Hello everybody! Sorry about the long delay in my posts. It’s been very busy here in Iwate. With traveling, lessons and other things, it’s been difficult to keep this blog updated on a regular basis. However, I have a number of updates planned for the next few weeks, so please bear with me here.
First things first. Sean, one of my close high school friends came to visit me during the first week in May. I was very happy to see him, as it had been around 2 year since we’d last met. I met him in Tokyo and we went did some sightseeing in the Tokyo area. We went to Harajuku, Ueno, Asakusa, Roppongi and Shinjuku to name a few places. In the evenings we also ventured out in the wild night life of Shinjuku and Roppongi checking out various clubs. One particular club called Yellow, a very trendy dance club, provided a great chance to explore the younger crowds in Japan. Sadly, I tend to work with middle aged people and teach grade school students, so the opportunity to me people my own age has been limited. I took some pictures of that weekend and I plan to post them. I just need to get them off my camera.
In other news, I’m flying to Hiroshima this weekend to celebrate my birthday. In Japan, you can book a flight pretty much anywhere inside Japan for 10000yen each way if it’s your birthday. It’s called the birthday deal. This year I decided to go to Hiroshima and I’m taking my friends Sarah and Tom along. Next year, I’m thinking Okinawa…^_-
In the first week of July I’m planning on scaling Mt. Fuji, Japan Tallest mountain. Should be good fun, and good marathon training. I’ve also completed my intermediate review course and am moving on to preparing for the level two Japanese proficiency exam. Wish me luck. Also, if I get accepted, I will be going to Osaka for a special language course. I really hope that this all pan out. So there you have it, my life in a nutshell.
Oh yeah. I almost forgot. I’m 5 pounds away from my target weight. Can you believe that? It hasn’t even been two years since I started losing the weight. I’m going to hit my goal by July for certain.
