KUMA ROCK
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Long Weekend
Saturday. Sun. Hot. Sweat. People. It was the Kumamoto-Ken Sports Festival opening ceremony, being held in Taragi, the next town to Mizukami. Our dance team + the children's dance team performed with another 14 teams altogether. It was a huge event. We waited for 40mins in the sweltering sun, it was so hot. Beads of sweat were running down like a rapid river. After waiting in the sun, it was finally time for us to do our thing. We were all dancing to the same song "Kumakoi Rokuchoshi" This song is the "Kuma" area's ANTHEM. Everyone dance to this song. It sings about the infamous SHOCHU (rice wine). We danced and we shouted, we had so much fun. We were ecstatic!
On Sunday, I went to a "Rock concert" I use those two words loosely. It was held at the Craft Park, a place rarely visited by people. But the ground was big enough for bands to perform and people to dance. It was fun. Cheap drinks, good eats and fabulous company. This is when all the "not so Japanese Japanse" turn up and have a good time. The performances were really good. There was a group of Belly Dancers who came up from Miyazaki to perform. They were ExCeLlEnT!! I really want to try belly dancing now. There were other singers there too...All Japanese, they were so funny. Band memebers took off their shirts and they were doing kicks in the air, they were rocking like "Rolling Stones" so funny ^_^
Friday marks the beginning of another long weekend. Yes, it was only a three day working week this week. Yatta!!! So, on Friday I'm going to the city to boost Japan's economy. Saturday and Sunday, there's this annual JET event in Amakusa (somewhere near the beach) Don't know whether I should go? People there I want to see, but someone I'm afraid to see. What to do? What to do?
On Sunday, I went to a "Rock concert" I use those two words loosely. It was held at the Craft Park, a place rarely visited by people. But the ground was big enough for bands to perform and people to dance. It was fun. Cheap drinks, good eats and fabulous company. This is when all the "not so Japanese Japanse" turn up and have a good time. The performances were really good. There was a group of Belly Dancers who came up from Miyazaki to perform. They were ExCeLlEnT!! I really want to try belly dancing now. There were other singers there too...All Japanese, they were so funny. Band memebers took off their shirts and they were doing kicks in the air, they were rocking like "Rolling Stones" so funny ^_^
Friday marks the beginning of another long weekend. Yes, it was only a three day working week this week. Yatta!!! So, on Friday I'm going to the city to boost Japan's economy. Saturday and Sunday, there's this annual JET event in Amakusa (somewhere near the beach) Don't know whether I should go? People there I want to see, but someone I'm afraid to see. What to do? What to do?
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Once again it's Sports Festival season in Japan. This time it's the littlies which means it's sports festival time for Elementary school students and Nursery school kids. Japanese schools have their sports carnivals in October because it's autumn and the season is suppose to be getting cooler. Well...it is but it isn't. The temp is still in the 30s and it's hot and muggy out there. The kids have to practice and train so hard. They have to practice from walking in the opening ceremony, to running a mock race...in ALL areas. Then they have to practice their team cheers and each indidvidual performance...Plus, they have to practice..wait for it...how to bow. The teachers count the seconds of the time they have to have their head down, and then up and then turn...it's kind of ridiculous. Anyways, it turns out to be a fun time with everyone in the town showing up. But the practices...it's hard on the kids (and the teachers). I was standing out there in the sweltering sun and it was hot. Mind you I was only standing there, the kids were running and bowing. And they have 3weeks of this to go!!! Good luck to them.
Other than that, things have been well. Nothing too exciting has been happening. Got invited to another wedding in late October. And there are 2 long weekends this month YAY!!! Not doing much..maybe ^_~ hehee...No, I'm not getting up to any mischief!
Other than that, things have been well. Nothing too exciting has been happening. Got invited to another wedding in late October. And there are 2 long weekends this month YAY!!! Not doing much..maybe ^_~ hehee...No, I'm not getting up to any mischief!
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Typhoon 14 created quite a havoc in Mizukami this time. The wind was strong, but the rain was incredible. The rain just kept on coming, and coming. Most rivers were overflown, it was bad.
My house was okay. I closed the armour doors to protect the window, spent the whole day at home, reading cosmo, watching SATC, eating chocolate, drinking coffee and sleeping...what a day I tell ya!! ^_^
My house was okay. I closed the armour doors to protect the window, spent the whole day at home, reading cosmo, watching SATC, eating chocolate, drinking coffee and sleeping...what a day I tell ya!! ^_^
Monday, September 05, 2005
Typhoon 14
It's raining and it's pouring, the old man is snoring.
Typhoon 14 is on it's way...I think it's nothing, but my Japanese friends are telling me it's going to be quite huge and it's going to cause some damages. This typhoon is different to the other ones, where it's moving quite slowly and the range is quite wide. Whereas the ones last year were quite fast, it came and went. So, will just have to wait and see. I have my torch ready, but that's about all I've got for an in-case of emergency situation.
The schools were quite efficient in getting the news out to the parents to get them to pick up their kids and the kids in their area. There's a chain of command thing happening for emergency contacts as well. Instead of the one person calling everybody, they just pass it down along the line...very impressive. The evacuation centre will be open tonight, for everyone who feels the need to evacuate..I won't be one of them. Gonna stay at home and read my vogue and cosmo. School will be closed tomorrow, so I've taken the day off just to lounge around and do nothing. When I was asking for my day off, everyone at the office was asking me why?! They were saying wouldn't it be better if you came to the office and be with all of us???? Umm...no!!! I rather be at home and be tucked in bed just doing absolutely NOTHING on a rainy day. I think the Japanese don't know how it feels like to take a day off work and just REST and RELAX!! They're such workaholics.
Anyways, hope the storm will pass and nothing will happen...fingers crossed.
Typhoon 14 is on it's way...I think it's nothing, but my Japanese friends are telling me it's going to be quite huge and it's going to cause some damages. This typhoon is different to the other ones, where it's moving quite slowly and the range is quite wide. Whereas the ones last year were quite fast, it came and went. So, will just have to wait and see. I have my torch ready, but that's about all I've got for an in-case of emergency situation.
The schools were quite efficient in getting the news out to the parents to get them to pick up their kids and the kids in their area. There's a chain of command thing happening for emergency contacts as well. Instead of the one person calling everybody, they just pass it down along the line...very impressive. The evacuation centre will be open tonight, for everyone who feels the need to evacuate..I won't be one of them. Gonna stay at home and read my vogue and cosmo. School will be closed tomorrow, so I've taken the day off just to lounge around and do nothing. When I was asking for my day off, everyone at the office was asking me why?! They were saying wouldn't it be better if you came to the office and be with all of us???? Umm...no!!! I rather be at home and be tucked in bed just doing absolutely NOTHING on a rainy day. I think the Japanese don't know how it feels like to take a day off work and just REST and RELAX!! They're such workaholics.
Anyways, hope the storm will pass and nothing will happen...fingers crossed.
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