The Backpack Adventures

Week 19: March 7-11, 2022 Day 126: March 7, 2022 Monday - Rumoi Although the entrance exams concluded last Friday, there were still no classes today in Rumoi High School . Rumoi High School 3/07/2022 The whole day was reserved for checking the entrance exam papers. I joined the English teachers in checking the English exam in room 3-5.  We were busy checking the exam papers. That afternoon, after checking the exams, I helped the teachers remove the curtains from the third-year classrooms. Before the day ended, I got invitations to assist Motoyama-sensei and Shikou sensei in their classes tomorrow.  Day 127: March 8, 2022 Tuesday - Rumoi  Rumoi High School 3/08/2022 Good morning everyone! After almost a week of no classes here in Rumoi High School due to the entrance examination schedule, we're finally back to normal.  Here's my workload for today: 2nd period - Living with Robots @ 2-1 class of Motoyama-sensei 4th period - My Strenght Points @ 2-56 of Shikou-sensei 6th period

Weekend 18: March 5 - 6, 2022 Day 124: March 5, 2022 Saturday - House Cleanup Good morning! Before anything else, I would like to greet my parents a happy anniversary. Cleaning time! Almost done... For today's activity, I spent the whole morning cleaning the house and doing laundry.  In the afternoon, I binge-watched different films and documentaries on Netflix.  Dinner for today... As for nighttime, I spent it chatting with my wife before taking my day-end dip in my hot tub.  Day 125: March 6, 2022 Sunday - Project Migration It's a beautiful cold morning. I skipped my weekend walks today to help my daughter with her summative exam. After that, my wife and I talked about the updates about their plans of coming here which we dub Project Migration .  Time to head out since it is a beautiful day. I'm happy to share that in just a week, my wife managed to arrange their flight and accommodations all by herself. Rumoi Shinkin Bank Heading back home On my end, I went to Rumoi Shin

Week 18: February 28 - March 6, 2022 Day 119: February 28, 2022 Monday - Rumoi HS Graduation Practice Rumoi High School 2/28/2022 Hello everyone! It's Monday once again. What's unique about this week was that I don't have collaboration classes the whole week due to the graduation day ceremonies and the entrance exams for the incoming 1st-year students of Rumoi High Schoo l. I also don't have to visit school schedules for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Rumoi HS graduation practice 2/28/2022 For today, I only attended the graduation practice. After which, I spent the remainder of the day studying Kanji .  Practicing my basic kanji. What are these kanji? That's pretty much how my Monday went. I'm excited to see the graduation ceremonies tomorrow. However, it's honestly a bittersweet moment for me though as most of the graduating students were close to me already. Regardless, I'm happy that they get to move on to bigger things like work and college degr

Weekend 17: February 26 - 27, 2022 Day 117: February 26, 2022 Saturday - Shoveling Day It's another cold morning. Like in the past few days, it has been snowing a lot that it came to the point that it almost covered my apartment windows.  That's why I decided to spend my day shoveling it before it completely covers the whole side of my apartment and I die of carbon monoxide poisoning.  Did some cleaning in my room ...and also my living room After 5 hours of back-breaking shoveling, I decided that I had done enough. There was still plenty of snow left but I was already exhausted. Hopefully, it gets warmer in the next few days so that the snow would melt on its own.  Breakfast for today Regardless, I believe that I had removed a significant amount of snow that will take days of continuous snowfall before it gets covered with the same amount of snow. Time to clear the snow There is still so much to clear. After eating late lunch, I slept and woke up at around 7PM. By this time, I&