A week before the 2007 new year, an English teacher working at the Oita city board of education invited a few of us English assistant language teachers to make mochi with local people. Even though, coming from a Chinese family, I have eaten mochi many times and already know how it is made, it was my first time actually making it!
All the English assistant language teachers were provided with this cheesy festival robe to wear for the mochi making. This is a shot of me in the robe. Wearing this reminded me of those sweaty men without any pants during the summer festivals in Japan.
A picture of my cutie pie striking the mochi. I would have put a picture of me striking it, but he insisted taking a video clip of me. So, I do not have any picture of me striking mochi. sigh...
Something funny happened when it was my turn to strike. Striking mochi was not as easy as it seemed. I thought I had it all well aimed and ready to go, but when I actually swung, I hit the rim of the bowl and also tripped. I am still trying to see if I can edit the video clip of this and publish it here.
Me rolling the churned mochi into small balls with the locals.
Viola, almost ready! Half of the mochi balls we made on that day was dipped with sweat bean powder for snacks, while the other half was cooked in vegetable soup for lunch. I personally liked the snack better because I thought the taste was just right!
After making mochi, all of us assistant language teachers flow kites with the local kids. I haven't done that since elementary school. Also, haven't been running since forever either. So, even though it was fun to play with the kids, the running really tired me out.
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