COR was very well received today, hoho. teachers who have never bothered to talk to me actually did today haha, it was great. the kiddies got a kick out of it too. it was nice to see their "whoaaa..." expressions as i passed by their classes. basic halloween in a nutshell lessons today. i brought the jack o lantern that i made, and pictures of previous UCLA halloween experiences so they got to learn with their eyes. they totally understand what i mean now when i say, "one of my hobbies is sewing." haha.
i brought hella chocolate but it was gone so fast - i think ill need to stop by Valor again and reload. it's good that the first class i have is 3rd period tomorrow - gives me time to make copies of my handout.
anyhoo, i sure had a good time today. i wonder if any of my teacher buddies will cosplay too... i wish i had my WHM hoodie - then i could wear that with white dress and bring WHM chocobo plushie with me and have a low key halloween outfit - but that wouldnt be any fun right? hoho random teacher took pix of me while i was lesson-ing in costume and apparently it's going to be in some future PTA newsletter @_@ hopefully parents wont have anything to complain about, but on the bright side theyre going to give me copies of the pix too, so i can finally have some real school 'action' to show harhar.
if i was back at home, i would have soooo made Naja Salaheem for halloween. it's because i would have sooooo been going to the FFXI fan fest in anaheim ><
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
so im going to go all out for the halloween - COR all the way at school - cultural ambassador ftw. the only substitute i need to make is black t shirt instead of the black bikini top lol. the black shirt is even the ffxi baby chocobo one that i got at TGS =3 im carving my own jack o lantern tonight and bringing it tomorrow too - cant half ass these things, lol, although im not sure what kind of design to do yet...
pix to come soon hoho
pix to come soon hoho
Saturday, October 27, 2007
yay for practice.
today we worked on normal kenjutsu stuff and then idori + kaiken stuff. participation makes me happy. and i got to work with beaufitul man all day today lol lol lol
at the after-practice dinner social gathering thing, i asked what everyone did in high school in terms of club stuff and they were like, "meh, normal stuff like bball club, swim club, tennis club, brass band." then we somehow got to talking about otaku and how our martial art as a whole is teeming with them, hoho. i was like, "dude its totally the same in UCLA." one guy told me that when he was a freshman, and went to see a club practice for the first time, he slid open the door and there was this dude doing saito hajime's zero stance from Kenshin like in his face lol... and that was the first impression he got of kay ess ess arr lol - not even kay ess ess arr at all haha. then he proceeded to tell me that this dude is like the number one otaku of the tsukuba branch. i doubt him not, haha.
it was raining like crazy all morning today. it cleared up significantly by the time i reached gikadai at like 500pm, and after practice you could see clear starry skies. we ate at this chinese food restaurant that every seems to like. they served some pretty fatty portions, so i guess it goes without saying that it's super popular among the college students. i had a shumai set thing and sure enough, i got a fatty bowl of rice - almost as big as a donburi bowl - fatty shumai guys, and your typical jp pickles and shredded cabbage, and their attempt at a wonton broth or something. and of course there was a fatty glob of mayo all over the cabbage... bleh. in terms of taste, they actually almost had it down. their kitchen was spot on, though. they had plenty of grease ball medals of honor on their walls and stuff - it really felt like a restaurant youd find in chinatown.
i think ill start some laundry now.
today we worked on normal kenjutsu stuff and then idori + kaiken stuff. participation makes me happy. and i got to work with beaufitul man all day today lol lol lol
at the after-practice dinner social gathering thing, i asked what everyone did in high school in terms of club stuff and they were like, "meh, normal stuff like bball club, swim club, tennis club, brass band." then we somehow got to talking about otaku and how our martial art as a whole is teeming with them, hoho. i was like, "dude its totally the same in UCLA." one guy told me that when he was a freshman, and went to see a club practice for the first time, he slid open the door and there was this dude doing saito hajime's zero stance from Kenshin like in his face lol... and that was the first impression he got of kay ess ess arr lol - not even kay ess ess arr at all haha. then he proceeded to tell me that this dude is like the number one otaku of the tsukuba branch. i doubt him not, haha.
it was raining like crazy all morning today. it cleared up significantly by the time i reached gikadai at like 500pm, and after practice you could see clear starry skies. we ate at this chinese food restaurant that every seems to like. they served some pretty fatty portions, so i guess it goes without saying that it's super popular among the college students. i had a shumai set thing and sure enough, i got a fatty bowl of rice - almost as big as a donburi bowl - fatty shumai guys, and your typical jp pickles and shredded cabbage, and their attempt at a wonton broth or something. and of course there was a fatty glob of mayo all over the cabbage... bleh. in terms of taste, they actually almost had it down. their kitchen was spot on, though. they had plenty of grease ball medals of honor on their walls and stuff - it really felt like a restaurant youd find in chinatown.
i think ill start some laundry now.
