A cruel April Fools

I got an illegal overnight parking notice this morning leaving Simona's place. I promptly ignored it.

Everything was okay on my drive to school. But after lunch, when I was about to go to Yukokan to join the Temecula visitors, the car just died. I turned the ignition but not even a peep from the engine. It was quieter than a silent fart.

The teachers helped me jump it, push it, and kick it around to no avail. I ended up riding a flat bike to Yukokan and paying \7540 for a battery exchange.

Perhaps someone got way too upset about me taking up the guest parking spot? A cruel April Fools' day joke perhaps?

The Temecula cultural exchange activities went okay. In the morning, they did karate, kendo, and judo. I just stood around and took pictures. In the afternoon, they did soba-making (which I have done before and missed because of the car problem), origami, calligraphy, ikebana, and tea ceremony. Again, I just stood around and took pictures. Although I did show my Japanese students how to make a paper cannon and the response was phenomenal. We ran around the hall and snapped those fuckers at each other. It was fun goofing around with my students. I think some of them had fun too, but I am afraid that I may have lost the respect of others by acting not unlike a 10 year old with insufficient Ritalin dosage.

Oh yeah, and 小倉泰史-sensei also made me a t-shirt, as a test for the school t-shirt: