It`s mind boggling how things can make so much sense one day, and then the next day ones world can be thrown for a loop. Apparently i joined a company which at the moment can only be described as a sinking ship. The instability of my situation in Japan hit me last week. Teachers are not being paid, and schools everywhere are closing. I fear for my job constantly, and don`t know what to do when shit hits the fan. So if i have not responded to e-mails, this is why.
However, i have decided to roll with the punches and take whatever life throws at me right now. I am not ready to accept defeat. I have fallen more in love with Japan than i would have ever expected, and refuse to give up without a fight. So until then, we all all continuing to teach lessons as normally as possible, and live as normally as possible. It`s hard to be in fear of losing ones job though, because then roots can`t be planted. I think i will plant roots anyways, which includes getting a cell phone this week. Yes, that`s right Bailey with a cell phone, i know it`s unheard of.
On the bright side, I have visited some pretty cool places. On our first day off we went to Tojimbo, and Mikuni beach. Tojimbo is famous for its crazy rock formations that jut out of the sea. It was said that a corrupt priest was thrown over the edge a very long time ago. As you can see i don`t memorize dates. And now Tojimbo is famous for the amount of people who commit suicide off of them. I thought they were pretty cool. And we met a Japanese friend named Masiah. With his best English, and my shotty japanese we could barely communicate, but making friends in unlikely places is what travelling is all about. Amber and i proceeded to wade in the Japan sea for the rest of the day, BUT only wade because there are apparently jelly fish, and neither of us were prepared to pee on each other.
However, i have decided to roll with the punches and take whatever life throws at me right now. I am not ready to accept defeat. I have fallen more in love with Japan than i would have ever expected, and refuse to give up without a fight. So until then, we all all continuing to teach lessons as normally as possible, and live as normally as possible. It`s hard to be in fear of losing ones job though, because then roots can`t be planted. I think i will plant roots anyways, which includes getting a cell phone this week. Yes, that`s right Bailey with a cell phone, i know it`s unheard of.
On the bright side, I have visited some pretty cool places. On our first day off we went to Tojimbo, and Mikuni beach. Tojimbo is famous for its crazy rock formations that jut out of the sea. It was said that a corrupt priest was thrown over the edge a very long time ago. As you can see i don`t memorize dates. And now Tojimbo is famous for the amount of people who commit suicide off of them. I thought they were pretty cool. And we met a Japanese friend named Masiah. With his best English, and my shotty japanese we could barely communicate, but making friends in unlikely places is what travelling is all about. Amber and i proceeded to wade in the Japan sea for the rest of the day, BUT only wade because there are apparently jelly fish, and neither of us were prepared to pee on each other.
Then last week i went to the third largest Shinto Temple in a mountain town called Eiheiji town. And Kelly and i visited Eithiji temple. I will post pictures as soon as possible. My favourite was the ceiling of 230 paintings done in traditional Japanese style. All of them different and uniquely coloured. It reminded me of how badly i need to buy paint, and start painting here. But again, that would be putting down roots. At Eiheiji, monks were running around like it was there job. They are so cute. And Kelly and i of course did all the proper stuff you are supposed to do in temples. You know, pretend to pray, light burning incense, and wonder around spiritually. Good times, minus the fact that i was starving and couldn't wait for a serious bowl of noodles with a raw cracked egg in it.
And of course i cannot leave out the nights of Karaoke. My motto is, that if i`m going down, i might as well go down singing. For $26 at "My Pleasure", it`s all you can sing, and all you can drink. So basically the funnest thing ever, especially when you have about 20 people in the intimate room from all different backgrounds and walks in life.....some Japanese, mostly foreigners, and even a couple Brazilians the other night.
Well i must run to work, but i`ll add more soon!
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