oh....those students

i had a worksheet with 5 words in a row, students had to pick which one doesnt belong and why. here is the funniest thing of the day.


american, canada, mexico, panama, columbia.

one student got it right... however one girl was clueless... i explained, "i'm american...what are you?" this is her answer. no joke. "i'm japanican" the rest of us laughed and she was laughing but laughed even harder when she realized what she said. I told her "no, youre japanese" and we all had a good old laugh. i hope you laugh too...but with her, not at her.



i was a slacker at the gym. i only did my yoga class.... then i came back to my place and lounged around. but i think i just needed sme rest. so hopefully tomorrow im good to go for 15 miles! WHOOOHOOOOOO

last night/this morning there was a thunderstorm. i was peacefully dreaming when all of a sudden i jumped straight up. my dream had soemthing to do with kayla, china, and a bombing. i swear this thunder sounded like an exploision and i woke up thinking kayla had been blown up. fortunatly it was just a thunderstorm and shes fine- ( i just called her and shes having a gold old time in sakae.)

ugly

ok so after a few days of seeing those pictures... ive felt the need to post another blog just cause those are so ugly. sorry for those of you you may have checked my blog multiple times and had to look at those pictures.

about 2 weeks till the marathon.

only one more day of work till the weekend.

i have a fun weekend planned of meeting friends, hanging out, running and other random things.

im actually really worn out right now. im going to go to bed early tonight.

i like working 2-9 becasue i get to enjoy the sun and nice weather before i go to work (even though it makes it harder to actually go to work)

im almost 24.

my students make me laugh. today i tought some of them how to say "welcome to Mcdonalds, may i take your order?" in a cheery voice. it was so funny. sometimes i ask my young students if we are friends. here are the answers i got today.

so so
so so no
yes

its even funnier when we practice age and go around in a circle "how old are you?" "im 5" and when it gets to me, i say that im 5 as well. they all say "ehhhh?????" and then i tell them im 6. they disagree... so i ask them.."how old do you you THINK i am?"

here are this weeks answers

45
37
33
29

yeah-either i look old for my age or they just stink at guessing....im leaning on the latter. when i tell them im 23, they look at me in disbelief....

oh well.

and now.... for your entertainment....

i know... im so cool.

ok off to read.

something you may not know about me

i like to eat oranges...but i hate peeling them.

anyways...

less than 3 weeks till the marathon. i only ran 10.5 miles saturday cause i was lazy and started too late and then it rained a lot. so oh well.... ill get those miles in next week. so far this year i've run 298 miles. crazy i know.

im so ready for this marathon, but i need to find something else to train for after this one... anyone have any good suggestions? maybe a triathalon. who knows.

its sunny out. its warm. i love it. i was happy getting up yesterday and this morning! i love waking up to sunny weather that isnt freezing! i love spring!

3 weeks till my birthday! whoohooo.. the big 24.

well im off to go peel my orange.

what i listen to when i run

i dont know why i am admitting to what i listen to while i run on the treadmill. its pretty embarassing actually.

here it is...

here it goes again- ok go
air force ones-nelly
dude looks like a lady- aerosmith
i want you back- jackson 5
why not- hilary duff
bootylicious- destinys child
everyday people- nicole c mullins
yay-mc hammer
jeremiah was a bullfrog
a whole bunch of shakira
everyday- hilllsong
adios le pido-juanes
la camisa negre-juanes
mon coeur mon amour-anais
aint no other man-christina agulera
anthem-good charlotte
je ne suis pas un heros-star academy


yeah so those are the ones i listen to everyday on the treadmill. i know youre jealous of my good music taste.



anyways... whats new... just been working, running. saying goodbye to my friends who left this week. wednesday was a holiday (spring equinox-gotta love it) so i got up and went to breakfast with tomomi. then we went on a bike ride around kasugai. i got a library card. then came and cleaned. took a nap....with the window open. the weather is getting really nice.

tonight a friend, curtis and his girlfriend came over. she just moved to japan, near my place actually, and she cant move into her place right away so they dropped off some bags untill she can move in.

i just foung out a few days ago that i have a full 9 day vacation coming up the end of april, beginning may. i am trying to figure out what to do for this time. im in the mood for an adventure. we'll see. if you have any suggestions, write a comment.

last weekend i ran 23 miles. this saturday i only have to do 17. im so excited! the marathon is only about 3 weeks away. wow. its coming up quickly!

i watched the mens figure skating competition on tv (it was in tokyo) and that provided 2 nights of fun. yeah for france winning, japan in 2nd place and switzerland coming in 3rd. however, i do seriously wonder about the glittery costumes...


i watched greys anatomy last week and i am eagerly anticipating this weeks episode, (i dont get it till friday night) i cant beleive izzie slept with george. this may sound trivial, but why george? alex is the best one.

