Merry Christmas
Hey folks. Here’s an update. It’s a fast one. Forgive me. I have loads to catch up on with my blog, but I will in all likelihood drop these ideas to make room for the ideas I will have by the beginning of next year. You see, I am going on a trip. I still don’t know where. But I am going all the same. (My best bet says Shiga Prefecture – to see Lake Biwa.) Anyway, I leave on Tuesday and I won’t likely be back until after the 1st of the year. Therefore, Happy New Year.
I had a week full of parties – both at school and after school. It was pretty insane. For the sake of keeping this short, I will only describe the last one. I met up with my teachers, and we walked across the bridge that connects Oshima (next island over) to the mainland. It is a huge bridge. Pictured above for your viewing pleasure. We made it in about an hour, and headed to a yakiniku (Korean style BBQ) joint, where we gorged ourselves on beer and meat. Good times. Then, we headed out to play ping-pong. I lost multiple times, stepped on my coworkers’ feet, had fun, and learned that if I chill out a bit, not only can I play a less than completely lousy game of ping-pong, but I have a “ma-kyu.” Secret. Shhh.
After ping-pong, some of the teachers went home, but most of us headed to a bar for a nijikai. We sang and drank and talked and laughed. It was good. There was a fellow there named Abe-san who was getting married the next morning, so we spent some time with him and eased his nerves. Hope he likes married life. Anyway, it was a crazy evening, and that is why I woke up at 3 PM today. Since my whole week has been like this, I apologize. Just have had no time to update. Anyhoo – when my trip is complete, I shall go on a posting spree. Stay with me if you can. Ha ha. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
