Hello everyone! How are classes? Today, I read a short story out of the book I, Robot with Class 27. It's such a great story. I can't wait to read it with all of my other classes.

I had a really great weekend last weekend. On Saturday night, I had a nabe party. Can you believe it? A nabe party, already, and it is only September! My friends Jessica and Janet surprised me at my house on Saturday. I was hanging out at my house with my friend Taka, when I heard the doorbell ring. I couldn't imagine who it could be. I wasn't expecting anyone. I was very surprised when I opened the door and saw Janet and Jessica standing there. Janet is a teacher at Kansai Gaidai, and Jessica is an elementary school teacher. We all did our master's degrees together at the University of Calgary. It was funny because when Jessica entered my apartment, she gave Taka a big hug. He was surprised because he is Japanese, and Jessica is American. This was the first time that Taka had met Jessica. Japanese people don't usually get big hugs from strangers. However, they became good friends very quickly!!

Luckily, I had all of the ingrediants necessary to make nabe in my house. We made kimchi nabe, and we added tofu and gyoza to the nabe. It was so delicious. After the nabe, we ate brown rice. We talked for hours and had a lot of fun. I hope I can have another nabe party again soon!!

Hello again!

I can’t believe that it is already September. I guess time flies when you are having fun. It’s really nice to be blogging again. I really enjoy doing these blogs and talking about my life in Japan. This summer, I had a really great summer. I think I said before that I climbed Mt. Fuji, I went to Okinawa, and I also went to Universal Studios Japan. Universal Studios was a little bit strange for me. I don’t really like amusement parks – especially American ones. I worry about how places like Disney Land and USJ affect the local culture. They seem so artificial. However, it was interesting to see it anyway. Personally, I like natural places better. I enjoyed Okinawa and Mt. Fuji much more than USJ. Okinawa was especially great because I went on a beautiful hike to a waterfall, and at the waterfall I was able to swim in the crystal clear water. It was so nice!

Now that summer’s over, I have to plan lots of stuff for my classes. I really hope that all my students work hard this semester – we are going to do a lot of fun stuff!

It's Almost Time for School!!!!!

Wow, I can't believe that the summer vacation is over already. This summer I went to Mt. Fuji and to Okinawa. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed snorkeling in Okinawa. However, I got a huge sunburn! Ouch!

I can't wait to see all of my students again. I'm sure that we are going to learn a lot of English this semester and have a lot of fun too!

bye bye!