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Pics from the Mini-volleyball tournament with the first years

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Posted pics from the min-volleyball tourney. Friday was a nice day. My elective English lessons went over okay. I didn't use my second sheet i prepared. I guess that means i am ready for next times. Saturday i took the car in for an oil change then i went grocery shopping in Kutchan. I went all the way there because i needed some window washer fluid and some stuff for the home from the Homac next to the store. I also bought an umbrella, finally. Then i went to the mini-concert by the high schoolers. There were only five people in the band, and they were okay. I think the middle school band was better, though the bass and drums were very good. You trumpets, they are just not good sometimes. Then today was pretty awesome. I spoke on the phone for an hour on skype and didn't pay anything for it. Skype is awesome and much cheaper than my current cell phone plan. Then i drove up to Otaru to relax there. The weather here in Japan is so spit-spotty. It was light snow here, then the roads were covered in Kutchan, then by Niki and Yoichi is was clear and clear when i got to Otaru. And mind you this is just a different of like 50 miles. It will be raining one place, snowing the other, and then clear in the last one. So weird. I drove up to Mt. Tengu and rode the ropeway to get a good view of the city. It was pretty nice except for the observation area being freezing and covered in ice. Then i went to the middle of the city to just look around. Didn't do much. Then i drove over to the mall "Wing Bay." I looked at some of the stores there, but i do not really need anything. Then i went to eat at the Mc Donalds just because it is the only place i can actually get an all beef hamburger and not some sort of meatloaf with onions and stuff burger that the Japanese call a hamburger. it's good, but it's not a hamburger. Then i walked past the stage area where they have live performances and was just so moved by the one that i saw. They were called Kibaco, and it is an electronica band and has one girl vocalist and one guy on the other electronica and bass. They were awesome. Very good. I just had to buy all their CD's. One good thing about these live performances at these places is that their CD's are very cheap, in comparison. Three of them cost 35 dollars, and that is normally the price of like one regular one here in Japan for mainstream. I looked on their website and they are doing a concert at the planetarium in Sapporo next week, so i might go to that for ten bucks. Watch the aurora and the stars and listen to them is the plug that their site gives. Should be awesome. Anybody want to go with me maybe who's in Sapporo. I am going to check on tickets tomorrow. Then i drove home and went to the hot springs. Overall, a very nice relaxing day.