Post VIII
Today I had a BBQ. Japanese style. Unlike
England, when one macho man (often myself, it has to be admitted) takes control
of the fire, and the cooking, and feeds all his guests, in Japan; literally
everyone huddles around the BBQ cooking small pieces of meat. You then take
them straight off the BBQ and eat them. This is a pretty cool way to eat, but
at the same time, you are flipping raw meat with the same chopsticks you then
eat from - which goes against every BBQ handbook there ever was. Again, though
it was against my instincts, I just rolled with it, and here’s to hoping I am
not as sick as a dog tomorrow.
Other than the food, the BBQ was pretty fun. I
had a race with the PE teacher because I thought I could take him... It was
close, but he won, which was annoying. But then I out-drank him so I guess that’s
some kind of (very sad) victory. I also saw my first ever shooting star. The
skies are so clear and I was watching the sky, and it just shot across. So that
was pretty awesome.
Today was actually my second beach BBQ since
getting here. The first was last weekend, when we ate some Yaki Soba and Niku
(meat) by the beach and waited for the sun to go down, and then went to the
pier (and by we, I mean most of the town) to catch some Umihotaru.
Now, these are best described as 'sea fireflies', but they glow electric blue.
There is no word for them in English. We all stood on the pier and caught them,
and then proceeded to squish them on the pier, and spread their glowing bodies
all over the place. Sounds pretty gross right? And yeah it is, killing innocent
creatures and what not, but the end result is very beautiful! The children also
like to stick them to their shoes so that they leave glowing footprints. That
said, I preferred seeing the alive ones swimming though they rarely come to the
surface. Still, pretty awesome experience even if it was a bit uncomfortable
killing fish just because they looked cool.
All in all a pretty nice week,
though I feel a bit 'in demand' at work and so am very tired, I keep putting
the effort in - especially with my speech contest girl who is lovely - and I am
still very positive! I think it will be interesting to read back over my blog
and try to track my mood, and plot exactly when I start to get overwhelmed by
everything and find it frustrating. Let's hope it never happens, because for
now, I am having many challenging but rewarding experiences every day. So let's
hope that continues at least for a little while!
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