Countdown... how many days?

I'm glad that I'm keeping [some] records of my school days, especially ones with memorable/hilarious conversations. Today, one of my kid asked me to sing the national anthem of Canada. I tried, and then realized that I couldn't sing the whole thing, and made him sing the Japanese one. It was a great way to warm up the class - either the kids loved to hear us sing, or they enjoyed the sight of people being horrendously embarrassed. 

This is us, doing what we're not supposed to... taking pictures in front of the Principal's office. I wonder if he heard us. And then came the tickling torture - they have small hands but fast fingers, and from now on I will carry a whistle, so that teachers nearby can come to my rescue upon my desperate scream for help.

LUNCHTIME...

Drinking milk so fast that I almost choked on it. They wanted to play dodgeball, and there was nothing more important- even with my stomach at stake. This is probably why I didn't play as well today -a full and heavy, and well... the ball was definitely too soft.

Farewell pictures...! I'm going to have so many of these in the coming month... in the LAST month! Yeah! check out our original pose.

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今日は、いろいろあったね！

まあ、自分に自信を持って、『今』を楽しんで！人たちは、あなたのいいところを見えないなら、そっちのミスだ！

加油，加油。

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ちなみに、再過兩天東京的小鳥就要飛來找我嘍～

食べよう、喋ろう、楽しもう。（＾ー＾）/

Nostalgia hits...

Oh, I haven't even left Fukuoka yet, and just watching this MV is making me miss it a bit already.

この歌も、懐かしいな感じ。
歌詞は．．．７５％分かるかな。

괜찮아,괜찮아,괜찮아!

第一回戦

When I thought that elementary school kids are the hyper ones...

(well, they are, too...)

But I was wrong...! 

我的國中生真的太，太，太頑皮了．．．

昨天我好端端的在教室裡跟一群女生在聊天時，突然一雙手從我背後冒出來，大聲一啪，我嚇得差點從桌子上跌下來，我一回頭﹣﹣看見Kazu-ちゃん得意洋洋地對我笑著。

最近已經漸漸地習慣他的惡作劇，〔我以為〕我開始懂得如何應付這個可愛的討厭鬼。我故意裝著沒事，不怎麼理他。

不到一分鐘後．．．

『啪！』

不回頭我也知道是誰的筆記本落在我頭上。

Kazu-chan嘻嘻哈哈地溜走，後面一群男同學也笑到彎腰。

．．．好吧，我也該好好的反擊一下，上次「鞋子的事件」也還沒找他們算賬。我瞄了一下隔壁桌，找到恰好當下需要的武器，嘿嘿。馬上跳起來，順手拿起旁邊的鐵水壺，笑著走向那群討厭鬼。

And I'll never forget the look on Kazu-chan's face... 

 

『ちょーちょっと．．．！退けえよ！』（''No-no-no-no-no-no... let me pass!'')

沒看過Ｋazu那麼慌張過，教室裡突然一陣爆笑。背後的女同學們也大聲的歡呼，目睹到這麼經典的一幕她們真的樂到不行。

結果，沒料到其他男同學還滿合作的，他們一群人一邊起哄一邊幫忙攔住門口，故意不讓焦急的Ｋazu-chan過去。

﹣﹣﹣這次換我笑到彎腰。 

哈～

今天在學校走廊上遇到Kazu-chan。

他馬上一臉委屈的對我埋怨：「喂，Rushia用水壺太狡猾了吧。』

Hahahahahaha.

いやいやいやいや、そんなことないよ。

These are my allies...

Chatting away...

Two more days! ^0^

頑張ります！ていうか、楽しみにしています〜！

Thanks, Oggy!

Few people share the same sense of humour as Mr. Oggy Gloop (my dear little brother, OG LEE) and 鍋ちゃん (my Dear MockingBird)...

Thanks to them, I never run out of good jokes, and can always count on them for those extra wrinkles around my eyes.

