So I havent had internet in two weeks, my roommate is on the move, and I wont get paid for the month of August (which is okay, since I dont work in the month of August). So what will I do for summer vacation!!! Well...
1) So plan A, find a roommate that wants to live in the equivalent of BFE. I have no furniture, no internet, and no tv. Something tells me that this will be more than difficult. Plan B, find someone nearby who is looking for a roommate to share their house with. This has been the easiest as I have already found one. The rent isnt much different and the location is just one town over. Im meeting her on Friday...so, we'll see. Plan C, if all else fails I move into a guesthouse in Tokyo. This makes for some LONG transportation hours and resembles dorm living. It does allow me easy access to people, so I'm not quite so lonely as I am in BFE.
2) Find a second job. In the current economy this is turning out to be more difficult than I had thought. I have thrown out my resume for all the world to see and now have to sit and wait as I find out whether or not I will be hired for the one spot that 150 other people have applied for....damn.
3) Make friends. I would like to meet one to two new person a week. This should be rather interesting...maybe I will write about it. Of course, not at the expense of someone's privacy. ..hmm, Ill figure something out.
4) Swim. This may be more difficult than I originally thought seeing as everyone and their mother thinks theyre a pro around here. I went swimming Saturday and shared a lane with 10 other adults and an endless number of elementary school kids...who were LITERALLY falling from the sky. I ended up bruised and royally ticked-off...My patience for swimming over and under little tadpoles is practically nil...especially when they kept kicking me in the legs.
5) Study Japanese...yeah, Im working on this slowly.
Okay, so this is really boring. But I'm poor...what else can I do?
On a possibly more interesting note...what does the typical Japanese student do during summer vacation? Well, one of the students so kindly made me a poster (yes, seriously it's about 2x3) of his summer break schedule.
6:00 Wake up (yeah, seriously...another kid said he wakes up at 4am to run...ummmm, well that explains a lot)
6:10 Eat breakfast
6:30 Practice soccer with friends (for fun)
8:00 Return home
8:30 School Club Practice (soccer)
12:00 Finish
12:35 Shower
1:30 Juku (cram school)
6:30 return home and eat dinner
7:00 Juku (cram school to study more?)
9:00 Return home and do cram school homework
10:00 Watch tv/play games
11:00 Take a bath
12:00 Sleep (yeah, he plans on bathing for an hour....)
He said that this is very normal and that most kids will do the same for the month and a half that they are off of school. When I told them that most American kids will sit at home all day and play video games, his response was, "American kids must be very sick." Haha, I think that American kids would say the exact same thing.
Well, I know this kid won't be waking up at 6am unless money is involved :) I plan on thoroughly enjoying my time off...maybe...
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