My Japanese lesson went really well, and I rushed home afterwards for final trifle construction, hasty gift-wrapping and absolutely no cleaning of the house. Then I grabbed my huge bathing bowl full of dessert, and took the 10 minute walk to the station, 10 minute train to Akashi, switched to the Hankyu train line, watched my train pull away 10 seconds too early, met a new friend who helped me get onto a rapid train and then switch to a local, finished my 25 min train ride, walked 5 mins from the station, to get to…
JUTAKU! I have a few friends that live in teachers accommodation at Nishi Futami, and apparently the area that they live in is called Jutaku. We had a brilliant party with a few ALTs, a few English teachers, a few beers and a LOT of food. We played a fun game to exchange gifts, and I ended up with a giant box of chocolates. I am very happy about that. I talked a LOT, with bits of Japanese thrown in with the English, and met a bunch of new Japanese teachers. It was very nice to have a night of real “hanging around” with Japanese people – just joking around and not being polite or formal at all.
The delicious dinner spread. |
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Dinner time! |
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The whole Christmas crew with our secret Santa presents (photo by Deyi). |
Food Highlight of the Day: It is so hard to choose! I enjoyed Deyi’s spicy Pad Thai, Arjun’s Thai Red pumpkin curry, Jodie’s Shepherds Pie, Hiro-chan’s rice dumplings, and honestly, everything. Ummm, I’m going to be magnanimous, and say “Dinner”.
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