and then there was one

final day of training was today...now i have my schedule and everything. turns out my days off are going to be sunday and monday, which means that im one of the few that gets 2 days off in a row. on the negative side, alot of japanese public holidays fall on a monday which means that ill get screwed out of a few paid days off, but oh well. im going all over nagoya, 4 different schools in 5 days, with about 5 kids classes (and by kids i mean anywhere from 3-6 years old) and other regular lessons. mostly 330-930 shifts. should be fun. tomorrow is just a general meeting of all the teachers in the nagoya area at headquarters where we get a pep talk or something. then we start the next day. exciting stuff...

on other matters, i finally have the apartment looking like somebody actually lives there rather than somebody simply filling a void. ive actually got food, cleaning supplies, drinks, containers, ect...if only i could get a cd player instead of walking around with a discman, id be set.

finally, the cherry blossoms are just about over. i was in tsurami park for alot of the weekend where theres a bunch of cherry blossom parties. people literally get there in the morning, put down tarps under the blossoms and japanese lanterns, and wait for friends to arrive for all-night parties. on friday we were in the park and played a bunch of 15 year old japanese kids at soccer and lost; on sunday we went and joined the party. that was the first time i realized how many english teachers are here and how you could get by a year and learn absolutely no japanese or meet any japanese people...i hope that by the end of the year im not like that.