Fukuoka Now Party

I covered Drummond's Linden Hall today, so that he could be with Rachel. Not a bad lesson: I taught with Rushen, and only for about 15 minutes before we went for play. I opted to hang around for Seb to give me a lift, rather than run for the bus, however after we had dropped someone off at the station and stopped while Seb picked something up, it had taken about 30 minutes. Any other day it would have been fine, but I had to get to Tenjin for the party. Thus, I went without eating, picking up a couple of onigiri on the way.

It took Lauma and I a little while to find Sam & Dave's but we did eventually. The girls had done a good job of decorating the place "Vegas" style and there were some casino tables: blackjack and roulette. Three of the teachers turned up: Yoshimatsu, Ohnishi and Hirata, as well as one of the ladies from reception and Izumi. Rushen's sword teacher, Mike, was also there as well as a couple of people on the JET scheme that we keep bumping into: Ian and Joy.

The performance itself was... well, I think we sung well... given the circumstances. We had one microphone between five of us, which was the same as no microphones, so it was quite a belt. The comedy sketches, whilst having some funny bits, just bombed. Some bits were far too long, and the English was spoken so fast that only people with a good grasp of the language had any idea what was going on. This, unfortunately, wasn't most people. Also, the timing and coordination was just all wrong, and the stage was too small and cramped. Oh, well. It's over now... I just feel sorry for all the people who came to see us; it must have been so disappointing.

I came home with Binks, Rushen and Ciarán after the party, whereas the others stayed out for karaoke.