out of two schools and 150 kids (girls) this is one of the few and only boy band members

aki watching the show

the farewell line

some of the band kids

my j pose

COUNTRIES AND BODY PARTS

I was teaching how to make passports on friday, and wrote the country Mongolia on the board. Then the kids started cracking up, then started shouting "ma n ko". Which kindly translates to "pussy" in japanese. Nice, not sure how Mongolia became "manko" but it was a new word for the day! Guess i knew it was trouble when they guessed the word "sex" was in the passport. And they were right, so they were happy for that, but then again they didnt know what "M and F" meant. Hehehehe, they just like "sex".

yes, there is a student under there

yes, its one of my many crazy lessons

the mighty hamster teacher

BASKETBALL AND MORE BASKETBALL

Today coached the kids in preparation of this weekends game. Game that is, one loss and we are out, which i wouldnt be suprised as we are gonna play the top team. Anyways got a 100yen pokemon whistle to use in practice, works pretty damn good. And the kids actually understood some stuff in practice today. So i was pretty happy at the end. But i am sure the other gym teams are sick of hearing my whistle, ha ha ha.

So after J class i hit up the gym, going to do my usual workout. But caught a glimpse of some guys playing basketball, they always play on thursday and usual i am too shy to ask to play too. But then one of the guys approached me and thought i was someone else. So i told him differently, but he asked me to play anyways. Really cool, i was really happy just to play bball again. My kids are cool, but thats coaching, not really playing. Played a couple games of teams and one and one. It was fun, there was a guy named Shin, he likes antique guitars from america, there was Hiroshi nice guy, a girl named Ma, then two other dudes. But yeah, it was good just to play bball again. Maybe next thursday i will be back.

during the sunset, caught eye of some really red clouds

GET HYPNOTIZED

Funny ass video sent via Eva ... check it out, and you will think twice about being hypnotized on stage ...

see the video: chairs getting abused

STRESS OR JUST PLAIN BUSY

Its one or the other, and i trying to get shit done, but other shit always pops up. I read a article on a book on how to handle stress before. It said that too much stress is bad, too little is bad, just the right amount is good. Well i think i am on the more busy end, so what to do when things are piling up? Here are some of my favorite cures ..

- sleep more bitch
- sometimes i stand in the shower, but definitely sitting in the shower is the best
- hit the gym
- lay in bed and do nothing
- bitch to someone else
- sleeping in
- sleeping in, eating a snack and cleaning house (yes its true, a clean home clears out alot of stress and shit .. hint hint K chan)
- if extra time allows, drinking a bunch of booze with friends

Damn dont even have time to study japanese, or maybe i just lazy ... well thats a different blog ...

A STORM BLEW BY

And the storm attacked my place. Things are all over the place. That usually happens when i am busy and when the teacher calls the day before and asks, "hey what about a halloween lesson for tomorrow", um its only the 11th of October, but whatever. Usually its no suprise to come up with random shit, guess thats my job, to know all the tricks of the trade. Anyways got my ass up to flood water with lessons, then pulled out all the halloween shit, and the final outcome is the picture below ...

and a storm blew by

ANOTHER 3 DAY WEEKEND

Darn the fall season here, its like every other weekend in sept and oct there is a 3 day weekend, its not like i dont like it, i like it. Its just a bummer when they are gone. This weekend set out to check out a bit more of Kansai the area i live in. Hitting up lake Biwako (near kyoto and the biggest lake in japan), Kyoto, and Osaka. So here are some of the pics from my new toy...

an ice cream attack

ticket for the cable car

nice ride through the trees

driving up the tracks

a view of lake biwako

sending mail?

old skool home protection

kyoto tower

kyoto traffic (note: dont shoot in the middle of the street)

down a bustling alley way in kyoto

a peak inside a "izakaya" japanese bar

whats for lunch?

and a couple months later, jessica alba arrives!

mad busy at the mall today and it wasnt even christmas yet

while people watching today, i noticed that the fur hoodie is the rage this year

lets learn english I

lets learn english II

lets learn english III

STILL TOASTY

Its like the begining of October and the weather is still in the 80s??? wierd! should be a bit cooler by now, arrrgghhh .. my snow!

ALOT OF WHACKING GOING ON

So i was up watching japanese tv, they dont quite got the reality tv shows going yet, but they make it up with some crazy ass shit. So from what i could understand from this show is that these 4 popular comedians go back to school, high school that is. And its like a boot camp. If they even "laugh" someone calls out their name and they gotta bend over while a masked guy in a blue suit rolls by and whacks em in the ass with a big ass kendo stick! Shit! So they go throughout the day at school while wierd shit pops up like a belly dancer and they try not to laugh, but seems like they cant control themselves. So whack, whack, whack it went ... funny shit ...

162 whacks, fuck that gotta hurt

"like a virgin" by Madonna plays, she dances, they laugh .... then the whack squad comes out!

whacks in the ass are coming

some beatin going on

FUNNY DOGS

One of the funniest pictures i have ever seen, "karate dogs" , go check it out on the link below
flickr: karate dogs

and sports day starts

red team

crazy kids i tell ya

TUG O BAMBOO

Ok, gotta explain the next series of pics. It relates to the tug o bamboo. The two teams run out onto the field at the sound of the whistle and try to tug it back to their respective territory. After crossing a certain line, they win that tug, then they run off to join their other buddies in tugging the remaining poles back onto their side. Whoever got the most poles wins! It sure got interesting when it got to the last pole ...

and the tug o bamboo begins ...

at the begining it looked so nice ... then disaster came ...

wreck on I-5 south (note: how some of the kids are getting dragged, u know back in the USA that is lawsuit heaven)

how many kids can you fit on a bamboo stick? answer, a whole lot of them (note cant even see the stick anymore)

cutie

ms. mizuki honda

up close I

up close II

watchin

one big ass ball!

yuya, yuka, ari

throw em up high

yuya emerges from the battleground

the rope crew