Thank You.....

....for your support.

You know who you are.

xx

Is heartache making me sick?!?!

During this morning I was unable to take my mind of my personal problems.

That never happens - normally teaching is the perfect distraction.

But not this time.

I spent all 4 periods this morning feeling nauseous as hell. And then when it got to lunch time, I walked into the staff room, smelt the food and ran to the toilet and threw up.

I got taken to the nurse's room and told to lie down during lunch. They took my temperature and the like and then...asked me if I wanted to do a pregnancy test!!! I was like..er no...I'll be fine.

I was then given the option to go home coz I'd finished all my classes for the day. As crazy as it may sound, I declined. I told them if I went home I would sleep for too long and then wouldn't be able to sleep later. What a lame excuse.

The truth of the matter is, if I went home, I would spend the whole afternoon thinking. And given my current state of mind, that would be a disaster. Everytime I'm home, I manage to wind myself up in a state. Even now I have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I can't eat and I'm not sleeping well either.

I need my London friends here. I'm not strong enough to get through this on my own.

The pain is too much.

And I swear it's killing me inside. Organ by organ.

Is it worth it?

I swear down...

NOTHING is worth this much heartache.

:'(

YATTA!!!

I am so ridiculously proud of my speech contest kids.

My 2nensei and my 3nensei both came first.

And EVERYONE is talking about my 2nensei. I saw her perform at the end and she just blew me away. She had my British accent spot on. People knew she was my student the minute she said the word 'can't'.

LOL.

I really hope my schools with change the schedule around so I can see them perform in the prefectural contest!!

SO SO PROUD

:D

Well that didn't last long!!

After just one day of respecting Americans, they have lost it!!!

Californians have banned gay marriage....it wasn't even that long since the law was passed that homosexuals could marry!!!

And there I was thinking how open minded Americans had become by putting a black man in power.

Instead, they're just picking on someone else.

Back to hating!!

*sigh*

Obama

I wasn't able to tear myself away from the internet..whenever I wasn't in a lesson that is.

By lunchtime, Obama already had 297 electoral votes.

I could feel myself well up. I'm not even American, but this is a truly significant day in world history.

And it has also changed my opinions of Americans. I think this is the same for a lot of people.

I just can't believe. A black man is the most powerful man in the world. A BLACK man!!!!!

Although, I was speaking to my brother earlier and he echoed what a lot of articles have been saying. White supremist groups voted Obama. Because they know that things are going to get worse before they get better. And during the shitty period, they are going to place the blame on Obama.

I was reading articles online about people who have labelled Obama as the 'black Jesus'. They were reports of people (especially African Americans) who honestly believe that now Obama is President, all their problems are just going to magically disappear.

Pressure? Just a bit!

But I am so excited for America right now. They have taken a massive step to rectify the mess that Bush has created during his 8 years in office.

I wish him well.

xx

Okinawa

When people think of Japan, they think of Tokyo. Loads of people, fashion and electronics.
Okinawa is the other side of Japan. This is me on Yokomaehama Beach, Miyako-jima. This is the No.1 beach in Japan and it's not difficult to see why. With its gorgeous white sands and clear turquoise water, it is hard to believe that this is part of Japan.


We spent 5 days on the island. There really isn't very much there except for sugar cane fields and beaches. It's not the kind of place that you go to if you want vibrant nightlife - the bars here are small and the club we went to was supposedly busy...with less than 30 people inside.

I have to hand it to Okinawa though - the people are so laid back and chilled. This is so rare to see in Japan and it just made the time there so relaxing!!

I would definitely love to go back and try out one of the other islands. While we were in Miyako-jima, we did a few water sports, including parasailing, snorkelling and windsurfing. The latter I totally sucked at...but it was good fun anyway!!

I'm gonna post the rest of the pics on Facebook, so you can check the album out there!

MP3

So the latest on my MP3....

....I got to Hong Kong, plugged it in......and...

NOTHING!!!!!

So I have to start all over from scratch. All 7000 songs. It's gonna take forever to download.

But I'm not so angry anymore. I mean, don't get me wrong, I AM still pissed but I've decided to look at it as a cleansing of my music collection.

And trying not to think about the irreplaceable stuff.

*sigh*