My last Mid-year seminar is over! I did my bit and presented a workshop with Dawn entitled ‘Avoiding Burnout’ but other than that it was pretty uneventful.
The great news is that every year the ALT’s in charge of Kuma-Jet use this opportunity to raise money for charity. They usually raise money for causes outside of Japan but this year they wanted to keep it closer to home and decided to raise money for our orphanage kids!
I asked if I could give a quick speech to the people attending the conference to tell them all about our orphanage and others like it in the city. I can’t remember the last time I addressed that many people (about 300) but I know I was really nervous. I also got quite emotional and my voice was shaking because about half-way through I suddenly realised that I would be leaving these kids in a few months and was basically asking for volunteers to take over.
Thankfully I didn’t mess up too much as I had a few people come up to me afterwards and expressed their interest. After the speech I had to run home and get ready for the Kuma-Jet dinner. After giving a quick toast to start off the night I was free to relax, eat, drink and raise money for the kiddies.
Thanks Kuma-Jet!!
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