tenacious d

Been pretty busy. Joined the badminton club at my schools so I now play badminton after school with the kids. Pretty serious about it that I even bought the shoes for it. Jacky dissed me by saying that it’s not a real sport; oh, she’ll know it’s real if she ever tries playing. Talking about sports, found a driving range like 10-15 minutes away from my place. It was super relaxing (although I was like the only female there). Second time, I took Jacky. Turns out, she’s actually good. I need to work out more. Been putting off p90x but I did teach my students (badminton crew) some of the ab ripper workouts when they were training. They were doing the typical push-ups and whatnot, and so I started doing ab ripper, and they were like whoaaaa… ha ha. Also found some volunteers for learning Japanese. It’s every Friday for like an hour or so after work. I went in for the first time last week and it was pretty chill so I might do it every week.

What else? Nothing much. It’s for sure now that I won’t be going to Korea before December. Called the fam and confirmed it. . Hope December comes around peacefully. Nothing I can do. Almost there though, and she promised.

Thought I should update, dutifully (goal is to have this accumulated so I can read it at the end of my adventures in Japan). It’s been rough the past few weeks because something unexpected came up. I was really looking forward to traveling around Japan and maybe going to another country in December because I have more than two weeks off, but 90% sure now, I will be flying back home to the rock for family reasons. I’ll remember September ‘11 when I read this in a few years . .

It’s October and the weather is so much better with this cool breeze. Finally had my first salon experience in Japan on Oct 1. Kei-san helped me out by coming with me. She recommended a really nice place that all the past ALTs from my office went to. Thanks, Kei-san! (; She’s my fav.

Haven’t drank in more than two weeks and got my exercise routine together. I basically use the p90x that I stole from Hannah (thanks homie) and run around my neighborhood and sometimes by the river. Running around (perhaps jogging is more accurate ha ha) helps a lot when you’re stressed out. I’ll keep updating my progress on becoming fit and maybe toned, note the emphasis on maybe. Apparently though, it’s better to mix up the routines from time to time according to a trusted source. What are my October goals besides becoming fit? Meet more people & get to know them better (perhaps get to know better the ones I already met)... and go exploring.