Internetless still, but all goes well!
Mar. 4th, 2013 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apricotleafHello from Nagaoka!
I found out about 30-minute internet I can use for free here at the international center, so here is a quick update!
Training was very stressful, but in many ways very encouraging. The trainers were very kind and attentive, so I got through it.
I then traveled up to Nagaoka, and the landscape got more and more snowy...! As I was forewarned, there is indeed a good couple meters of snow in places here! On the news, one of the leading stories right now is the massive amounts of snow they have been getting in Hokkaido, along with high winds (so a good time to not be in Sapporo!)
Here, the weather is incredibly variable. We do a song with the kids called 'What's the weather?' Well, the other day it was sunny-windy-snowy-cold in the space of 10 minutes. A bit hard to sing!
I spent the past two weekends cleaning my appartment (the outgoing teacher left it okay, but he and I have different levels of what's *clean*). I feel like it's finally 'mine'!
I'm very sore from sleeping on the floor - there was no couch like in the video, but the VHS player is still here!
Today I'll be going to get a foam mattress, in hopes that it will help. If not, I'll have to look at investing in a real bed...
I have just a couple minutes left, so I have to leave it here for today. I look forward to when I finally can get internet at home so I can chat more with you all!
Talk to you again soon!
I found out about 30-minute internet I can use for free here at the international center, so here is a quick update!
Training was very stressful, but in many ways very encouraging. The trainers were very kind and attentive, so I got through it.
I then traveled up to Nagaoka, and the landscape got more and more snowy...! As I was forewarned, there is indeed a good couple meters of snow in places here! On the news, one of the leading stories right now is the massive amounts of snow they have been getting in Hokkaido, along with high winds (so a good time to not be in Sapporo!)
Here, the weather is incredibly variable. We do a song with the kids called 'What's the weather?' Well, the other day it was sunny-windy-snowy-cold in the space of 10 minutes. A bit hard to sing!
I spent the past two weekends cleaning my appartment (the outgoing teacher left it okay, but he and I have different levels of what's *clean*). I feel like it's finally 'mine'!
I'm very sore from sleeping on the floor - there was no couch like in the video, but the VHS player is still here!
Today I'll be going to get a foam mattress, in hopes that it will help. If not, I'll have to look at investing in a real bed...
I have just a couple minutes left, so I have to leave it here for today. I look forward to when I finally can get internet at home so I can chat more with you all!
Talk to you again soon!