I went to the beach today to take a walk. I walked here. From the far end, to that hump in the middle and back. I figured for my first try I shouldn't go all the way down to the other end. Specially since I was by myself. I had friends in the vicinity, and my cell on me, but still. It was fine. A little tiring, but good.
After I hung out on the beach with people until sunset (not this one, but still, you get the idea). Which was beautiful, and rare because we were able to see it go all the way into the water, which doesn't happen often, but the last 2 times I've been to the beach at sunset (the only 2 times I've been to the beach at sunset) it's happened. Maybe I'm a good luck charm.
After, no one wanted to go to dinner with me, and they missed out!! I went to the Wafute, the Japanese style resteraunt and I had a four course meal (for only $13). It had maguro don (raw tuna over a bed of rice), tempura (lightly fried, it had that leaf, 2 shrimp, an eggplant, and a japanese pumpkin), shiro miso (a white kind of miso soup that I think tastes funny), and fresh, cooked at my table, tofu. I mean it came out and there was a fire under it, I was told to wait until it goes out and then to eat it with a spoon fresh tofu. It. Was. Heaven.
So yeah, people missed out. And I started another book today. For several reasons. 1) My amazon.co/jp order came in and I paid it at the conbini (because you can pay for everything from amazon orders, to concert tickets, to plane tickets at a convinence store!!) and just 2 hours later amazon was telling me it was going to ship and should be here around Friday :) 2) I started and finished InterWorld (I love Neil. I still do). 3) Because I can. Because, I can. Hehheh. I love eating books. If only it wasn't so expensive. At least a few people around here have some books I can borrow. Oh, and you know how I've always said that I need some kind of stamp to show that they're my books if I loan them out to people? Well, now I've got a stamp with my name on it in Japanese that functions as my signature here. Dude.
Oh, and you may have noticed that I took 2 of my pictures from a flickr account called thingsimade. Yeah, that's Stu. He's married to Janine (or J9), my fellow ALT. You should look through their fotos for some good Miyako shots. Ignore the party photos though :P Actually, you could look through all of my new flickr contacts to see a bunch of Miyako fotos. Just not Kirishima, cuz he's stuck in ATL. But we love him anyway.
Monday, August 27, 2007
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Hey YOU! I can't imagine how you didn't give me your blog before you left you doofus! I have spent the last hour or so reading your entire blog! I AM SO JEALOUS. It ALMOST makes me wish I had accepted the job in Saudi so I would be having adventures too.
And yet, I am on my own adventure.Our Drill Sargent, Cop, Minister cum principal is a trip and a half. He isworking us to the bone, and has his finger on the pulse of not just the school but our entire neighborhood. Did you hear that the cops were driving around telling people to mow their yards and remove nonfunctional vehicles etc from their property? Um, yeah that was him.
It's big BIG adjustment. I mean Christ I have a pretty little lesson plan book on my desk right now with my plans for next week all laid out. ME! THE DEFIANT ONE!
I had a bit of a blow up in the faculty meeting the other day with him which resulted in me apparently falling off Angie's good list (because I shushed her when she tried to interrupt my verbal outburst) but on the plus side, he and I talked and I think he likes me despite my err... forthrightness.
So I am submitting a bit. Okay a lot. Maybe I am just a wayward kid who craved structure all along?;)
The new para in the library is great. But she's no Kim. She doesn't send me email to remind me that I signed up for a time or count down the days left in the week with me via secret hand signals on the busline.
I miss you this year.
I hope you remember my work email addy. If you can spell my name it will be good lol. Email me there and I will email you back with a gmail addy. actually scratch that, email me at gmail with myfirstname(dot) my last name at gmail.com.
Anything you need done at all here in the barrio I will be most pleased to do for you. Also send me you snail mail.
I am so glad you you happy, I could sing the Green Acres theme song for you!
Tamara
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