Hindsight

Yoshimura-sensei asked me to correct a section of the 3-nensei’s most recent handouts. The directions were to write about something Japanese and introduce it to me.

Omura:
This is called a “Umeshu”
When father is tired, it is used.
Father and mather say it’s very delicious.

Maruoka:
This is called a samulai
It’s used when you katana.

Yoshiki:
This is called a “Kuromame”.
It’s often eat on New Year’s Day.
It’s very very doog.

…I found “doog” to be the cutest mistake.

Four classes, and they all went fine. Perhaps it was the rest I had this weekend. I didn’t sleep well last night but I still woke up in a decent mood and pushed on from class to class.

I checked my schedule once again and realized that after this week I will have two more weeks of team teaching at Chiyo. One next month and near the end of July. The rest are with Tahara. Getting close to the end. But doing what I can until then.

Oh:

http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/returner.shtml

“But most importantly, director Yamazaki is well aware of what kind of movie he’s making and has a lot of fun with it. He’s got a strong visual flair and a knack for compensating for a limited budget. The result is a film that, while you won’t be banging down your friends’ doors to show it to them, will probably entertain most people. And that may be just what Japanese cinema needs…”

Exactly.