Mystery Solved

I told Ikehara-sensei today that I am returning to England on Saturday. I strategically told her as an answer to one of her questions in class: "What did you do at the weekend?" "I booked plane tickets." After class she told me that she "would miss me, even though it's only for one week!" I worry about the effect I have on people. Maybe the American government will want to use me as a weapon?

After lunch I journied into Tenjin to pay for said plane tickets. A whopping 92,450yen! I had a little chat with the travel agent woman, Chihiko, about Italy as she is going there in the spring and I used to live there. I have to pick my tickets up at the airport as there less than a week until I fly.

On the way home I got caught in a hail storm, which I countered by putting on my Australia cap. Hail is easy to tolerate as it just bounces off you for the most part and you don't end up drenched. I decided the key to it was not letting any hit your face, as then you think it's actually a sunny day... anyway.

Linden Hall in the afternoon: I was covering for Binks (she is covering for me next week), so I taught with Brendan for the first time. He seems to have got it all down to a fine art, even coming up with multi-lesson spanning ideas: today's was acrostics with their names. Mizuki had a little trouble with her 'z', though they get to finish it next lesson.

It turns out my "Moving Castle: 1/24 Second" is actually precisely that. It is a little glass block with the film title etched into it, and within in it is a single frame of the movie. Pretty cool, eh? I bet you're all jealous.