Feelin' ill.
Oct. 19th, 2008 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aideI think bugs must be contageous through the internets. Everyone seems to be sick at the moment and now I seem to be coming down with it. Hopefully it's just a sore throat and doesn't blow up into something more. The PTA festival is this weekend and I need to have some energy/sanity for that.
The Ekiden/Welcome party last night was great fun. It was at an izakaya on my side of the station that I may be tempted to go back to; I'll have to look at the prices but they can't be more than Wara Wara or Watami. Thank god I ran into Tamaya-sensei on the way becuase I was totally going to the wrong place. Like a moron, I left the sheet with all the info in my desk at work.
Even though I was sittin between kocho-sensei (principal) and kyoto-sensei (vice-principal) and around non-English speaking teachers, it was good. Yesterday was the 62nd Toukatsu Ekiden (long distance relay) and Toyochu came in 4th place :( but set a personal best! All the teachers went to watch (I wish I had) so everyone got up to say a little something about it and congratulate Kawashima-sensei who was the coach. Even I had to get up and say something! I said that we don't have something like this kind of long distance relay in Canada (which may or may not be true, but definitely not at the jr high school level) and it was really great to see such school spirit because I didn't have that when I was in school. And apologized for my crappy Japanese to which everyone's like, "No, no, it's fine!" Haha. I wasn't nervous or shakey like the last time I had to speak in front of everyone last December when I started there (nor read off a piece of paper) so I guess that's a testiment to how far I've come.
It was a joint welcome party for Shiratori-sensei, and a celebration for Watanabe-sensei who passed some exam. I'm not sure what exam... maybe teacher's exam because he talked about how he learned a lot in the last half-year and looks forward to the rest of it.
Even though I didn't talk much, it was good. I have always really enjoyed listening to people so it worked for me. And it gave me more chance to eat. The food was so yum! Except izakaya fare never fills you up and I was so hungry. That might have contributed to my grossness today.
Afterwards, there was the 二次会 (ni ji kai, after-party) of course (karaoke~ as usual) so I decided to go. I had been wanting to go to karaoke all day and actually thought about going for an hour or so in the afternoon and didn't really want to go all the way down to Shinjuku for 2-3 hours for Ben's birthday party. It would have cost the same, if not more, and they were so flakey. They didn't know what they were going to do after dinner. Anyway, I got to talk to Watanabe-sensei and Shiratori-sensei on the way to Piero. They are the same age as me and actually pretty cool. At least Watanabe-sensei is. He reminds me a lot of the teacher from last year (whose name escapes me now) who went to teach at high school in Tokyo somewhere. His attempts at English were so cute~ And if I remember correctly (through my drunkenness), his first name is Tomo? I should check out the seating chart at school.
My love for Miyoshi-sensei has grown exponentially. He asked me to sing Koda Kumi (Taboo~) and then was telling me that Watanabe-sensei just had his heart broken so it's my chance. XDDD I'm not gonna lie; he's a looker. He even asked me if I wanted to get married to a Japanese guy and what's my type. XD I think I was getting a bit flirty but I was definitely getting touchy with him. I just hope it wasn't too obvious to everyone else. Whatever. I'm not gonna make moves although maybe I should try and get the younger teachers together and have more outings. I said to Imai-sensei before, Japanese guys are shy so I don't think anything is gonna happen even if he is interested. Her reply was "They are shy, but they are waiting". Yeah, well. So am I. I also sang Moon Crying and Jun said to me, "I didn't know you had such a cute voice." O_o Okay. Despite it being so high, I can really sing that song well.
Needless to say, I think I have a new crush.♥
I have good memories of last night at least~ I don't feel so great this morning; I could feel a sore throat coming on at dinner last night and it was pretty fullblown when I got home and my drunk wore off. I'm feeling a bit nauseous and that is definitely from the booze; I didn't drink enough water before I went to bed.
