Breakdance show

Look closely - one kid is popping on one hand, the other is doing the splits in midair - I wrote about these kids before actually...

The breakdance boyz

Dance club girls

Dance club girls in action

Me and Wataru. He told me once after running into him in random streets all over Tokyo for like the 350th time that it's our fate to be friends. He's a special kid, utterly hilarious and wise beyond his years.

These two ratbags hang out in the park way too much. Tim the-punk-rock-pimp asked them on Friday night what they were doing, riding their bikes around, expecting some half-baked school boy reply, and when they replied in perfect English, “oh you know man, we're just cruisin'”, Timbo had to do something of a double-take. I've been teaching Tomo, on the left, for 3 years straight. He's such a *dude*.

These kids are actually from the Junior High School. What is it about J-boys and cross-dressing? They do it so damn well.

Spent the day at the annual school festival today and had a blast. The kids put so much time and effort into putting on a great show with heaps of fun stalls and great food to eat, not to mention the near-professional performances they spend months fine-tuning. The senior kids especially do it all with a great deal of gusto, because their school days are coming to a close. They finish up in December, ahead of the other kids who finish in February.

This year is going to be really sad coz the seniors leaving are the first kids I ever taught there, and they are my special ones... Notoriously naughty, full of character and sass - I run into them down in the park a little too often... (usually at night, when I'm drinking with my friends). Gonna miss them so. Most of the pics above are of the seniors. It's my special tribute to them.

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