Gobo City

Gobo city is the only place to really go around here and it is a good 30 to 35 mintue drive away. I find myself going there all the time. Sometimes it is just to get out of my small town. I go there every Tuesday and Thursday though. On Tuesday I have dinner with the other local ALTs. On Thursday I go to Gobo to see Tetsuji, my Japanese tutor.
Well I went on Tuesday to Miyoko's for the dinner and because my birthday was last Friday she had an awesome cake made for me and another ALT(Mark) whose birthday was on the 10th. The cake was pure bliss filled with strawberries and chocolate. I could hardly finish it so I have it chillin in my fridge right now and am thinking of pigging out on the rest of it at some time.
On Wednesday I must have been warned about the ice on the roads around here about 15 times that day. It was freezing in the morning and there was ice on the sidewalks and roads. They don't dump tons of salt on the roads here. A couple of the junior high kids slipped on some ice while riding their bicycles, but they were ok. I spent the day in the office thinking about what I have to do. I then spent two hours that night practicing Japanese caligraphy at a lady's house.
I have been giving out postcards of Chicago to people and have been feeling bad about it. That I couldn't give them something better. My bag that I checked on to the plane weighed 69 pounds and that was after I took out 10 pounds and put in my backpack. I was full and only had room for small things really. I brought a bunch of winter clothes and other clothes back to Japan.
Thursday was a cool day spent at the Junior high. The teachers there are really cool and I am really getting to the students. I even helped some of the students clean after lunch. At lunch we ate curry, which isn't a favorite, and then before I knew it I was taking home the left over curry in a pot they gave me. I don't cook really ever so I thought 'well ok' and took it. It isn't that spicy so it was ok.
Oh I watched Shrek 2 the other night with 3 heaters going to warm my freezing ass, uninsulated house. 　 It was an all right movie. I don't see what all the hype was over. Terminal was a great movie though.
Tonight I am going to play some pool with a teacher from the elementry school that I was at today. Kasamtsu is an awesome school. The kids are great and the teachers are funny and fun. Today I talked about my Chicago trip a lot and what the kids did over their break. The 6th went on a ski trip to Niigata just after Christmas during break. I probably would have gone if I were here. I have never been skiing and Japan is a good place to start since most of the country is mountainous afterall.
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