let me give you a typical day for me here in omagari
Step One: Try getting out of bed at 730
Step Two: Get out of bed 20 minutes before work (just like home), you don't need a lot of time to get ready when you have a mane like mine
Step Three: eat cereal and have an ice coffee for break fast, now this is what i have eaten everyday. the cereal is like chocolate cornflakes and the ice coffee comes in a carton like milk, so its no Dunkin Donuts, but much cheaper
Step Four: pack my bags for work... computer, paper, pen, 200 yen, lunch, swim gear, workout clothes
Step Five: pack lunch with consists of an orange and this bar called calorie mate. Let me tell u about calorie mate. It is a nutrition bar that looks like a shortbread stick and tastes pretty decent. Its supposed to be a bar packed full of vitamins and an easy way to get calories, when you eat on a budget like mine these things come in handy.I buy two packs for 200 yen, which is about 3 bucks. I bring one package and my orange and thats lunch. Not as bad as my lunch in Uganda but close
Step Six: ride my sweet bike to work, it takes about five minutes, i walked for the first few days but now I want the extra time to sleep
Step Seven: Get to work, put on my indoor shoes, which is necessary in places like school, restaurants, and homes
Step Eight: Greet my co workers with a smile and an Ohyaho Gozimas which means Good Morning
Step Nine: sit at my desk and browse the internet aimlessly, there is only so much facebook i can take. The students are on vacation for a few weeks and the teachers have to be at work so there is not much to do. Thank you friends, family , and former students for talking to me on fb, it means a lot.
Step Ten: Go to swim practice, my co teacher coaches the swim team which consists of ten kids so i go and help out and swim with the kids.
Step Eleven: Return to my desk, browse the internet, eat lunch, walk around, say good afternoon to my co workers
Step Twelve: Return to swim practice, watch for a while, work out at the school gym , return to swim practice, swim, change
Step Thirteen: Check my email, facebook, espn, one last time, The only internet I have for the next few weeks is at work
Step Fourteen: leave work at 415 not a minute later, say saynora, ride my bike home, get out of my clothes, turn on my ac, hang up my bathing suits, and
Step Fifteen: Make a real lunch which consists of yogurt with chocolate cornflakes, milk, a piece of bread with pb and honey
Step Sixteen: Need to get out of my apt, so i ride my bike around town for two hours discovering something new each day
Step Seventeen: Have dinner, dinner is one of two things, frozen pizza which is the only thing i can make until i figure out what everything is or i treat myself to a local dish, maybe miso ramen, beef bowl, chicken and rice. i m on a tight budget though, i mean like five bucks a day , so i really splurge if i go out
Step Eighteen: Buy a large 240z beer at the convenience store, now you may be thinking what about that budget? Well one beer = 2 bucks, one cal mate =1 buck two waters = 2bucks thats five and if i eat out i double my budget for the day
Step Nineteen: Shower , i learned this trick from Phil in Uganda, a cold shower after a hot and humid day is wicked. I take a cold shower, well actually a bath/shower combo
Step Twenty: Watch a movie, i ve been killing it with itunes renting and buying movies, i cant keep up the habit, but its my entertainment for the night. So what have i watched, classics such as Funny Farm, Hot tub time machine, Senior skip day, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and the list will go on until september
Step Twenty One: Read , I love to read ,especially here in Japan. I am reading Three Cups of Tea, one of the best books I have ever read. Mr Greg Mortnensen is a hero and inspiration, i recommend it to anyone
Step Twenty Two: If needed i mess around on my mac and iphoto/itunes to fall asleep. I ve made some pretty memorable slide shows and playlists
Repeat Steps 1-22 each and everyday
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