Time to update. A lot has happened since the last post. It's weird to reread your old posts and try to recollect what happened after your most recent post. To sum it all up, all's been good. Saw Aoshima beach, shrine, & the bridge... there were lots of dragonflies, and imported sand. Rode the train for the first time to get there & saw the country side on the way. Jacky cooked that night. And then I cooked on Sunday night. That was my Sat & Sun...
On Friday though, it was much more exciting. I visited one of my schools and met up with one of the English teachers who invited me to her family dinner party! She picked me up from my apt and we drove to her place to park the car. I met her family, and then we walked like less than a block to go to her sister's place where I met her 2 sisters and their husbands, and children. I also met the grandparents! Food was so good. There was sushi, radish salad (I think I'm gonna make this in the future), special fried chicken (grandma had her secret recipe; I think it was something like miso), homemade okonomiyage!!, anddd BULGOGI. Ha ha, that's right. One of the sisters made Bulgogi for me! She learned it from her Korean friend in Canada. There were lettuce grown by the grandparents to top it all off. Man... these people were awesome.
And it gets better. After the food & drinks (ya, drinks..Had some beer & wine), I played with the kids. Their English was good because they could understand what I was saying most of the time! Of course, I spoke extra clearly and loudly, but man... I was impressed. I was even able to teach them how to play rich man poor man. I also learned a number of Japanese card games. It was so much fun. Just like that, 3 hrs passed and it was time for me to go and the kids wanted to take pictures with me so I posed with a peace sign like a real Asian ha ha. And then............ this is the best part: grandma gave me a hug and presents- green peppers from her farm, and cute Japanese bookmarks.
Thanks grandma! I'll cook something good with those. (;
So much more to this, but I can't put them into words here. Where's the Pensieve?
Time seem to go faster as I get older. The other day, I was thinking about what I did in HS, and even in college (I was looking through polaroid pics as I was putting them up in the living room). It's all a blur. Did I actually go through HS and graduate from college? And now I'm in Japan... What if in a couple of years back in the states, I get the same feeling? That'd make me sigh and feel super nostalgic. Ew. I need to stop zoning out and refocus. Cool.
