The three weeks back home was refreshing. When I came back I felt that I loved my job again...I still feel like that and it feels good. :) It was good to see my co-workers at the language school, those guys are fantastic. We even had a yukata (summer kimono) party the first Saturday I was back. I had so much fun! Although I'm not really a party person, but recently I feel like partying many times. I want more people around me, and just relax. Too bad that my stomach condition prevents me from drinking...
The people at my high school are the same boring as before. They don't talk to each other much, they do talk to me sometimes, but we just can't find anything in common. The kids just came back to school today, so the past two weeks were very quiet and we had not much to do. It felt like living in slow motion.
Then one day, I was standing in line to board the train. In Japan people always stand in two lines, right beside each other. I got to the front in my line, and a middle aged chubby woman, wearing a mask, was standing near me. The train stopped, but the doors were about 20-30 cms to the left from where we were standing. My line was the left and I moved to the left a little bit. Then this woman next to me made a few steps to the left, bumping right into me. Then bumped into me again. And again...as if she was afraid she can't be the first to get on and won't be able to sit down. It all happened in a few seconds, but after the third time of her shoulder hitting mine, I just lost my cool and told her in an angry tone in Japanese to stop. She seemed to apologize at first bowing a bit, but then she looked at me and started mumbling something under her mask that I totally couldn't hear. I wonder if she started cursing me when she saw I was a foreigner. Both of us could actually sit down on the train, she opposite to me, staring at me angrily all the way. I couldn't care less, so just put my earphones in and listened to some great 90`s stuff, closing my eyes and relaxing. The next thing I know is that the trains stops one stop before my station, I open my eyes, that woman is about to get off. She suddenly turns, comes back, stops right in front of me and gives me the finger!!! LOL I almost burst out laughing, it was so ridiculous of her, and wow, you should have seen those faces. The other passengers, who had no idea what happened before, they were just totally horrified.
The only thing that made me feel bad is that this woman really seemed to be a psycho, and I heard rumors from friends that there actually are people out there who enjoy pushing others in front of the train killing them. So I decided to change my boarding point from the 5th car to the 9th, and hope that I won't ever meet her again. I might even take the earlier train sometimes to make sure she won't ever stand behind me in line. There are scary people out there! Be careful everyone!
Last week, celebrating the strength of yen on the international market, I bought two Halloween costumes. Yes, that's right! Marie Antoinette, both of them. Got a wig, a pair of Victorian boots (not really Marie style but better than nothing), a long Marie dress for a Halloween lesson we plan doing at the high school with the Aussie teacher, and a short sexy one for the Halloween party of the language school. At first I didn't like the idea of the short one, feeling that it's kind of disappointing that they like to portrait Marie Antoinette as a whore. However, my boyfriend pointed out that sexy costumes are only for young people, so I should try before it's gonna be too late, and I regret it. So I bought it, but obviously I can't wear a mini dress to high school, so the long one was necessary too. The shorty is real pretty, beige and magenta colours. The long one is light blue with some white lace and a few pink ribbons at the front. Those pink ribbons I really don't like, so I`ll make some minor changes before wearing it.
