Today was a great day!
Just thought I'd share that fact.
I went with some friends to visit the orphanage in Uwajima. The ALT in that town, Richard, has been coordinating these visits for the past year. He does a remarkable job and I was sincerely touched by how affectionate the children are towards him. He's obviously become an important part of their lives. It was wonderful to be even a small part of that today. So, we listened to Christmas music with the children, made cards/snowflakes/paper christmas trees, and just hung out. It was a lovely afternoon!
It was also a great chance to catch-up with old friends, many of whom have decided to remain here in Ehime-ken for another year. Hurray for RW, HN, and WenWen - you guys, there are many more good times ahead of us. I look forward to sharing them all with you!
On the way back to Ikata the four of us stopped at a great cafe in Uwajima called"American" with the "kan" part spelled in kanji as ้คจ (cute, huh?). I had something sinfully sweet and unhealthy - it was decadent and addictive and I found myself craving a second one before I was even finished with the first. Thank goodness that cafe is far away from me - I can't afford another coffee addiction!
Speaking of coffee...cafes...and handsome coffee baristers...ok, so we weren't really speaking about handsome coffee baristers, but forgive me, I absolutely must take the conversation there. I received some shocking information from an eikaiwa student on Thursday - (drum roll, please) "Mr. Coffee" is 37 years old! I'm speechless. Sheesh, all this time I thought he was a university kid or something. In the words of the always clever Ms. AP - "what the hell are they putting in that coffee?!"
Hmm, my sentiments exactly!
After returning to Ikata, K and I had barely half an hour to get ready for an enkai in Yawatahama city. Not just any enkai, but the third (or fourth) official "Y-Day" extravaganza. Y-Day is a monthly party organized by ALTs, JTE's and employees of the Yawatahama town office. It's affectionately referred to as the "Yawatahama Young People's Drinking Association" and is open to anybody under the age of 40 (phew - made that cut-off!). Its usually attended by 25-30 people if you can believe it. Please pause for a moment to appreciate that fact- thats 25-30 people under the age of 40. Wow, I didn't know we had 25-30 people under the age of 40 in all of Ehime-ken!
Ah, it was a great time.
And I just have to say that the Yawatahama ALTs are the most sincerely fun, friendly, and all-around greatest bunch of people a person could have the privilege of knowing.
Well, I'm off to bed as I just found out around 6pm this evening that I have to work tomorrow (Sunday). Yikes - talk about getting information at the last possible minute.
O-yasumi nasaiiiiiiiiii!
I went with some friends to visit the orphanage in Uwajima. The ALT in that town, Richard, has been coordinating these visits for the past year. He does a remarkable job and I was sincerely touched by how affectionate the children are towards him. He's obviously become an important part of their lives. It was wonderful to be even a small part of that today. So, we listened to Christmas music with the children, made cards/snowflakes/paper christmas trees, and just hung out. It was a lovely afternoon!
It was also a great chance to catch-up with old friends, many of whom have decided to remain here in Ehime-ken for another year. Hurray for RW, HN, and WenWen - you guys, there are many more good times ahead of us. I look forward to sharing them all with you!
On the way back to Ikata the four of us stopped at a great cafe in Uwajima called"American" with the "kan" part spelled in kanji as ้คจ (cute, huh?). I had something sinfully sweet and unhealthy - it was decadent and addictive and I found myself craving a second one before I was even finished with the first. Thank goodness that cafe is far away from me - I can't afford another coffee addiction!
Speaking of coffee...cafes...and handsome coffee baristers...ok, so we weren't really speaking about handsome coffee baristers, but forgive me, I absolutely must take the conversation there. I received some shocking information from an eikaiwa student on Thursday - (drum roll, please) "Mr. Coffee" is 37 years old! I'm speechless. Sheesh, all this time I thought he was a university kid or something. In the words of the always clever Ms. AP - "what the hell are they putting in that coffee?!"
Hmm, my sentiments exactly!
After returning to Ikata, K and I had barely half an hour to get ready for an enkai in Yawatahama city. Not just any enkai, but the third (or fourth) official "Y-Day" extravaganza. Y-Day is a monthly party organized by ALTs, JTE's and employees of the Yawatahama town office. It's affectionately referred to as the "Yawatahama Young People's Drinking Association" and is open to anybody under the age of 40 (phew - made that cut-off!). Its usually attended by 25-30 people if you can believe it. Please pause for a moment to appreciate that fact- thats 25-30 people under the age of 40. Wow, I didn't know we had 25-30 people under the age of 40 in all of Ehime-ken!
Ah, it was a great time.
And I just have to say that the Yawatahama ALTs are the most sincerely fun, friendly, and all-around greatest bunch of people a person could have the privilege of knowing.
Well, I'm off to bed as I just found out around 6pm this evening that I have to work tomorrow (Sunday). Yikes - talk about getting information at the last possible minute.
O-yasumi nasaiiiiiiiiii!
posted by Angie @ 9:02 AM
1 Comments:
At 8:41 AM,
Anonymous said…
It was great to see you too. Hope you had a good Xmas party too! Have a safe and happy holiday season. =)
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