Well, what news to report? It's been a week since the last post, has there really been nothing worth mentioning? Probably, but that never stopped me before. No, I've been helping out Our Man in Abiko at his blog so there's been little of the candle left to burn at either end. Anyway, here's the week in review chez Sherriff:
- Taught loads of lessons.
- Ran round the lake twice (once with shacho)
- Giri-no-shacho has also discovered the joys of walking round the lake and has one of those step counters. She maybe overdid it a tad, coming back after six hours one afternoon - her step counter read 40,000 and something.
- Found a guitar shop in Kashiwa - the nearest big city - and rediscovered the joys of staring at beautiful guitars I can (still) never afford to buy.
- Rehearsed twice for the upcoming gig.
- Watched the final episode on cable of the first series of Life on Mars (was there a second? Yes, yes, we're a couple of years behind over here).
- Had a Valentine's lunch at our local Indian (actually Nepalese) restaurant with 13 of our students (so they could practice their English! No, really! (And it was fun, too - see the pictures here.)
- Went round the lake with the family (see above).
That's it. Hope to get back to you in less than a week...
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Hello Pat!
Glad to see you've had a productive, if busy week. Sounds like you're getting into the swing of things in Japan now for sure! Looking forward to seeing your big gig!
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Sorry we missed you on Sunday. We were allotmenting and visiting Jane. Glad you're all into the great outdoors now. On Saturday, we walked through Swithland Woods to Bradgate Park and back again. Refreshing after the recent snow and cold weather. Good luck with your concert! Send us a video...
Dear Patrick, Yoshie (and Katherine),
Why tack on Katherine to this grown-up speak? Because yesterday we went to a concert of young pianists, and there was a 13-year-old Japanese girl, Marisa Sasaki by name, who played Mozart's 12 variations on the "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" theme, known, in Mozart's time, as a French folk song 'Ah, je vous dirai-je, Mamam". She was amazingly accomplished (10,000 hours?) and poised in her little girl's white party frock. Anyway, we thought that you and Katherine might be interested. Have you done your performance yet, Patrick?
Not yet, due Sunday, but stay tuned for some exciting related video...
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