Another evening over Takeo

July 11th, 2006

And my, how the pachinko parlor gleams beautifully in this light. Another sunset means another day closer to the 25th, which I have been anxiously anticipating more than I have ever, in my whole materialistic life, ever looked forward to Christmas. Now that I have accepted the fact that I’m leaving, I suddenly cannot leave soon enough. And if I have to read and respond to ONE MORE journal entry, I will put my pen through my eye. I just spent two hours responding to such gems as: “I get up ten. I am going to shopping Youme Town. I shopping is comic book. very happy.” and “I got up at six. I play kendo. It’s tired.” and “I got up fifteen. In the morning. I had rice for breakfast. VERY INTERESTING!!!” These are 9th graders! I believe we did go over the lessons about telling time, and I might have also mentioned that unless this is very special rice, breakfast is never, ever, VERY INTERESTING!!! Maybe if they did something other than club activities and cram school, breakfast wouldn’t be the best part of their day.

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