I'm coming home

3rd and 4th are training days in Tokyo.
But I will probably quietly slip away after lunch to catch the 17:35 flight home.
Pretty cheap. 41,440 yen including airport taxes. Maybe because of 911?
Anyway, I'll tell my supervisor tomorrow before I rush down to pay my deposit after work.
And I'll come clean about slpping away cos I got a call from Mum saying that my cousin is getting married on the 5th.
Just nice. Haha. I'm going to use that as an excuse.

I was away over the weekends.
Just a gathering for those who were learning Mandarin and the Chinese who are here working or studying.
I'm not teaching Manadarin but I got asked along cos I know the guys.
Well, I did help take a class once. That's it.

Basically going for trips or just going out with a group of Japanese is sometimes very tedious.
That is, IF they are the very Japanese-Japanese.
EVERYTHING SINGLE DETAIL is on paper.
Give me a break. Are we out to have fun or is this a project planning/ mobile exercise?
RIGID.
But still everyone is nice.
I'm a stupid foreigner and I don't care about details.

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They have this thing about personality-in-relation-to-blood type.
Tanaka thinks I'm an O.
Yuko thinks I'm a B or O.
Satoko thinks I'm an AB or O, I think, can't remember.
You see, O = don't give a hoot about details.
My professor knows what blood type I am.
Guess that means his observations about me are correct.
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Rui was at the outing too.
We talked about what happened during the 1 week she was away.
She sort of 'thrashed it out' with her boyfriend, in a calm way of course.
I booked my ticket home.

More importantly for me. Edachan handed me the agreement for recontracting on Friday.
So I told him I might go back to school to 'start all over again',
and the school year starts in July.
He was pretty cool about it and said it should not be a problem for me to return earlier.
Then we talked about the options I have after finishing my contract here.
About what I want to do.
I was pretty touched when he said to himself 'So that's where your interest lies.'
He's actually bothered enough to think about my interests.
I seemed to get a lot of this emotional moments these days.
I wonder if it is because I lack a father figure in my life.
(Nope, my father's still alive and yes, they are still married.)

He's really cool and gave me lots of suggestions and even asked me to go Tokyo and talk to his friend if I have the time.
Or do a part time course here while working. Or go to school here after my job.
Or find some work here. Or lifetime employment.
I was a bit puzzled by his last suggestion, until I realised he meant getting married. Ha.

Anyway, he told me to think about it slowly since I still have a lot of time.
'It's ok, just decide when the time comes.' he said.
That's what my professor and his wife said too.
I sobbed on my way to the other office.
3 nice people I like.

Meanwhile, I have lots of things to think about.
Lots of things to buy for home.
Lots of work to do too, of course.

p.s. I'll be home till 21st. Let's meet up for drinks!