Booooo…
So they are continually taking away the internet from me…It is now at two of my junior high school where gmail, hotmail and any other sort of mail is forbidden. I have snuck Facebook by them…but I believe it is only time until that goes too, and I am completely cut out of the outside world while stuck in a stuffy staff room all day….not looking forward to that.
Other than their increased internet security – school is pretty good. It is near the end of the school year, so teachers are either trying to cram in the last bit of the textbook and requirements into the students, and therefore don’t need me, or they have finished and are just killing time, so they want me to plan all the games and activities. Either/or is pretty fine by me.


Went to the Nagasaki Lantern Festival again last



So, I’m currently sitting in the teacher’s room – where one of the first year teachers is at the sink (they have two bathroom sinks in here), gargling something extremely loudly, and spitting it out…pretty gross. Personal hygiene at the desk and in the staff room seems perfectly normal here…well at least for the men. It is a ritual that most teachers brush their teeth after lunch. Coughing up phlegm (sp?) is not uncommon. Even clipping your fingernails is not a problem. Pretty gross…but that’s just me…OH - and tonight I was at the local standing bar, having a nice drink with some friend - when a guy at the bar whips out his electric shaver and starts to "freshen up" at the bar!!!! How bizarre is that?!
Good news is that there is another Taiko workshop again this weekend! Am very much looking forward to it! There were talks of there possibly being a regular group that gets together once or twice a month – but it has been put off for another month or so – so I’m not entirely sure if that will ever happen! I will keep my fingers crossed!