Its been a good week. I got a free bus ride to the end of the run one day, and ended up having a conversation with the bus driver about New Zealand, Japan, where he comes from and a few other things. I was quite proud considering he had less english than I have Japanese!
I managed to finish school at 2 o'clock each day, but considering most of my schools are up to an hour away from Hagi, it wasn't that early a finish.
My biggest achievement was definitely managing to run all my classes at Oi Junior High (Chugako) by myself, in English and without referring to the textbook, which is an awful resource.
This weekend has been pretty productive as well. Friday we had an impromptu party at Rosie and Dan's place. The supermarket was selling Smirnoff vodka for 1000 yen (about $15), and we couldn't resist!
The next morning (late), I went round to Dan and Rosie's again to help with the clean up, then ended up going with Dan to Hagi-Higashi Chugako to help with speech coaching. One of Dan's students won the regional contest and is going to Tokyo soon, which is fantastic - Dan is so proud!
In the afternoon I had an amazing facial. It was an hour long, and included a skin test; head, neck, hands and feet massages and some free samples for only 2000 yen ($30)!
We then drove into Yamaguchi city and went shopping (did I mention we got paid on Friday?). I managed to get a bag for my travels in December (going to Malaysia and Singapore), some books and a fantastic feather down pillow on the cheap!
And finally, Sunday. Had a sleep in, which I really needed seeing as I'm usually up before seven during the week to catch buses, boats and trains. Then decided I was in a baking mood. Four hours later (and three trips to the supermarket later), I managed two batches of toffee and one disaster. I was quite proud. The toffee is edible, too!
So, this week I've got two days at Hagi-Higashi Chugako, and a different school each other day. Yay.
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