today i played with little kids from morning 'til evening... i played dodgeball, volleyball, basketball, countless games of rock-paper-scissors, arm wrestled, thumb restled, and was defeated at most of the above activities. and the best part? i got payed for it! YES!
the kids here are amazing! today was the second time to visit a place called "children's castle" or "こどもの城" as they say in the nihongos. check out this website!
http://www.city.isahaya.nagasaki.jp/of/02_kikaku/01_kikaku/kodomo/top.htm
it's a public facility up in the hills that anyone can go to free of charge, and it is AMAZING! if you watch the opening slideshow for a minute, you'll get an idea of just how awesome this place is. look for the kids crawling in the big plastic wheel contraption! it was my favorite, and the kids loved pushing me around in it! i stumbled around in dizziness after a few tumbles back and forth... but no worries! as soon as i was able, i told the kids to get into the wheel, and my revenge was SWIFT AND NAUSEA INDUCING! :D never has a kid been pushed so fast in a large, inflatable, plastic wheel.
the guy who runs the place goes by the name of "coach," pronounced by all the kids as "koh-chi". he's a great guy! coach has been teaching us games to play with kids, and today we had a short lesson on child psychology and parent-child relationships in japan. he travels around a lot and does workshops with parents and gives speeches. he's quite a learned fellow! after summer vacation is over, i may only be able to visit children's castle on weekends, but i'm sure it'll be worth it! a music professor from nagasaki university comes down on sundays - he might let me play the djembe with him! :D
well, time to clean the apartment and then do some more longboard exploring! hooray!
8 comments:
getting paid to thumb wrestle...what an awesome country!!
Wow! You da man! But you used to be the boy and I remember taking you to the playground, but not one as cool as that one:(>>> Of course we did have Opryland...
the place looks so fun! btw did u feel the earthquake that hit izu islands or is that too far away from where u r there?
Geez Derek, you're so lucky...getting paid to play with little kids. What an awesome job!! lol :)
wow! that really is a cool kid's place. you need to get some action shots of you scootin' around town on your longboard :o)
Imagining you playing with the little Japanese kids is the cutest image that's been in my mind all day ♥. I'm glad you're having a good time, Derek!
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