Current Events

So it's been a week since my last post so here is the update on Steve's life. Tomorrow marks the begining of the end at Shikama Higashi JHS. This coming Friday is my last day there so I am a bit sad about that. I plan to try and visit at some point if possible. Next year I start at Otsua much larger school, which I have no notion if I'll like or not.
Last week I taught my last class for ninensei and sannensei (8th and 9th graders for those of you who don't know how the count goes in JHS in Japan) I felt a bit like a movie star in a few of my classes because several students wanted my autograph at the end of the lesson (*^.^*)!
So this last weekend I had a farwell Enkai with a couple of my teachers at a Sake making plant. It is a very small .... brewer? ... and all the rice they use is locally grown. Anyway the food was delicious and one of my teachers was kind enough to call ahead and have them make all the dishes everyone else was eats except minus the meat. So there was a salad that would normally have bacon on it, no bacon for me. Also there was a weird kinda vegitable ball that normally had eel in it but they just left that out for mine. Afterward they were doing a little drawing cause the year is ending and thats what they do I guess. Anyway one of the tickets we got won second prize! So now I have a huge bottle of Sake at my apartment. I'm thinking if things work out well with one of the women I'm dating I'll open it up some evening for dinner or something.
Speaking of dates! Last Friday I had my first date with Rina. She was as beautiful as I recall and pretty nice. But! About halfway through dinner her boss called and she had to go back into work >.< ! So that was a bummer cause we were going to watch a movie after dinner. However, I was able to set up a second date during the first for Christmas Eve to go see that movie ... thats the good news. The bad news ... perhaps ... is last night (after the party with my teachers incase you weren't paying attention ... looks at my father >.>) a couple of us went to a japanese version of a mixer. Rina went with us and all that. But, I'm terrible at making small talk AND a guy that aparently Rina likes was there too. Soo who knows where that whole mess stands. As far as I know we are still on for next Sunday, but I'm not holding my breath for a third date. As a side note for those curious Rina did not bring a friend.
As for Yoriko (not Yonko .... if anyone sends me another e-mail with that name I will stop speaking to that person or e-mailing or in anyway communicating with that person for a month! >.>) I stopped by her work today and gave her a little gift I picked up in Kyoto a few weeks back. She seemed happy to see me and sent me a nice e-mail atfer saying thank you for stopping in. As for another date with her ... I tried to get her to come to dinner with me after work tonight, but she had to go home. So I'm thinking I may try and get something going next Friday afternoon. I already have a thumbs up for either the 30th or 31st (leaning toward 31st) to do something with her which i'm stoked about. Originally it was to be the 28th but she is going to spend sometime with her father and mother in Tokyo the 27th-29th (her dad is a bachlor worker up there ... which means he works there and sends money home, but doesn't get to come home to be with his family). So I being the supportive person that I am was happy she is going to be able to see her father.
As for Yoko first date is still on the 26th of December. I've been e-mailing with her and she seems to be excited to go out with me then. I am as well because I would like to see if there are any sparks there. No dates on the 25th; Rina works, Yoriko works and then has a work party and I was told not to take Yoko out on our first date on that day.
So these blogs seem to center around my love life, but as it stands that is about the most news worthy/ interesting thing in my life in Japan at the moment.