Kia ora, talofa lava, good morning girls.

Hello. I'm still here. My camera is still at Steve's house, so no photos. Nothing terribly exciting has been happening lately, only several thousand enkais to go to. Last Friday night was the welcome party for the new teachers at Nishiko, and Friday night was the second grade teachers' party. I am trying my best to be the super-genki gaijin, so all the new teachers think I am, and always have been, super-genki. It is exhausting! At the welcome enkai I think trying to make everyone think I was super-genki just came across as "Wow, quiet Karen is super-drunk." Oh well, what can you do?

I have been having a lazy weekend. I just made a couple of banana cakes to take into the office and earn brownie points. The God of Cake is still smiling on me and they came out pretty well.

I suppose I ought to go and find something for lunch. Perhaps I will leave Little New Zealand and see what is happening in Japan.