Entries this day: Noon PM_igo Salsa Silence_of_the_Silent_Football big_performance_night final_Salsa fuckingrrrrr wazzap

Noon

12:26pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

Just finished my Intermediate and Advanced lesson where I asked, "what is money?"

Eating lunch with Kuni now, and a Chinese doctor from Daikanyama.

I learned how to say "thank you" in Philippino, I think: "maramang salamat"

PM igo

2:27pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

It's getting completely freeezing on this boat! Hello, July, you should be warm!! We are approaching Norway. I was just upstairs, and watched Petra playing go with Koji (my second to oldest student), and she seemed to be doing kinda okay, or at least know what was going on.

Shunji, my oldest student, was like, "hey Rob; let's play," so I did. He destroyed me, but gave me the most semblance of "teaching," though I still have no idea what's going on.

He would say stuff like, "don't go there; go here. If you went there, then *this* would happen:" and arrange the stones in some configuration. I'd be like, "oh man, I wouldn't want *that* to happen! Apparently." I had *no* idea why these configurations were undesirable except that they must mean I would lose territory. I've definitely got to have some of the basics taught to me before these guys can teach me anything.

The strategy that he taught me conflicts with the first strategy I learned. Argh.

Salsa

4:22pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

Just finished salsa practice, and I got to dance with the super tall super cute Miki again. Yay!

I did better today than before.

7:21pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

We will practice the salsa performance, wait (I must be tired) - we will *perform* tonight. This is the big night and I will get to dance with Miki for the show. Well, the first 3/4ths of the dance until we change partners.

I will be wearing white long sleeved shirt and blue tie and she will wear a blue top. (We're supposed to match our partners outfits.)

Silence of the Silent Football

7pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

I had written "Silent Football on Fjiord Day" on the GET Meeting agenda, but it didn't get transcribed to the whiteboard. I wondered why, but they were like, "oh; you can't schedule anything on that day," and I was like, "oh; I meant just for us to play, to have an English only game." No one backed me up, though in the past a couple people were all, "wow! That was fun!" when we played a bit at lunch.

I feel sad about it, and recognize I miss YRUU. In a lot of ways, this ship is like YRUU. Except for the Silent Football part.

big performance night

pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

(this was all written 1:33pm JST Thursday 29 September 2005)

The salsa performance was part of a bigger show, and several of the girls dressed in kimonos for the event. I don't know/remember if they danced, but that seems likely.

Also that night was a performance that I basically didn't understand the *point*, but Fei was acting as a fast food employee, and Minorou and Toyo were acting as whiney Japanese high school girls.

There was a dance performance, featuring Keiko and Riko (as a man).

And a bellydance performance.

Katt performed a traditional Japanese fan dance.

final Salsa

8:29pm CEST Monday 04 July 2005

In one minute Shawn and I will be late for the final practice before the final Salsa performance. I was gonna shave, but I don't have time; I will put my contacts in, though.

10pm

We are dancing backstage just before we go onstage. Allison will perform and then we are on. Everyone is in super high genki mood, and it's great!

10:19pm

Salsa was *money*; we did a great job!

Everyone is super pumped and super happy and everything is super great!!

fuckingrrrrr

10:48pm

I was totally in a great mood, having had a lovely several days and just now Hitomi was like, "can I talk to you?" and I'm thinking oh god, I cannot deal with this right now. but told her she could talk to me. We are supposed to meet later; if it's not her apologizing to me, I don't know what I'll do.

1+ am CEST Tuesday 05 July 2005

Had a argument with Hitomi for two hours.

I fucking hate having Hitomi on this ship. She had me trapped in my room and I was bawling crying just LeAvE mE tHe FuCk AlOnE (voice wavering through tears) and just as I was devastated, ready to break my Mt Fuji staff into even smaller pieces, Shinji (my roommate) came in and Hitomi was like, [oh, he can translate] and he heard her story and said "I cannot understand completely. I think you should calm down and talk later. I think I should not interpret this coversation; I think this is your personal matter, so, mmmmm."

I recorded a lot of their conversation, but it can't reallly be heard over the tape recorder's own motor. But that was Shinji's direct response to me.

I lay in my bed, with tears and smeared snot drying on my face, waiting for them to finish so Hitomi will be gone and I will be able to get off my bed without her talking to me. I hate Hitomi.

wazzap

2:27am CEST Tuesday 05 July 2005

Finally Hitomi left, and I washed my face and went up to the Sports Bar where the music was BLASTING and I danced my ass off; so thankful for the party and English speakers and the space to yell.

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Back in my (our) room, getting ready to sleep, I told Shawn about the Hitomi situation.

He goes, "well, the good side is, you were dancing like a champ."

Shawn is awesome.