Party Party

Today I went to school late because I had the first few periods off. After school there was no Kendo so I got thrown around in Judo for a little while until I decided to bike home.

Around 6 Shoko and I went to an AET (English teacher's) party thrown by the city of Tamano. As usual Jez, John Davey and Sam were there, as well as Neil from Boston and a bunch of locals who could speak English well. It was held above Jacasse, an excellent Italian restaurant which provided the catering. I introduced myself in Japanese then ate a ton of food and mingled. I got to meet my second host mother again, as well as some kids that live near her house. I also met Miwako Tateishi who works for Tamano city and as I found out later knew quite a bit about me. She was educated in England (which I only discerned after she spelled the word "colour"), and had translated my resume into Japanese for the mayor.

There is a picture of me on Tamano High School's website, the fifth picture down on the left side (see if you can tell which one is me). It says I joined the "folk song" club, but I don't think I would consider Blink-182 a folk song.

In Japanese staplers are called "Hotchkiss," named for the E.H. Hotchkiss Company.