Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!!! I haven't really done anything for Halloween over here, as the Japanese don't really celebrate Halloween. Some schools had parties, but ours didn't. The two little boys that I taught wore costumes last week, but that was about it. I did see a small group of teenagers dressed in costumes taking pictures by my train station on my way home tonight though.

This past week was pretty busy for me, as I had training on both Friday afternoon and all day yesterday. I only had one day off last week (but this Friday is a holiday... yeah!!). I managed to make it through everything, and it turns out that they are happy with my teaching and the work that I do at the school. Yeah me!

On Saturday night, we saw the DoCoMo cell phone outside of the train station (they are a cellular phone service provider here). Don't ask why, but I just thought it would be a fun, random picture (Saturdays are always a bit long for us).

Later on Saturday night, a few other teachers and I gave the Roppongi neighborhood another chance in search of some fun Halloween festivities. Roppongi it turns out is a mixture of good and bad. It was a bit comforting to be surrounding by so many other foreigners at the dance club, but at the same time, the area also had quite a few rude/trashy foreigners. I have mixed feelings about this area. The music was decent, the security staff was rude, and the entrance "rules" were prejudice (women and foreigners paid a 1,000 yen cover that included two drinks, while the Japanese men paid 3,000 yen. Also, women had to be 20, legal drinking age here, to get in, while the men had to be 23). All in all, it was a decent night, and definitely much better than that last time we tried to hang out there.

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! Amy and Vee, I loved the cop outfits you guys wore!