Worst Mothers Day Ever!!! Part 2

... I was left stunned, how could he suddenly jump to that conclusion as if the last month or so had meant nothing to him! I thought that everything was going brilliantly (maybe too brilliantly). I retaliated with the fact that I was still tired from the previous late night. It should now be mentioned that all these "extra cirriculum" activities in the evenings I have been partaking of are due to Mr Sakaki sending me out to do things and "see" Japan, Wednesday is the only actual evening I get off in the week. After considering my statement I could see that he may have finally realised he was perhaps trying to pull me in too many directions. He told Okosan that I was tired and they both laughed.

However it was too late for me, I had begun to dwell on his statements. It is wednesday now and everything seems to be fine (almost as if nothing happened) but in my head I still feel like I need to prove myself and become accepted... again. So for the past four days I have been silently working harder than ever and even faster than the philipinos (excellent workers due to their small size, nimble fingers and resistance to the heat). It is this kind of passive strategy I use to show Mr Sakaki my frustration although I have also tried to confront him about the "other farm" comment. I didn't go anywhere on monday, but Mr Sakaki tried to get me to go out in the truck. I replied that I wanted to relax because I was anticipating a busy week, if he heard this he didn't acknowledge it.

So there you have it not all fun and games. Hopefully it will just be a minor blip. It was all going a bit too smoothly anyway...probably


As a side note to this little debarcle, Okosan did recieve a Mothers Day card (albeit a day late) from us which apparently made her very happy. I was even given a stylish hand me down jacket for apparently no reason.

Here are a few pictures that probably should have been posted a while ago:

Firstly the Japanese symbol for "river" drawn by me:

A picture of someone from Dragon Ball Z and a character calling himself doramon who everyone knows except me!!!

Karate and kendo demonstration at Akagi shrine:

The fairly quiet town of Kiryu:

Believe it or not this is a croquet pitch next to the railway.