Yesterday was the first day of classes - last night was the first night I had done homework in months. Nice! I had my first kanji class today. My professor has two dogs named Cookie and Cream and two cats named 3PO and R2. I'm in the right place.
Last weekend was super fun; some other gaijin (外人) and I met up with the Kansai student I met on the plane and went to an izakaya - sort of a restauran/bar thing they have in Japan. Izakayas also have an all you can drink option. You pay a flat fee and can order anything you want for a set amount of time, usually a few hours. The drinks are not very alcoholic (they must be used to Japanese tolerance) but they flow quickly and freely. そして、私は今二十歳から日本で酒を飲んでもいいよ。It's not even illegal. Megachill.
I have been taking pictures, I swear. I just am too lazy to upload them/the internet in the Kansai dorms is really slow and I don't want to have to deal with uploading them to the cloud.
I'm slowly getting used to things here. People drive on the left side of the road and everyone is polite to the point of tedium. It's good, though. Part of the reason I came here was to get that respect ingrained in me. You can be too disrespectful, but in my opinion you can never be too respectful.
I have a bike now (you drive it on the left side of the road and the back brake is on the left side - crazy!) and a phone and guitar that I bought for about $110. My music addiction is chasing me even to the other side of the globe. I got all three on the same day; it was a bad day for my wallet and a good day for my soul. I've even started writing my first song here!
Yesterday I met with my speaking partner for lunch and we talked in Japanese for about two hours. She's named Kyoko and she'd awesome. I hardly even noticed that I was speaking in Japanese; my mind made the switch at about fifteen minutes in. When I was walking home right afterwards with my Norwegian friend Mathias we were conversing in English and it felt really weird.
I do have a roommate but we don't hang out much. He spends a lot of time inside the room playing video games on the computer, a quite solitary activity. I would think that he would try to make the most of his time in Japan by doing things outside. To each their own, I guess.
More to come!
Last weekend was super fun; some other gaijin (外人) and I met up with the Kansai student I met on the plane and went to an izakaya - sort of a restauran/bar thing they have in Japan. Izakayas also have an all you can drink option. You pay a flat fee and can order anything you want for a set amount of time, usually a few hours. The drinks are not very alcoholic (they must be used to Japanese tolerance) but they flow quickly and freely. そして、私は今二十歳から日本で酒を飲んでもいいよ。It's not even illegal. Megachill.
I have been taking pictures, I swear. I just am too lazy to upload them/the internet in the Kansai dorms is really slow and I don't want to have to deal with uploading them to the cloud.
I'm slowly getting used to things here. People drive on the left side of the road and everyone is polite to the point of tedium. It's good, though. Part of the reason I came here was to get that respect ingrained in me. You can be too disrespectful, but in my opinion you can never be too respectful.
I have a bike now (you drive it on the left side of the road and the back brake is on the left side - crazy!) and a phone and guitar that I bought for about $110. My music addiction is chasing me even to the other side of the globe. I got all three on the same day; it was a bad day for my wallet and a good day for my soul. I've even started writing my first song here!
Yesterday I met with my speaking partner for lunch and we talked in Japanese for about two hours. She's named Kyoko and she'd awesome. I hardly even noticed that I was speaking in Japanese; my mind made the switch at about fifteen minutes in. When I was walking home right afterwards with my Norwegian friend Mathias we were conversing in English and it felt really weird.
I do have a roommate but we don't hang out much. He spends a lot of time inside the room playing video games on the computer, a quite solitary activity. I would think that he would try to make the most of his time in Japan by doing things outside. To each their own, I guess.
More to come!
Tenn! It is just really exciting to hear your tales and think of you in that unique and crazy place. I am so proud of how you are embracing the adventure and taking it all in stride. You always did have a good appetite for life ( and other things!) A Bike, and a phone AND and guitar! You are home Dude! Love Ya!
ReplyDeleteAll you can drink? That's one of the scarier offers I've heard in a while.
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