Blake-sensei's Everyday Life

I feel like a kid in some kind of Robot Museum! (Note: I am actually in a Robot Museum)

It's good to back online. I have been cut off from the outside world for quite some time, so its good to be able to sit down at a desk and catch up on things.

I'm starting to settle into my life in Anjo. Everyone here is very nice- creepily so. It must be something they put in the water. I don't not what they are saying about Japan's falling population, because one out of every two women I meet is noticeably pregnant.

My weekly schedule is as such. I wake up at around 6:00 when the Meititsu trains starting running... right next door to my apartment. I actually get out of bed at 9:00, make breakfast, shave, shower and then get dressed to go to work. I leave the house after I finish the dishes and vacuuming (I'm so domesticated. Also, they have very big rats in this country, so I'm taking preventative measures). I ride to Komeda, the local coffee change for some morning coffee (they sometimes throw toast in for free as well, so I guess it a kind of brunch. Then it's off to work! I get there half an hour early in order to do some office work and prepare for my first lessons. If I'm lucky I get to repeat some of my lessons, which means less preparation for me. Still, I normally have to teach four/five lessons a day. I have a lunch break at 3:00, and my last lesson is at 9:00, so I normally get out of work half an hour later. Then its back home for dinner and whatever I choose to occupy myself with (studying Japanese, eating cake and listening to my iPod mostly).

Today I met up with some of my fellow teachers for the Nagoya festival. There was a two hour parade with samurai, spear men, drummers and princesses in the streets to celebrate Tokugawa Iesyu Day or something. The mock battles were pretty cool, especially the samurai duels. It was great fun, even though I depleted both my camera batteries.

I've gotten my hands on a cheap iMac, so I hope to have full time Internet access soon. I will have to wait until I get my Gaijin card (next month) until I can get my mobile phone though :-(

I hope everyone is doing okay back home. My thoughts (if not my meat-puppet) are with you all!

FOR THE HORDE!

-Blakey