This is the hilarious video Oggy sent me, and many many thanks, Wei...! You made my day with this Family Guy craziness.

鍋ちゃん、これは本当にウケる！！

That's my SHOE!!!

Today, I was chatting with 鍋ちゃん about my day at school, and she surprised us both when she blurted out:

''So what exactly IS your job?''

We both laughed out loud...

This is what my schedule today looked like:

1) 8:40-11:40 

Sketch festival with one of my Jr. High at our famous  天満宮 shrine

2) 1:00-4:30 

-Watching Simpsons with my English club at another Jr. High

-Sitting in an English class (not taught by me, so I just freely sat beside my 熊, イッキ、and participating in games with the students)

-Playing Baskbetball while cleaning the Gym with my chatty 三年生s

-Practicing soccer with the 部活members (my soccer skills HAVE improved!)

3) 4:30-4:45 

-Biking home, bumping into my 小学生s

還有，最近上課 （國中）發現我的學生越來越沒有分寸，怎麼當初乖巧可愛的國一生變得沒大沒小的？ 女生還算好，她們依然乖乖的叫我『ルシア先生。』雖然有幾個已經會找我八卦﹣班上的情侶的發展等等。（And I have to admit, class gossip is really interesting (^-^);...) 

倒是有幾個調皮的男同學﹣有些大不了高我半個頭﹣就有事沒事得意洋洋的墊起腳，笑我矮。>.<, 還故意把我的名字亂念：好好的『Lucia』 突然變成 『Garcia』, 最近他們又對我的小綽號『Russia』 上了癮。

拿他們沒辦法我只好也跟著他們一起瘋，把他們的名字縮短，亂叫一通。(and not minding in the least, they gladly respond to these crazy nicknames I give them.)

今天最離譜的是．．．．一進教室的時候，我右腳的鞋子竟然被那最愛整人的''Ryo-chan no.1''搶走。

比他小一個頭的我也盡了力，（but my energy only lasted me a few minutes) 到後來也只能眼爭爭的看著我那支鞋子被他跟''Yasu-chan''丟來丟去。兩個斑上最高大的男生喜歡的遊戲也不如小學生的惡作劇嘛。

『あ〜あ〜ルシアいじめられと〜』

『．．．ちょっと．．．！』

看到我無奈的表情他們彷彿越開心，我的鞋子也被拋的越高。

當時的旁白：（．．．）

不過，看他們樂的很，我也就跟著他們嘻皮笑臉的鬧到老師進來。

Ai, sometimes it's good to know that we don't always have to act grown-up.

 

やっぱり楽しいだね、学校って！

（＾ー＾）

恋愛写真 ー大塚 愛

いつもこの歌を歌うけど、ちゃんと歌詞を読めなかったね。


作詞：愛
作曲：愛

碧々とした　夜空の下
あなたが見てた　後ろ恋姿
時折見せる　無邪気な寝顔
あたしが見てた　恋しい姿
どんなひとときすべて
忘れないように
夢中でシャッター切るあたしの心は
切ない幸せだった
『ただ君を愛してる』
ただそれだけでよかったのに
雨降る時の交わしたキスは
つながれていく二人の姿
一生にもうない　このキモチ
うまく言えないけど
あなたに出会ってあたしの毎日は
キラキラと輝いたよ
あの頃のふたりを　今　春　めぐり逢う
『ただ君を愛してる』
あなたがくれた幸せよ
『ただ君を愛してる』
ただそれだけでよかったのに
小さな部屋に飾られている
二人の笑顔
恋愛写真

Turn...

Sometimes we need to go round and round and round...

Left... 

and

Right...

and maybe

Left again...

Until the skies clear up

Your footprints no longer wet and hollow in the ground

And...

''A Chance for Sunshine''.

I never knew that this was the English title for this book.

I finally bought the hard-cover version in Taiwan.

One of my favourite, and it's never going off my bookshelf.