So I decided to return to the blogging world with a bang. There's so many things that have happened since the last blog I don't even know where to begin. Ok..I'll start with summer vacation. I travelled back to America for 20 days in August for a bit of family bonding. After 3 days we flew into Florida for universal studios. Granted the first day I thought we were all gonna kill each other, the second day was much better and once we got into the park all was good. Harry Potter land was awesome. I may be an adult but the castle ride was really well done although the second time I rode it the ride actually stopped in the middle and the lights turned on. Two days at cocoa beach laying there and swimming in the ridiculously warm water. Headed back and spent the rest of my vacation in Chicago with friends and family catching up. Two of my friends from Udo Junior High came to visit me in Chicago. It was fabulous and I had a great time. I resturned to Japan the most messed up I've ever been from jet lag. The flights home were unbearable.
Sooooo,, back in Japan I chillaxed until school started again. We are currently preparing for a massive play with dancing and singing involving our juku students. I've been painting murals non-stop for a month and there's still one left. Juku is a bit stressful because they are loud and obnoxious. They are really testing my patience. Maybe I'll scare them with some Japanese yelling/scolding I have learned.
I got to judge the Miyazaki High school speech contest at the prefectural library. It was difficult but I don't regret how I placed the students. There were native speakers there and that made it difficult to place them. One student gave a ridiculous speech about love & war that had me containing my laughter, but there was no way I would forget his speech and it helped him get third place. Oh yeah and I had to take the train, I love you boe......
I went swimming in the local dam we went swimming in last year, I've attended only one of my Undokai's but will visit two more this weekend, and just finished another junior high speech contest where two of my students placed.
While Muqing and Lola were still gone I attended the cape toi fire festival for some camping, fire, and drinking. All of which were accomplished. It was a beautiful day, although everyone was getting sunburnt.
We found this awesome cliff with typhoon waves and took this epic picture. After the festival we booked it down to a different camp site. The typhoon was coming so we moved off the beach to higher ground. There was an abandoned camp ground and I roomed with some friends in their tent. It was pitch black and no one could see anything and it took 8 years to get the fire started. The booze run returned too late as I had already abandoned chu-hai's and switched to whisky. The next morning was roungh but you could see the gorgeous view that was blocked the night before.
Portrait a wee
k had turned into portrait when I feel like it. I can draw pretty fast, but I have been sooooo busy its unbelievable. My love of portraits has also turned into I love K-pop. Each paycheck I specifically set aside money for cd purchases. I NEVER bought cd's in America and now that I'm in Japan I didn't think that would change. But! lo-and-behold I now have over 40 CD's with songs I really like even though they are not in English. Right now there are so many cd's coming out!! Bigbang concert dvd and cd, Shinee lucifer japan ed, Tohoshinki Tone, GD&TOP japan vs. , and finally the best: Tohoshinki is having a concert in fukuoka. But here's the kicker the fan club is closed and we can't join(yet). This fanclub is the ticket(literally) to getting tickets first and getting the best seats. We have no priority so we will be out in the boonies if we can even get tickets. Bigshow 2012 is still on the ropes so we have no idea if we can make going to korea a reality in February. We are going to try to go to Korea during christmas this year and for new years. I can't wait and I know muqing's budget money will go straight to new character socks and lola's will go to facials and massages with weird names. Ps. dont steal my artwork!! I found it on some japanese sites.
SHINee is the new k-pop obsession right now. Their dancing in their lucifer video is to die for. I am going to start learning dance to try to burn off these last few pounds. In other news I am one size away from women's pants in japan. Uniqlo's womens wear only goes up to a size 6 max and the mens picks up where the womens left off. Ahhh the small joys in life. Back to shinee they are hilarious and are having concerts soon, but due to work we can not go. I feel like I could see them easier than bigbang so I'm not too sad.
Last in news was the giant cabin party in Kitago that tested the limit of my drinking abilities. The results I can drink alot with questionable results. After a few round of red or black my fate was sealed. Half the party is a blur. I do remember LMFAO dancing, people drinking sho-chu out of a bucket, all of us having champagne poured on us, throwing a bouncy ball that lit up, and the next morning looking for my keys. It was too successful as a party, terrible the next day. I have never been so sick. I blame it on the jagermeister shots. FML......AND I was back at those same cabin's with my co-workers a week later!! We had a tennis tournament that I failed at, ate cake, and generally had a great time. Co-workers got super drunk and tried to make us yakisoba. good times.
Currently I am just spending time getting together my halloween costume and wanting Tohoshinki's new cd. Life is good.