Why in the name of all that is shiny am I awake at 8am on a Sunday? The retard who's moving out put an alarm clock in the trash and it was beeping right outside my window. Whatever. I'll watch D no Arashi and then nap later. Though it should and kind of does tempt me to get some cleaning done around here. Only a little.
The Ekiden/Welcome party last night was great fun. It was at an izakaya on my side of the station that I may be tempted to go back to; I'll have to look at the prices but they can't be more than Wara Wara or Watami. Thank god I ran into Tamaya-sensei on the way becuase I was totally going to the wrong place. Like a moron, I left the sheet with all the info in my desk at work.
Even though I was sittin between kocho-sensei (principal) and kyoto-sensei (vice-principal) and around non-English speaking teachers, it was good. Yesterday was the 62nd Toukatsu Ekiden (long distance relay) and Toyochu came in 4th place :( but set a personal best! All the teachers went to watch (I wish I had) so everyone got up to say a little something about it and congratulate Kawashima-sensei who was the coach. Even I had to get up and say something! I said that we don't have something like this kind of long distance relay in Canada (which may or may not be true, but definitely not at the jr high school level) and it was really great to see such school spirit because I didn't have that when I was in school. And apologized for my crappy Japanese to which everyone's like, "No, no, it's fine!" Haha. I wasn't nervous or shakey like the last time I had to speak in front of everyone last December when I started there (nor read off a piece of paper) so I guess that's a testiment to how far I've come.
It was a joint welcome party for Shiratori-sensei, and a celebration for Watanabe-sensei who passed some exam. I'm not sure what exam... maybe teacher's exam because he talked about how he learned a lot in the last half-year and looks forward to the rest of it.
Even though I didn't talk much, it was good. I have always really enjoyed listening to people so it worked for me. And it gave me more chance to eat. The food was so yum! Except izakaya fare never fills you up and I was so hungry. That might have contributed to my grossness today.
Afterwards, there was the 二次会 (ni ji kai, after-party) of course (karaoke~ as usual) so I decided to go. I had been wanting to go to karaoke all day and actually thought about going for an hour or so in the afternoon and didn't really want to go all the way down to Shinjuku for 2-3 hours for Ben's birthday party. It would have cost the same, if not more, and they were so flakey. They didn't know what they were going to do after dinner. Anyway, I got to talk to Watanabe-sensei and Shiratori-sensei on the way to Piero. They are the same age as me and actually pretty cool. At least Watanabe-sensei is. He reminds me a lot of the teacher from last year (whose name escapes me now) who went to teach at high school in Tokyo somewhere. His attempts at English were so cute~ And if I remember correctly (through my drunkenness), his first name is Tomo? I should check out the seating chart at school.
My love for Miyoshi-sensei has grown exponentially. He asked me to sing Koda Kumi (Taboo~) and then was telling me that Watanabe-sensei just had his heart broken so it's my chance. XDDD I'm not gonna lie; he's a looker. He even asked me if I wanted to get married to a Japanese guy and what's my type. XD I think I was getting a bit flirty but I was definitely getting touchy with him. I just hope it wasn't too obvious to everyone else. Whatever. I'm not gonna make moves although maybe I should try and get the younger teachers together and have more outings. I said to Imai-sensei before, Japanese guys are shy so I don't think anything is gonna happen even if he is interested. Her reply was "They are shy, but they are waiting". Yeah, well. So am I. I also sang Moon Crying and Jun said to me, "I didn't know you had such a cute voice." O_o Okay. Despite it being so high, I can really sing that song well.
Needless to say, I think I have a new crush.♥
I have good memories of last night at least~ I don't feel so great this morning; I could feel a sore throat coming on at dinner last night and it was pretty fullblown when I got home and my drunk wore off. I'm feeling a bit nauseous and that is definitely from the booze; I didn't drink enough water before I went to bed.
Why in the name of all that is shiny am I awake at 8am on a Sunday? The retard who's moving out put an alarm clock in the trash and it was beeping right outside my window. Whatever. I'll watch D no Arashi and then nap later. Though it should and kind of does tempt me to get some cleaning done around here. Only a little.