To do do do do o/~

A Sunday where I don't have to get up early because there's something I MUST do?! *shock and disbelief*

The graduation went swimmingly, and of course all the teachers teared up many times. If it wasn't the kids being sweet and adorable, it was speaking to mothers tearfully express their gratitude for us. Oh, and being made, without warning, to give a little speech to our graduates. -__-;

Us teachers were all hungry afterwards, so we went to Royal Host. I intended to get dessert, but ended up having a full meal... and then headed off to later_uk's farewell dinner. The Lockup was full, so we went upstairs to Arabian Rock, where the five us of squeezed into a booth meant for four, and ate. A lot. But it was good! And we got to yell, "FAIYAAAAA!!!" And anyway, even when I overeat now, I can always tell myself, "Well, I'm still not as full as I was in Okinawa! :D *gurgle*"

Today, I have ambitions. Let's see how much I can get done, shall we?

- Put away clean laundry
- Hang up the laundry that's currently in the washer
- Make tea Drink tea
- Do dishes
- Burn pictures to DVD for Laura
- Tidy up apartment
- Vacuum
- Buy new lightbulb for the bathroom
- Shower
- Get an international driver's license
- Go to farewell lunch for Laura
- Brush Tabitha (maybe I should do this before I vacuum? ^_^;)
- Make something for my lunches this week
- Try to make my nails look halfway decent
- Sew
- Post to Travelpod
- Answer emails/comment on ljs
- Spam lj :D

Spam!

Here's what I looked like today:

( Mug shot! )

For a photobooth picture, I think it's quite a good one! Very European-looking. The dark smudges under my eyes are proof that I fail at removing make-up -- those are the remains of yesterday's mascara. At least my hair turned out more or less the way I wanted it to. ^_^ But is it just me, or is my hairline oddly uneven?

The picture was for my international driver's license, which was the quickest, most painless bureaucratic experience I've ever had in Japan. Once I'd walked the hour and ten minutes or so it took to get to the Fuchuu* licensing bureau from my apartment, I was in and out of there in under ten minutes with my new license. I almost came. ;___; (tears of joy)

Anyway, I showed the picture to a few people, who commented thusly: Tiffany said I looked like an international spy; Emily said I looked like a French actress; Eda said, without hearing Emily's comment, that I looked like I should be in a French movie. XD What do you think?

Later in the day, after a Very Large Meal (will post with pictures another time), when I was contemplating the fruit at the grocery store, a Russian man asked me, in Russian, whether I was Russian. At least, I'm assuming that's what it meant, since I didn't have a handy Eda with me to translate. All I heard was, "[insert Russian sounds here] Ruski?" He took my confused expression and my "I'm sorry, I don't understand," as a "No," smiled, and walked off.

* Fuchuuuuu! Almost as fun to say as Beppuuuuu!

( I like crossing stuff out! )

So, yes, more Chinese Prince of Tennis! I honestly don't know why they're bothering writing in some sort-of-maybe-could-be romance between Long Ma and Xiao Ying, because the Golden Pair provide all the rabu-rabu you need in a show that's supposedly about tennis. Though they're mad at each other, and Ju Wan is kind of a dick (not waking Da Shi up when he overslept), as soon as he hears Da Shi is sick, he runs back to the dorm to take care of him. Then they reminisce about when they met, and we get flashbacks to them as dorky first-years, complete with their first meeting. "OMG, you play tennis too?! <3" I really wish I had subs for this part, because from what I understand, Da Shi wants to play doubles, but Ju Wan doesn't want to, so sets up some kind of challenge, like "I'll be your partner if you can do ____." But I could be totally off base. WANT SUBS! At any rate, dorky-wants-to-be-Ju-Wan's-partner-so-badly!Da Shi = <3