My students are crazy

Sometimes crazy things happen in English class.

英語の授業に時々Crazyな事がある。

My students were put in charge of making things to sell. This group chose rice balls.

生徒は売る物を作った。このグールプはおにぎりが決まった。

This set: Salt, shrimp, amazing rice ball. (what??)

これは塩、エビ、Amazing（すばらしい）。（なにかな？）

Next: Shrimp, omelet, mystery (which apparently has poison in it).

次はエビ、オムライス、ミステリ（毒物が入ったらしい）。

Last: fried chicken, fried rice, and cat. (???)

最後はから揚げ、ちゃーはん、猫　（怖い！）

First day of boarding

I’m super behind on blogging. Probably because of boarding season this year.

スーボードのせいか、最近ブログしなかった。

This was the first day of boarding season. B and I met up with some friends and did exactly one run because of another event.

この日は今年の最初の日。Bと友達が会って、ボードした。でも、他のイベントがあった、から遅くなった。

My friends. We had a good time.

４人友達！楽しかった。

Of course, after boarding cake is a necessity.

もちろん、スーのボードの後にケーキが必要ね。

After boarding, we made nabe. I’d never had takoyaki nabe. T and I thought A was crazy for suggesting it.

なべを作った。Aのおすすめ味はたこ焼き。Tと私は本当に美味しいかな？と思った。

Here’s the nabe. Yum!

美味しいよ！

We were all super hungry when it was finally ready.

とてもお腹が空いた。

Aren’t they cute?

可愛くない？www

Ice Candle Festival

 Hi there blog readers! It’s been a while since my last blog, sorry about that!

久しぶりブログを読むの人！長い間にブログしなかった。ごめんね！

I’ll have to catch you up on fun recent events later. But for now, here’s the fun events from this evening.

最近の楽しい事が後でブログするつもりけど、今日の楽しいイベントの写真が見せる。

I got to one of my tiny elementary schools before dark. They had lit the ice candles and they were glowing beautifully!

暗くなる前に小さい小学校へ行った。蝋燭ががあった。

After they lit the candles, we went inside.

次に皆学校の中に行った。

While the kids were sorting out where they wanted to sit, one of my students younger siblings (preschool age) remembered me and requested that I sit next to him. Soo cute!!

生徒がどこか座る事が決まる中に２人の生徒の幼稚園の弟が「ここに座ってくだいさ」と言いた！うれしかった！

The moms had made ramen soup with mochi in it.

お母さんたちはラーメンスープと餅が作った。

After eating, two of my boys started talking to me. One of them came at the beginning of the school year. He was popping up with questions in English that I definitely hadn’t taught him!

食べるの後に２人男性と話した。１人は４月に来たけど、いっぱい英語の質問が聞いた。びっくり！私はぜひその質問が教えなかった！

After dinner, we went back outside to see the ice candles at night. They were so pretty!

夕食の後に外へ蝋燭を見に戻った。すごいきれい！

After that, it was time to go home. I began the drive back into town and I returned to this.

それから、帰る時間になった。運転する中にこれが見た。

I love coming back to town in the winter and seeing the ski hill lit up!

冬に帰る時にスキー場の光が見える事が大好き！

Thanksgiving

 So I'm about a month behind on blogging now, and here's proof. 

１ヶ月前のブログだね。

This is from Thanksgiving, celebrated just shortly before American Thanksgiving. 

これはアメリカのよう感謝際。

While waiting for dinner we played Killer Uno. Tons of fun, especially since I had all the cards. (I is his first initial, not me). 

夕食を待っている時にCrazyUnoをした。とても楽しかった。特別にIは全部のカードがあったから。ww

Some fun friends, hanging out and chatting. 

話中に。

A group shot the next morning. Unfortunately my Italian cousin was missing. 

朝に皆の写真を撮った。残念の事は私のイタリア人いとこはいなくなった。 

Coffee with friends

A couple of weeks ago, I went for coffee with some friends.

２・３週間前に友達たちと遊んだ。

J and the cutest baby in all of Japan came, too!

