A Great Day

Sorry, no pictures today. I lent my little camera to some students to take pictures of their club activities.

Today, I had five classes with the 3rd year students. I played "Jingle Bells," after I gave them a copy of the lyrics with some words blocked out. Their job was to listen and catch the missing words. I have a set of D&D dice (bought at Tokyu Hands) that I use to pick volunteers, since they each have a number from 1 to around 30.

Then, I taught them how to make paper snowflakes with which to decorate Christmas cards. While they did that, I played other songs on my Christmas CD. So, basically, I got to make paper snowflakes all day while listening to Christmas music.

I kept thinking of KP's sign that says, "Some of my best friends are flakes." Especially with one student, I thought, "Flakes made by a flake. Cool." But he's very nice, just a bit odd. Yeah, I know, pots and kettles...

And while everyone around Oshkosh has been enjoying -17˚C, it's 8˚C here now. I have yet to put the liner in my fall coat. And my desk is close to one of the kerosene heaters in the teachers' room. (Although, I keep almost tripping over them in the class room. I can just see it now: I'll be one of many killed by them each year, but in my case the thing won't even be turned on!)

Tonight, Mr. and Mrs. Yamaki took me to Clover for dinner. I've been there twice with Etsuko. Mr. Yamaki knows the owner, so we got some extra dishes. One was a yummy sashimi dish, there was deep-fried burdock along with a burdock salad, and sherbet made from hand squeezed tangerines for dessert. My steak was not at all over cooked, and everything else was delicious!

So, at this point, I am feeling fat and happy. I hope everyone has this kind of day every so often!