As Nate pointed out, I forgot to mention which team was the victor at sports day in this update, so without further ado; The Red Team won! Hurrah!
Saying that, it wasn’t much of a surprise. Due to the way the teams were organized, the white team got all the clever people and we got all the sportsmen. Not that I’m saying people who play sports are dim. Not that I’m saying I’m still bitter about not making the hockey team in upper sixth. No, really. Stop shaking your head…
“But Mike how can you possibly justify writing this update?! It’s so short!”
I honestly have no answer to that, so here are some extra photos to distract you whilst I escape out the window…
The chivalry, moments before descending into the Valley of Death to run each other through with bayonets steal hats.
One of the better skipping teams. Not as good as our champion English class, however. So there. Notice the white headbands, which means they were not on my team and therefore were rubbish.
Because when you think of physical competition, you think of Elmo & Spiderman dancing around in circles like they’ve just drunk three liters of paint thinner.
How could I not finish with another photo of Darth Cheerleader? Here he is in all his glory. His shirt reads Daasu Beeda and is written in the script used for foreign words, so it’s meant to say “Darth Vader”. Glad to see the evil overlord is finding work in his old age.
There we are then. The world’s shortest update. I have another two planned, so keep your eyes peeled and your brain sufficiently shut off to wade through another one of of Mike’s wacky stories.
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unlucky.
i was on the white team, and we won.
so there….
ps.
“Because when you think of physical competition, you think of Elmo & Spiderman dancing around in circles like they’ve just drunk three liters of paint thinner.”
this actually made me laugh out loud.
um, darth vader not dance better. or did u mean it was a kind of pun?
Nate: I suppose that puts us on 1 all. But the red team will reign supreme, we have the best countries on our side. China. Russia. Um…Switzerland… asdf: Read it again, it makes sense. "Daasu" is being used as a verb.
asdf: Ah so that's what it's meant to be! I thought they might call him ダールフ ベーダ in that case. Thanks :) I'll rewrite that part.
June 20th: Article Updated – Thanks asdf
My neice has a Japanese father, and I was invited to her sports day but sadly I couldn’t make it as my flight back to Australia was on the same day, but this update really makes me regret not going. She saw your photos and said that your students look very happy all the time.
Kawaii Overload: I’d definitly go if you get a chance to come back to Japan, see if the warmup is even weirder than mine was! Although nobody can ever beat Spiderman, Elmo & Darth Vader!
As for looking happy all the time, I think maybe I’d left my camera’s “Happy Filter” on…