Happy Hallowe'en! In celebration at Aeon, we've been wearing our Hallowe'en costumes for the past 6 working days (as you can imagine.. our costumes weren't particularly fresh by the end)! Jen and I worked hard to make our costumes (we bought fabric and used the magic that is superglue), and although she felt strange wearing a costume, I on the other hand may have discovered a new cosplaying hobby.. *ahem*
Heart Catch Pre Cure is an extremely popular animation series by the same studios as Sailor Moon. In fact many students thought that I
was Sailor Moon, which made me very happy, but I was in fact
Cure Blossom! Disclaimer: As this is a public blog, I have not uploaded any pictures showing young students' faces.
Xor is leaving Japan tomorrow (November 2nd 2010) to move back to Seattle and live happily ever after! I've been working with her for 14 months, and earning 'teacher of the month' at Aeon goes a long way to say that she was an amazing, hard-working, always genki teacher, and she will be sorely missed :'(
As always, a Farewell party of 63 people was held at Watami, followed by the biggest karaoke group ever- a little under 30 people turned up to sing Xor off in style!
The new teacher and Xor making their speeches and traditional kampai toasts
I can't believe Christmas is just around the corner, time is really flying, and the surprise birth of a new baby girl cousin really showed me how cut-off I am from home!
I'm thinking about you all, so please don't forget me in a hurry!
