反省会-End of the Year Staff Party

Well, another school year has come and gone. Graduation was nice and now it's time for the teaching staff to go out and celebrate their success of teaching the upcoming generation of salary men, nurses, housewives, law makers, athletes, and many many more. I of course was invited to celebrate with them as their very own celebrity (English teacher). Here are some pics of what was served. Just to let everyone know, I HATE JAPANESE FOOD! So, knowing that, the place of choice was yes, a Japanese banquet hall serving Japanese food. All in all, it was a good night of barely eating, fellow shipping with my fellow colleagues and coughing up over $100 per person for the tab.

Enjoy!!

ps. this time, the captions are below the pic :-p



How I was greeted when I arrived at my seat. This is NOT going to be an appetizing evening.


Very pretty-yes. Very tasty-no. And yes, I did try it.


Course 2 - sashimi. All types of raw fish with raw octopus and shrimp. I did eat the fish. It wasn't that bad.


3rd course-baked salmon, egg, some kind of sweet potatoe and slimy stuff in the pretty bowl.


My co-workers!! (only one side of the banquet room-forgot to take pics of the other side)


What I have eaten so far. And for some reason, the staff won't take my plates away. So, I just push them back as more food arrives.


The Ever-full-glass-of-beer. Everyone likes to take turns going around the table pouring beer and having little chats and such. Even if your glass is full, somehow more beer will be poured in without spilling!!


4th course - something wrapped in a leaf. At the point, I had drank abut 3 peach sours and was not feelin' the mystery food.


5th course - MEAT!! This was beef for shabu-shabu. Talk about super happy-food I can eat.


Will someone please take my plates!! Geez!


How to shabu-shabu. 1st, take the meat and place it in the boiling water. (the water is seasoned with stuff-I couldn't tell you what)


Then, move the meat around to cook it in the boiling water.


Wait until it is cooked-about 20 secs, remove, dip in sauce, and eat.


Welcome to meat heaven!! Oh so delicious. This was my first time doing shabu-shabu and it was awesome!!


I even ate some of the green stuff. I did however leave the nasty parts-mushrooms.


Ah come on!! Just take the plates away!! I'm running out of room here!


6th course - sushi and miso soup.


Look! I tried to eat it. I ate some of the tuna sushi. By now, the mixture of cocktails and raw fish is not going to well in my tummy. Oh, that plus some beer-ewww I hate beer.


My plate of Sushi thanks to Hiraide Sensei. Looks as if the shrimp tried to escape, but didn't make it. LOL!


7th course - dessert-terimisu and coffee pudding.


The principal and secretary. He is being promoted to be on the board of education in another district. I'm really going to miss him. He gave me private calligraphy lessons sometimes.


Everyone had a great time eating and getting drunk!! It's always fun to watch them free from stress and having a good time.