Friday, October 26, 2007
i had a really awesome time at my almost all boys school today. man, i swear those kids have to most heart out of all the schools ive been too haha. i just did self-intro lessons, but they were so nice and responsive! sure theyre a little ADD, but it's not like theyre ignoring me or trying to disrespect me. they just... have stuff that pops into their head now and then, and they just have to turn to their buddy and talk to them real fast, lol.
working the classroom politics is a lot of fun too. i swear these kids could have been casted as a great homeroom for a gokusen-esque high school tv drama. theyre actually more well behaved than what a gokusen caliber bunch would be.
it was pretty much raining all day today. it got really bad during 6th period and there was thunder and lightening of biblical proportions. i seriously cant recall any thunder storms that were any more badass than what we went through today. walking the 8 minutes or so from school to the train station got me totally soaked from the knee down. i was wearing flip flops - college rainy day habit - so the general public looked at me kinda funny wherever i went. i dont know why it could have been such a big deal - flip flops arent so far away from those high heeled open toe things i saw some women sporting today. after i made my train transfers and whatnot, and got back to home station i decided to mull around the animate downstairs. theyre selling those chocobo plushies i saw at TGS there hoho.
i went to the international food store after animate and bought that wonka bar =3 i also got some chunky skippy =D
and mosquitoes still bite the hell out of me even in the cold and rain - how messed up is that? i have one from today, one from yesterday, and two from the day before. i swear theres nothing i can do to make them not want to suck my blood.
ive been sashimi-ing it out for the past few days. you can always count on freshness and variety at good old Valor Supermarket. im going to eat some miso soup, gyoza, pizza nikuman, and tuna onigiri for dinner tonight - just waiting for rice to ding. time to ww - im like 0.6 away from ww 69 hoho
working the classroom politics is a lot of fun too. i swear these kids could have been casted as a great homeroom for a gokusen-esque high school tv drama. theyre actually more well behaved than what a gokusen caliber bunch would be.
it was pretty much raining all day today. it got really bad during 6th period and there was thunder and lightening of biblical proportions. i seriously cant recall any thunder storms that were any more badass than what we went through today. walking the 8 minutes or so from school to the train station got me totally soaked from the knee down. i was wearing flip flops - college rainy day habit - so the general public looked at me kinda funny wherever i went. i dont know why it could have been such a big deal - flip flops arent so far away from those high heeled open toe things i saw some women sporting today. after i made my train transfers and whatnot, and got back to home station i decided to mull around the animate downstairs. theyre selling those chocobo plushies i saw at TGS there hoho.
i went to the international food store after animate and bought that wonka bar =3 i also got some chunky skippy =D
and mosquitoes still bite the hell out of me even in the cold and rain - how messed up is that? i have one from today, one from yesterday, and two from the day before. i swear theres nothing i can do to make them not want to suck my blood.
ive been sashimi-ing it out for the past few days. you can always count on freshness and variety at good old Valor Supermarket. im going to eat some miso soup, gyoza, pizza nikuman, and tuna onigiri for dinner tonight - just waiting for rice to ding. time to ww - im like 0.6 away from ww 69 hoho
Thursday, October 25, 2007
so i remember what i was going to write the other day.
im totally mister rogers this season. i go to school with a jacket on, cause its kind of chilly when i ride my bike, but when i go to school i change into a thinner sweater + indoor shoes! i actually sing his song in my head too when i leave and put my jacket + shoes back on. hoho - its great.
there are a lot of dude teachers here totally stuck in the 70s - they wear 'vintage' suits and got their boss glasses going on... hair slicker than crisco... and they all all form a pack! so they look even more awesome together. they all are heavy smokers too so you can always find them near the school gate puffin on their jp cigs like no tomorrow... -- totally stuck in the 70s haha.
what else... there was one more thing...
ah yes. teachers here tend to talk to themselves a lot. they dont just mumble under their breath in a 12 inch voice, but they speak normally as if theyre really talking to someone next to them. at my base school my desk is right next to the fancy copy machine, so a lot of teachers like to chill there while their copies are being minted all the while talking to thin air... its totally groovy.
i spent a long time talking to english club kids today. best group of kiddies ever. i also went with other teacher to watch some more clubs at practice and stuff. we got to see some hardcore volleyball and badminton kids do what they do best. they have so much heart! its always so cool to see so many kids after school all wrapped up in club activities. then they'll go home and their house mommy will have a nice dinner waiting for them =3 ok, maybe thats over-generalizing a bit too much, haha.
