OMG It's been forever. I'M SORRY!!!
Well, to briefly summarize what's been going on:
I made sushi for two of my schools (my two larger ones, because apparently I'm a masochist and felt the need to make nearly 70 pieces of sushi both times) and they loved it!
I made a new bunch of friends who hold charity concerts. I've gone to one each week for the past month. Going to another one this weekend.
New bunch of friends invited me to Arakawa River (that's actually kind of redundant, but oh well) in Akabane (which is really far away!) this past Monday (because it was a random holiday) to play games, eat Yakiniku and dance. IT WAS MARVELOUS! My legs are still paying for it today. Mind you, it's already Thursday night. D: I also got a mean farmer tan that I either really need to even out or really need to lose. Ahahaha. I also learned how to dance to a really cute and super optimistic song that's SERIOUSLY stuck in my head now.
I went to the Japanese Scottish Games last weekend and had a blast. There was a really good looking Japanese guy in a kilt. That totally made my day! Not to mention all the awesome piping that went on. I really need to buy new batteries for my camera. At least I bought a cute little teddy that plays "Scotland the Brave"! :D He's super cute and is holding a little bagpipe too. I can't help but press the button and listen to it now. Ahahaha.
I'm becoming a better teacher! I feel AWESOME!
Oh! And I also got Pokemon Black, the new Pokemon game. It's completely in Japanese, but I'm persevering! I told my fifth graders that I'd gotten the game and one of them, who doesn't have the best family situation so I try to pay more attention to him outside of class and always remember his name, said "But isn't it hard for you because it's in Japanese?!". Awww~ he cares!
Another fifth grader in another class said that he has a sticker of the evolved form of the pokemon I chose and that he'd give me the sticker. It's probably so I can put it on my name tag along with other Pokemon stickers kids have given me. :D He's SUPER cute, and he has a brother in first year who is, I'm not exaggerating, a mini me version of him. Like, there's NO WAY to NOT know they're brothers. My goodness.
Showing posts with label sushi. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Rice, rice, baby
I bought a rice cooker! It's lime green and the buttons have English on it even though the cooker only has instructions in Japanese. lol. Time to pull out my dictionary. D:
I know what you're all thinking: How have you been making rice the six months you've been in Japan?! I've heard of at least two of my Chinese friends saying that their family makes rice in a pot, so I thought: Hey, why not? There was a little recipe on how to make rice in a pot in the manga cookbook I bought while I was still in America. I used those instruction in Japan.
But you know what's really awesome about my first time using this rice cooker? I'm going to make sushi for my largest school! And guess what?! That's sushi for 50 PEOPLE!!! *dies* But talk about really working up some brownie points with them, as well as showing how much I appreciate all the help they give me when I'm teaching. The plan is to make sushi for all my schools, but I might do this as a one week, one week sort of deal. I mean, that's a lot of sushi. That's a lot of rice. And that's also a lot of "crap! what am I going to put in it?!".
And just now, a little festival float went right by my house drawn by a bunch of young kids. And another float came up, and they're both stopping right in fronto f my apartment. Damn, I love Japan. XD
ANYWAY. I'm still looking for some good cheap stuff for me to put in my sushi. I've been using http://justbento.com/ and http://www.justhungry.com/ - They're both really helpful. So far, I've got the idea to finely chop carrots, cucumbers and make tamagoyaki (for the first time, I might add). I'm going to the market to get some tupperware, those opaque sheets mommy never liked using because it was more expensive (the name of which eludes me), and maybe some meat to go into the sushi. I'm thinking ham: something that can be cooked and thinly sliced that isn't too expensive.
The playlist for this operation? Doctor Who. I'm going to rewatch/listen to Doctor Who episodes while working on all the sushi. Hopefully I won't die from the heat because my air conditioner hates me.
Wish me luck!
I know what you're all thinking: How have you been making rice the six months you've been in Japan?! I've heard of at least two of my Chinese friends saying that their family makes rice in a pot, so I thought: Hey, why not? There was a little recipe on how to make rice in a pot in the manga cookbook I bought while I was still in America. I used those instruction in Japan.
But you know what's really awesome about my first time using this rice cooker? I'm going to make sushi for my largest school! And guess what?! That's sushi for 50 PEOPLE!!! *dies* But talk about really working up some brownie points with them, as well as showing how much I appreciate all the help they give me when I'm teaching. The plan is to make sushi for all my schools, but I might do this as a one week, one week sort of deal. I mean, that's a lot of sushi. That's a lot of rice. And that's also a lot of "crap! what am I going to put in it?!".
And just now, a little festival float went right by my house drawn by a bunch of young kids. And another float came up, and they're both stopping right in fronto f my apartment. Damn, I love Japan. XD
ANYWAY. I'm still looking for some good cheap stuff for me to put in my sushi. I've been using http://justbento.com/ and http://www.justhungry.com/ - They're both really helpful. So far, I've got the idea to finely chop carrots, cucumbers and make tamagoyaki (for the first time, I might add). I'm going to the market to get some tupperware, those opaque sheets mommy never liked using because it was more expensive (the name of which eludes me), and maybe some meat to go into the sushi. I'm thinking ham: something that can be cooked and thinly sliced that isn't too expensive.
The playlist for this operation? Doctor Who. I'm going to rewatch/listen to Doctor Who episodes while working on all the sushi. Hopefully I won't die from the heat because my air conditioner hates me.
Wish me luck!
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