Jと日本にいる１番可愛い赤ちゃんも来ました。

Here’s the group of us girls. It was fun to have hang out with these lovely ladies.

この友達たちと遊ぶ事が楽しかった。

2013 Reading Challenge

On Monday, I finished my reading challenge for the year and then read some extra. In total, I read 65 books this year! How many should I try to read next year?

月曜日に今年の読むチャレンジができた！そして、２冊も読んだ。今まで、今年に６５冊が読んだ。来年何冊読んでみる？

2013 Reading Challenge

Becky has completed her goal of reading 63 books in 2013!

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65 of 63 (100%)

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T’s birthday

We went out to celebrate T’s birthday.

Tの誕生日から、皆夕食へ行った。

Unfortunately, her present wasn’t ready yet, so A and I bought some fun things to give her.

プレセントが終わらなかったから、楽しい事が買った。

The night started with just a small group of us girls.

最初に４人女の友達ｈが来た。

Later, the guys joined us.

後で男の友達も来た。

T’s birthday cake.

誕生日のケーキ。

Blowing out the candles.

ろうそくを吹き消した。

Condensed milk in a HUGE tube.

大きい練乳。

Our present. We thought it’d be fun to include a picture of us with the present.

私たちからプレセント。私たちの写真もあった。

Since T doesn’t like mushrooms, we decided to get her all the mushroom-shaped candy.

Tはきのこが嫌いから、全部きのこのあめが買った。

The cake!

ケーキ。

The whole group that came by the end. I got to meet one new friend that I’d only met on Facebook with there rest of the group.

最後の全員。１人Facebookだけ知ってた友達が会った。

After dinner, us girls went out for karaoke.

夕食の後に女の友達はカラオケへ行った。

It was a ton of fun, as everything I do with this group is.

Tの誕生日は楽しかったけど、このグループと何でも楽しいから、びっくりじゃない。

400th blog post!

This is my 400th blog post! 

400回目ブログした！

This blog started as a way to share my adventures in Japan. In just over 4 years, I ended up writing 400 blog posts and giving myself a fun reason to take more photos (did I really need a reason?). 

最初にこのブログは出身いる人は日本にいるのする事を見える。でも、4年ぐらいに400回に書いて、楽しい理由は最も写真を撮る。

When I look through the old posts, they're full of fun memories from my time in Japan. 

昔のブログを見ている時にたくさんいい思い出ある。

Things like my magical rock heater and having my garbage explode right before I got to the cage. 

例えばマジカル石があるストーブ、爆裂するごみ。

Fun things in class like playing junken for the first time or having my students chant my name. 

授業に楽しいのは最初じゃんけん大会、生徒は私の名前をチャントした。

Of course, living in Hokkaido so many fun memories are filled with snow. My first time snowboarding, Tomamu's ice village, and the Abashiri Drift Ice. 

もちろん、北海道に住んでいるから、たくさんいい雪に思い出ある。スノーボードを始めた、網走の流氷。

Other things were a bit more difficult. Like my car accident, and remembering a good friend. 

難しい事もあった。車の事故、親しい友達が思い出した。

Re-reading my blog makes me smile. I can't wait to see what other adventures the next year brings. 

このブログで書いた事を読んだら、喜ぶ。今年に何する？

HS Student HEC Party

On Thursday, I had my HS students who entered HEC over for dinner. 

木曜日にHECした高校生は私の家に晩ご飯を食べに来た。

We had pizza, topped with zucchini, asparagus and improvised Italian sausage.

ズッキーニとアスパラとイタリアソーセージがあったピーザが作った。

I had a lot of fun training those two for HEC and already miss spending time with them after school.

この2人とHEC練習は楽しかった。

Golden Week Day 3 mobile

My sister made it to Japan!
妹は来た！

I made a mistake on the days though … I've got one extra day in Tokyo after she leaves!
日が間違った！私は東京に妹が帰るの後にもう1日がいる。

Dinner with new teachers

Today, I went out for dinner with two of the new high school teachers.

今日２人の新しい高校の先生と晩ご飯を食べた。

They are brand new teachers, just graduated from college.

