It's been a while!

I've officially been paid once! And not a moment too soon, because, as much as I love the furniture that I have, the table is just way too big, and I don't easily have the option of sitting on a full-size to eat or do things at a table. It's either sit on the floor at a table or in a chair without the table. So I went to Nitori and ordered a small dining table and two matching chairs and a small couch. I figured I'll find a good, cheap kotatsu elsewhere. It's still a week before they deliver them, but they're bought and paid for! Now I have time to find someone/people to take what I have off my hands.

I also got a new futon and put up the old one for visitors. I'll probably get another later and be able to have two guests, which is about all I'd be able to hold. 

I'm starting to build a manga collection, too, since that and children's books are about all ill be able to read. While I was at Book Off, this guy took off his earphones to talk to me. He asked if I was a student at the nearby university. He's failed the ToDai twice, I gave him words of encouragement, then went on my way. I'm afraid he may have thought I snubbed him because he failed to get in, oops. But really, I think he was trying to flirt or whatever the Japanese equivalent is, but really he was way too young. 

We had prefectural orientation last week, which was great. After, everyone went to Tokiwa Beer Garden. After, many of us went to karaoke, some went to the gaijin bar. A few of us went to the bar after karaoke briefly. I stayed the night with someone in he city, then went home the next morning. After the Beer Garden Welcome Party, but before the after parties, the newbies were hazed. I won't say what it was, just in case any future Oita JETs finds this. 

After two weeks at the Board of Education, I'm now on the last day of my first week at my main school. I've done a marvelous job of hardly doing anything, because I think another week of non-stop Japanese study would kill me. I spent one day on making a prezi for my intro lesson(s), though, so that's something, I've done studying here and there, though, but the intense, always writing so ill remember? Nah. I remember better if I write everything, but my hands just can't take it anymore.

Yesterday, I went to lunch with two teachers. We spoke magnificent Japanglish the entire time. I think it might happen again? We've got one more week until school starts.