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Broadcasting to an audience of three (and a goldfish)...
Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...
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Friday, May 31, 2002 |
 My goodness! I think that's the first time ever I've been excited by a football game. I found myself shouting at the television as the minutes ticked past full time and France seemed to get closer and closer to scoring!
Deep breaths... deep breaths...
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It sounds like there might be a whole Washibe branch of the Senegal Supporters' Club, judging by the amount of clapping outside...
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Yes!
Not just the first chance, but the first goal! Superb!
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The first chance to score went to Senegal...
I have to support Senegal- a team that doesn't sing the Anthem doesn't deserve to win. So there.
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The opening match of the World Cup- France -v- Senegal- has started! The World Cup, which has figured more and more in the news over the last year, the first World Cup to be held in Asia, the first World Cup of the new millennium, is finally here!
It's odd, really; I've never been particularly interested in football, but I feel somehow caught up in the fever of the whole competition this time round. I suppose it's because the World Cup is being held in Japan and Korea.
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The French National Anthem has just been played before the opening match of the World Cup.
The majority of the French team couldn't be bothered to sing, and quite a few of them looked positively bored. I think this is disgusting- if you can't be bothered to sing your country's anthem, then you shouldn't be playing for your country.
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Of course, returning to the 'hot and humid' topic (this'll be a
recurring theme until at least October, so be warned), it doesn't help
that my desk is in the absolute hottest spot in the whole office. In the
corridor, with the doors left open, there's a refreshing breeze blowing,
and even at the entrance to the office there's some air, but here it's
just like being in an oven. The window's open, but it makes not a jot of
difference. Even using a fan is doing nothing more than moving heat
around...
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Lessons this afternoon with the 5th and 6th years at Etajima Elementary
School. The 5ths gave presentations on World Heritage Sites in Japan,
and on what was popular amongst their class, and then I spoke a little
about the same things in relation to Britain. Which would have been
fine, were it not for the fact that the teacher had told me that the
first presentation would be about historical figures in Japan, rather
than historical sites. The best laid plans of mice and men...
Anyway, I think that the 5ths in Etajima are my favourite class, due
in no small part to their teacher. Japanese schools have aisatsu
at the beginning and end of each lesson, but I have children do the
aisatsu for my lesson in English, with "Let's start Nathan Time"
and "Let's finish Nathan Time". The children are supposed to reply
"Yes!", and they do at the beginning (complete with fists in the air
from most of the boys), but at the end they always shout "No!". I'm very
proud that they enjoy my lessons so much.
The 6ths this year are good too, in very marked contrast to the state of
affairs last year, when I came within an inch of refusing to take the
6th years (this year's JHS 1st years) on the grounds that it was an
utter waste of my time. They're much quieter, but more than anything
they're interested. Anyway, we talked about schools in Britain,
and they asked plenty of sensible questions. All in all, a pleasant
couple of lessons.
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Today is most definitely summer- in the worst sense of the word- here. A
day when it feels just like having stepped out of a shower (with one's
clothes on). It's not so much the heat- although it's 28 degrees- but
the humidity. Just sitting at a desk makes one sweat.
Having broken
out the fan just last week, I suspect that this evening might well be
the first night I need to use the air conditioning...
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Woken at 5.37 this morning by... someone cutting their hedge.
This in itself beggars belief, but to add insult to injury, the person
in question is retired. Why can't he cut his bloody hedge at a sensible
time?
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Updated: 8/1/03; 8:03:57 pm.
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