ive been scarfing down chocolates as of yesterday, hoho. with halloween coming up ive been craving chocolate, so i went and bought these alcohol-filled ones, and some other simple chocolates as well. the non-alcoholic chocolates are by the meiji candy co - the same company that makes those choco gummy things - and the pack comes in 3 varieties: black, milk, and hi-milk. when i stare t the hi-milk one, i always think in my head hi-potion or hi-ether haha. so when i eat it i imagine im totally LARPing haha. oh, the chocolate~ after school tomorrow i think i'll buy a fatty wonka bar and slowly devour it through the beginning of november. i'll make some chocolate beef or something and bring it as a lunch. i weirded them out when i presented my ham + cheese + nori sandwich to them (the other teachers). they were like, "zomg, wtf" and i was like, "dude nori kicks the shit out of lettuce... and it's so easy to throw in between bread."
tomorrow is almost all boys tech school day~ 3rd years and 2nd years, heres hopin for excitement.
im totally mister rogers this season. i go to school with a jacket on, cause its kind of chilly when i ride my bike, but when i go to school i change into a thinner sweater + indoor shoes! i actually sing his song in my head too when i leave and put my jacket + shoes back on. hoho - its great.
there are a lot of dude teachers here totally stuck in the 70s - they wear 'vintage' suits and got their boss glasses going on... hair slicker than crisco... and they all all form a pack! so they look even more awesome together. they all are heavy smokers too so you can always find them near the school gate puffin on their jp cigs like no tomorrow... -- totally stuck in the 70s haha.
what else... there was one more thing...
ah yes. teachers here tend to talk to themselves a lot. they dont just mumble under their breath in a 12 inch voice, but they speak normally as if theyre really talking to someone next to them. at my base school my desk is right next to the fancy copy machine, so a lot of teachers like to chill there while their copies are being minted all the while talking to thin air... its totally groovy.
i spent a long time talking to english club kids today. best group of kiddies ever. i also went with other teacher to watch some more clubs at practice and stuff. we got to see some hardcore volleyball and badminton kids do what they do best. they have so much heart! its always so cool to see so many kids after school all wrapped up in club activities. then they'll go home and their house mommy will have a nice dinner waiting for them =3 ok, maybe thats over-generalizing a bit too much, haha.
ive been scarfing down chocolates as of yesterday, hoho. with halloween coming up ive been craving chocolate, so i went and bought these alcohol-filled ones, and some other simple chocolates as well. the non-alcoholic chocolates are by the meiji candy co - the same company that makes those choco gummy things - and the pack comes in 3 varieties: black, milk, and hi-milk. when i stare t the hi-milk one, i always think in my head hi-potion or hi-ether haha. so when i eat it i imagine im totally LARPing haha. oh, the chocolate~ after school tomorrow i think i'll buy a fatty wonka bar and slowly devour it through the beginning of november. i'll make some chocolate beef or something and bring it as a lunch. i weirded them out when i presented my ham + cheese + nori sandwich to them (the other teachers). they were like, "zomg, wtf" and i was like, "dude nori kicks the shit out of lettuce... and it's so easy to throw in between bread."
tomorrow is almost all boys tech school day~ 3rd years and 2nd years, heres hopin for excitement.
Monday, October 22, 2007
my jp teacher buddy showed me their brand spanking new computer lab today - it's not even a year old yet haha. everything in there is so fatty. i can say the feel of the room was even more spiffy than the newest computer labs at UCLA. we were abusing the technology a bit like messing with the electronic white board... international first year kids at my base school have sure got it good.
we cleaned out the beginnings of a bird's nest in a room adjacent to the new computer lab. we wedged some cardboard in the little nook where the nest was (no babies yet for the year so we didnt have to feel bad). teacher dude said that a few months ago when he first inherited the duties and responsibilities for that room he had to clean out the bird nest stuff and there were actually 4 baby pigeons already chilling in the nest @_@
the air bites of autumn finally. i can even say that sometimes when i ride my bike places, it actually feels... cold... to me. lol.
no not counting my suit jackets, i only really have a thin sweater and hoodie that counts as fall/ winter tops. if it gets as cold as they say it will, i'm going to freeze! huzzah! if it really gets that bad before i get my next supply drop, i can always just find some more clothes i guess... but ever since i got internet back, nearly all my shopping desires have been killed off, clothing-wise that is, because i still wanna buy technology and games and stuff harhar.
