Week 1

As I write this, I am sitting in the living room of my guest house watching an episode of the OC dubbed over in Japanese, which happens to have parto fo it set in portland!?? How random is that. Newayz, I finished the first week of training today and passed the first teaching demo, or major test needed to become an actual teacher and get a contract. The company doesn't actually offer you a contract or full salary until you have successfully completed their training. I was a little nervous this morning but the demo went well, and I now am feeling more relaxed than I have in a few days. Out of seven trainees, two will have to go in for more training on this weeks topics sometime next week. I am thankful to have avoided that fate, as next week is just as busy as the last. I have more training on saturday, sunday is off, and then monday we start training for kids classes. This should be pretty interesting, as it will involve lots of song, dance and lessons on how to control up to 8 rugrats who hardly speak a lick of english.
In other news, the wet season appears to have started as of yesterday. I had totally forgotten that Japan had a "rainy season", not to mention typhoons, etc.. This morning I woke up to strong gusts of wind howling as they blasted through the grove of bamboo outside my window, accompanied by a torrential downpour that continued for several hours. According to the locals, we'll be getting a lot of weather like this over the next month or two, before the 90 plus degree heat and 90 plus percent humidity fully set in. Sweet! I actually don't mind the heat or the rain, it's just kind of a pain when you have to wear a suit to work everyday.