Daito High Farewell Party

On Friday the teachers at my high school held my going away party. It was a really good time. They reserved a restaurant in Daito and about 12 teachers came. We started out the evening with a very lovely speech by Kawamoto Sensei and then Kanpai-ed. All of the English teachers came to the party as well as the Principal and vice principal, a science teacher, the school manager, and the art teacher. Since it was a small group of people the atmosphere was really good. While we were eating dinner Koto Sensei suspiciously took out a green bag and carried it to the front of the room. He provided the entertainment for the night. Apparently he knows how to do magic tricks. The first one he did was really hilarious because it was just goofy. He had a handkerchief with horizontal stripes and then turned them vertical! I thought it was the most hilarious thing I had ever seen! Then he did some real tricks. The vice-principal was so curious that he took a seat at the front of the room, right next to Koto Sensei, and inspected what he was doing. Too bad he never really figured it out. But it was really funny. He pulled Koto Sensei by the leg to get him to come closer. Fantastic.

This is a picture of all the lovely ladies at my party. It is (left to right) Abe Sensei (art teacher), Kaneda Sensei (English), Me, Kawamoto Sensei (English), and Fukui Sensei (English).
Kawamoto Sensei had arranged most of the party, of which I am very grateful.

The teachers also gave me lovely gifts. They gave me a think winter jacket because they want me to keep warm in the winter. They also gave me a big piece of cloth, usually used to wrap up your soap and towel when you go to the bath, with a picture of the school and the school song on it. It was really lovely. I don't have the heart to use it for my bath, so I will probably hang it up when I live in one place for a long time.

At the end of the evening we all Bonzai-ed. It was great fun. It really made me sad to leave. I had forgotten how much I had been taken care of by working at Daito high for two years. I had the best supervisor in probably all of Shimane and I really never had a big problems. All my teachers are lovely, my vice-principle is really nice, and Daito is a good town. I am sad to leave it! Don't worry Daito, I will never forget you! :)