Just remembered today is a national holiday back in my home country. Sadly I have to "work" today. Of course by work I mean sit at my desk and do nothing again. This whole week has been a breeze so far. Noheji is having its school festival this weekend and classes have been cancelled so that students can prepare. I still don't know what a Japanese school festival consists of exactly, but the students have been doing a lot of marching as well as working on arts and crafts. Every class has been working on some kind of project like painting giant murals & banners or stringing cans together. Lots of students have also been spray painting T-shirts with interesting Engrish slogans and pictures (like pot leaves and such). Judging from what I've seen so far, Noheji would be a great place for recruiters from Japanese T-shirt manufacturers to find new talent. The sucky thing about this festival is that I'm going to have to come to school all weekend. I don't know what exactly I'll be doing, but I've just been told that I will have to judge the student's painting and marching abilities. I'm looking forward to going "Simon Cowell" on their asses!