今年の前に卒業した。

The one on the right is one of two new English teachers this year.

右のは新しい英語の先生。

This was my dinner! Look at all those bright, colorful veggies!

私の晩ご飯！明るい野菜があった！

It was a lot of fun getting to chat with these two.

話が楽しかった。

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In other news, I had my first English club of the year today! I didn’t know it was even going to continue this year until yesterday.

今日英語の部活がはじめた。　昨日の前続くことが知らなかった。

I have 4 students this year – 3 girls and 1 boy.

今年４人　－　女３人、男１人。

We shared some things about ourselves and then we played Apples to Apples. Best English club game, EVER.

私たちは自分のこと教えてから、「Apples to Apples」と言うゲームをした。　英語の部活に最高ゲーム。

I had fun, the kids had fun and we all finished with a smile. Now I’ve gotta think of something good for next week.

私と生徒は楽しかった。　来週いいアクチビティが考えなければならない。

A conversation in English class

Here’s a conversation I had in class with two of my students.  

今日の英語授業の会話２人生徒と

Me: Are you ready? (to the whole class).

Student 1: No. Never.

Me: You’re a bad student today! (My smile revealing that I don’t think this at all).

Student 2: I’m a good student!

Me: You forgot your homework today!  (Also with a big smile).

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Because I like tea, and I like to put pictures on my blog, here’s some tea.

お茶が好きだし、ブログに写真をのせるのが好きだし、お茶。

Fun moments in the classroom

In Japan, students and their teachers eat lunch in the classroom. It’s a fun time to get to chat with the students about whatever is going on and usually a good chance to practice my Japanese.

日本では生徒と先生と教室に給食を食べる。生徒と話したながら、日本語を練習した。 楽しい給食時間を過ごした！

Yesterday, I walked in to the 2nd year classroom (where I eat my lunch), and one of my students was singing my name, “Rebecca, Rebecca, Rebecca!” I didn’t know why, but it made me laugh.

昨日２年生の教室へ行ってから、１人生徒は自分の名前が歌った、「レベッカ、レベッカ、レベッカ」。なぜか分からなかったけど、びっくりから、私は笑った。

After a few times of this, I decided that if he was going to be silly, I could be too. So I started singing his name back to him, “D~, D~, D~.” He got a laugh out of that, too.

数回の後、その面白かったら、私もできる。　だから、私もその生徒の名前を歌った、「D～、D～、D～」。　彼も笑った。

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The second year teachers!

２年生の先生たち。

多分よく間違ったから、教えてください！

12/12/12 at 12:12

Today is 12/12! I joined a photography challenge for 12/12/12 at 12:12, so here's my submission.

I hope all of you in America, just staring your day, have a wonderful 12/12!

A day in Furano

The day started with meeting a friend at the station just before lunch time. After we met, we went and found the visitor’s guide that now features us!

While in the visitor’s center, we spotted a flier for Furano Burger and said let’s go there for lunch, we’d both heard good things.



R’s favorite Japanese past time is looking through the Café books they put out. Here she’s found the one that featured this café and is investigating thoroughly.



After I went looking for some good photos around the shop, our food came. This is the standard Furano burger.



When we finished our food, we went on some not so exciting errands and then headed up to the New Prince Hotel area to visit Ninguru Terrace – the perfect place for a stroll in the winter snow. And when it’s not Christmas or birthday shopping time, a cheap place to explore.



When you walk up, these snowmen greet you – on one side of the map, they say Ninguru Terrace. On the other side, they say “he yokoso” (welcome to). Such a fun way to enter.



The snow and being in the middle of the forest was so pretty!



Watch out for bears!



More snow, cottages and stairs!



After our walk around we had gotten cold enough we decided it was time to go check out the last of the Onsen in Furano we hadn’t visited – the one in the New Prince Hotel.

Their onsen wasn’t particularly huge or with lots of baths, but it had a lot of nice resting areas.

When we came back out we saw the night lights of the terrace and decided it warranted a quick walk through, just enough to take a few pictures and head to the car.







The lights made everything look so magical.