Observation

My day has been rather plain. I watched an episode of anime in the morning and did a little translation for Seb’s lesson, though that was cancelled. I had my Japanese lesson this morning: so ordinary. It was another full house today and another lesson that dragged on. We did not study anything new, just finished off the chapter: video, exercises, etc. At least that means that tomorrow is new material, which is always the most interesting thing. We are going to be able to “try” to do things, soon.

Lunch was fried rice and some chicken pieces. I resisted the curry-rice temptation for once, even after finishing and still having 20 minutes left before the bus. There is no need to eat as much as possible, I have decided. I caught the bus home, where I did my homework and put some more kanji into my program. I then returned with Flick and Binks to the office to wait for Linden Hall to begin. Maki-san informed me that someone had to write and give a speech in Japanese at the closing ceremony, which has been scheduled for 15th June especially for Katherine and me, I guess. The original closing ceremony is still going to take place, but with a much reduced number of people. They will do another speech at that one, which James will probably give. I am quite looking forward to that. I just have to write it now, though. Maki-san said it should be about two minutes long, but I think I can drag it out to about 5 minutes easily and acceptably. I just have to figure out what to say. Perhaps I will write it in English first, translate it, and then get a Japanese speaker to adjust it so that it sounds good.

I had Linden Hall after that. It is later on Wednesdays, so it is only about 30 minutes, though the children were still doing there homework until at least 5.10. I think they were all hyperactive due to the rain having taken away their playtime. Moreover, on a Wednesday, they get no free play, so they become agitated. We took them to the gym, where we had them find flash cards in a race, based upon clues given. Most paid little attention though, and they were generally disruptive. They like to test us. We also had the added stress of the cameraman being there, though all the children seem to know who he is and often jump on him, the poor guy. It was not for long, though, so it so quickly over. A first-year called Kousuke, who had never been before, came and seemed to understand what was going on, despite having only started in April. They have progressed quickly, I think.