Experimentation and Training Day Numero Ichi!

So, my body decided to wake up at 4. There was a light and I was trying to figure out what apparatus was causing... and figured my laptop was on... which doesn't really make sense, but when you just wake up... what really does make sense anyway? It then occurs to me... when my senses come to me... that the light is actually sunlight. Yup... at four in the morning... the sun is already coming out. For those who were with me in Tokyo last year... you should remember that. Especially Jamie, Christian and Michael... you know that night we had interesting occurrences in Roppongi...

Anyway... not having set my alarm until 6:30-ish... I forced myself back to bed. I kept getting up every now and then... but, pushed sleep upon myself until 6:10-ish... or so I thought. I later went on to realize that since my alarm clock does not have a converter... it actually runs slower than it should. So, even though I set the clock correctly last night... by the time it was 8:40, the clock had managed to be 20 + minutes behind. And now... it is a good uh... 2 1/2 hours behind. So, it really was a good thing my body just decided to wake up.

Anyway... I decided to take care of business before I showered... and figured... hmmm... this toilet shower feature has always intrigued me. Some of you might know what I'm talking about... but, for those who don't... it's basically a little spray feature that is aimed at your butt. See, the thought of being sprayed up in your business had previously made me weary... but, I figured it wouldn't hurt to try.

So, I pressed the button and all I heard was noise. Seemed like it was broken... but, then came the spray. Caught me as I let my guard down. It was warm and... well... to be honest it felt a bit nice... but, not in that "too nice" way... heh heh. Man, it wasn't that bad at all. So, all that paranoia from a year ago was for no reason. And... to be honest, it's just so much more pro-hygenic. You can wipe your butt... or have water spray you clean and then use toilet paper to wipe... which do you think is more sanitary?

Anyway... that's enough info on my little experiment of the day... now to training.

It was basically a long long long day. But, it was cool... at first at least. The more the day dragged on... the bit more stressed and irritated I became. It's mostly cause we split up into groups according to the branch we were to be placed in. So, there were a good amount of people talking and figuring stuff out. Basically my ADD was all sorts of active and yeah... focusing became harder... especially since I couldn't hear much of what was going on or being said. But, hey... I survived so that's all that matters.

Didn't take my camera with me... so, I missed out on photographing this cool Bento lunch thing they gave us. It was good... and I tried everything... but, yeah... only ate the chicken and rice... heh heh.

Met with a dude who is going to the same place I am... well... actually, the only other dude going to the same place I am. I mean, there are a couple going to my prefecture, but it was cool knowing I wasn't going to be by myself. Realized what grade levels I was going to be teaching. The answer changed back and forth for the past month... but, now I officially know the name of the schools. I'll be working at 4 schools: 3 of them being Junior High Schools and 1 being a Special Needs School (due to my experience working with special needs). I'm excited... I get the age levels I was really looking forward to working with. Well, I don't know exactly what age level is the Special Needs School, but I'm excited about that too.

Well... I'm running on a blank of what else occurred besides your typical introduction of things... so, I guess I'll stop the rambling.