something amusing happened today and ive been trying all day to keep it in my head so i could write it down here. but now that i'm actually in the process of recording, i cant seem to remember exactly what i wanted to remember... it was something about my life at school, that's for sure...
anyway, i can confidently say that the best lunch goods are at my mid-level school. they have the best 'spicy chicken' on a stick thing ever. now when they say 'spicy' they really dont mean spicy. it's more like seasoned chicken. in any case, i havent had chicken as good as that for a very long time. so modest! so tasty!
a lot of teachers gave out sweets today. i got a bunch of red bean manju guys as well as chocolate cookie things. i didnt hold back either - right after i ate my lunch, i kept on refilling my teacup and ate all the cakes in one sitting. lol. my tupperware guy that i bring my lunch in is pretty big too. i want to say it's 3 times the volume of a normal pill-shaped bento thing that the teachers and students bring. it's not like i fill it up 100% though, haha. but after im finished eating, while im washing it out at the sink, passer-by teachers kind of stare at the box, then at me, and then at the box again and kinda smile and go about their business. i swear im the only one who has just random tupperware for their lunch box thing and not something of the cute variety like all the others have.
darn, that thing that i was going to write was making me laugh to myself all day too, haha. im sure ill be able to remember it eventually.
i was writing materials for Halloween themes lessons and was getting kind of sad as i realized that Halloween totally does not exist in Japan the way it does in the states. i wont get to cosplay to lecture! or the supermarket! im thinking of bringing my COR cosplay and just showing them what i would have worn if i was in the states, haha.
man, if i was back in the states i'd totally rock COR. we could prolly get away with trick or treating still too, as long as i let my hat cover my eyes i think haha. oh, i can share part of my handout here:
My Halloween Costume Timeline:
Preschool (kinda) – cat
Kindergarten – fairy
1 – ballerina
2 – duck
3 – astronaut
4 – bad witch
5 – good witch
6 – ghetto Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon)
7 – mad scientist
8 – mage
9 – warrior (pasta strainer sallet)
10 – Lucca (Chrono Trigger)
12 – Rena (Star Ocean II)
Freshman – UCLA 大学生
Sophomore – Red Mage (Final Fantasy XI)
Junior – Chii (Chobits)
Senior – Haruhi (Ouran Host Club)
behold, all my halloween costumes from when i was 4 years old~
we cleaned out the beginnings of a bird's nest in a room adjacent to the new computer lab. we wedged some cardboard in the little nook where the nest was (no babies yet for the year so we didnt have to feel bad). teacher dude said that a few months ago when he first inherited the duties and responsibilities for that room he had to clean out the bird nest stuff and there were actually 4 baby pigeons already chilling in the nest @_@
the air bites of autumn finally. i can even say that sometimes when i ride my bike places, it actually feels... cold... to me. lol.
no not counting my suit jackets, i only really have a thin sweater and hoodie that counts as fall/ winter tops. if it gets as cold as they say it will, i'm going to freeze! huzzah! if it really gets that bad before i get my next supply drop, i can always just find some more clothes i guess... but ever since i got internet back, nearly all my shopping desires have been killed off, clothing-wise that is, because i still wanna buy technology and games and stuff harhar.
something amusing happened today and ive been trying all day to keep it in my head so i could write it down here. but now that i'm actually in the process of recording, i cant seem to remember exactly what i wanted to remember... it was something about my life at school, that's for sure...
anyway, i can confidently say that the best lunch goods are at my mid-level school. they have the best 'spicy chicken' on a stick thing ever. now when they say 'spicy' they really dont mean spicy. it's more like seasoned chicken. in any case, i havent had chicken as good as that for a very long time. so modest! so tasty!
a lot of teachers gave out sweets today. i got a bunch of red bean manju guys as well as chocolate cookie things. i didnt hold back either - right after i ate my lunch, i kept on refilling my teacup and ate all the cakes in one sitting. lol. my tupperware guy that i bring my lunch in is pretty big too. i want to say it's 3 times the volume of a normal pill-shaped bento thing that the teachers and students bring. it's not like i fill it up 100% though, haha. but after im finished eating, while im washing it out at the sink, passer-by teachers kind of stare at the box, then at me, and then at the box again and kinda smile and go about their business. i swear im the only one who has just random tupperware for their lunch box thing and not something of the cute variety like all the others have.
darn, that thing that i was going to write was making me laugh to myself all day too, haha. im sure ill be able to remember it eventually.
i was writing materials for Halloween themes lessons and was getting kind of sad as i realized that Halloween totally does not exist in Japan the way it does in the states. i wont get to cosplay to lecture! or the supermarket! im thinking of bringing my COR cosplay and just showing them what i would have worn if i was in the states, haha.
