Party Hard!

I had two Japanese lessons again as usual. We had Hirata-sensei in the morning, as we knew we would. Five of us turned up: Brendan, Flick, Ciarán, Rushen, and me. Drummond took his friend to Dazaifu and Binks and Katherine went for lunch together. James’ mum and friend are still here so he was doing things with them. We studied more of the passive voice. I can now say “Aeroplanes were invented by the Wright brothers.” 飛行機はライト兄弟によって発明されました。Hikouki wa raito kyoudai niyotte hatsumei saremashita.
Try slipping that into a conversation!

In the afternoon, we had Ohnishi-sensei. Brendan was not there as he works in the afternoon, so the class was even smaller. I like the smaller classes, and this one was not too bad. There was less “drilling” than normally happens with her on a Friday afternoon.

After school, I almost had a nap, but I was not so tired at the time, so I played my game instead. I went and taught for Noriko at 4pm. It was not too bad, and it back to having only two classes again. That was a nice surprise! The kids were not too bad. We have gained one in the first class: Tabasa (Tabatha), who is Rio’s sister, and there were already the siblings of Daiki and Chisato. It is a family class!

We went for a meal at 9pm. I went in with Drummond and Brendan, with the aim of getting a cake beforehand. The shops were all closed when we got there, though – a minor oversight. We settled on a selection of little cakes from a supermarket, which went down well in the end, so I think we succeeded there. The meal was tasty with lots of food: beef, prawns, pasta, pizza, etc. There was plenty of drink as well. I was good and only had six drinks at the restaurant! Afterwards, we went to a karaoke bar and sang some. Rushen arrived with his friend after an hour so most people went off clubbing with them. I stayed behind with a couple of JETs and a couple of friends of theirs for another hour. It was not as good, though, as they mostly sang obscure songs, plus I hardly knew any of them. We all went on to meet the others after that, though, in a club called “Happy Cock” where we spent the rest of the night. I was good and only bought the “2 free drinks ticket” as opposed to the all you can drink one. I think we all had a good time. Rushen’s Akiko was there as well with a couple of her colleagues. We even accidentally bumped into some Koreans who turned out that they lived in Cambridge House! Brendan had seen them around, though they all look like Orientals to me, so there was no particular reason why I should have remembered them. Obviously, we are easier to spot! The music was mostly crap, though: some strange jungle and drum & bass, though they did play a few tunes that I recognised, though mostly remixes of them. I was only there for four hours, thinking about it, so not that long at all. I guess that it is a little odd starting your clubbing night at 2am. At home, that is when it normally when it finishes!

It was a good night. I got back at about 6.30am and went to bed almost straight away. I was not that drunk, as I had probably sobered up by the time I got home...