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My day has been much the same. Guess what? I had a Japanese lesson in the morning! We had Yoshimatsu-sensei today instead of Hirata-sensei – they have swapped this week for some reason. We will have Hirata on Friday morning now. We did more passive voice sentences, though in Japanese they seem to imply the speaker is annoyed or cross:
My hand was bitten by a dog! – 私は犬に手を噛まれました。 (watashi wa inu ni te o kamaremashita)
My computer was broken by my brother! – 私は弟にパソコンを壊されました。(watashi wa otouto ni pasokon o kowasaremashita)
How very interesting indeed! The lesson was not too bad, though.

For lunch I had some donburi. It was some strips of fish on top of a bowl of rice. It was quite nice, though it was not very big. I just end up snacking lots throughout the day, but I do that anyway, so having a smaller lunch is probably better in that case! After lunch, we had Seb’s lesson. We started translating the book that we were promised. It was quite interesting though Japanese is very difficult! They can form these great long sentences of linked clauses, which just so complicated to remember. It was fun, though. We got through about one page of 18, so quite a way to go still!

After that, I went on the train to Tenjin with Felicity as we were doing Linden Hall together. She went off shopping for clothes and I went to find a book, the one that we are translating. I found it in the second shop: my favourite place in Tenjin – The Media Mall (they have computer games!). A woman phoned upstairs to see if they had it. They did, so she told me to go upstairs to the service counter, where it had already been placed inside a file holder thingy. Very efficient service. I looked at Nintendo DS Lites, but the whole of Japan seems to be sold out! I also went to Best Denki, who had none either. Finally, I went back to the camera place and took some photos of prices.

Got the train back with Flick and we just made it to Linden Hall on time! We gave them a selection of various worksheets to do: wordsearch, crossword, colouring in pages, colour-by-numbers, and the world’s hardest spot the difference. It was a short lesson, only half an hour, as they have moved their long day to Wednesday! They are still catching up from the Typhoon from when we first arrived! I’m not sure they’ll ever be back on track, not if another one hits!

After Linden Hall I came back on the bus, helping to carry a tent that Izumi lent us. It’s for the camping holiday that some of them are going on. The bus was crowded, and having a tent and sleeping bag to carry didn’t help. We got some strange looks! I ate dinner and cycled to Bink’s job. It was on this time, and was not too bad. I heard about Japanese Society, The National Flag, and The Wonder of Nature. I wasn’t particularly in the mood, and let some of their mistakes slip, mostly when they were talking, though!