Quick overview of the week~~

Alright it's been a while...and I'm sorry but I've been busy but I'm gettin on it....here's some pics of my past week in a nutshell!



Haha this one is for AJ because I just recently commented on her blog with this photo!! This was taken this past Sunday on Lake Kawaguchiko... I will be impressed if any of you can pronounce that properly in one try :P We had a blast, the other person on the far left is our friend Juan. He's studying law in Tokyo and we all know each other from living in Las Vegas...which was pretty strange because nobody has friends from home in Japan. BUT WE DO and that's another reason I love it here!!

ok next...




The first pic is one of my students...RYOKI. He's awesome and the class we teach is great...it's funny because I understand everything they say in Japanese, and I can reply to them in English and make them laugh, which says something about their ability you know!!! The other pics is right outside of the branch I teach at on Tuesday...the pic doesn't give the mountains justice unfortunately but it's still an idea of what I do regularly!!!



THESE GIRLS!!!!


Honoka and Yuka don't speak any Japanese ever!!! LOL I actually try to get them to speak Japanese just because I want to hear them talk. They are two very quiet sisters but when they do talk it's awesome and they are very funny too!!! Ok I'm sorry this is so short but the madre wanted a little something something and I know AJ was dying to see that swan pic!!! I'll be on here more regularly so don't worry all!!!

Looks like we made it!!!

ahhhh Barry Manilow :P



in reference to my babies :)look who came out to say hello!!!



4 days after too!!!

cilantro





and tomatoes!!!!



lol for some reason I'm also listening to Rich boy....back and forth with Barry Manilow I guess I must be in a funky mood huh.. THROW SOME D'S ON THAT BITCH!!!!! Be careful if you say that once you're going to be hooked...!



2-5-2~~!!!!! right katie!?!?!

SUUUUUUCCCCEEEESSSSSS!!!!!

cilantro....


...tomatoes....



..hurry up jalapenos'!!!!!!!



yesterday there was about one bud in each planter...when i check this morning is was pretty great to see them in action!!! it was a super nice day yesterday( except the fact that with this mop on my head i sweat like a pig :( ) but i guess it did wonders for the plants.. i really hope the jalapenos do something soon. i was worried because when i planted these guys it rained for three days straight and was raelly cold. i hear that's really bad for those suckers...but they're rising above hehe literally and i'll keep everyone posted on how its going :)

B

Among other things...

...heart shaped ground beef!



...when you eat them you feel loved :P

Just killing time while the rice is cooking. LOL and as I write that I realize how ironic and Japanese of me :) These heart burgers are going to be the cornerstone of my super healthy dinner!!!

brown and white rice
asparagus
spinach
onions
garlic
HEART BEEF!!!!!

...and assorted seasonsings :)

Hope everyone is doing well...playing tennis and golf tomorrow = w00t... take care all!

It's raining!!!

Luckily my hobbies are piling up lol. Learning more Weezer on my guitar....I have to say I love torrents!! You can just download the whole discography, but shhhh don't tell anyone ok ;)

Also, one of my students gave me this...it's called Jamaica but it's a pretty fun math game...she uses it on her students.


And I was supposed to play tennis today :(

Ok so here's how it works! The two black dice you add up and that's the number you need to reach. You do this by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing the other numbers to get the total of the black numbers added up. This time it's 26...

Alright so please try and if you're still confused(insert name here) I'll explain :)

This one was easy though...alright so you need to get 26 right. What I did was add the 3 + 2 + 1 = 6...multiply it by 4 = 24, then add 2 = 26. Alright well it may not be the hardest but sometimes it gets a little tricky.

Ok so that's what i'm doing while it's raining.... here's what's been going on while not raining!!!









If you look really hard in that last one you can see a gray and black wild pig!!! And it almost charged on us....Probably the scariest thing yet I've encountered in Japan. On this hike on went on to see those beatiful waterfalls I also a monkey in the trees the size of a 2 year old!

Earlier on in the week I went up to the mountains and shot some arrows and bbqed all day!! Very fun stuff I recommend trying it :) Here's some of our food we grilled up....the first and last photo shot by a friend of mine...Eric, you can probably notice the diff becaus he has a really nice camera!





