Friday 15th September

Busy week at school - and starting to feel like a real effort! Cycling to school up a huge hill, dodging dragonflies and little green frogs, in torrential downpours (yip, it's still raining and turning everthing in my bag to mush) does not put me in a good mood! Until, I see my favourite vending machine lit up by lights from above (cue angelic harmonies and everything in slow motion) offering me my daily intake of iced coffee. I have 8 brands of iced coffee to chose from, with my favourite only registering 'drastic' on the calories scale (as opposed to 'maximum daily intake' on the others). I choose to wait until I am sat at my desk before I can enjoy, but honestly... it's the highlight of my day! I lead a VERY simple life here in Iiyama.

So, taking inspiration from Kyla's blog I have decided to post some pics from one of my 1st year lesson that I had today. I was teaching them body parts which involved me shouting out parts of the body, which they had to write onto post-it notes and stick to the corresponding body part. Worked quite well - they had fun so I was happy!




I have a long weekend coming up - Monday is 'Respect the Aged' day (seriously) so I have an extra day off. Working so long at the Hydro I forget what public holidays actually feel like! Also, the countdown is on - David flies out in exactly 9 days! (or actually, he flies out a week tomorrow but he won't get to Japan until the Sunday!). He will be a celebrity at my school because once some of the students saw his picture they were convinced he was Orlando Bloom! We have plans to stay in Tokyo for 3 nights and if the weather stays dry I have somehow managed to convince him to take me to Disneyland! Woohoo!!! So, watch this space for more updates!