The Backpack Adventures

Week 34: June 20 - 24, 2022 Day 231: June 20, 2022 Monday - Rumoi Rumoi High School 6/20/2022 It's the start of another week here in Japan . Like all Mondays, I'm reporting back to Rumoi High School . After the morning announcements in the faculty room, I was briefed by my JTE that starting today until next week, we will use the shortened schedule due to the ongoing club activities and competitions and also in preparation for the upcoming School Festival. Here's my workload for today: Ideal English Class @ 3-46 of Matsuda-sensei Sharing Grammar Points @ 3-11 of Matsuda-sensei 1st period - Ideal English Class @ 3-46 of Matsuda-sensei 3rd period - Ideal English Class @ 3-35 of Matsuda-sensei 5th period - Sharing Grammar Points @ 3-11 of Matsuda-sensei I received a gift from a member of the broadcaster club who I trained and won a competition We had the English Club after the 6th period. We talked about the upcoming school festival and also updated on what our club will do du

Weekend 33: June 18-19, 2022 Day 229: June 18, 2022 Saturday - Grocery Day We were planning to go to the town of Mashike today but the weather was not on our side. According to the weather forecast, it would rain the whole day starting at noon. True enough it did.  Calm before the storm Grocery time in COOP Rumoi We also went to Daiso Rumoi to buy baking needs We saw these cute Father's Day cakes in COOP Rumoi We bought our fave shu cream and tried this delicious-looking bread We went to COOP Rumoi  to buy groceries before noon and were lucky enough to get back home before the heavy rains fell. The Third Murder That afternoon, after resting, we watched the 2017 Japanese drama/mystery film, The Third Murder . We had mixed feelings about the film. My wife wasn't that impressed with the slow pace of the story while I, on the other hand, enjoyed the good old mystery courtroom drama.  Here's some trivia about the film; some parts of the film were shot in Rumoi City and Mashike.

Week 33: June 13 - 17, 2022 Day 224: June 13, 2022 Monday - Rumoi Rumoi High School 6/13/2022 I can't believe that it's my 33rd week here in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher under the JET Programme. Today, I biked to Rumoi High School to report for work.  Here's my workload for today: Listening Activity @ 3-11 of Matsuda-sensei 1st period - Language Cafe @ 3-35 of Matsuda-sensei 3rd period - Language Cafe @ 3-46 of Matsuda-sensei 5th period - Listening Activity @ 3-11 of Matsuda-sensei Day 225: June 14, 2022 Tuesday - Rumoi Rumoi High School 6/14/2022 It's another beautiful sunny day. I'm back at Rumoi High School today. I didn't bike though as my wife will be using it for groceries later. Here's my workload for today: Intro to PH Culture @ 3-46 of Sato-sensei Simple Progressive @ 1-1 of Motoyama-sensei 1st period - Listening Activity @ 3-35 of Matsuda-sensei 2nd period - Australia's Cute Quokkas @ 1-2 of Ito-sensei 3rd period - Intro to PH Cul