Anywho that was the past week in a nutshell....BBQed up in the mountains yesterday with some friend while raining..very fun!!!! This week is a holiday week, it's called Golden Week and a very busy time for commuting around japan. So I basically relaxed and did my thing. Caught up on some movies ie...

Royal Tenenbaums - so funny
Me, myself, & Irene (never seen....as a matter of fact it's still buffering)
Goonies(again)
Trainspotting
Shoot em Up!
ohh and finished Chuck season 2

...unfortunately I don't think there is going to be a 3rd season...ohh well. ohh...also finally planted my seeds my mom sent me...we'll be seeing pics of jalapenos sprouting soon and i will have day by day(!) photos hopefully :) I hope everyone had a good cinco de mayo....PEACE

Another Monday down!

This past week flew by!!!!

Been super busy....picking up and switching shifts with people. Went to Tokyo over the weekend to pay my buddy who sold me the car...he's a snap of him and his gf....i'll just start and the pics are around the table of us and some peeps hanging out on Sunday nigt(4/26/09)




The weekend was actually really great. There's something about Tokyo that gives me energy to just be productive and "sieze the day". It's weird. I stayed the night on Sunday and woke up early....which was crazy I've never been squeezed into a subway like I was this morning!!! I didn't even sleep on my bus back and was full of spunky all day...I even stayed after work a little late because I had to finish up some work for an early morning business class I picked up for a friend...and I NEVER STAY A MINUTE LATER THAN I HAVE TOO :P

ohhh...I also found a pic of my car! Taken via my balcony....



Yes it's really small!!!! But shoot it works and at least I get to park it pretty close to my house. I don't know what it is about Japanese people too but for some reason they always back their cars in everywhere...I think it's just part of their strangely efficient culture you know.

Also this past week I've had a strange appetite...check out this feast I prepared...I think that was on Thursday 4/23!



hmmm....I would ask people try and guess but it's a difficult one... 10 points to the winner with the most correct answers. And hint...there are two types of meat!!! This is the first time points have ever been availiable on the blog so...this is special!!

AND!!! I have pictures of cute Japanese kids I teach.... This girl is Rinna!! She's one of my favorite kids and also the most annoying because she hates doing anything productive but she's a really funny girl!!! She's 4 and has to stop coming to my class!! It sucks but I guess it's difficult for her mom to make it now or something = :(



This next bunch are my first class on Friday's....there alright but the dude thinks he's funny and gets put in his place every five minutes by me, you would think this wears him down but momma didn't raise a quitter with Mr.Shota! They're all drinking water because we were going over emotions, I asked everyone if they were thirsty...it turns out they were! It was pretty funny so I thought I'd take a pic!



Well that's enough for now!!! This week I have Wednesday off and I think I'm going to be doing archery up in the mountains with a bbq so I'll be sure to show everyone what's up with the bows and arrows!!! OHHH!!! GOTTA SHOW LOVE TO MY SIS!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIZNATCH!!!!

also you too Jenny!!!!

I hope everyone's doing well...mom you better get an X5 that's tiiiiiight and then get nanny a new friggin car that heap's about to blow up!!!! TAKE CARE EVERYONE!!!

ohhhh snaps!!!!

So I went shopping over the weekend and swooped these bad boys up at the local cheap-o shops!

The skateboard went for 2,000 yen, which is about $20 bucks!!! Which any of you who know about longboard skateboards a normal one is usually about $100!

Then I swooped on the guitar for $40 !!! I know it's a weird color blue but for $40 bucks it was awesome. Alright so it looks like I won't be studying as much as before.

Trying to but it's tough! I am getting a chance to practice as well which is great but motivation other than everyday conversation is tough. Especially while trying to make my lesson plans more interesting at work. I also picked up a second job!!!! It'll be teaching two classes at a kindergarten on Mondays. The great thing is this school is about a 5 minute drive from my hosue!

Goin to Fujiyoshida today to kick it with AJ, think I'm going to be making pasta then grab some ice cream @ a place in Kawaguchiko...I'll throw up some pics later on in the week!! I'm finding I don't really have too much to say on these blogs so i'll take request....anything just let me know, picture requests I'll do it!!! shoot even song request on my spankin new acoustic! Catch up later peeps!!!