Marc's Japan Adventure » Teaching Fun

Welcome and Farewell…

Marc — Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:51:29 +0000

Saturday night we had a farewell party for Izumi and a welcome party for Mai, the new teacher. The party was on the 17th floor which gave us a good view of…the parking lot behind our building. Oh well. About 70 students came to the party, and as you can see, everyone got pretty drunk. Then we ditched the students, and went to a club in Shinsaibashi to stay out all night. I caught the first train home at 5:45am and promptly collapsed. Here’s the evidence:

Staff night out

Marc — Fri, 06 Jun 2003 05:15:44 +0000

Here are some pictures from our staff party from a week ago. We had a wild, crazy night which lasted until 6am. We started drinking at a fancy restaurant, courtesy of AEON, and finished at a club. It was a loooong, fun night. Please note my white-boy rockin’.

Technical difficulties…

Marc — Tue, 13 May 2003 07:20:05 +0000

I regret to inform everyone that the contest has been temporarily suspended for two reasons: first, I am stupid, and have not managed to remember to take my camera with me this weekend; and second, Michele has been unable to get pictures off her camera and onto her computer.

We will do our best to resume the contest as soon as possible.

While posting, I was listening to Du Hast from the album “The Matrix” by Rammstein.

Burning the midnight oil…

Marc — Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:12:24 +0000

…trying to figure out why there is a side scroll thingie. Hmmm…

The first piece of good news is my friends Ray Vazquez and Shannon Jamieson from NYC are coming to visit in late March! I can’t wait to rock the Osak. Oh, and Shannon, I got your books! Thank you thank you thank you! I’m suddenly very popular around the school these days….

Also, I got a terrific Valentine’s Day package from Michele, and it had all sorts of goodies in it, but the topper was without a doubt not *one*, not *two*, but *THREE* bags of cookies. Sweet, sweet chocolate chip cookies. The other foreign teachers at my school were slavering over the site of homemade cookies. It was like we were in jail, and I had just gotten a carton of cigarettes. I was getting ready to barter cookies for a shiv and bust outta the joint.

While posting, I was rocking out to Need You Tonight by INXS.

Late.

Marc — Fri, 07 Feb 2003 05:24:21 +0000

Today I was late for the first time. Yuck. I went to the discount electronics area of town and window shopped and lost track of time. I showed up at 1:03 and had to teach a class right away. Let’s just say I’m NEVER going to have that happen again. Not only was it embarassing, but I got a little “note” from the manager. It really put a dent in the day. I need to get there 10-15 minutes early just so I can switch into teaching mode, set up my materials, and just relax. I stayed a little later today, so hopefully that made up for it. Note to self: never be late again. It’s not worth it.