Holidays!

Technically (and, well, actually too) I have three more days of work, but they are fairly light days:

Monday - one class in the computer lab - students are finishing their self-study worksheets (called "Bingo" to make it fun!) - every time someone completes their sheet, I shout BINGO and everyone claps. Love the Japanese!

Tuesday - another class in the computer lab - students will evaluate themselves for semester 1 and we'll discuss what to do in semester 2 - I am tossing up between following the same format as another class (blogs / songs / music / websites / self-study) or having students do presentations on different learning resources (MUCH more hassle)....after that class, there's one more writing class where I am interviewing them individually and giving out summer homework (evil teacher!).

Wednesday - one more 1a class - where the six students who have pretty much failed, get a second chance by showing me how sincere they are about changing their ways!!!

So, only four more classes (my other university classes finished early - as all good universities do). YAY!

Sometimes, though, when I get into holiday mode, it takes a while to adjust. I tend to sit in front of the Internet for hours at a time and not do much else...(what? you mean that's what you all do as well?). To avoid that, I'll make a few plans for each day.

Today's possibilities:

- sew a cushion cover
- clean the apartment from top to bottom
- go to a party this evening in Tokyo
- order some cosmetics off strawberrynet.com
- go somewhere else in Tokyo before the party
- reply to all starred emails
- sleep
- eat

Obviously, not all possible, me thinks....

Other stuff to do during the vacation

- prepare for my trip to New York
- make a scrapbook about my previous trip to Australia
- sort photos on the computer
- check out the Gibli museum (home of Totoro and other famous Japanese animated movie characters by Hayao Miyazaki)
- check out the Tokyo Edo Museum
- go clothes shopping at the Gap and Banana Republic (same company, same clothes, different prices)
- upload all first semester work to box.net (my teaching group's shared drive)
- eat lots of sushi and drink lots of beer and enjoy the 30 degree heat as much as possible
- plan another trip to Ishikawa and maybe to Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto)
- go to Harajuku to see the crazies
- go to the movies
- check out some exhibitions at Odaiba (toy / craft shows etc - thousands of stalls)