It's the 3rd of february!
yes I can hear you all go "oh really?..I did NOT know that!". Let me explain. It's a special day today in Japan. It's the last day before spring..(which is tomorrow...yes..I know....it's a little earlier than back home). Anyway..TODAY..is all about throwing beans or "mame" at this demon like thing called an Oni. It's supposed to be to like drive the devil out and bring luck in. So all the kids made masks of this Oni today, and got sweets. We had dried beans as "dessert" (not particularly nice), and the best part? We went up to the roof of the school and grade 5 and 6 threw beans at each other and the Sensei who was the Oni. I was the official photographer. It was pretty funny to see really. My classes all went well today too. Everyone was a in a good mood it seems! My grade 6 class also had a photographer in it taking pictures the whole time. That's because Grade 6 will "graduate" soon and go to Junior high school Every school seems to send in professional photographers to take pictures of grade 6 in various situations and then make a year book for them. Back in the teacher's room I got asked if I liked natto. I pulled a face and was like...no.....it's horrible. The whole congregation laughed. Then they asked if I wanted to try this chip like thing which was natto flavouring...I took it hesitantly and received applause and "gambatte" cheering. I then had the entire teachers room watch me eat this and kyoto sensei (vice principal) took pictures....I actually quite liked it and everyone was really happy. Bizarre! But it certainly made the day an interesting day overall.
Now....getting ready to see James Bond! sigh.......oh Daniel....you are so hot with your perfect english accent.....if only every englishman spoke like you.
yes I can hear you all go "oh really?..I did NOT know that!". Let me explain. It's a special day today in Japan. It's the last day before spring..(which is tomorrow...yes..I know....it's a little earlier than back home). Anyway..TODAY..is all about throwing beans or "mame" at this demon like thing called an Oni. It's supposed to be to like drive the devil out and bring luck in. So all the kids made masks of this Oni today, and got sweets. We had dried beans as "dessert" (not particularly nice), and the best part? We went up to the roof of the school and grade 5 and 6 threw beans at each other and the Sensei who was the Oni. I was the official photographer. It was pretty funny to see really. My classes all went well today too. Everyone was a in a good mood it seems! My grade 6 class also had a photographer in it taking pictures the whole time. That's because Grade 6 will "graduate" soon and go to Junior high school Every school seems to send in professional photographers to take pictures of grade 6 in various situations and then make a year book for them. Back in the teacher's room I got asked if I liked natto. I pulled a face and was like...no.....it's horrible. The whole congregation laughed. Then they asked if I wanted to try this chip like thing which was natto flavouring...I took it hesitantly and received applause and "gambatte" cheering. I then had the entire teachers room watch me eat this and kyoto sensei (vice principal) took pictures....I actually quite liked it and everyone was really happy. Bizarre! But it certainly made the day an interesting day overall.
Now....getting ready to see James Bond! sigh.......oh Daniel....you are so hot with your perfect english accent.....if only every englishman spoke like you.
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For what it's worth, I reckon it is spring here now. Rubbish spring, but spring for all that.
Four seasons of three months each, yeah, each taking a quarter of the year?
Midsummer should fall in the middle of summer. Midwinter should fall in the middle of winter.
Working from 21 June and 21 December, that gives us a summer of May, June, and July, and a winter of November, December, and January.
So that gives us February, March, and April for spring. For what it's worth, the Irish names for September and October translate as 'middle of Autumn' and 'end of Autumn'.
Pedantic, moi?
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