Sorry for not posting recently. My Internet is in the process of being canceled/renewed/hooked up again so I haven't been able to write longer posts.
Once it's back up and running I am going to venture into the world of vlogging so keep and eye out for that.
On another note, I asked my students to fill out a questionnaire to introduce themselves to me. They wrote some super cute things and they seemed so outgoing and enthusiastic which was so different from how they conducted themselves in class. I have to really work at bringing them out of their shells while they are in the classroom.
Anyways, here are a few samples of what they drew.
I have something in common with this student :p
On average I get called cute 20 times a day.
My friend emailed me a YouTube link to a video montage of a popular cat that lives in Japan. I love random cat videos and this one is adorable. This is nothing life changing or ground breaking, but it is ridiculously cute.
The moon was full and bright the other night so I snapped a couple of photos. When I got home and checked Facebook and Instagram, I saw that people from home had taken photos of the same illuminous moon and I learned that it was actually a blue moon. It was a comforting thought that people from home and I had shared the same vision of such a beautiful moon, just a day apart.
We finally hit up the karaoke place yesterday! In Japan karaoke is held in private rooms, unlike in Calgary where you have to sing in front of a bar full of people. It is a lot less daunting to sing in front of a group of friends than an entire room full of strangers.
Good times :)
Just before my lunch break I received a text from my friend Rebekah saying "You in for some life changing ramen?".
I could never say no to an offer like that so I hopped on my bike and rode to meet her at a little ramen shack near our house.
This is a hole in the wall restaurant with an open greasy kitchen and only a few stools for customers to sit and quickly devour their meal. Although the restaurant is nothing fancy, everyday a long line of hungry patrons wait in the blistering heat (and I am told on the coldest days in winter too) just to have a bowl of this amazingly rich mouthwatering ramen. Oishii desu!
I met up with a friend and he took me to Spicy Market, one of the best Thai restaurants I have ever been to.
Sometimes other culture's foods are a bit off when I have eaten them here. There is always a Japanese twist or flavour that keeps it from tasting like the food I am used to.
This place had Thai dishes that tasted exactly like curries and stir fry's that I have eaten in Thailand and Thai places in Calgary. I instantly felt comforted by the familiar palette and devoured each delicious dish. The best part was the fried banana dessert with ice cream. It is a Vietnamese and Thai classic dessert and it was a wonderful taste of home.
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