Hotel Richfield Aoba-Dori Sendai

... 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 ...

... a Saga model bass and asked us if we wanted it and a Tora model for guitar. He also mentioned that their manager’s mother was in the audience. Nao began by saying he didn’t eat gyutan. Then he talked about his blog on Ameba and the pictures of his interesting new glasses. I need to join since he locked that entry. I can’t remember anything of Hiroto’s MC. T_T I think Shou said that he was very happy with our response, especially ...

I've arrived in Sendai. Last night I stayed up really late packing and cleaning, and I continued to do it in the morning. Lots of people visited when it was close to move-out time either to say goodbye or to do business. I sent off two bags via takyubin to Tokyo. It was good thing I had help since it was pouring like crazy. Mrs. K's omiyage were based on wordplay (could Michael X be rubbing off on her ...

Today was another long exhaustingly fun day. Mika and I went to Sendai Comiket, which was a little out of the way. We couldn't take the rapid train so we had to wait about half an hour at the station. We probably should’ve grabbed a quicker lunch. Anyway, since I packed up my Zero cosplay, I dressed up as Tora from Alice Nine’s "Shunkashuutou" PV and Mika as the green-haired android from To Heart (I forgot her name ...

... it good. When I looked up the seating chart back home, I discovered that I’m still way in the back and that my original ticket (2nd floor, 1st row, off to the side) might have a better view. However, my new ticket still puts me closer to the band, and the vibes are going be different when you have to look down. Now I've got an extra Alice Nine concert ticket. Any takers?

Glossary
meishi - business cards
bishounen - "pretty boy"

Yesterday was my last lesson with my favorite class. They sang a song for me at the end of the lesson. I was trying hard not to cry in front of all the parents, who were visiting. I'm gonna be such an emotional wreck in the next couple of weeks.

In the evening, our music group had its farewell party. I ate way too much food. It didn’t help that we played this game where everyone passed ...

... occasions to wear it.

Seeing the Rookies –Sotsugyo- tonight put me in a much better mood. It never fails. The movie wasn’t as good as the drama, but it wrapped things up nicely (except I would’ve liked to see Aniya and Toko-chan officially get together). Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJZM1QE CWQ . I cried as I figured I would. It was like watching my own students graduate. In ...

... not understanding most of it due to the slang and fast talking, I was able to pick out the general idea of each member's comment...I think. Hayato talked about how it's good to be back in Sendai and promoted this special event where you got to hang out with the band. "Shun-sama" made what Hayato called a "speech" about how he enjoyed playing here (and promptly hid behind the speakers the rest of the time). Almost everybody mentioned ...

... stuff was taken care of, I went to Sendai and shopped around. The 7th floor of the Forus depaato is sucking away my money. I really should have waited until there was another huge sale, but I bought the $80 h.NAOTO long-sleeved shirt because it was h.NAOTO (well, technically it was one of the sub-brands h.Jelly). I'm becoming such a label *****. I went back to Sendai yesterday and back to Forus because I can't control myself anymore ...

... see that Tom feels very much at home there. It was great to hear him speak so well with everyone - his Japanese seems to be really quite good. This morning Tom arrived at the hotel around 10, and we made our way to have a quick look at his school, which of course was all closed up for the Winter break, but we did manage a quick look around the grounds. Lauren, the teacher at school looking after all of the foreign ...