an excursion to the mainland

A blustery typhoon is making its way to the shores of Shikoku. The wind howls outside and whips the branches of trees.
Today i travel to Okayama for orientation, then off to Himeji for training. Both these cities are on the mainland. At 4 in the morning i made some miso soup with wakame (seaweed), Japanese eggplant, soba (buckwheat) noodles, and some kind of mushroom. After having a big bowl, i finally felt as though i was satiated. I plan on calling a cab because of the weather. I may not update this until friday when i return, unless of course i come across an internet cafe in my wanderings across the water. It is finally time to be productive in some way, and i am excited to work, as the past few days have consisted of nothing but brief exploration outings and mild starvation.
I will return a teacher, i suppose, ready to pump these native people full of English vocabulary and grammar. Well, i need to be excited about something.
Onward!