2011.10.20

Thursday

I think I've mentioned this before but in case I haven't please allow me to reiterate the spider carnival that is within Japan. The spiders here are huge, brightly colored and they are master web builders. I came outside this morning to my bike (the one I rode home one about 12 hours before) and there is an intricate spider web across my handlebars and a huge, fat black spider unpacking its belongings like it just moved. SO I'm like ok I'll just knock it off and ride away. NO! WRONG! this spider fights me for dear life. I first destroy the web then it just crawls under the basket so I have to try and kick it off without 1)getting it on me 2)knocking over my bike 3) looking like I'm crazy to the cars passing by. So it finally decided to crawl down onto the wheel and them I'm rolling my bike around trying to squash it or just make it let go.,  But about ten minutes later (alright closer to three) I'm pedaling away the victor!

I get to school and I have the PB and J sandwiches I promised to bring in. Murakami-sensei tried it. Her face said that she didn't like it but her mouth moved saying that it was good. It was funny to watch. I also gave the other teachers a try. Next week is when I will have three major exams for my classes and one minor test for Kanji. I'm a bit nervous and it looks like I will be burning the night oils.

This week I went to my first SIA club meeting. It is a club for Japanese students interested in practicing their English. We are given words and phrases that are more informal and not commonly taught in class. So it was a nice exchange of information. All of the students were super nice and eager to talk to us, even if they were still a bit shy at first. I think I'll go back next week. After the meeting we all (Nana and Kim) went back to my room for a study party.