Afuro Doggu

Thursdays are Elementary School days and they're lots of fun. The staff at each school (I visit five) always make me feel welcome.

Yay, I have my own desk

The kids are sooo excited to firstly, meet a "foreigner", and secondly, learn and speak some English! And I get to facilitate songs, games, dances or whatever I think might be fun and interesting to do with the topic they're learning.

Consequently, I get lots of letters and origami creations thanking me for the lessons.

My favourite letter: "You came so far to teach us! Thank you"

But my all time favourite thank you gift is the Afuro Doggu - Afro Dog - origami. Yes, that's the actual name of this funky folding creation!

Love it!

Another highlight is the kyuushoku - school lunch. Thursdays are always bread days, phew, but what accompanies it is anyone's guess ...

Bread, hamburg, cheese, vegetable soup and milk

Bread, veg and egg soup and agemono- fried things, literally. What? I'm not sure.

I've given up on accepting the milk. There are just some things that you can't drink milk with ...

Wondering about next week's lunch,
Monica