it's recently come to my attention that i haven't put up pictures in a month. sooo, here's a pictoral view of my last month:
At a festival in Rob's town in the north. David North, David South (aka Lurch), and Rob pounding themselves some tasty mochi
"Tsushima.... BYAHHH!!" -- the official Tsushima ALT cheer. If you like Dave Chapelle and Howard Dean, you'll know what I'm talking about (YouTube it if you don't get it). Here: Sylvia, Rob, David North, Lurch, Aaron, me
Watazumi Shrine in Toyotama (little over an hour away by car). This is one of the places that Tsushima frequently puts on its postcards.
At my
enkai with my huge junior high. Here: me, Lurch, our JTE (Katsumi-sensei), and her two adorable kids. Katsumi-sensei is seriously super cool and super nice.
Same
enkai. About a third or fourth of the teachers are in this picture. This is the party that supposedly started the whole, "Evelyn is a drunkard" rumor. Really though, I've stopped caring.
One of my favorite Tsushima pictures yet. Lurch and I decided to go to the beach one day, and i took this picture there. This beach was empty save for this one fisherman. It was a gorgeous day, tons of clouds in the sky.... you do the math.
Yup, this is my home.
"Hi! My name is Evelyn and I'm 21 years old. I like
okonomiyaki, learning Japanese, and long walks on the beach..." o(^-^)o
Another typical postcard picture. Rice paddies in Mine (about 1.5 hours away). Very charming place.
A hike up to Shimizu Castle (the bottom is about a 7 minute walk from my home) will get you this view. You're looking at Izuhara -- apparently the "city" part of Tsushima. The area pictured here is about a 10 minute walk down THE road (there is basically one main road in Tsushima, and 4 of the 9 ALTs live on it, including myself)
Hachimangu Jinja Festival. The kickin'-est festival around for about 2 days. Seemingly everyone within a 3o minute radius of here descended upon Izuhara to see it. Oh yes -- this shrine is LITERALLY a minute walk from my home if even that.
The main attraction of the festival: Umeboshi (supposedly an up and coming duo)...
...and we foreigners got a picture with them! My junior high boys: eat your hearts out!
While in Fukuoka last weekend (first weekend of October), we were strolling along in a shopping center, when --- wtf -- are those flamingoes?!! This
almost ties the
live giant shrimp arcade game in randomness.
One of our mainland visit goals: DRINK. Here's Lurch, me, and Ryo (a fellow Nagasaki Pref. ALT) about to down tequila shots. If you look carefully, the smile on my face is more out of terror than it is excitement. This is also the drink that completely finished me off that evening (a Cassis Orange, beer, Fuzzy Navel, and tequila shot equal a recipe for my Asian glow and sleepiness)
What drinking party wouldn't be complete with foreigners singing awful karaoke? Here: the Nepalese waitress, Aaron, Ryo, and a sobering-up me
This past weekend: hiking/climbing Mount Mitake (Mitake Mountain?...). Here: David North looking like he's Paul Bunyan =P
2.5 hours later: at the summit!
Our victorious group at the top: Aaron (in the tree), Lurch, Sylvia, me, and David North
Later that day: the closest we've gotten to an all ALT get-together. Clockwise: Sylvia, Alicia, Fiona, Lurch, Oliver, David North, Aaron, me (Rob, of all the weekends you had to go to Fukuoka!!)
At a festival in Rob's town in the north. David North, David South (aka Lurch), and Rob pounding themselves some tasty mochi
"Tsushima.... BYAHHH!!" -- the official Tsushima ALT cheer. If you like Dave Chapelle and Howard Dean, you'll know what I'm talking about (YouTube it if you don't get it). Here: Sylvia, Rob, David North, Lurch, Aaron, me
Watazumi Shrine in Toyotama (little over an hour away by car). This is one of the places that Tsushima frequently puts on its postcards.
At my enkai with my huge junior high. Here: me, Lurch, our JTE (Katsumi-sensei), and her two adorable kids. Katsumi-sensei is seriously super cool and super nice.
Same enkai. About a third or fourth of the teachers are in this picture. This is the party that supposedly started the whole, "Evelyn is a drunkard" rumor. Really though, I've stopped caring.
One of my favorite Tsushima pictures yet. Lurch and I decided to go to the beach one day, and i took this picture there. This beach was empty save for this one fisherman. It was a gorgeous day, tons of clouds in the sky.... you do the math.
Yup, this is my home.
"Hi! My name is Evelyn and I'm 21 years old. I like okonomiyaki, learning Japanese, and long walks on the beach..." o(^-^)o
Another typical postcard picture. Rice paddies in Mine (about 1.5 hours away). Very charming place.
A hike up to Shimizu Castle (the bottom is about a 7 minute walk from my home) will get you this view. You're looking at Izuhara -- apparently the "city" part of Tsushima. The area pictured here is about a 10 minute walk down THE road (there is basically one main road in Tsushima, and 4 of the 9 ALTs live on it, including myself)
Hachimangu Jinja Festival. The kickin'-est festival around for about 2 days. Seemingly everyone within a 3o minute radius of here descended upon Izuhara to see it. Oh yes -- this shrine is LITERALLY a minute walk from my home if even that.
The main attraction of the festival: Umeboshi (supposedly an up and coming duo)...
...and we foreigners got a picture with them! My junior high boys: eat your hearts out!
While in Fukuoka last weekend (first weekend of October), we were strolling along in a shopping center, when --- wtf -- are those flamingoes?!! This almost ties the live giant shrimp arcade game in randomness.
One of our mainland visit goals: DRINK. Here's Lurch, me, and Ryo (a fellow Nagasaki Pref. ALT) about to down tequila shots. If you look carefully, the smile on my face is more out of terror than it is excitement. This is also the drink that completely finished me off that evening (a Cassis Orange, beer, Fuzzy Navel, and tequila shot equal a recipe for my Asian glow and sleepiness)
What drinking party wouldn't be complete with foreigners singing awful karaoke? Here: the Nepalese waitress, Aaron, Ryo, and a sobering-up me
This past weekend: hiking/climbing Mount Mitake (Mitake Mountain?...). Here: David North looking like he's Paul Bunyan =P
2.5 hours later: at the summit!
Our victorious group at the top: Aaron (in the tree), Lurch, Sylvia, me, and David North
Later that day: the closest we've gotten to an all ALT get-together. Clockwise: Sylvia, Alicia, Fiona, Lurch, Oliver, David North, Aaron, me (Rob, of all the weekends you had to go to Fukuoka!!)
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