As one might expect, the exchange rate between the Yen and the dollar is plummeting at an astounding rate. It's gone down 2 points every day this week and currently stands at 100.93y = $1. What does all this mean?? It means that my yen is getting stronger and it takes less yen to get a dollar and I should be sending money home ASAP before things start to turn (although given all the media glum and doom, that might not be for awhile).
It also means that traveling on the US dollar is gonna get even harder then it's been. Now that sucks for my post JET travel plans - unless I just travel around with a wallet full of yen.
The problem, of course, lies in the fact that I haven't been saving as well as I should have (<_>). Blast my spend-thrift ways! But if the rate is 98 tomorrow, I am gonna raid every piggy bank I have and send something home!
In other news, my body's hormones must be on wacky-a-mole mode cause I'm in a crazy mood. Yesterday, I practically drooled on some poor man who was observing a class I attend. I must admit - he was a handsome guy (tall, nice hair, good teeth, normal breath, beautiful English skills) so I can be excused some of my strange ways. I was practically begging him to join the class though (^_^). Truth is he's probably married with teenage children (this is Japan after all). I do enjoy my active fantasy life though - LOL. And there is a possibility I creeped another ALT out when I told him he should think about cloning himself (seriously, he IS the nicest guy ever!) and sending me the copy. Desperate times call for desperate measures -LOL. I read on MSN that proximity plays a very active role in most dating scenarios... taking a look around here... I think it's time I got out of Dodge and started hanging out somewhere else - perhaps with professional sports teams - LOL.
Amusing side note... My seventh grade students are give self introduction speeching in front of the class this week and one of the girls made the sign of the cross before starting her speech. Granted, there is a church in this town, but it just threw me for a loop (and the JTE as well). I mean, Japan is like 98% Shinto/Buddhist and Toyama has the smallest number of Christians in all the kens (makes things more of a challenge for the Mormons and Jehovahs floating around).
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
Happy Autumn!
The title of this particular blog is random and has nothing to do with anything I am about to write. This will be a hodgepodge random post of nothingness.
First an observation from school life....
The other day whilst trying to impart vital information to my students (the sentence "It is +adjective for me (+infinitive verb)+ noun) I noticed one of the female students making friendship bracelets. I suppose I should have been appalled at her lack of enthusiasm for my lesson, but my first thought was - "whoa, I was doing the exact same thing at her age". And I was - when I was in 8th grade, all the girls in my class had a stash of embroidery floss and safety pins and we'd be crafting bracelets while the teacher droned on about some subject or other. So I guess my thing is... the more things change... and in an entirely different country too!
Since this is my last year here, I am enjoying the fact that every time I teach a lesson, it will be the LAST time I have to teach that lesson. There are a few that I will be happy never to see again :P.
General observations...
I think I am getting addicted to taking naps. I wake up thinking about taking a nap, I spend most of the afternoon thinking about my nap, and the best feeling right now is when my head hits the pillow at 4:15. Of course the downside is that I am not going to bed at a decent hour, I can't keep to the schedule I've set (I snooze until way past the time), and I am a groggy mess for a good 45mins after I get up. It's just that will all the extra curricular activities I've taken on, naps are one of the only things I have to look forward to that are entirely ME time :P.
I am turning into a grumpy homebody. Which on one hand is actually saving me lots of money and actually - I can't see a downside to this - LOL. Just have a different mentality this third year in Japan. It's neither positive or negative.
Um, okay sorry, headache and nothing to say so I will stop this pointless blog now......
The title of this particular blog is random and has nothing to do with anything I am about to write. This will be a hodgepodge random post of nothingness.
First an observation from school life....
The other day whilst trying to impart vital information to my students (the sentence "It is +adjective for me (+infinitive verb)+ noun) I noticed one of the female students making friendship bracelets. I suppose I should have been appalled at her lack of enthusiasm for my lesson, but my first thought was - "whoa, I was doing the exact same thing at her age". And I was - when I was in 8th grade, all the girls in my class had a stash of embroidery floss and safety pins and we'd be crafting bracelets while the teacher droned on about some subject or other. So I guess my thing is... the more things change... and in an entirely different country too!
Since this is my last year here, I am enjoying the fact that every time I teach a lesson, it will be the LAST time I have to teach that lesson. There are a few that I will be happy never to see again :P.
General observations...
I think I am getting addicted to taking naps. I wake up thinking about taking a nap, I spend most of the afternoon thinking about my nap, and the best feeling right now is when my head hits the pillow at 4:15. Of course the downside is that I am not going to bed at a decent hour, I can't keep to the schedule I've set (I snooze until way past the time), and I am a groggy mess for a good 45mins after I get up. It's just that will all the extra curricular activities I've taken on, naps are one of the only things I have to look forward to that are entirely ME time :P.
I am turning into a grumpy homebody. Which on one hand is actually saving me lots of money and actually - I can't see a downside to this - LOL. Just have a different mentality this third year in Japan. It's neither positive or negative.
Um, okay sorry, headache and nothing to say so I will stop this pointless blog now......
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