New things...and SEX MACHINE!

Well, "Sex Machine" is just the name of a Korean bbq joint in Dotombori. But anyways...

Today was my last day in the junior high schools, and I have to say it was hard to say goodbye. Coincidentally, it was also parents' day at Ikuno, and the classrooms actually have removable walls so the parents could see what's going on. With 45 students in a class, there's no room for additional seeting.

I only taught two classes today, and they went well. It is funny though, that when teachers know parents will be present lesson plans change dramatically. At the end of my first lesson a few of the students even shed some tears while they were saying goodbye. Apparently, I'm not too shabby when it comes to teaching. I received numerous goodbye letters, with surprisingly good spelling and grammar, and an "M" keychain (for Moss, of course).

After classes I joined the student body for a viewing of "Around the World in 80 Days". If you haven't seen it, please don't. It was interesting that they had an enormous movie screen and real projector in the auditorium/gymnasium. Once the movie ended I headed up to the Japanese room for a traditional tea ceremony, which was pretty amazing. I was served macha and mochi, all in the traditional fashion. The downside was that I had to sit on my knees for about 30 minutes, which I'm just not fit for. Finally, I watched club practice. Then it was time to say goodbye. Sad.

Tonight was filled with chicken katsu curry topped with cheese and pickled...pickled some kind of vegetable. Delicious. Now, however, I feel like I might explode. Perhaps I over-indulged.

Five more days of work. 10 days until I'm on that plane. Pretty unbelievable, if you asked me. No, this is my blog. It's unbelievable whether or not you ask me. But please, ask me. Please?

Hope all is well.

Peace out.

-stephen

ps- UNKO!!! (That's a bit of junior high influence.)