Wasting Time

Today, my leg feels better, because I could actually walk again, although it still hurts, so with luck it will be better by Monday. This morning I got the bus back to Youme-Town to pick up my phone, and en route visited the Kinokuniya and picked up the first Maria+Holic. And even though my leg still hurts a bit, and I can't use Meiko until it gets better, I do not care because of one little thing, something I checked multiple times with Yuka and the shop guy to check that it really was a free service and that I didn't have to pay any sneaky hidden fees, as this was the second cheapest phone in the store and all, and yes, it is free: My phone has a fully-functioning TV in it.

Anyway, I suppose some of you want to hear about my first venture into Tenjin, in which I did many nerd things and spent a lot of money. Be warned that the following entrance is full of fantarded geekery, so you`re welcome to skip it.

Tomorrow we are going on a trip to  a town near Mount Aso, a few hours away I think. We stay at an inn with an onsen and stuff. So, at the supermarket we got some candy to eat on the bus; I got chestnut Dessert pocky, some purin flavoured chocolates that are shaped like purin, and a tiny pack of strawberry chocolate ball things. I love how cheap japanese candy is; their Kitkats are 99 yen. In lolstralia they're nearly $3, and it sucks hardcore.

Tonight, I decided to check the Toys r Us again just to see if they'd restocked their HeartGolds/SoulSilver games.
They had.
I am jubilant.
 

These past two weeks, I have been doing volunteer work at my old Primary ('elementary' for you lolmericans) School. There is probably a similar entry to this in the archives because this isn't the first time. Frankly, I love my primary school. It's the period of time where most of the kids are all nice and angelic (they turn horrible once they get to High School. Note that I hate my High School and just setting foot in the place now makes me feel ill. The only reason I have to set foot in it is to wait for mum, because she works there), and it also had the most awesome teachers (as opposed to High School, because all the awesome teachers left one after the other, likely to find a better school. There are a handful of cool teachers left, though) Anyway, volunteer work. I spent the time mostly tailing Mrs S, my 'teacher's aide' from yesteryear. This amazing woman is the one who helped me through school and succeeded where many other teachers failed when it came to my 'learning difficulty' (read: assburgers) Suffice to say, if it wasn't for her constant attention I would probably have been expelled somewhere down the line.

So, my duties were the following: working with these two -adorable- year 3 kids who I will call A (girl) and R (boy)(Apparently, I have the ability to empathise with these kids because I know exactly how they feel, because 12 years ago, I was them), helping out two more adorable kindergarteners E and P (both girls) with 'speech' (these two apparently couldn't talk when they first came to school, so they go through a lot of speaking exercises and need help making various sounds), supervising a reading group with a year 3 class (which was...admittedly painful for me because it always makes me sad when people of this age can't seem to read as well as they should. They were trying, though), supervising more readers in year 1, helping out in the library (Lord knows my primary school has the single greatest Librarian to grace the planet, Mrs Mc), at lunchtimes teaching some kids how to draw, and then lastly teaching some year 6 and year 4 classes Japanese. A bit more detail and wibbliness after the cut for those who want to hear more.

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Anyway, back on the subject of sitting at home being a bum. This is because the Japanese second semester starts much later than it does here, so my break is a bit long. In other words, I go to Kyuushu in about a month now, and am now proceeding to Freak the Hell Out. I never ended up getting a job (surprise, surprise) (although am going to see if I can volunteer at the primary school again for the sake of doing something with myself), but I did get a scholarship which takes care of a lot of the fees and gives me a reasonable amount each month.

In other news it is about 2 weeks until my cat's 14th birthday. Then Yoko will have been with me for about 2/3rds of my life! Hang in there, old girl.

And I think my sister gave me her stupid cold. D<