Yesterday was the Japanese song festival at the Agana Shopping Center. It is an annual competition between high schools. The teams have to sing songs in Japanese. Wakana's class was there and there were two teams from ND, sophomores and juniors. The ND juniors won first place. Wakana's team did not place.

After the competition Wakana had to go to a meeting with the Japanese Language Teacher's Association (JALTA). I think these "meetings" are really an opportunity for the teachers to eat, drink, be merry, and speak their native tongue freely. Wakana certainly seems charged up when she comes home from these things.

Neko has a medical problem. She has an infection at the base of her tail. It is very tender. We took her to the vet and were given some medicine which she hates to take. She is sleeping a lot and logy. I think we'll take her back to the vet on Monday.