TGIF

Finally Friday has arrived in Japan. Yippie!!! I am glad it is Friday simply because I do not have to be at work for the next two days. No inattentive sleepy attitude-filled little gr.10's to ignore and glare at me. Yup, it has been one of those days and it is only 11:00 in the morning. Man, do I hate teaching those little brats some days.
On a different note I am sad to report the injury of the orange popsicle..(my orange mountain bike). Last night as I was riding home after having dinner with a friend, I got hit by a car. I am okay, not injured or anything, but the frame of the back wheel of my bike is slightly bent. Nothing too serious but serious enough that I cannot ride it. I was going straight across the crosswalk when this jeep was making a left turn, he did not see me and clipped my back tire. Lucky for me, I was riding fast enough that he did not hit me but just the back tire. I did let out a scream though. I was in little bit of shock and thought the bike was okay when I got off it, so I did not get his phone number or name. It was not until I started riding that I noticed that it was bent. So now the orange popsicle needs to be taken in to the shop. I think I am going to be more careful from now on when it comes to riding my bike at night.

Mad Char disease

With the recent discovery of a case of Mad Cow disease in Canada, I was wondering if somehow I got infected with it, by virtue of being Canadian. I know I have not eaten meat in almost 4 years now but I cannot help but feel that my brain is turning into mush. The longer I stay in Japan the more I feel like I am losing my mind. I try and try but it seems like I cannot get a handle on this language. Grammar points and vocabulary that I thought I had learnt, disappear when I go to retrieve it from my brain. Definately full of mush now. Aiya!!!

Wednesday's Child

I just want to say that I love Wednesdays. Why you ask? Because it is in the middle of the week or because it starts with a W? Nope....cause I have good classes on Wednesday. I teach 2 third year classes and then bike off to kindergarten to teach 27 screaming 5 year olds. It is the best day.

My third year students are fun and genki. They may still hate English but at least they pretend to enjoy my class and pay attention. They are always eager to volunteer or ask me questions. Sometimes they get a little noisy but I attribute that to their enthusiasm for English. My Kindergarten kids are always a refreshing change from high school kids, at that young age they have not been brainwashed into hating English yet....

HTML....

I have been working on my blog trying to perfect the HTML...muzukashii!!

All wacked out

I am sad to report that I will no longer be able to tell people that I am from "the Wack", on second thoughts perhaps that is a good thing. Anyways, my parents have sold our house and will be moving out to Vancouver this summer, just a few months before I come home. I will not be able to say good bye to my house where I spent my formative teenage angst years, butting heads with my siblings and parents. Bye Bye to the Wack and that means the Chilliwack Corn too...Oh...the sadness that fills my soul!!!

The truth is that I have not lived there in the last 7 years anyways, probably spent more time not living there than living there...perpetually unable to put down roots I guess...

Help Wanted

I finally finished the three cover letters and resumes that I have been perfecting for the last two days and will send it off today. I decided that I would try to create internships at organizations that I would like to work at. I thought I would go out on a limb and send them a letter letting them know that I desperately need a job and if can look past my not so stellar resume...kin related that is, they will see my sparkling personality....keep your fingers crossed for me.