Day 95 in Japan - Making Ghosts

Today was cold! Not like "Ooooo, maybe I'll wear a long sleeved shirt" cold, but proper "Where are my hat, gloves and jacket" cold What? I checked the school thermometer at lunchtime, and it was about 8 degrees celsius!

Today's classes we super fun! Although pretending to have a sore throat is starting to give me a sore throat - I'll have to cut that out. Finally finished grading all of my mid-term tests! Forgot to order lunch again, but after Aaron and Corey and then Jakub visits, maybe skipping a few lunches isn't too bad a thing...

A teacher asked me to help him understand a few of the finer points of a BBC Comedy show called "Mock the Week" - similar to Good News Week but English. Some of the humour was a little risque (in Japanese terms), and it was slightly awkward trying to explain what lube is, why it would be cherry flavoured, and what "sexing something up" (where the usage that means "fucking up") means in a suddenly very quiet Japanese staffroom. We got through the first 7 minutes of the show, and I'm looking forward to round two :P

In ESS club we made Halloween decorations, which meant that we were very late out of school. Hit up the CO-OP on the way home for some Halloween candy. I made a Mario and Genie ghost, and a lopsided, crappy Jack-o'-lantern. We are lucky to have some very artistic students amongst the group!

ESS Club with our Halloween decorations (can you see my Mario and Genie ghosts?)

Made pork and spinach and mashed potato for dinner, and watched a LOT of Community. I think we have cleared most of the available episodes in just over a week. It's a great show, and seems to be getting better as it goes on.

Food Highlight of the Day: Mashed potatoes - I managed to co-ordinate having potatoes and milk and margarine and salt and pepper all in the house at once, and we did the mash. Best mashed potato I have made in YEARS! (Note: this is the second time I have made mashed potato in years, and the last time I didn't have any milk).