Well yesterday was quite the interesting day, or so I’m claiming to hook you into the story. I wake up, enjoy a nice lazing about. Today I have a towel and soap so I can enjoy a nice shower. Then I leave to walk down the hall to our meeting, which I then remember is halfway across campus. Luckily, though, the campus here isn’t too big so I was able to make it in time. I hope you were expecting a big and interesting tail, only to be crushed by that anti-climatic whatever.
So we sat around at orientation. It was as you’d expect for an orientation. The whole time though, the building dread of the placement test to coming down upon us. Then it did come and the written test was really hard. After that we had an interview and which was really weird because I have practically no speaking experience. So I practically did terrible at that.
After that us Fresno people went to Kasumi which is a food market to buy some lunch. On the way out, there was a café and one of the guys suggested sitting there to eat our food. After sitting down we were told in Japanese that we needed to buy something to stay. Luckily we were able to understand them. Towards the end of the meal, we were approached by some Japanese people asking us if we were English teachers. One of us told them that we were in fact university students.
After that we took a tour of campus. A lot of the tour was in Japanese, but it wasn’t too complex so it wasn’t too hard to understand. Apparently they have a museum of museology here. I have no idea what that is.
After the tour we went to a welcome tea party where we introduced ourselves in Japanese. I managed to get completely relaxed when my turn came, but then SOMEBODY started talking behind me and it through me off. After that we ate and talked to people. I had pizza with pepperoni, corn, and pepper on it. It was good. Apparently most people really overate, but I didn’t because I was too busy talking to people. At one point our Japanese teacher blindsided me and started talking to me in Japanese. It was so loud I couldn’t hear him, but he probably thinks I couldn’t understand any of the Japanese he was speaking to me.
When the party was over we went to the dorm. Then we went to a place called Pachi-ko, which has all you can drink for \1280, roughly $12.80. My drinking skills impressed several people. All those study sessions for international business paid off. After that we went home and I slept.
Well it’s almost time for another orientation. So I’ll just end here. TTFN
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It sounds busy....
ReplyDeleteI get this hilarious image of an anime style version of you gulping down alcohol while japanese students around you look on in awe making subdued "oooh..." sounds. hahaha
ReplyDeletestudy sessions for internation business? what about those study sessions throughout the past year at various locations?! hahahaha
ReplyDeleteyeah, im glad we all helped to contribute to your drinking problem. also, i agree with bryan, thats all i could think of when i read. 3ft tall japanese people thoroughly impressed by your ability to drink more than 3 beers and still be sober.
ReplyDeleteWas Nakagawa sensei the one to bombard you with Japanese?? I bet it was cuz he did that to me too and FYI, I was on the lowest level of Japanese skill when I arrived...He's so mean!! But he's like the greatest Japanese teachers EVER. (us students came to that conclusion before we left)
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