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It was your average Thursday at Morita Junior High. Classes were over and we were engaged in cleaning time. My group finished early, so I went back to the staff room. It was then that I was beckoned by a fellow teacher to follow. I was told to bring money. So through the school we went, then out the doors, then through the kitchen house, then to this alley behind the school where some teachers were standing outside a white truck. This teacher had taken me to The Yogurt Man. This man comes about once a month and sells the teachers yogurt out of his truck. But why do like buying from him? Because he is cheap! The first time I bought from the yogurt man, I was allowed taste tests of the products, and was given a discount because I am a "beautiful American." This time I bought two packs of yogurt (8 cups each) for 350 yen. That's a deal. Normally this yogurt is 100 yen each. So I would like to know how he can offer us such bargains. Unfortunately, I cannot buy a lot of yogurt because my fridge isn't very big. Some of the teachers come back with 5 packs! They must have bigger fridges than me. This was a bonus day for me because I happened to stay at school after 5:10, which is whne I am supposed to go home. My teachers are very protective of me. The sun had set, so they decided it was too dark for me to bike home. So my bike and I were given a ride home by my kyoto-sensei. I wonder what they're going to do as the days go by. There still are two months yet of waning sunlight. they can't take me home every day. Lastly, has anyone else in Japan felt the tremors? I have felt 5 this week, but I seem to be the only one. I wake up in the early morning just before they occur. I also felt 2 yesterday around 4:00. Valerie
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