If I posted already about this then sorry, I forgot. Anyway, a few weeks ago a group of 30 Korean teachers came over as a sort of cultural exchange thing and I was invited to be a translator. I don't speak Korean, but was set up with some English teachers so it was translation from English to Japanese and vice versa. 2 of the Korean teachers went to a Japanese couple's home to see what Japanese life was like. It was interesting. They bought beer and sushi and ate it at the couple's home and sang songs. The next day there was a dinner at a hotel and I got to eat free dinner. I got paid around $100 for the 2 days of translation, except $60 of that is in gift certificates and haven't found the places I can use them yet. I liked the experience and will do it next year as well if asked.
I am currently enjoying being ignored by Japanese girls. I have been trying to find some dates to go on but failure keep creeping up in my vocabulary whenever I try to talk about the experiences. I was hoping that I could use my foreigner card to attract some girls but it hasn't been working to my advantage yet, and actually is probably working against it for the majority of girls I've talked to. Reason being, there aren't a lot of girls who are interested in foreigners or English in my city, being so small and all. Thus, the remaining girls can only be won over with Japanese. I am not good at talking to girls in English... should be pretty obvious what I'm trying to say there. I am envious of the ugly white guys who have 10s at their side, girls that, if they were in the USA, wouldn't even give them the time of day. I am still not getting the time of day. Not giving up though! One day I will know what time it is!
Going to Hokkaido this week. This Thursday actually. It's going to be fun times... hopefully. As long as I can avoid too much contact with the JETS (foreigner English teachers) who annoy me, I should have a good time.
失敗【しっぱい】 (shippai) (n,adj-no,vs) failure; mistake; blunder; (P)
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