Rob and I were invited by my collegues to join in the Noto Teachers' Sports Day on Saturday. Three categories: volleyball, table tennis and badminton. The teams that receive first and second place for each sport will have the opportunity to participate in the prefectural-wide Teachers' Sports Day in Kanazawa and my school's teams were pretty determined to win at least one sport. (My JTE said that the teachers want to win mainly so that they can party and drink lots in the city.) There were perhaps eight or nine schools participating in this event. It was fun, but so cold in the gym. We were in the badminton team (there were two teams from my school for badminton - a
serious one for winning, and another one for fun - we were in the
for-fun team). Not having played badminton since high school (10 years ago?), I sucked (and not in any small way either). But the other teachers from my school did really well - the
serious badminton team and the volleyball team came first place, so my school's teachers will be going to Kanazawa to party - I mean, to play.
The teachers then had a
nomikai at a
yakiniku restaurant after the sports event. It was more of a chance to drink and socialise rather than celebrate because we were still going to have a
nomikai regardless of whether we'd won or not. The sports' day and the
nomikai gave us an opportunity to mingle with my collegues on a social basis. It also gave Rob a chance to interact with Japanese people and practise his Japanese, since him working from home means that he does not get much opportunities to talk with Japanese people.
Our private room at the yakiniku restaurant - we sat with the girls
We also tried liver
sashimi-style for the first time. Rob hates cooked liver, but he gave this one a try and said that he actually liked it raw. The texture and taste is nothing like its cooked version - smoother and milder when it's raw. We also tried
yuke, which is Korean-seasoned raw beef, which wasn't bad. I know my sister Faye likes this dish.
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