the cleaning day that she took everyone out for Mexican. And for the second time today we were stuffed to the max. Later that night Jake and Clifton came by to play the Wii and watch DVDs. We saw Hot Fuzz and it was just as funny as the first time we watched it.
Well its Sunday and we were supposed to play DnD but our DM seems to be missing. Well I did plan on cleaning my car today and there is this blog so I guess my Sunday is pretty much set. Oh and congratulations to Krystal's parents on their wedding anniversary which we'll all go to the dinner for. WHOO HOO Teppanyaki here we come!
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