5.20.2005

akayu sunset
heading west on the major street in akayu today (the one with the book off and the joy center). right about where you pass the JTB. such a nice sunset. taken from my boss's car.

today im feeling a lot better. (yes, im still listening to peachcake!) on fridays i have a private lesson with a girl named yui who is 11 and somewhat advanced in her english, though i am the first structured lesson she's ever encountered. but, while her english isnt spectacular, we just get along so well and the whole hour is honestly just conversation. so, i always do a full sixty minute plan for her lesson. this includes writing and making things and talking about things and learning vocabulary and doing chants and stuff. basically today all we did was talk, for 60 minutes. we were doing this dragon hunt chant, and turns out she is the only one of my students that likes dragons. so we talked about dragons for 25 minutes. it was awesome. so, the dragon from the chant has the following characteristics, as applied and invented by yui:
his name is jackie. he is friends with yui. he lives in a big dark cave with a rabbit and a bear, they are friends. he works at yui's junior school. he teaches the language of the dragons. thus he is a ALT (assistant language teacher) working for the JDT program (japanese dragon teaching program). he plays basketball at said school. his favourite food is people, in particular little people. but he doesnt eat cute people, so yui and i are safe (*phew!). and when he goes to tokyo he catches the shinkansen. when asked why he catches the shink when he could so easily fly, yui said it was because he likes the shinkansen. so, i know you dont think its that funny. but we had a blast, used very little japanese (i think two sentences), and she is a total beginner. this friday class will save me.

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