みなさんが知っているかどうか知らないけど、最近日本が大変暑いですよ！！丸一週間32度ぐらい！
Anyway, here are some things I did this past week:
さて、先週やったこと：
iPhone!: Went to SoftBank with my supervisor. Nothing special really, except I had to pay for the phone in full because I didn't have some Japanese document. Ouch!
アイフォーン！：私の責任者と一緒にソフトバンクに行った。普通だったけど、必要な書類を持っていなかったから、アイフォーンの分を全部払わなくちゃいけなかった。タカッ！！
Junior High school visit: My supervisor and I went to the JHS I will be teaching at so I could introduce myself to the staff. Well, I got super nervous and blew my introduction (in Japanese). Embarassing -_-'
中学校訪問：責任者と私は中学校へ挨拶をしに行った。けど、すごく緊張しちゃって自己紹介をちゃんと言えなかった。恥ずい －＿－’
Kindergarten visit: I went to the kindergarten for a half day to play with the kids in the river and generally hang out. One little girl was scared of me and started crying when I tried to talk to her. The kids were soooo cute though! I can't wait to go back.
保育園訪問：保育園へ行って子供たちと遊んで川遊びもした！一人の女の子が私を見てすぐ泣き出した。けど！子供たちがすっごく可愛い！！また行くのを楽しみにしている！
Local TV station: filmed a self introduction to be aired on the local news (probably over and over, considering they're still playing clips from the previous ALT weeks after she left...eek!). After we recorded it, a couple of the people who worked at the TV station wanted me to stay and hang out so they could practice English. We went over some scenarios like going through customs and making a reservation at a restaurant. It was fun ^^
村のテレビ局：村のテレビ局のため、私の自己紹介のビデオがとられた。（何回も放送するかもしれない。元ALTさんが帰国してから彼女のビデオはまだ繰り返しているからね。）とった後、テレビ局の職員が英語を練習したいと言って、私が少しの間そこに残っていくつかのシナリオ（カスタムズやレストランの予約など）を英語で練習した。楽しかった＾＾
Raided the old ALT house: A couple of my coworkers and I went to the house formerly used by the ALTs in my town...and well...it was a mess! However, there was a good amount of stuff I took back with me like some cooking pots and shelves.
元ALT達の家を強奪：二人の同僚と私は前のALTが住んでいた家へ行って私が使えるものを探していた。めちゃくちゃ汚かった！けど、使えるもとを見つけた（なべ、棚など）。
Maebashi Fireworks: Met up with my friend Hayami in Maebashi to see the fireworks and go to the festival! I ate a buttery baked potato, shaved ice, and a chocolate covered banana. Mmmm!
前橋花火大会：早也未ちゃんに会って前橋市の花火大会へ行った！じゃがバター、カキ氷、とチョコバナナを食べた！美味しかった！
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Village library: Went to the small village library with a coworker. There aren't many books, but there are definitely enough to keep me busy for a while.
村の図書室：同僚と一緒に図書室へ。本はちょっと少ないけど、私には十分！
I also found 100% buckwheat soba this week! Yayyy
十割そば（麺）を見つけた！イエイイ！
I was basically at the office all week Just studying Japanese and trying to keep busy. One afternoon a coworker, who is in charge of school lunches, spend some time showing me pictures of different school lunches and explaining each one (one for every day of the month). It was kind of cute...I was thinking like..."wow, this woman really likes school lunch!" She seems very proud of and happy with her job, and I think that's kind of great.
今週は大体、役場にいて日本語を勉強していた。ある昼、同僚が（給食の責任者）が私に一ヶ月の全部の給食セットの写真を見せて説明した。なんか可愛いと思った。彼女は本当に給食が好きだね、と思った。自分の仕事を誇って嬉しそうにできるなんて、すごくいいんじゃない？と思う。
I also ran into another foreigner in the supermarket this week. He was middle aged and came up to talk to me. He talked about his career teaching musicology or something. He was nice, and everything he was talking about was interesting, but he was talking to me in the hot hot hot parking lot and I really just wanted to return to my air conditioned car...
そしてスーパーで他の外国人に出会った。初老の男だった。私に話しかけてきて自分の音楽学の仕事について喋った。優しかったけど、話も面白かったけど、駐車場で話していたからすごく暑くて、車へ戻ってエアコンをつけたかった。。。ｗ
Aaaaaand let's see. There was a really great TV show on about "beautiful overeating ladies." Basically a 2 day long eating contest between these four young, beautiful women who can shovel down more food that I can ever dream of. Now that's entertainment. (Search "oogui" on YouTube if you're interested)
まぁ他に。。。すごく面白い「大食いナデシコ」についての番組を見た。思いがけないほど食べられた、ナデシコたち。それは本当の「エンタテインメント」だね。
This week is my village's festival on the 14th and 15th, and I have more ALT orientation on the 15th and 16th in Maebashi. Hopefully then I will FINALLY be able to go to karaoke! It's been so long! I'm so excited!
今週の14日と15日は村の祭りで、15日と16日前橋市にALTの研修会がある。うまくいけば、その時やっとカラオケへ行ける！久しぶりに！楽しみ！！！
Anyway that's about it for my past week. Until next time!
じゃ、そういうことで。来週の更新まで、楽しみにしてくださいね。
