It's been far too long and I can explain. Like the over-used phrase I keep hearing in American news, my work honeymoon is officially over. I am getting e-mails every day from Head Office about all of the responsibilities I have to fulfill that I didn't quite know about or fully understand. I do not have a problem whatsoever including these duties into my routine, because I accept it's all part of the job. However, if you know me well, you know I get frustrated when I do not have control over my time or when I don't know something that everyone else does. I never want to be the last horse to cross the finish line, you know. That means I've been bringing work home with me, staying up until 4 or 5 trying to make sense of everything only to get more work to do the next day. Everyone assures me that this is normal and I will eventually learn to juggle everything. But I want to be able to do it all now. Don't worry, peanuts, chocolate and beer have been keeping me composed.
Anyway, while I am loving my time here- which has been a month for those of us counting- I am slowly composing a list of things I hate and at the top are: shaving every day (my face and my neck especially are not coping well either) and this sushi roll I had today that was basically a ton of large orange fish eggs. I've had a few of the eggs before atop other rolls and didn't mind the taste, but I never had so many as I had in this one piece for lunch. The look of revulsion on my face almost scared my friend and fellow teacher Sarah, who thought I was physically hurt. The best way I could describe what I felt was having "a thousand tiny little explosions of death in my mouth." I decided if I write a book someday, that would be a possible title.
I am working on my travel plans, since next month, starting April 28, I will have an entire week to travel. I haven't decided yet on the specifics, but I am pretty sure I'll be working Korea into that week. I really want to go to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, where ils parlent français et anglais aussi, or India. China can wait. Australia and New Zealand need to happen at some point as well, though I think that will have to wait for Kristin's visit in November so we can both visit Mr. Monk in NZ. And I still have to plan my first trip to Toyko! I am very excited about shopping in Shinjuku and Harajuku. Maybe the clothes there will fit me!
Things are good, though. Nothing cool and cultural to report as of yet. Once I start doing more than teaching, I promise the updates will happen more regularly. For now, just note that Japan is pretty much everything I expected it to be, which is fantastic.
Except the fruit. Can someone please tell me who would pay the equivalent of $50 for a honeydew melon? Yes: Honeydew = $50!
4,980 JPY = 50.60 USD as of 3/6/2009
Peace out.
Sayonara.
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