I didnt Spend it All!

Ha! Here it is the end of my pay month, and i actually didnt spend my entire paycheck! Its really not that tough to do to tell you the truth (saving and spending). I was actually able to buy an mp3 player that can upload songs by a direct connection to a stereo. good since i dont have a computer. in case anyone is wondering its the iRiver H320. pretty cool.

my brother mike asked me a good question the other day. for those of you up on your history, December 7th was the 63rd anniversary of Peral Harbor, and mike asked me what it was like to be here in Japan. Truthfully, all the americans knew it, and im sure some of our students did too, but NO ONE MENTIONED IT. thats number 2 on the list of taboo topics, number one being the a-bomb, so no, it wasnt that bad.

lets talk about the real bad day... Two days ago I had my strangest day to date. First off, one of our students is having a mental breakdown. He followed the teachers into the teacher area and kept on saying 'I understand, I understand'. turns out that he thinks he can be an english teacher, because he memorized some old english (think 1600's) novel. Due to this fact he speaks like shakespere (Tis a tad brisk on this eve shant it not be?) Wha? OK. well, he also thinks he found the cure for cancer, and doesnt understand why the newspaper is written differently from the english he learned.
part 2- A student walked out on me the same day. It was the nightmare class. no way that it was going to work, an 11 year old indonesian girl that doesnt talk because shes bored (she skipped 20 classes in a row, but was finally caught when we called her mother to ask where she was and realized she had been dropped off for class 20 times, but hid by the vending machines outside for the 40 minute lesson), and an eccentric chinese woman that says she was a director, actress and a teacher, yet she can never explain which job she actually holds right now. The chinese woman was getting most of my attention, and the little girl was content not to talk, but we dont work that way, so when i talked to her, i was accused of going to fast for the chinese woman, who then got ticked. the girl almost started to cry, and the director refused to talk as well. blah blah blah, she then stood up and left the place. bummer. dont worry, im not in trouble, and i have become one of the fav teachers, so they cant touch me.

Quicks-
-No one posts here anymore
-karaoke again last night. got home at 5 this morning. ugh.
-i received my first letter from the states! Thanks Angela!
-I officially have a japanese friend
-Watashi wa biru ga nomitai
-I need to sleep
- No skiing, going to hakone this week. should be very relaxing. onsens here i come!

take care
scotto san