I don't have any insights into the Japanese mind today, but I would like to quote an entry from a student journal. "I'm bery happy day." Maybe it's the gorgeous weather that has been around all week and will continue for a couple more days. Perhaps it is from the promise of a short vacation to Miyako starting tomorrow. Or the fact that my two classes this afternoon were just suddenly cancelled (making 8 classes to teach total this week) and that I have a three day weekend thanks to some school schedule juggling...and then another three days off thanks to exams. It might be from the students that I just entertained by butchering Japanese words and memorizing their names. Or the fact that I am finally into the epilogue of "War and Peace." Whatever the reason, "I'm bery happy day." I love that motto. And to amp it up another cheese notch (from War and Peace), "What comes next then? What am I going to do? Nothing. I'm just going to live. Oh, it's marvellous!"
What am I going to do when I return to the States? At this point, I'm not fretting. Something will come up. For now, I'm going to soak in some subtropical sunshine.
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I don't have a job yet, either. Maybe we can open our own ornamental shrubbery business together. Do you know how to cut Asian inspired shapes?
Excellent idea! Or I'll just bring back a bunch of Nihonglish shirts that make no sense and we can sell them at a mark-up from the back of a van! Ooh! And we can throw in some Pocky too. :) We should start making business cards.
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