Monday, April 23, 2012

Eating out

There are lots of good restaurants here in Japan. Many of them foreign. For example, I went to the Outback Steakhouse last night for dinner in Shibuya. It`s just like it is in the U.S..  I always get the bloomin onion. Terrible for my health, I know, but they are delish. Had steak and ribs. I should say we had steak and ribs because my wife and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary. Aaww, yeah, yeah. Before that we went to Ameyokocho in Ueno and had sashimidon. I had salmon and wife had toro. Again, delish. For \500 what a deal!
A lot of people either have no idea what Japanese people eat or they think everyone eats raw fish. Japanese folk love good food just like everyone else. You can get basically any kind of food that you want here in Japan. French and Italian are very popular as is Chinese. Vietnamese and Mexican not so much yet but seem to be increasing. Oh how I miss those two! Quality is usually very good. I love going to the grocery store and buying things that have been prepared there in the store because they are cheap and tasty. Here`s a tip, if you are grocery shopping in Japan, wait until an hour or so before closing time. They usually discount lots of items, especially meats, and you can get some really good deals.
Speaking of food, I`m hungry......

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Another day

Well, let`s see.... Another day another yen. Had my only adult class today. Used some tongue twisters to practice pronunciation. "Roberta ran rings around Roman ruins" etc. Found a really good site with lots of them. www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Work

Well, it`s been too long. I`m teaching teaching English at G***. Today was a little annoying. My second class of the day was really energetic. I tried going with it but they just took it to a whole new level. One kid gave me a good smack in the face. Another was bit listless but I guess I would be to if I was her. The boys think they are "Kamen Rider" a very famous Japanese super hero. Whatever. The 3rd was okay. 2 students hadn`t done their homework so I took them through it step by step. 15 minutes gone. Of course with 4 boys it`s often "poop" this and "penis" that. Last class was good. 2 very smart individuals.

Tomorrow I have to deal with a teacher quitting without sufficient notice. Fun. And another who was berated by the manager in front of parents/customers for being late. Once is enough stop beating a dead horse.