well i think thats about all. i love funny stories from friends!

hahaha youtube has a new member

osaka/kobe!

hey all! this past weekend i went to osaka and kobe with my friend sayuri. we had a good time and walked a lot! we left saturday morning and got to osaka in the afternoon. we ate okonomiyaki(like a pancake with vegetables...i dont know how to explain. you can see in the picture of me eating something) and takoyaki (bread balls with octopus inside)

we walked around and saw some places, then we headed to kobe. when we got to kobe, we went to the harbor area. it was fun. we walked all around, went into some shops, and then we ate some good indian food. we went to our hostel (japanese hostels are so stinking nice and clean) the next morning we got up and went to Kitano. this is a city where some of the first european foreigners moved to in japan. there are all these european style buildings up on a hill. its so interesting to see the mix of europe and japan. we walked all around then we went to china town. there we ate lunch, and looked in some stores and waked aorund. we also saw a famous temple (its recently famous since a japanese comedian and his wife just got married there)

we were so worn out from all the non stop walking that it was nice to finally get on the train to go back to nagoya. oh yeah i forgot. when we were heading back to osaka to take the train, we had to get on the subway. well there are lots of people in osaka and my friend made it on the subway and i didnt. i wasnt worried, i knew where i was going...but the look on all the japanese peoples faces that thought i was being seperated from my friend (and i was left lost in the city) was so funny. they were so surprised and worried! haha ... i just told my friend to wait at the station and id get on the next subway.



so far this week has been pretty good. yesterday i had a 30 min conversation with an old guy at my gym. i understood a lot and was able to respond...even if i didnt understand every word. i was so happy... the only reason the conversation stopped was becasue i had to leave to make it to work on time. then today i spoke with some other people. its nice. im trying really hard and its helping me to be motivated to study....but i need to find a class...i think that would help me the most at this point.

its stinkin cold outside. seriously....it was spring like a few weeks ago...now it feels like the middle of winter! come on spring....come back!!!!!!

ok well ill post some pictures from this weekend..

fast week

its been a really fast week. i cant belive its already friday! (well for me, its 2am friday) i have 6 classes to teach and then its the weekend. its been a fast week. i went and did karaoke wed night with my friend renelda. we had a good time. i met anna for breakfast wed morning at the usual place. good times.

everyother week i work from 1-8 instead of 2-9 on thursdays. today was my early day. so i went to the grocery store.. i know, the life i lead is so stinkin exciting.

its cold here again. ugh. spring isnt coming just yet.

i just finished a really good book. the time travellers wife. i finished it in like 24 hours and its a 500some page book. it was intriquing. not like any book ive ever read. i liked it a lot.

well im pretty tired and i have to get up for my yoga and step classes and running and lifting tomorrow morning. ive had a real lazy week.. i didnt go tot he gym monday. then ran 10km tues and 10 or 11km today and tomorrow will only be about 5 or 6km. this weekend i wont have time to run since ill be travelling...so next week i need to be serious. by next weekend, my new shes should be here... im pretty excited. i hate aesics....my feet cant wait to go for a nice run in some new balance shoes. oh i cant wait!

well not to much more to write. goodnight!

procrastination

i have tons of things to do tonight, however, i am on here to blog about nothing.

it was rainy today, but warm. i think spring is here.

oh yeah i have a funny story from last friday.

in my junior high school class, i gave the students valentines day conversation heart candy for them to try. this is how the conversation went:

girl: it tastes like mosquitos.

extremly shy boy (who never ever talks): you eat mosquitos?

class: laughs hysterically


yeah i dont know why the girl thought they tasted like mosquitos...but sometimes you just have to go with it.

la la la

yesterday i ran 21 miles
then i went to dinner with kayla.
i drank lemon beer.
our table had a crab in it.

today i went to church
then i went to lunch at my favorite restaurant
then i played settlers of catan
then i ate dinner with friends

tonight was great.
i left a few prank phone calls with friends.
i called and chatted with some good friends.


im looking forward to OHIO summer 2007 and meeting up with friends and family.

tomorrow starts another week of work. busy busy busy.

wouldnt it be great if i started a country called EUREKA and all of my friends lived in it??

im procrastianting going to bed.

today i came back home and i went to get my bike from the bike garage and it was gone... but never fear... this note was in the place where my bike was...




that was reassuring... not knowing what to do, i went over to an old woman and in my wonderful japanese i asked her what it meant. she told me that my bike was moved... so she took me over to another part of the garage and i found my bike with another note attached. fortunatly this woman was kind enough to help me... or i would have never found my bike. apparently i parked it in the wrong spot....but since i cant read the signs posted in the bike garage...i just park anywhere. hahaha

goals for this week are to open a new bank account so i can transfer money to my US acct more easily... it has to be doe this week.... i need to do it soon! other goals...i dont know but i need to get to bed now.. its late!