So as I mentioned in a previous post, I went to Kobe for a seminar Sunday to Wednesday. The hotel we were staying at was bloody luxurious! About $NZ150 a night, and man it showed! Anyway, the seminar part was boring for the most part - discussions and workshops and speeches and stuff. Unfortunately, most of it was useless to me because as a one-shot ALT I don't have a base school that I teach at regularly, and EVERYTHING at the seminar was aimed at ALTs with base schools. You can understand why I got frustrated at having to attend the thing when I could have been hanging out with my kids.
Ah well, aside from the work stuff, the trip was pretty awesome. Went out on the town Monday and Tuesday nights. Monday night was ridiculous. A group of 8 of us went to a really nice pub with jazz and imported beer, only to be told they had run out of hamburger buns after we had all ordered one and was bread ok. We had no problem with bread, except they only had 6 slices. WTF?? Also, they had sold out of most of the better imported beer. Needless to say, we weren't impressed. Town was awesome, though. Saw yakuza and drunk business men, and everywhere we went there were ALTs singing, walking, drinking - good times. On the Tuesday, I went to an amusement park with 2 other Yamaguchi ALTs for the (late) evening. We went on a ferris wheel and a roller coaster and played claw games and stuff. It was a great night! Ok, enough writing, just look at the pictures:
Ah well, aside from the work stuff, the trip was pretty awesome. Went out on the town Monday and Tuesday nights. Monday night was ridiculous. A group of 8 of us went to a really nice pub with jazz and imported beer, only to be told they had run out of hamburger buns after we had all ordered one and was bread ok. We had no problem with bread, except they only had 6 slices. WTF?? Also, they had sold out of most of the better imported beer. Needless to say, we weren't impressed. Town was awesome, though. Saw yakuza and drunk business men, and everywhere we went there were ALTs singing, walking, drinking - good times. On the Tuesday, I went to an amusement park with 2 other Yamaguchi ALTs for the (late) evening. We went on a ferris wheel and a roller coaster and played claw games and stuff. It was a great night! Ok, enough writing, just look at the pictures:
Sharona, Matt, me and Jen on Mt. Rokko, Sunday night.
We were looking for sheep, unfortunately, all we managed to find was Starsky and Simon.
Oh, yeah, feel the love!
Me in a small town outside of Kobe enjoying a foot spa while talking to old ladies
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