So let's start with the beginning of the week...
Monday
Monday was a pretty good day. I only had 3 classes and so I could relax for most of the day. The classes were normal and nothing too much happened. The great thing about this past particular Monday was.....
the next day was a Japanese national holiday!!! They call it Thanksgiving day as well, but it's the unofficial Japanese Thanksgiving, I guess! In Japan, no one really celebrates Thanksgiving like we do in America. I don't know the exact reason why they recognize it as a national holiday, but it's a nice break in the week. As well, I thought it was funny that it's on a Tuesday (In America, Thanksgiving is ALWAYS on the Thursday of the week).
But anyway, Monday continued on and we had an enkai for our school that evening. The enkai was to celebrate a couple things. There were a few events that occurred and the enkai is really the only time when all the teachers can get together to officially celebrate with each other. They really take this time to have fun and let loose. Basically, an enkai is a party with co-workers. It's not always for just schools. Companies have enkais as well. They also take place at a restaurant. Food is served for everyone to share and everyone pays the same amount. It's also all you can drink. So even if you don't drink, you still pay the same amount as everyone else in the end. Interesting, right?!
Well, it's fun, but it can also call for an expensive evening, especially if you don't drink. Well, it was certainly expensive! It was split so all the males paid 5,000 Yen and the women paid 4,000 Yen. Basically, 4,000 Yen is equivalent to $40 and 5,000 Yen to about $50. Although it is quite different with the current exchange rate, that is a simplified view of the rates.
But, it was a good time. I got to socialize with the teachers and have a good time. All the while, they were having fun as well and all trying to test out their best English skills on me! Haha. There was an after party at a karaoke bar. We went there for a few hours and sang our hearts out, and many of the teachers continued drinking there. At the end of the night, I ended up getting home around 12:30 or 1 in the morning. But like I said before, we had Tuesday off so it's all good!
This is a picture with the English teachers at my school and 2 student teachers that have been at the school for the past 2 weeks. In the front with me is the school Vice Principal. He actually used to be an English teacher and speaks very good English! Good times!
Tuesday
So since I had this day off, it wasn't so bad coming back late in the evening/night/morning. But I was planning on meeting someone to celebrate her birthday since I couldn't spend it with her on her real day. To celebrate, I took her to Disney Sea! It was my first time there, so definitely a fun time. Always up for something new and so I was excited. I left my house in the morning and met her at 10:30. We were there the whole day and stayed until close!
So, to reiterate my point earlier, I haven't been at home much these past 2 days. I got home last night at around 12:30...which made for a tiring Wednesday, but it was a fun time! We got to get on a lot more rides than we were expecting. The crowd wasn't too bad considering it was a holiday. I think it was mainly because of the weather. In the morning, it was raining...:( unfortunately....
But by the afternoon, it cleared up and was partly/mostly sunny. It was pretty cool the whole day, but not bad! In the evening, the weather was absolutely perfect! It was a little cool, but there was no wind and the sky had cleared up. It made for a nice night view and good for walking around and checking out the park. A highlight of the evening...we were waiting in line for a ride for about 5 minutes...I think it was "Journey to the center of the earth" because it was the Volcano ride. They then announce something and it's to the effect that "There is unknown maintenance that needs to be on the ride so everyone must leave. We will have everyone file out of line and have you depart"
bummer....yeah, but at least we had only been waiting for five minutes. BUT, they gave everyone a free fast pass to any ride for the inconvenience....score!! I guess it was great! We only waited 5 minutes and got a free fast pass to get on a different ride that was working! Nice! I wasn't too bummed about that. We saved a lot of time with that and got to get on a ride anyway.
So all in all it was a really fun day! We had a lot of fun together and enjoyed the day at Disney Sea!
And so that lead into today's blog. I guess it was a normal Wednesday...but it felt like a looong day! I guess I was tired...haha. But finally got through the day. It also didn't help that I had 5 classes today, so pretty long and tiring. But I got through it. As well, I had my Eikaiwa class tonight so that just makes the day seem longer since it's a night class from 7:30-9:00.
With that, I'm off to get some rest and stay warm!
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