last leaf on the tree

translation please

So this was written on a packet of chips. Thoughts?

What a week!

So Mash, who was an ALT in Hagi 3 years ago, came back for a 5-day visit.  It was mostly spent eating and drinking until very late at night, struggling to school the next day and then starting all over again.  Good times.

The first night: dinner and drinks at a friends' log cabin.  Shak, Mash and me. 

Rocky and Tommy.  We couldn't remember their real names when we first met them, so we nicknamed them according the the Rocky movies. 

Karaoke.  What happens in karaoke, stays in karaoke.  Unless there is photographic evidence. 

James and Michiyo. 

Another dinner at a friends' house.  Free food - no complaints! 

Our last night together, Shak, Mash and I ended up at karoke again until 1:30am.  I had to be up the next day at 5:30 to get to school.  Totally worth it!

waiting for the bus to one of my mountain schools at 6:30 in the morning means I get to watch the sunrise.Of course,it also means i leave my house in the dark.

first winter frost

it was COLD this morning!