the catch-up

Well, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. I said goodbye to Dan, Rosie and Jo, who all left Japan for other places. I admit there were a few tears (and not just from me!!), but there have also been good things. Like the night before Jo and her boyfriend left, there was a fireworks festival in Hagi which was awesome. And of course we couldn't let them leave without one more night of karaoke!

fireworks and karaoke - what a night!

Also, 4 new ALTs have arrived. They are from NZ, Australia, England and America, so it is a huge change from last years' all kiwis! I have been racing around like a blue-arsed fly trying to help them settle in. It was actually quite frustrating the first few days they were here because I didn't get any time to myself for 3 days, and I needed it.

Thank goodness Chris Mack and I had planned a trip to Hiroshima to watch baseball on the weekend! We both needed the mini holiday, and we had a great time.

Me and Chris Mack at the baseball game.

Tomorrow I have to show the newbies how to catch the bus to Yamaguchi city because we have a two-day seminar - BORING!!! I have to do a presentation on the second day, as well, but I'm just gonna wing it because it is on successful games and activities, and I got a million of them!
Tonight we took the newbies out to dinner (again), but we called it an early night because, while 3 of them arrived last Wednesday, 1 arrived today, and she is pretty shell-shocked.
Ah well, fun in games at the start of my second year in Japan!

the new ALTs at dinner tonight. Left is Chris Mack (not new), behind him is Matt (not new), on the right is Nicole from NZ, behind her is Shak from England and Kate from Australia.

in a rush

I've been crazily busy over the past few days and will do a proper update soon. Until then, here are a few more jinglish examples: