May 22-June 4, 2006
Hello everyone (at long last)
So its been two weeks since I wrote to you all last. Time has flown by as usual. I finish at Waseda University in just 4 weeks, and then will fly back to Australia on July 25th. Not long to go. To tell you the truth I am not overly excited about going home, as I enjoy my lifestyle now, but I do love Australia, so I guess once I make it home, my feeling will change.
The last 2 weeks have been spent primarily going backwards and forwards from place to place, meeting to meeting, practise to practise. I continue to teach English with my private students and at the YY English School. That has kept me busy over the past weeks. One of my students last week told me she *loved* me - great position to be in - although I am not interested, must admit that I love the attention!! haha
As I said in the last email, I have also joined a dance group, traditional Yosakoi Japanese dance. We will perform in 2 weeks at the International Festival, so the practises have been fairly hectic recently. I have practise on Monday and Saturday nights, and I must admit that the workout keeps me in shape. To counteract the muscle pain I have been getting as a result of too much walking around and use of my legs, I have been going to the gym as often as I can to warm them up before the practice. It certainly makes a big difference. I dont cramp as much now.
I have also taken the initiative to introduce Kazuya to spanish dancing - salsa etc. I learnt some when I was in Costa Rica, but wen my friend said that there were lessons available at Waseda uni, I jumped at the chance! Kazuya and I attend the sessions every Tuesday evening - 90 minutes of spanish/latin moves - Kazuya absolutely loves it, and sees it as a good way to relieve stress.
Speaking of relieving stress, last Wednesday Kazuya and I went to a *hot yoga* session. Designed as a session to get rid of the toxins that polute our bodies, the room is set at 40 degrees! For 90 minutes we sweated it out bug time, learning 26 different yoga poses. I felt very dizzy at the end of the session, but after cooling off, also felt relaxed and almost stress-free. Following the session, had lunch out with 2 friends who invited us to the yoga session. Beautiful Italian restaurant at Ginza. Pizzas, pastas, oils and breads filled us up!
Have volunteered my services for the International Festival - helping set up a booth to promote Australia as a tourist destination. Taking a lot of planning to get it all set up, but should be really good once we put it all together. The festival will take place on June 12 and 13.
My friend Ben arrived in Tokyo last night as he is here on business until Wednesday. We went out last night together, and met a few other friends too. Ended up being an all-nighter - lots of drinks and dancing - good night all round. Unfortunately we didnt come home together (if you know what I mean). He met someone, so I came home by myself. Kazuya didnt come out with us as he has been working a lot recently and is very tired.
It is Kazuyas birthday this Monday 5th June so I have booked a hotel room at the 5 star Pan Pacific Hotel in Yokohama to celebrate! It is a surprise, so I hope he enjoys it. So we will stay there tomorrow night - and then on Monday we will head to Kamakura to the beach and to see all the flowers blooming.
Its becoming increasingly hotter here everyday, and we often have thunderstorms which cools down the air. The rainy season starts next week and will continue right throughout June.
This week is busy once again....so I guess I will speak to you all next week.
Tim
xxxx
So its been two weeks since I wrote to you all last. Time has flown by as usual. I finish at Waseda University in just 4 weeks, and then will fly back to Australia on July 25th. Not long to go. To tell you the truth I am not overly excited about going home, as I enjoy my lifestyle now, but I do love Australia, so I guess once I make it home, my feeling will change.
The last 2 weeks have been spent primarily going backwards and forwards from place to place, meeting to meeting, practise to practise. I continue to teach English with my private students and at the YY English School. That has kept me busy over the past weeks. One of my students last week told me she *loved* me - great position to be in - although I am not interested, must admit that I love the attention!! haha
As I said in the last email, I have also joined a dance group, traditional Yosakoi Japanese dance. We will perform in 2 weeks at the International Festival, so the practises have been fairly hectic recently. I have practise on Monday and Saturday nights, and I must admit that the workout keeps me in shape. To counteract the muscle pain I have been getting as a result of too much walking around and use of my legs, I have been going to the gym as often as I can to warm them up before the practice. It certainly makes a big difference. I dont cramp as much now.
I have also taken the initiative to introduce Kazuya to spanish dancing - salsa etc. I learnt some when I was in Costa Rica, but wen my friend said that there were lessons available at Waseda uni, I jumped at the chance! Kazuya and I attend the sessions every Tuesday evening - 90 minutes of spanish/latin moves - Kazuya absolutely loves it, and sees it as a good way to relieve stress.
Speaking of relieving stress, last Wednesday Kazuya and I went to a *hot yoga* session. Designed as a session to get rid of the toxins that polute our bodies, the room is set at 40 degrees! For 90 minutes we sweated it out bug time, learning 26 different yoga poses. I felt very dizzy at the end of the session, but after cooling off, also felt relaxed and almost stress-free. Following the session, had lunch out with 2 friends who invited us to the yoga session. Beautiful Italian restaurant at Ginza. Pizzas, pastas, oils and breads filled us up!
Have volunteered my services for the International Festival - helping set up a booth to promote Australia as a tourist destination. Taking a lot of planning to get it all set up, but should be really good once we put it all together. The festival will take place on June 12 and 13.
My friend Ben arrived in Tokyo last night as he is here on business until Wednesday. We went out last night together, and met a few other friends too. Ended up being an all-nighter - lots of drinks and dancing - good night all round. Unfortunately we didnt come home together (if you know what I mean). He met someone, so I came home by myself. Kazuya didnt come out with us as he has been working a lot recently and is very tired.
It is Kazuyas birthday this Monday 5th June so I have booked a hotel room at the 5 star Pan Pacific Hotel in Yokohama to celebrate! It is a surprise, so I hope he enjoys it. So we will stay there tomorrow night - and then on Monday we will head to Kamakura to the beach and to see all the flowers blooming.
Its becoming increasingly hotter here everyday, and we often have thunderstorms which cools down the air. The rainy season starts next week and will continue right throughout June.
This week is busy once again....so I guess I will speak to you all next week.
Tim
xxxx
posted by Tim at 7:54 PM
<< Home