Tuesday 23 June 2009

Freeze! Sapporo!...the video! (J)

Had 2 days at work...felt bad today for some reason. Bad stomach ache. Maybe I ate some of Okaasan's kotatsu food stores and didn't know it...my students are lovely people and they make going to work fun. But it felt like work.

Good thing was the knee felt much stronger and I finally walked 3 blocks to my bank at lunchtime and registered my new address. It feels so good to walk normally through the city again. I feel like a joined society again a bit. And maybe I can walk in airports next week.

I went and got my air ticket too...so off to England next Wednesday. I've almost lined up substitute teachers for the NHK classes. The managers have been understanding.

But came home tonight to find 2 nice surprises: a letter from my uncle in Spain...I haven't heard from him for ages and rather feared the worst. He's my mum's brother.

AND! The video for the Freeze event we did in Odori Park a few weeks ago.
Only 18 people and it was raining...but this will be a great recruiting tool for the next Freeze.
I am wearing a green coat and standing on the grass with another woman looking at my broken umbrella.
Thanks Jeff for making the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgZP1d4ezA

2009年6月23日(火)
フリーズ!札幌!・・・ビデオ! 
仕事の2日間を過ごして・・・どうしたわけかきょうは気分が悪かったの。ひどい腹痛よ。たぶんお義母さんのこたつ食料品店のものを知らずに食べたのかも・・・ワタシの生徒たちは愛すべき人々で、仕事に行くことをたのしいことにしてくれるわ。でも、仕事って感じだったの。 
いいことはね、膝がもっとよくなって、ワタシはついにお昼に銀行までの3ブロックを歩いて行って新しい住所を登録したのよ。また街の中を普通に歩くのはいい感じよ。ちょっと社会に復帰したように思うわ。それでたぶん来週空港を歩けるでしょうね。 
ワタシは航空券も取りに行ったの・・・そう来週水曜日にイギリスに出発するのよ。大体NHKの授業の代替の先生を確保したの。管理側は理解してくれたわ。 
でも、今晩帰宅して二つの素敵なびっくりがあったの:スペインの叔父からの手紙よ・・・長いこと便りがなかったし、かなり最悪のことを心配していたの。彼はワタシの母の弟なの。 
それから!数週間まえに大通り公園でワタシたちがやったフリーズイベントのビデオよ。
18人だけで雨だったけど・・・これは次のフリーズのための素晴らしい募集手段になるわね。ワタシは緑のコートを着て、ワタシの壊れた傘を見ている別の女性とともに芝生に立っているわ
ジェフ、ビデオを作ってくれてありがとう!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgZP1d4ezA
 

1 comment:

  1. I am so glad that you are going back to see your Dad. I hope it will help him and help you feel less far away too. Glad your knee is getting better - just in time for airport trogs!

    We were going to go to the freeze but we had visitors just arrived from New Zealand the night before and their little boy was still very tired so we gave the idea up and stayed close to home. Let us know when the next one is because I would like to join if possible!!

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