War of the Weather
Woke up to a scorching 26 degrees, expected to get up to 32 degrees today. We have 85% humidity but at least the rain has stopped. Summer really has arrived. I am fighting the urge to eat ice cream for every meal.
Things feel really weird and liminal at the moment. We have good friends leaving Japan, new people arriving in Japan, extreme heat to be followed by extreme winter in NZ, a long time away from home and then suddenly right back in the middle of everything we left behind.
We had the Sayonnara Party last weekend for our leavers, it was a fun night but the end of an era for many. I am sad that is only just now that I am becoming really good friends with some of the people who are leaving. Some of the people I thought were friends turned out not to be.
From our immediate circle we will miss Bren, Rei and John. Thanks guys, for your good company and all the laughs, way too many to count.
To Rei - marry Jimmy please. Just to be Rei Doyle. You can divorce him later if blending his stew becomes too onerous.
To Bren - please visit NZ but don't give them any shit about their accent or their Marmite.
To John - 3 words - do not grow back your mullet.
A 3 day weekend that we have wasted by vegeing around the house under the air-con. Last night we made it out to see "War of the Worlds" at the local movie theatre. Apart from the fact that it costs double the price in NZ and there was only 2 other people in there apart from us, it was a good movie. I am watching way more sci-fi than ever. Liked the acting and the wicked special effects but the plot was a little too Steven Spielberg.
One suitcase for NZ already packed!
Things feel really weird and liminal at the moment. We have good friends leaving Japan, new people arriving in Japan, extreme heat to be followed by extreme winter in NZ, a long time away from home and then suddenly right back in the middle of everything we left behind.
We had the Sayonnara Party last weekend for our leavers, it was a fun night but the end of an era for many. I am sad that is only just now that I am becoming really good friends with some of the people who are leaving. Some of the people I thought were friends turned out not to be.
From our immediate circle we will miss Bren, Rei and John. Thanks guys, for your good company and all the laughs, way too many to count.
To Rei - marry Jimmy please. Just to be Rei Doyle. You can divorce him later if blending his stew becomes too onerous.
To Bren - please visit NZ but don't give them any shit about their accent or their Marmite.
To John - 3 words - do not grow back your mullet.
A 3 day weekend that we have wasted by vegeing around the house under the air-con. Last night we made it out to see "War of the Worlds" at the local movie theatre. Apart from the fact that it costs double the price in NZ and there was only 2 other people in there apart from us, it was a good movie. I am watching way more sci-fi than ever. Liked the acting and the wicked special effects but the plot was a little too Steven Spielberg.
One suitcase for NZ already packed!
posted by Rosie at
9:37 am
1 Comments:
so hot today, teaching the last couple of classes was a struggle without any air con. That will be quite a change, going back to NZ for the winter - ganbatte!
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Selena, at 4:23 pm
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