Had 5 halloween lessons today.
Kids got to go around the school and trick-or-treat for candy.
This is the flow:
Student---Hello
Me--- Hello
Student--- Trick or treat
Me--- Here you are (hand out candy)
Student--- Thank you
Me--- Happy Halloween
Student--- Happy Halloween
I had to repeat the exact conversation for 181 times.
So sick of Halloween...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
10/25
Went out on a date with Chris tonight.
Went to one of our favorite restaurants for the 4th time.
Apparently we are famous among the restaurant staffs because we are foreign.
SO! Today, besides the unlimited drinks, the chef made us special dishes.
They used AAAAA beef for our main dish!!!!!
Not to show off, but AAAAA beef!!! that's like 5 As.
It really melts in the mouth.
Best beef ever in my life.
O... and besides the AAAAA beef, we also got served with a small piece of Iberico pork.
Iberico pork is the pork from south of Spain that are feed with only figs.
Went to one of our favorite restaurants for the 4th time.
Apparently we are famous among the restaurant staffs because we are foreign.
SO! Today, besides the unlimited drinks, the chef made us special dishes.
They used AAAAA beef for our main dish!!!!!
Not to show off, but AAAAA beef!!! that's like 5 As.
It really melts in the mouth.
Best beef ever in my life.
O... and besides the AAAAA beef, we also got served with a small piece of Iberico pork.
Iberico pork is the pork from south of Spain that are feed with only figs.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
10/20
5th graders were trying to give me quiz about fish kanji in class.
First they try to give me hints.
Students:
What's this?
Hint 1, big eyes
Hint 2, outside red
Sabrina:
uh...more hints please
Students:
Hint 3, kanji is 鯛
Sabrina:
...okay, I know the reading in Chinese, but I don't know how to read it in Japanese
Homeroom teacher:
wow! that's interesting. How do you read it?
Sabrina:
In Chinese we say "diao".
Homeroom teacher:
Cool!!! Ok everyone, let's try to say it in Korean too!
"diao"
What the fuck...
First they try to give me hints.
Students:
What's this?
Hint 1, big eyes
Hint 2, outside red
Sabrina:
uh...more hints please
Students:
Hint 3, kanji is 鯛
Sabrina:
...okay, I know the reading in Chinese, but I don't know how to read it in Japanese
Homeroom teacher:
wow! that's interesting. How do you read it?
Sabrina:
In Chinese we say "diao".
Homeroom teacher:
Cool!!! Ok everyone, let's try to say it in Korean too!
"diao"
What the fuck...
Friday, October 1, 2010
Hokkaido --- Sapporo Day 2
The last day was a bit of a rush.
We checked out of the hotel.
My cousin wanted to ride on one of those cute local trains. So we got on one of those for the sake of ridding it there and back.
After the train ride, we rushed to the clock tower.
On the way, I saw this black corn that I really want to try... but we were rushing rushing rushing...
And after that, we rushed to the Sapporo Beer Museum.
When we have done all the rushing I still got more than 2 hours of free time and no money to spend...
We checked out of the hotel.
My cousin wanted to ride on one of those cute local trains. So we got on one of those for the sake of ridding it there and back.
After the train ride, we rushed to the clock tower.
On the way, I saw this black corn that I really want to try... but we were rushing rushing rushing...
And after that, we rushed to the Sapporo Beer Museum.
When we have done all the rushing I still got more than 2 hours of free time and no money to spend...
Hokkaido --- Otaru
Today, we planned to stay all day at this really touristy river bank --- 小樽運河
On the streets, it is full of glass shops, sweet shops, and music box shops.
First, we decided to take the tour bus and stop at the famous glass shop --- 北一硝子
The glass shop was huge!!!!! It also has 3 other branch shops selling different styles of glasses on the street.
It also has its own cafe. Inside the cafe it was decorated by their hand-made glass lamps and vases.
Eventhough 北一硝子 has the biggest shop in Otaru, I kind of like the glasses at 大正硝子 better.
At another glass shop (selling mostly glass made accessories), the owner has 2 really big dogs walking in the shop freely. They are the 乖-est dogs I have ever seen! They don't bark, they don't touch or eat any glasses on the shelves, and they are not affraid of strangers!
As for the sweet shops, there are tons of them too.
The most famous 六花亭, 北菓樓, and LeTAO cheese cakes
We sampled all the sweets, but we couldn't get enough of the cheese cake. So, we walked into the LeTAO cafe and ordered all 3 kinds of cheese cakes!
Like the chocolate factory, many shops seem to have clear glasses with their workers making things infront of everyone.
My cousin and I decided to play this game: standing infront of the glass window, staring at the worker. When the worker looks up, we will wave at them.
And of course... the Hokkaido soft cream.
I got the delux mix flavor: chocolate/milk/melon/kiwi/pineapple/strawberry
Finally pictures of the pretty view.
And then... there was this mysterious old man.
He offered to take a picture of me and my cousin. I thought he's just another tourist; while, my cousin thought he probably wants money from us.
We let him take a picture of us anyway, and he didn't ask for anything from us. Afterwards, we walked around the river, when we came back to the same spot again, he was still there offering to take pictures for other tourists. It turned out that he was just a very nice old man, so I asked to take a picture with him. He seemed flattered, he said no one ever asked him to be in the picture. I must have made his day.
On the streets, it is full of glass shops, sweet shops, and music box shops.
First, we decided to take the tour bus and stop at the famous glass shop --- 北一硝子
The glass shop was huge!!!!! It also has 3 other branch shops selling different styles of glasses on the street.
It also has its own cafe. Inside the cafe it was decorated by their hand-made glass lamps and vases.
Eventhough 北一硝子 has the biggest shop in Otaru, I kind of like the glasses at 大正硝子 better.
At another glass shop (selling mostly glass made accessories), the owner has 2 really big dogs walking in the shop freely. They are the 乖-est dogs I have ever seen! They don't bark, they don't touch or eat any glasses on the shelves, and they are not affraid of strangers!
As for the sweet shops, there are tons of them too.
The most famous 六花亭, 北菓樓, and LeTAO cheese cakes
We sampled all the sweets, but we couldn't get enough of the cheese cake. So, we walked into the LeTAO cafe and ordered all 3 kinds of cheese cakes!
Like the chocolate factory, many shops seem to have clear glasses with their workers making things infront of everyone.
My cousin and I decided to play this game: standing infront of the glass window, staring at the worker. When the worker looks up, we will wave at them.
And of course... the Hokkaido soft cream.
I got the delux mix flavor: chocolate/milk/melon/kiwi/pineapple/strawberry
Finally pictures of the pretty view.
And then... there was this mysterious old man.
He offered to take a picture of me and my cousin. I thought he's just another tourist; while, my cousin thought he probably wants money from us.
We let him take a picture of us anyway, and he didn't ask for anything from us. Afterwards, we walked around the river, when we came back to the same spot again, he was still there offering to take pictures for other tourists. It turned out that he was just a very nice old man, so I asked to take a picture with him. He seemed flattered, he said no one ever asked him to be in the picture. I must have made his day.
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