Breeze Bay Seaside Resort Matsushima

... serious business greeting of the superintendent, the recieving of our proof-of-employment by the Tome BOE, and then a sit down coffee "chat" at his meeting table.

I'll be honest, I was scarred shitless. Perhaps knowing Japanese just made things worse, because then I was expected to at least say a few things, but as nervous as I was, I was pretty shakey. I mean, this is the big-boss-man, and the official formality of it all (in the traditional Japanese ...

... the intro to "the beautiful name", which felt more gospely with the stained glass window background. Instead of going into the actual song, they kicked things off with “Rainbows.” Shou was so sexy. His legs are really skinny though…at least his sparkly red and black pants made them look that way. Tora looked so hot with a black bowtie; he needs to dress up more. It was like he and Saga switched places in terms of style because Saga ...

... and there are no keys. Instead you punch in a password, which is annoying because I have to keep my receipt with the code on me at all times. Also. you can’t check in early. I got to the hotel 10 minutes before it was time, and the doors were locked. Oh well, it was cheap so I get what I paid for.

With an afternoon to myself, I did what I usually do when I have free time in Sendai: go ...

... with Japanese people or that I’m getting old. It was harder for me to converse with the Southlake students than I thought (I had an easier time with the chaperones). It was pouring so Yuki’s mother offered to give me a ride back to the apartment.

Today I was in packing hell. At first I thought I would have lots of space, but that’s not really true. Being a pack rat really sucks sometimes. Worse is when you’re a ...

... last time we’d be hanging out as a group so we made it count. I will miss life here so much. T_T (I've been using this emoticon too much, methinks.)

Glossary
Comiket - "Comic Market",a gathering for amateur artists to sell their work
Natsu Matsuri - Summer Festival
hanabi - fireworks
meishi - business cards
abunai - dangerous
yukata - informal summer kimono, made of cotton
combini - convenience store

... Kavita’s curry night. Spicy foods aren’t my thing, but I still ate a lot. I came back home really late, which was bad considering I had another early morning. There were more tears because I read people’s goodbye notes. I don’t have time to make any, which makes me feel bad. I’ll send something from home.

Glossary
Natsu Matsuri - Summer Festival

... and said I was an “ikemen”. One of the teachers reprimanded them for abusing the Japanese language. Some of the boys tried to hide their surprise, which is funny because it was obvious that they looked twice. I had one student ask me if it was from my Zero cosplay; I guess she recognized the picture I put up. My mission is completed.

I was on pins and needles this morning because the farewell ceremony ...

... as advertised--lots of sulfur and bicarbonate, so much that it's opaque white. There's two pools, both of which are fed from an outside hot spring and brought in by cedar pipes. What I didn't realize until after suffering second degree burns, is that the large pool is the unadulterated hot spring water, but there's a second smaller tub with much cooler, tepid water. Figures why the locals were favoring the lukewarm one, the wusses. But after several scald/jump out ...

... of like House of Flying Daggers). The plot was pretty standard for a gay romance-drama; what really got me was the acting. I'm not just saying that because I have a mad crush on Saito Takumi, who plays one of the leads. He had the best breakdown I've ever seen an Asian actor pull off, and he did an excellent of conveying how falling in love changed his character without being too obvious. Anyway, Boys Love is probably not a ...

... in Japan (wie bereits erwaehnt lieben die Japaner die Zahl drei). Die beiden anderen sind Miyajima (siehe Eintrag 91) und Amanohashidate (welches ich nicht besucht habe, da keine Shinkansen Anbindung:-)) Im Norden darf man alle Shinkansen benutzen, ich habe nicht den "lokalen" Shinkansen benutzt (der hier interessanterweise ein Doppeldecker ist), sondern den schnellsten. Auf dem Rueckweg kein Halt ...