I love my apartment, it feels slightly bigger than I'd imagined it would. This is probably because many 'life in Japan' bloggers are from the USA and talk about how small apartments in Japan are by comparison. Sure, my apartment in the UK was quite a lot bigger than my apartment in Japan, but my apartment has, a kitchen/diner, a bathroom, a toilet and a bed/living room. I've also got a loft that I slept in during the first week, but decided to move my futon onto the western style bed instead. Chairs are not the normal thing in Japanese apartments and sitting cross legged on a cushion wasn't really ideal for me ... so I decided my bed would act as a sofa during the day.
I'm doing fine with my teaching job. You get rated by the students and from time to time your lessons are observed by the manager. So far so good; I've taught about a hundred 40 minute lessons now and only had one negative evaluation by a student. That one taught me to write new vocabulary in a different colour so the student can identify where the new vocabulary is much more easily. Since then, I've had almost all my student evaluations scoring the top score. Anyway, my evaluation average is above the required standard and as I teach more, I'm getting into the swing of things.
I'm just about managing to stay on top of my OU studies. The course is interesting (at the moment) but with a busy work schedule, living in a country where I really want to explore and enjoy the culture ... plus learning the language ... I've almost got to push myself to get the study out of the way before I allow myself to enjoy living here. If I was to let up on my studies, I could see myself quickly being swamped by having to catch up with it. So far so good, but it's really stretching me to keep afloat.
Anyway, this is just a short post because I made a couple of videos yesterday.
Wandering Around Chiba
Pachinko
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