2016年5月27日金曜日 - 
Paul: Five weeks in Tokyo
Hello Blog readers. I hope
you're doing well.
I recently returned to Osaka from teaching in
branch schools in Tokyo. It had been three years since my last branch adventure
in Sapporo and I was ready to see the world again. It was a refreshing experience to be released from the confines of the computer monitors
where I usually work
Having visited Tokyo on numerous occasions before, there
wasn't much in the way of sightseeing
that I wanted to do. So instead, I caught up with old friends who now live in Tokyo and made some new
friends playing darts on my days off.
One of the highlights was
watching a friend's improv comedy show Pirates of Tokyo Bay. For those who have never
seen improv, it's a kind of comedy where the performers take suggestions from the audience and then use
those suggestions to perform short sketches. Ten years ago I watched his
group's first show, Pirates of the Dotonbori, in Osaka. After
relocating to Tokyo, he set up a new group and they perform bilingual (English and Japanese)
shows once a month.
Another interesting experience
was the visit of TV cameras to one of the branches I was working in. Having a
cameraman filming is a lot different from the cameras at the MM center
that I'm used
to!
Finally, thank you to all of
the students who I got to meet face to face. And a big thank you to the Nova
staff and instructors who helped make my Tokyo experience a positive one.
Bye for now, Paul.
ready to：心の準備ができている
refreshing：リフレッシュできる
released from：解放される
confines：境界
numerous：数多くの
in the way of：～に関しては
instead：その代わりに
days off：オフの日
improv comedy：即興のお笑いライブ
take suggestions from：お題をもらう
bilingual：２カ国語で
I'm used to：慣れている