いらっしゃいませ！ ....

Konnichiwa..
今日は

Well... I've finally got my act together and have started work on my online blog.

The last few weeks have been manic. Lots of late night karaoke sessions, round the clock socialising and busy days at school (yes - I do work here as well). I never appreciated how tiring teaching can be before I started this job! Trying to control 40 eighteen year old boys that really dont want to learn English is frustrating and demanding. Having said that, on the whole the job is very rewarding and is a lot of fun. Even the worse kids have me in stitches with their funny attempts at broken English and falling asleep in class. When I first arrived I was shocked to see students with their heads on the desks asleep. Now my attitude has changed and I actually sympathise with them. In fact, at times I wish more of them would sleep!

Since my last email I have been to Hiroshima twice, have participated in Oumine School Sports Festival, have been on a day trip into the mountains with some Japanese colleagues, and of course have participated in lots of obligatory karaoke sessions. My reportoire of songs that I can sing badly now totals 5, but I insist on inflicting the same songs on my poor friends Tim, Choco and Teresa every week.

So, enjoy reading my blog. I promise to try and update it as often as I can.

Regards

マークジョンソン