first warm day

room, afternoon - today was really warm. By the time Kai san and I arrived at Nanzan I had shed two of my four layers. (I am down to only one layer as I write this.) We watched Doraemon, which is an anime, in class today. It was only a 10-minute clip but it was still cool.

I ate lunch in the locker room and Georga and a friend of hers came in at one point. They are both British and they were discussing the American education system and how they do not understand it. They started pumping me for info. I offered the insight I could, based on my own experiences. It was interesting.

In translation class we listened to songs and tried to translate the lyrics. One was by a singer named Hana hana, which means flower flower. The song was about someone whose beloved died. The next one was by Angela Aki and it was about someone who was writing a letter to their future self. They were nice songs, but I am easy to impress when it comes to music.

On the way home I encountered an army of tiny Japanese children on the train. There was a hoard of them in each car (I just caught the train by hopping in it at the front and I was walking to the back). They were with a few adults and were dressed in matching uniforms. At each station one hoard from one car got off and waved to the train as it pulled away. There were about 30 or so kids per hoard and only about 2 to 3 adults with each group. They were doing pretty well wrangling them though for such a high kid to adult ratio.

I am back at my host mom’s house now and she is not home yet. Hopefully it will be a productive evening for me.