KONNICHIWHAT!?: I've Got Something to Say!!

Those of you in the know, the cool folks, know that this post title comes from the gone-too-soon series, "Strangers with Candy". God I loved that show. Anyway, it is indeed fitting as it has been awhile and I do have things to say. A lot has happened since my last post. Work has been about the same. Classes have been going well and I still stand by the claim that I have the most well-behaved kids in the prefecture. I felt like I had a bit of a breakthrough this week with some teens that I teach on Wednesday at this particular school. I can't really put it into words, but the vibe was just more positive and they seemed to be having a better time. Maybe it was me, maybe it was them, maybe it was a little of both. It's a good feeling when you see a positive change in student's attitudes. On the downside of the teaching game, I have to cover Monday classes at another NT's school this next week and it's a school I truly dislike teaching at. I find the behavior of the students there to be...obnoxious, to put it lightly. So not only does that suck for me, but my boss has given me the task of recording some of the students giving thank you messages to their JT (Japanese teacher). "Hey kids, you barely know me, but saddle up and play nice for the camera would ya?". Just seems poorly planned in my opinion. However, as always, I tell myself...it's not my school and it's just one day. It could always be worse.

In happier news, I am no longer a single man. Woo-hoo! I've had a lovely lady in my life since October 16th, yes, I'm counting. Let's face it fellas, these are important dates to remember in the mind of a woman. Obviously, things are still in early stages but I'm having a great time with her and she genuinely gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

Oh what's this? I'm finally going to be getting the video games that I ordered on October 9th!? Yeah, it's been close to a month since I ordered Fifa 13 and Sleeping Dogs from play-asia.com. Now, both games were listed as having a ship out date of 1-5 days. Not bad I thought. However, October 16th rolls around and I still haven't heard from these guys. I emailed them to inquire about my order to which they replied, "we're currently waiting for more copies of Sleeping Dogs so that we can ship your order out in full". Wow, you don't even have stock of the game I ordered? Well then why would you list it for sale on your site? Can you imagine if all e-commerce sites did this? October 31st - still nothing. I email again saying, "yo, what's going on with my order? I enjoy your site and the products you offer but I'm disappointed in the way you've handled my order". Who knows if that would make any kind of difference, but I wanted to speak my mind. Ideally, they would feel like a child being disciplined by a parent. Oddly enough, hours later, I get an email saying my order shipped. How about that? I'm not saying my displeased email had anything to do with it, but the timing is quite amusing. Will I order from these turds again? Possibly, but my expectations have been significantly lowered.