Meeting the Chancellor

Binks, Flick, and I were 'lucky' enough to meet Chancellor Tsuzuki and his wife, the Principal of Linden Hall. Supposedly, he and his large entourage just turned up and the Hall this morning, where they had to drop everything. Tsuzuki-san is the man who sponsors are stay in Japan, so we were a little apprehensive about meeting him, though we didn't know we would until we were about to enter the shcool. So, we stood outside in full view wondering what we were going to do and making ourselves look a little smarter.

Seb attempted to introduce us to the main man, though he speaks Hakata-dialect that we have no real chance of understanding at this stage of our education. He seems a little deaf though, so after "these are the Oxford and Cambridge students that teach the after school English classes" he turned away and sat back down, just as Seb was getting to "this is Binks...". Oh, well. He seemed much more happy when we left, giving us a little white-gloved wave and a smile.

Chancellor Tsuzuki is a man with many a strange habbit. Whether these are just rumour, his paranoia, or just things people have decided he would want, we may never know. Here is what I know:

• His office is like a submarine, i.e. it has an airtight door. Coupled with this is his team of men that burst in at regular intervals to spray fresh air around;
• The colour red must not be worn in his office;
• No mobile phones, nor watches to be worn in his office;
• He doesn't like people walking behind him.

We love him though, as he's giving us lots of money.

I went to see "Flightplan" with Binks and her friend Eiko, whom we had dinner with on Saturday with Flick and Ciarán, in Kurume. It was a rather good pschological thriller starring Jodie Foster. Many a possible plot line is suggested, though only one is correct.

In other news, Hirata-sensei gave us some late Valentine's chocolates.