Japan Year, 2nd Post (This is still a few days ago)

Have you had that moment where someone stops to stare at you for some reason, not a backward glance, a full on, stoping walking to stare and you stare. Imagine that, but 3000 people doing it as you walked around, thats what morgan and i got today, and it is very VERY strange. For one of the 4 classes there were at least 60 kids inside and outside the classroom staring at us, sometimes they will wave and say hello, and when we reply they run away giggling, its very odd. I hope i will make more friends once they get used to me though, i think i won a few kids over today when the rugby team had weights training and i bench pressed 30 kilos more than the captain :) after school every day, including saturday they have a club, like tennis or rugby or something, there is one called a weight lifting club, which involves proper olymipic weight lifting where they hoist it off the ground, then up to their collarbone, then above their head. I went there today after gym and with hardly any instruction, because the coach (who is an australian champion lifter) speaks no english, i lifted 5 kilos more than the best lifter there ^.^ the coach wants me to come back tomoro and train properly hehe. for lunch i had chicken strips, some lettucy stuff and rice which i put soy on, for dinner i went to a really yummy restaurant with my current host mr takeuchi and had egg and chicken on rice with miso soup (the egg chicken is also called the parent child or mother child dish because children are fed it when they are younger). I also bought a converter so i am on my laptop now. I will buy a phone card when i can i havent had a chance to do anything yet.