man, if i was back in the states i'd totally rock COR. we could prolly get away with trick or treating still too, as long as i let my hat cover my eyes i think haha. oh, i can share part of my handout here:
My Halloween Costume Timeline:
Preschool (kinda) – cat
Kindergarten – fairy
1 – ballerina
2 – duck
3 – astronaut
4 – bad witch
5 – good witch
6 – ghetto Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon)
7 – mad scientist
8 – mage
9 – warrior (pasta strainer sallet)
10 – Lucca (Chrono Trigger)
12 – Rena (Star Ocean II)
Freshman – UCLA 大学生
Sophomore – Red Mage (Final Fantasy XI)
Junior – Chii (Chobits)
Senior – Haruhi (Ouran Host Club)
behold, all my halloween costumes from when i was 4 years old~
Saturday, October 20, 2007
i feel grrreeeaaaatttt yyeeeeaaaahhhh ^0^
so i went to practice with the dudes at gikadai today and it was awesome
all my fears totally melted away about practicing on a jp level
first of all everyones' general reaction was "holy shit... very good!" and i was like, "uh ok, lol."
i bark like a man apparently haha, and the dudes here arent out to destroy everyone in their path or anything. the head dude is a really nice guy - im not even kidding. he has that cool uncle feel to him. the other dudes seem kinda shy around me lol, so i get all up in their face and enter their personal bubble to enhance the effect! hohohoho they totally dont look me in the eye so i hella stare at their face. lol lol lol - oh, how awesome it is to tease the undergrads~
usually there are about a handful of people who come - head dude says around 5 i guess, but today we had 8 people. so the group size is a lot like non-sunday UCLA practice days.
nest part of practicing with gikadai: BEAUTIFUL MAN GOES TO THIS SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
the same dude at gasshuku who i said, "i have stared at your face all weekend, and youre the most beautiful man here," to. TOTALLY SWEET! when i was walking with head guy to the practice site he told me, "so i think you might have worked out with one of our members at gasshuku, but im not so sure if you remember..." and i was like, "it cant be him..." and it was!! i opened the door into the room and i was like, "beautiful man!!!" and hella pointed to him. "REALLY great to see you again!!" lol.
its nice because i can speak japanese to them 100% go me. all the independent study stuff ive been doing and will be doing is going to be put to use every saturday evening now =D
oh, how the universe loves me so!
and im happy the group size is just about as intimate as UCLA. ive already memorized everyones' names =D i have first impressions for everyone too - like "this guy is like a nice and no-power jimmy" or "this is totally like freshman year karate man allen" or "this guy is like big steve." but theyre all really nice, albeit shy haha.
oh and this was no big surprise at all but im the only girl again! lol.
so i went to practice with the dudes at gikadai today and it was awesome
all my fears totally melted away about practicing on a jp level
first of all everyones' general reaction was "holy shit... very good!" and i was like, "uh ok, lol."
i bark like a man apparently haha, and the dudes here arent out to destroy everyone in their path or anything. the head dude is a really nice guy - im not even kidding. he has that cool uncle feel to him. the other dudes seem kinda shy around me lol, so i get all up in their face and enter their personal bubble to enhance the effect! hohohoho they totally dont look me in the eye so i hella stare at their face. lol lol lol - oh, how awesome it is to tease the undergrads~
usually there are about a handful of people who come - head dude says around 5 i guess, but today we had 8 people. so the group size is a lot like non-sunday UCLA practice days.
nest part of practicing with gikadai: BEAUTIFUL MAN GOES TO THIS SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
the same dude at gasshuku who i said, "i have stared at your face all weekend, and youre the most beautiful man here," to. TOTALLY SWEET! when i was walking with head guy to the practice site he told me, "so i think you might have worked out with one of our members at gasshuku, but im not so sure if you remember..." and i was like, "it cant be him..." and it was!! i opened the door into the room and i was like, "beautiful man!!!" and hella pointed to him. "REALLY great to see you again!!" lol.
its nice because i can speak japanese to them 100% go me. all the independent study stuff ive been doing and will be doing is going to be put to use every saturday evening now =D
oh, how the universe loves me so!
and im happy the group size is just about as intimate as UCLA. ive already memorized everyones' names =D i have first impressions for everyone too - like "this guy is like a nice and no-power jimmy" or "this is totally like freshman year karate man allen" or "this guy is like big steve." but theyre all really nice, albeit shy haha.
oh and this was no big surprise at all but im the only girl again! lol.
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