Six Months

That's right, it's exactly six months to the day that I arrived in hot, sweaty Tokyo, bursting to the seams with optimism and joy at being in foreign lands once again. And even though its bloody freezing now, my initial optimism has, like magic, been transformed into a love and respect for the country I now call home.

Even teaching- something most people I'm sure would have never imagined me doing- has been quite a laugh, and gone relatively well, with a few exceptions like mispelling "Christmas" and allowing Wham into the classroom.

I've seen a lot of stuff over the past six months, and there's more to come! Although I've had much fun the last few weekends, I'm eager to ease my itchy feet and get moving around Japan again. I'd tough walking the tightrope between being "daring and adventurous" and avoiding financial ruin. But I do my best. I guess if I'm going for Taiwan for 5 days, then seeing the Cherry Blossom in Tokyo and Kyoto in early April, I should probably sit tight for now. Plus there's all sorts of farewell celebrations planned for my friend Yumiko, who's leaving to live in New York at the end of March.

In other news the Official Shonan English Songs 2006-07 CD was created this week. Bear in mind that it's for 15-16 year olds, who obviously have very poor music taste...

1. "Welcome to My Life", Simple Plan
2. "There She Goes", The La's
3. "Miss A Thing", Aerosmith
4. "Complicated", Avril L
5. "In My Place", Coldplay
6. "Oops! I Did It Again", Britney
7. "Happy Xmas", John Lennon
8. "Last Christmas", Wham
9. "A Whole New World", from Aladdin
10. "Life", Des'ree
11. "Don't Look Back in Anger", Oasis
12. "Nobody's Fool", Avril

Suggestions for next years CD are welcome. I volunteered such classics as the Libertines' "What A Waster" and Mouldy Peaches' "Who's Got The Crack", but surprisingly Ono-sensei rejected them.

Proof, not that it was needed, that I can't spell.