Feb 25 – Rough weekend

Well not really rough, but very tiring to say the least. On Saturday I was planning on going out with Masako Sensei, but she had to work. I was also planning on having lunch with Nakabanashi San, but she also had to work. Finally, I wanted to go out with Encho-Sensei’s daughter who is in town over spring break, but I don’t have any way to contact her. I ended up spending the day with Tamaki and Umi again. We went out to lunch at a spaghetti place which was really delicious. I have not had Italian food in what seemed like ages. We did some shopping afterwards for dinner and food for Umi. It was a pretty slow day. I also finally broke my resolution at the beginning of Spring Break of not playing my DS or PSP during my free time. I started up Dragon Quest 4 on the DS. Hey it’s in Japanese with kanji that I have to look up every once in a while. Good Japanese practice right? Right?

Yesterday I woke up at the early hour of 7:30 to help with the Midori Gakuen Sai. This involved working behind the stage making sure all of the children’s acts went smoothly. Encho-Sensei’s daughter was there so you can guess where I working at. We helped move the instruments on and off the stage, move the props, help the kids dress, and finally watched the acts. The auditorium was packed full of parents and video cameras. All things considered, the show went very smoothly. The kids all preformed well given that they were scared of performing in front of so many people. The show also began and ended on time, which was good for us because we had to pack up all the stuff after it ended. Upon returning home, I spent time relaxing until nightfall.

That night was the after-party with some of the sensei’s. Itadaki, Isao, Ilia, and 4 girl sensei’s attended. It was quite the party. We went to an Izakaya called Murasaki (村さ来), which does not mean “purple” like I originally thought, but literally “come to village”. We drank, talked, partied, drank more, and had a good time. Around 10:30 we decided to go to the karaoke place next door. Isao and Itadaki stayed at the restaurant and continued to drink. Karaoke was lots of fun. When I sang an English song everyone was floored. “本物だ！！” They screamed. Yeah, I am the real deal. We sang until 2 in the morning. It was quite a night.

Today I woke up feeling pretty well, but upon further inspection, I was dead tired. I went to the hoikuen for an hour and decided that I needed to rest today. I didn’t want to, but it is for the best. I don’t have a hangover or anything, but I am just not Genki today. Tomorrow should be a good day. I will have dinner with someone tomorrow, I already decided that.