30DWC Day 9: Another Glimpse Of Mt. Fuji.

kyou wa yoi hi desu!

It’s a good day!

I might have mentioned before that every Wednesdays I go out of school and teach in a hotel in Shizuoka City. It was my first class with them today this 2018 since I came back from the Philippines. I might have also mentioned that the hotel has a great view of Mt. Fuji and Suruga Bay, but Mt. Fuji is always missing in action. But today, she gave me another surprise, she have shown herself for a short time, just a glimpse and then gone before I even realized. I wasn’t even able to say goodbye. But at least I got to see her today.

So here’s how my day went..

As usual I travelled by shinkansen, I took the slowest of the three (from my line) which is Kodama. Nozomi (270 km/h) is the fastest but only passes major stations like Tokyo and Osaka. The second one is Hikari, it passes medyo major stations like Nagoya and Shizuoka 😀

I came to Shizuoka a bit earlier so I decided to just wander around the mall inside the station, usually I stay outside and wait for the shuttle bus but today was too cold for me to handle, I.DON’T.WANNA.DIE.YET.

I can see red everywhere, meaning, SALE.

And I saw cute cats!

Finally, the shuttle bus to the hotel came and I jumped in and waited for it to go while listening to my soundtracks.

And I was mazed by this view, a group of students crossing the pedestrian lane.

I arrived at the hotel after 40 minutes and came directly to see Mt. Fuji. I was again mesmerized by its majestic beauty. It never fails. After calming my self, I decided to go to my room and continued admiring its beauty. I told myself I still have 30 minutes to stay like this.

And the magic was interrupted when my students started coming.

I finished class on time today, usually I exceed 20-30 minutes because they are always fun to talk with.

But Mt. Fuji was gone. She was covered with clouds and fog. I didn’t even noticed she was gone. I came out of the room and wandered inside the hotel. I left the omeyage I brought from Ph in the frontdesk and just left a message.

I came acrross this bonsai.

I’ve tried going out but it was too cold so I ran back inside. I waited for the bus to come and just enjoy the beauty of everything around me. It was also then that I realized how fast Mt. Fuji gone. Then I compared her to the opportunities that we have in life. It will knock once, twice or even several times, we might see it and be mesmerized by its beauty that we can no longer able to move and grab it, then it will be too late to realize that it’s gone. We could wait for it to come again, or we could chase it. For sure it will show up again, but make sure not to be fooled, grab the chance and be ready for its magic.

I was in the middle of this thought when the bus came, just like the movie I’ve watched once, I rode and watched the hotel till I can no longer see it. I imagined this scene while we’re on our way.  Creepy.

I didn’t realize I fell asleep. But luckily we’re safe. lols

I ate silently inside the train and enjoyed watching the man beside in my peripheral view, if I am not mistaken he’s shopping online (but not for him because the items were kids stuff) and he’s really serious about it. He was wearing a neat suit and a bluish necktie, he has a badge like mine but I couldn’t identify the image. He got off on the last station before mine. It was snowing outside. It was very windy and I started worrying because I didn’t bring umbrella nor something I could use to cover my head nor gloves I could use for my hands.

I finally got off my station and bought some gloves, it was really windy I was cursing multiple times while walking to school. But I was still lucky it wasn’t snowing in Hamamatsu. I finished recording stuff and bought something for dinner at 7/11, there were no more food left at the supermarket infront of our school. After eating I finished all the paperworks and went back home singing this time because hell I can’t curse! I was walking with my officemate lol.

That ended my day. It was cold, physically and emotionally. Charot lang. Ha Ha! How about you? How’s your day? How’s the weather outside? Did you see something then realized things about life? What was it then?

Bored Sensei.