Ramen Day

Lessons are speeding along. We've only had two so far, and I can already say "I am English. I am a student", and "That person is not a doctor. That person is a researcher". All good stuff.

Had ramen for lunch in our quick 40 minute break, though the first lesson overran a bit, so it was even shorter. Wasn't so good; I'm not sure the seaweed adds much to the appeal. Though a guy called Yoshi did come and start talking with us, which was cool. He'd been to St. Anne's and Fitzwilliam Colleges in the summer to learn English, which he spoke quite well (better than our Japanese at least).

We had our first lesson on Japanese history, given by Seb. It was quite informal, and he just told us a few things about the Jomon period (10,000BC - 300BC). So, we covered about 10,000 years in an hour and a half. Pretty speedy. Though, to be honest, not much is knowm about the time, as they were still illeterate, and so everything is just speculation.

Taught the 1st years for the first time, with Binks. Was quite a laugh, with us all pretending to be different types of transport: planes, bikes, taxis (that was an interesting one), etc. They already knew "The wheels on the bus", and "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes". A few of them misbehave slightly, but Binks has a "stern voice" mode which stops them (at least for a little). We then played relay games in the gym, as it was raining outside.

Dinner tonight was..... ramen. But I've already had it once today!! Agggh. This one of slightly better, as it had no seaweed, but neither were as good as the one we had in the street the other day. Also had some orange jelly. Fruit!! Fantastic.

Received a parcel from Hannah today, which was super awesome; it was a dissapointing to find she wasn't inside, but presents are a good alternative for now. Also got a third postcard from my parents.