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dude. what the. wow
one of the ladies at work (at my board of education) said she knows one of the animators who has worked on snk, and is now working on haikyuu.
she said that he said that animating the titan is especially hard.
THAT IS JUST REALLY COOL. LIKE EVEN IN THIS SMALL COUNTRYSIDE TOWN.. people knowing people, even if it's just a friend of a friend. that's just really cool. *_*
another guy is friends with one of the members of tokyo jihen too.
I had a farewell party with my eikaiwa on Monday, and idk but what we got on the subject of chikan (being groped on the trains) for idek like 20 minutes?? they kept warning me to be careful in the big city lolol (never happened to me before, and I travel up to the city a lot) and I was like, "if someone does, I'll exterminate (kuchiku shite yaru) them" and most of them were like "what" and I'm like "what" and they were like "what does that mean. how do you know such a word" and only 2 out of all the old ladies knew the word. GDI EREN, RUINING MY LIFE USING WORDS NOT COMMONLY USED. Once they saw the kanji though they were like "oh" and still like so amused I knew such a word. So. Lesson learned? Only use this word around students who like snk too and will understand my fangirl references lolol.
2 interviews from this weekend, done! Now the long train ride back to my countryside town. Interview #1 in Kobe: - Interview + demo lesson which I was worried because I messed up at one point + class observation - Was asked to come in the next day to meet the president - Presidents interviews me and says they want to hire me!! I was so shocked and so happy. Interview #2 in Nagoya: - Interview was just a few questions, then she told me about the school - Very casual and short; she talked more than I did - Said they're looking for someone to start June, but she likes me and said she might try to work around it - Asked if I could come back to observe classes for a day All in all, busy long weekend (I took off Friday and Monday for this), but also had a chill day in Mt. Rokko in Kobe on Saturday. Feeling so blessed. 🙏🙏
My 2 years on JET coming to and end starting to sink in
I know my successor for JET now. o_o I was looking forward to finding out who will be replacing me/where they're from/what they're like, so when I went into the office today and I inquired about it, M-san was like, "Oh, actually, I think it's this envelope" and proceeds to open it and look at it with me.
Now, it's a mix of feelings. I'm looking forward to writing my successor notes to her and sharing things I've learned in my 2 years here and they'll be more helpful than my predecessor's. I'm ready to move on to something new, but at the same time. What if my kids don't like her, especially my favorite kids. What if they like her better than they like me. Some kids I would've liked to see to graduation. Mostly, I think I'll be sad about the friends I'll be leaving here down south. Like, if when I find my next job here, we'll still see each other, but not nearly as often.
This is all weird and officially setting in and why do I not feel so worried yet about that job interview next Friday. I'LL PROBABLY START FREAKING OUT 2 DAYS BEFORE. I'll also get to observe how they do lessons after my interview and I guess I'll see then if I would like to work there. Right now my mind is blank and trying to decide what kind of demo lesson I should do because they said it's free for me to choose the subject.
It's only 15 minutes, which is so short in comparison to the 45 minute classes I do... and it's supposed to be a lesson for 7 year olds. So like a lesson for the youngest kids I work with. I think my biggest worries will be
1) My interviewers be pretending to be 7 year olds. In the inaka place I live in, countryside 7 year olds will be different than ones from the city. Also worried like what if one of them pretends to be a student acting up.
2) Having to choose what to teach. The openness of it will make me nervous, but I've already mentally started narrowing down what topics I might want to do.
Okay, it's midnight now and I need to stop sleeping late again. -_-
Also, I hope this horrible neck pain is gone before the interview.
So. Until August, 頑張ろうー！
Wrapping up HK trip! Back to Japan tomorrow. Thank god we have Sat/Sun to recover and then it's back to work on Monday. But gdi, we can't make it back from Kansai Airport to where we live before the last train, so crashing at a friend's. Goddamn countryside problems!! -_- When your train ride is always longer than your actual flight to another Asian country.... Anyway. HK, you've been awesome. It's so laid back here, I like. And food so cheap!! Was expecting heavy rain and even thunderstorms, but it's only been on and off light rain, and tonight's the first t-storm, so yay! I suppose you could go to my instagram (cmlktea) if you wanna see the few photos I've posted so far. ^^;
packing for hong kong!
people who have been to hk, please feel free to tell me
what to pack/not pack
what to wear/not wear
any places i absolutely have to go
food!
any other tips?
Soooo, those of you who know Japanese...
Would someone care to help me out and look over my Japanese? (>_<)
編集・意見・印象など是非言って下さい↓
wth, why does my throat suddenly feel sore. do NOT tell me i'm getting sick. i need my voice at the jhs tomorrow. ( ﾟДﾟ)
