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As you can see in the previous couple of posts, I set it up so I can update the blog from my cellphone. I can do basic text posts or I can send photos I've taken with the camera on the phone. For some reason it took me several tries to get the photo to turn up right-side up (I left one of the messed up posts below but deleted three others). Anyway, my phone has a pretty decent camera -- and I'm out and about alot -- so the phone=posting will be a good feature.
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This has been another active/expensive week and weekend. Most of the new Mie JETs were led to Nagoya on Thursday to get our re-entry permit in our passport, allowing us to leave the county and enter again on our 3-year visa. After that I blew a couple hundred dollars on a few things I needed (we just got paid). I bought a nice small bag for my Macbook, some pants, a hat and various other small items. We also went to both Starbucks and Outback Steakhouse, indulging in the benefits of a big city.
On Friday we went to Nabari, about an hour away by express train, for an English seminar for high school students consisting of games, songs, skits and demonstrations by the dozen ALTs and Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) running the show. Friday night, back in Ise, we went out to a going away party for one of the leaving JETs. As is often the case, this was followed by karaoke.
Today was much more laid back. I slept in, watched a movie, and just now I got back from Nanaimo (that bar I wrote about before) where I had nachos and a cafe aulait with a few other area JETs and Mami, our first "close" or "main" Japanese friend, if that makes sense.
Tomorrow I'll probably fork over a little more yen on some new sheets for my futon and a "welcome back" party for yet another area JET. Oh, my. I assume this never-ending party schedule calms down by the fall. If not I'll be forced to moonlight on the weekends.
We have a mandatory medical checkup on Monday that probably includes a blood test and who knows what else. I wish I could avoid it ... and I did just have a physical to get IN to the program ... it seems a little unnecessary at the moment but hey, I'm not paying for it. Then Tuesday through Sunday is vacation! Woo! I may stay firmly planted in Ise with the aim of saving money, but I might dart over to Osaka for a couple of days to see a friend or two. That's the story, then. I'm behind on the blog obviously so I'll try to add more "observation" posts so it's not all just a log of what I've been doing. And finally, I cleaned the main room of my apartment today (the main room being the dining room, living room and sleeping area, as I've noted), so soon I'll take some photos of the place and get them posted on here. Good night.
On Friday we went to Nabari, about an hour away by express train, for an English seminar for high school students consisting of games, songs, skits and demonstrations by the dozen ALTs and Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) running the show. Friday night, back in Ise, we went out to a going away party for one of the leaving JETs. As is often the case, this was followed by karaoke.
Today was much more laid back. I slept in, watched a movie, and just now I got back from Nanaimo (that bar I wrote about before) where I had nachos and a cafe aulait with a few other area JETs and Mami, our first "close" or "main" Japanese friend, if that makes sense.
Tomorrow I'll probably fork over a little more yen on some new sheets for my futon and a "welcome back" party for yet another area JET. Oh, my. I assume this never-ending party schedule calms down by the fall. If not I'll be forced to moonlight on the weekends.
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We have a mandatory medical checkup on Monday that probably includes a blood test and who knows what else. I wish I could avoid it ... and I did just have a physical to get IN to the program ... it seems a little unnecessary at the moment but hey, I'm not paying for it. Then Tuesday through Sunday is vacation! Woo! I may stay firmly planted in Ise with the aim of saving money, but I might dart over to Osaka for a couple of days to see a friend or two. That's the story, then. I'm behind on the blog obviously so I'll try to add more "observation" posts so it's not all just a log of what I've been doing. And finally, I cleaned the main room of my apartment today (the main room being the dining room, living room and sleeping area, as I've noted), so soon I'll take some photos of the place and get them posted on here. Good night.
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