First Day of Classes

Whew! What a day!

I found out today that I was placed into Intermediate Class 1A, and although the teacher seems incredibly nice the workload is tremendous.  They flooded us with packets today, and many of them have parts that are due tomorrow.  Ahhh!

On the positive side, some exciting things to look forward to:

-In class starting next week, show and tell starts! each day will be a different student, and we can bring anything! It's the best part of kindergarten all over again!

-Everyday it's possible to earn stamps for doing things well, volunteering, etc.  cool!

-Tomorrow, I was chosen to be the teacher's assistant (because I'm first alphabetically) and that means I'll get to read announcements and erase the blackboard and stuff.  More on that tomorrow!

To escape the tons and tons of homework, I went for a brief walk to the Depaato (Department store) and bought a dictionary.  Whilst there, I saw this eloquent shirt and photographed it for all the world to see:

Ummmm yea. I wonder if anyone who has ever bought this shirt could read english.

After the brief victorious trek to the mall, I gathered up some friends and went to a kaiten-zushi, or a conveyor belt sushi restaurant for dinner. What an awesome way to dine!  The chef stands in the middle where you can watch her make sushi and sashimi out of really fresh ingredients.  She then puts it on a colored plate (the plate color corresponds to price) and sets it off on its conveyor belt journey.  When you see something you like....you take it!  Sometimes deals float by unnoticed and other times you're just too hungry to care and take whatever comes first.  I felt like a hunter/gatherer.

High: The restaurant! Delicious! My favorite was the tenpura squid!

Low: All the homework- our first quiz is tomorrow over 30 new kanji...

Hero: Ito-sensei, my new teacher! She seems wonderful, but we'll find out more tomorrow when I'm her assistant.

Since I feel like a picture doesn't really capture the experience, heres a quick video!