During my first weekend back from America, I had to work Saturday at school, and today I had a speech for my Japanese class. My class is hosted by the Tomioka International Association and this was their 20th anniversary. All the students from different countries gave presentations: Thailand, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and us, the ALT team. Our team was definitely the most underprepared ha. I spent an hour last night memorizing my parts. Luckily, everyone could meet up at Mister Donut at 10:30 where we spent the time practicing. After a brief and late lunch at McD’s, we headed to the ceremony hall earlier at 2 pm.

Thank goodness we had the second presentation slot so we didn’t have to sit and fret too long after the opening speeches. Everything went well though! My brain switched to automatic mode so I didn’t remember anything that had happened afterward ha. The dinner started shortly thereafter and it was free! Loads of buffet style food and as much as you can drink. When I left, they were handing out some free flowers so I got a bouquet!