Day 66 in Japan - Four types of chemical reactions

First thing today - I got yesterday's purikura pictures. The machine tries to automatically adjust the colour of your skin and hair, and does something to try to makes your eyes "nicer". It seems to try to make them a little bigger, puts digital mascara on you, and tints your eyes blue. Or at least that's Sam excuse for his George Michael-ish appearance in the following pictures (particularly the second one here).

Last night's midnight photo booth photos.

Today's classes - 1 good, 1 bad, 1 good. This is unusual at Akashikita, where usually all of the classes are good. But in one of my classes, I had a girl who was really bitchy. It's amazing how much one person can affect a class, and the whole thing was really flat because of her. I was feeling a bit sad after that, and then the next class (same lesson plan) was brilliant, which perked me back up. And in the afternoon I got to teach my lovely science class. We looked at four types of chemical reactions - synthesis, decomposition, single replacement and double replacement. I really like teaching this class - it's nice to have something solid to feel like I know what I'm doing, and the science parts of these classes feels like doing "my thing". Which I guess bodes well for me committing to my science career? Hmmmm...

On the way home, I bought Sam some snacks, because he spent half of the day trying to convert me a video for class that I didn't use in the end. I saw a lady with a dog tied to the back of her bike - not resting in a bike basket like everyone else here does, but TIED to the back tray of her bike. With rope. She had made it lie on the tray, and then looped rope around and around and around it to strap it down. I wanted to take a photo, but couldn't do it surreptitiously. 

I had great plans tonight to go for a run, but as I got home, the sky was just turning black. There was a lot of rain tonight, so any exercise for the night was called off. Skyped with Mum and Fletch instead.

Marge, the rains are 'ere

Food Highlight of the Day: I got hot dogs and hot dog buns for dinner - they were GRAND. I don't know when I last ate hot dogs for a meal.