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kais great presentation

23:03 Wednesday 21 June 2017 JST

I have not yet seen Kai's great presentation, but I have been assured it was great! Soness coached her, so I know she received compassionate knowledgable wisdom from a speaking pro!

I arrived just as the last speaker finished; I found the room because I heard the applause from outside the door.

Lukas invited me in for the final picture, so we stood together in the back. He actually knew me from having been on TV earlier this year!

I also met his friend Rikako, who asked me about being barefoot, and we thereby me Kiyoka and Daniel, who said they were eavesdropping on our conversation. I told them the whole story about being barefoot in Houston and then being shod here before realizing no one would mind if I were to be barefoot here. I talked about my Pecha Kucha presentation from last year (and got confused on the dates, thinking my TV appearance was this February, but it was actually last February (or so). Anyway, they seemed interested so I told them about and invited them to men's circle and co-gender circle respectively.

Rikako and Lukas are hosting a gathering this Saturday (near me and Lin's house!) so I will join them there.

I gave a testimonial for Soness's coaching; I can still remember the experience of preparing and presenting for Pecha Kucha as if it were a recent event. Kai did a testimonial as well; we could see she was carrying herself with more confidence than before. Apparently her co-workers have recognized this as well. So proud of her!

morning lesson

09:05 Wednesday 21 June 2017 JST

Just finished teaching and am now seated on a balcony walkway thing overlooking the empty water fountain in middle of Solid Square.

The lesson featured drills on two different patterns. One student was like "I went to shopping" so we practiced variants of that pattern. Another student arrived and started talking about TV so we practiced a pattern like

______ is a _______ about _______ _____-ing ______ ____ __ _ _ _ _

and eventually made a game:

This is a TV show about young adults living together in Hawaii.

Chika got it immediately: "Terrace House"

After 3 rounds, Chika ended up with 3 points vs everyone else having 0 points.

plan to see kai at kawasaki pecha kucha tonight

18:57 Wednesday 21 June 2017 JST

Two more lessons tonight and then zoom past Kawasaki station to Rockwest(?) to see Kai after she speaks at Pecha Kucha in Kawasaki. Unfortunately (if my students come), I won't be able to see her speech. The students always come though, so yeah. Speaking of whom.. gotta work.

summer solstice

09:25 Wednesday 21 June 2017 JST

The weather is scheduled to be rainy all day on this otherwise fine summer solstice. Longest rainiest day of the year. Happy Birthday, g.

tokyo mens circle

last night

(written 09:15 Wednesday 21 June 2017 JST)

Tokyo Men's Circle had 6 participants including a new man last night. He said he plans to attend the co-gender group next week. We talked about ways to serve the community even more, possibly offering team-building workshops to businesses.