February 3, 2015
After the graduation ceremony for the students who were leaving, I had to head over to my judo practice. But once that was done, I rushed over back to my dorm, changed my clothes, and headed down the hill to meet my class at the "yaki-niku" (BBQ style meat) restaurant.
When I entered the room, they had already started eating! We had all ordered the all-you-can-eat style meal, as well as the all-you-can-drink... But the best part was that our teacher, Taoda sensei, was also game with it all. I have to say she is pretty young, which only made things better.
The food was delicious and can I ever say that I ate. Since I was late, I had technically half an hour less to eat and drink, but I'm fairly certain that I ate more that anyone in that room that day. I mostly likely drank more than anyone as well haha, but not all on my fault. During the meal, I was introduced for the first time I believe to "nihon shu", which is the japanese rice wine. It was served to us hot, and boy was I ever surprised at how good it was. But my teacher kept pouring me more and more, which ended up making me a little dizzy by the end of the meal.
With our stomachs full we left the restaurant as a group only to end up at the kareoke place nearby. Our teacher also came along. It was the second time I had been to kareoke since my stay in Japan, but my first time as a group. We sang our hearts out, and I ended up singing a lot since I knew almost every song played. I'm glad no one recorded anything that evening because I believe all our voices were quite off that night.
After that night, the Thai students and me walked Taoda back to her apartment, since her walk had become quite hesitant.
Quite a good way to finish the semester if you ask me.
(Most of my classmates from the Bekka program)
(Our teacher had fun too!)
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