I hate rain! I was supposed to go to the prefectural koshien* baseball qualifying tournament on Saturday, and it was cancelled due to rain. Though, no one bothered to call me and let me know, so I ended up waiting for the return bus for three hours, in the rain. Though, 5 minutes before the bus came, a nice man picked me up and gave me a lift back to Senmaya. I found out he used to be a former high school teacher at Fujisawa High School(The school I was at for the baseball game.) If it’s one thing I can depend on in Japan, it’s the kindness of strangers. Though, I’m not sure if it’s a forced kindness or genuine. Either way, I’ll take it. I did find out that when my team did play they crushed their opponents 10-0. Not too shabby. But they still have to win 5 more games. All of them elimination games.
Other than that it’s been a slow week. School is done for a month(summer holidays), so I’m spending my time in the office now instead. I plan on taking some holidays at some point, I’m just not sure when I should take them. I was thinking of going to Hokkaido, but they recommend a car for that. Speaking of cars, did you know that if you get a speeding ticket in Japan, you have to apologize to you office, your boss and your town. In my opinion, a speeding ticket is between me and the court I have to pay it to. I don’t think I’d ever get one, but it just shows that Japan is still a country that rules by shame. I guess North America would be the opposite(after all, we have no shame.) No wonder the suicide rate in this country is still so high. But I guess that’s a cultural difference I have had to adjust to.
*For those of you who don’t know, Koshien is The National high school baseball tournament. I’d say it’s even more popular than pro ball here.
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