Pretty sure this should have been posted back on Sunday. It's been a while because I don't have internet and I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it since I guess the tsunami took out some of the wires for it that are needed in my apartment. Hopefully I should have it soon, unless my supervisor doesn't know what he's talking about.
I got to my city Kesennuma on Wednesday and the next few days were spent getting all the things done needed for new life assimilation. Bank account, phone, alien registration card, shopping, car and other random things. Of note, I am getting my car Tuesday possibly and it will be the first car I've ever personally owned and bought woohoo! It's a cheap one at around $1,200 but it works. Also I bought a smartphone which is the first one of those I've ever had. Thank you Japan!
Yesterday I got to take my first real shot at Pachinko. Pachinko is a game where you try to get these BB gun bullet-like balls into certain areas on this pin filled obstacle course. It is mostly all luck and not very fun if you get the newer machines where you just hold a circular lever down while the balls come out. Tara, another ALT (assistant language teacher, the jargon for my job) and I both decided to donate 500 yen (roughly $6.50 USD) to this new experience. We ended up at a machine that featured big breasted girls skiing down mountains and fighting robots in swimming pools while dressed in bikinis. Within maybe 5 minutes we had exhausted all our pachinko balls, smiled at each other and walked out of the parlor. One of the attendants came out telling us to come back in for some reason, which we did, and when we sat back down he pressed a button that gave us a steady stream of pachinko balls to play with that lasted for around 20 straight minutes. We didn't know what we were doing or how much we were winning, but at the end we had quadrupled our money! We went from 500 yen each to 2000 yen each ($25) I got a new wallet and a free drink with cookies plus my original 500 yen back. It was a sweet experience, but not sure I can go back and try again. I came out ahead, and that's not likely to happen again with those types of gambling games!
I'm meeting my schools for the next two days (Monday August 8th, Tuesday the 9th). Should be interesting. Hoping the English teachers I'll be working with are awesome. If not I will still be stuck with them for a year!
恵み【めぐみ】 (n) blessing; grace;
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