Rather than reminisce on what has happened since my last update, I thought I'd write down some goals for the remaining amount of the time I have left here.
- I have to really look into job opportunities in Japan. I need to network and find out where I can possibly be employed for a while here. Also, finding a part time gig here wouldn't be too bad either. I could use a bit of extra cash.
- I want to try to be more friendly and outgoing this semester. The first year students have all arrived and are looking for new clubs, so this should be a good opportunity for me to further develop my social skills. It also should prove to be a good way to get better at Japanese.
- I also want to use less money while I'm here lol. I spend a lot, and I realize that.
- I want to enjoy the rest of my time here to the fullest and take advantage of the remaining opportunities that I have while I'm here.
I haven't really said much, but I promise to do an update of some of the things I've been up to since my last update! Really it's for me as much as it is for everyone else to read!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Freshmen/1st Year/Study Abroad Students Retreat
The last weekend was jam packed full of fun and craziness. The freshmen and foreign students all packed together to go on a retreat out in Saitama. The location had an onsen, yakiniku, and lots of drinking! It was probably the first time I've drank until sunrise, and then proceeded to help take everyone back to their rooms and clean up the room we were all drinking in. During which, I was still drunk for the most part. A great weekend to be had.
On Sat morning, we all met up at the rotary in Takadanobaba again to get ready to head off by train to the ryokan that we were staying in. (I'm doing this all from memory from a month ago because I was too lazy to write this earlier) We all got together and headed off to the train. Aiko was late, and we kept messaging and calling her. She finally responded and sent an incomprehensible message. We all boarded the train, and Aiko magically appeared. She explained what had happened, which was very interesting to say the least, and we continued on our way to the retreat. We took the train all the way to a little town where we waited over an hour for our bus. We had lunch, sat around, had some ice cream, and our bus finally got there.
We arrived at the ryokan and settled in before we had dinner. Dinner was an all you can eat yakiniku, but the meat was all pork. Still pretty good dinner though we didn't have any time to cook any vegetables. We played some ice breaking games, some took baths, and some rested before the real party got started. Everyone piled into a room where all the liquor was at, and we all sat around and waited for the big toast. After the toast, a bunch of "Call"'s were done for all the people who arranged everything for the retreat. If you don't know what "call"s are, check out my facebook. I have a video of it there. We all started drinking after that, and it was complete madness. I won't mention any names, but most of the people who went were drunk off their asses. Fun night overall. I ended up not sleeping the entire night because I felt it was pointless. Went to see a pretty awesome river and the surrounding area too. After that, we all gathered and left. When we got back, ate some curry, went home, showered, and slept. Great time to be had. The trip was a little expensive, but it was worth it.
On Sat morning, we all met up at the rotary in Takadanobaba again to get ready to head off by train to the ryokan that we were staying in. (I'm doing this all from memory from a month ago because I was too lazy to write this earlier) We all got together and headed off to the train. Aiko was late, and we kept messaging and calling her. She finally responded and sent an incomprehensible message. We all boarded the train, and Aiko magically appeared. She explained what had happened, which was very interesting to say the least, and we continued on our way to the retreat. We took the train all the way to a little town where we waited over an hour for our bus. We had lunch, sat around, had some ice cream, and our bus finally got there.
We arrived at the ryokan and settled in before we had dinner. Dinner was an all you can eat yakiniku, but the meat was all pork. Still pretty good dinner though we didn't have any time to cook any vegetables. We played some ice breaking games, some took baths, and some rested before the real party got started. Everyone piled into a room where all the liquor was at, and we all sat around and waited for the big toast. After the toast, a bunch of "Call"'s were done for all the people who arranged everything for the retreat. If you don't know what "call"s are, check out my facebook. I have a video of it there. We all started drinking after that, and it was complete madness. I won't mention any names, but most of the people who went were drunk off their asses. Fun night overall. I ended up not sleeping the entire night because I felt it was pointless. Went to see a pretty awesome river and the surrounding area too. After that, we all gathered and left. When we got back, ate some curry, went home, showered, and slept. Great time to be had. The trip was a little expensive, but it was worth it.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Blah blah...
I know I haven't updated in a while, but here's a quick little update.
So I signed up for a speech contest a while back. I turned in an application, interviewed, and was selected for the contest. I have been working on and off on my speech, but that's not what this update will be about haha. I can't wait to get done with this speech!
Since my previous update, I went to Nikko, which had some excellent scenary, Waseda Fair, where I made and helped to sell nachos, and plenty more drinking. During the drinking, I was also able to learn some new drinking games. They're fun for the most part, but not so fun when I want to drink.
One actual new experience I had here was going to a club in Japan for the first time! One of the the CSU girls' birthday was on the day we went to the club. The club was in Shibuya and it was named Club Atom. 1000yen to get in the door before 12. For your information, trains stop running a little before 12 for most and a little after 12 for some. I bought new outfit and everything for the club, and it was a decent experience. I must say, guys in Japan are quite awkward. They are all willing to go to a club with only dudes and dance around with each other. Seriously bring some chicks with you to the clubs or something, so it's not a complete sausage fest with each other. They apparently also don't believe in maximum occupancy and air conditioning because the rooms were amazingly hot and crowded. The girls tickets also got 2 free drinks with their entrance fee. Overall a very interesting experience to say the least.
I'm going to just drop this update the way it is. It was basically about my club experience. I'm going to update really soon because I had a lot of fun this weekend.
So I signed up for a speech contest a while back. I turned in an application, interviewed, and was selected for the contest. I have been working on and off on my speech, but that's not what this update will be about haha. I can't wait to get done with this speech!
Since my previous update, I went to Nikko, which had some excellent scenary, Waseda Fair, where I made and helped to sell nachos, and plenty more drinking. During the drinking, I was also able to learn some new drinking games. They're fun for the most part, but not so fun when I want to drink.
One actual new experience I had here was going to a club in Japan for the first time! One of the the CSU girls' birthday was on the day we went to the club. The club was in Shibuya and it was named Club Atom. 1000yen to get in the door before 12. For your information, trains stop running a little before 12 for most and a little after 12 for some. I bought new outfit and everything for the club, and it was a decent experience. I must say, guys in Japan are quite awkward. They are all willing to go to a club with only dudes and dance around with each other. Seriously bring some chicks with you to the clubs or something, so it's not a complete sausage fest with each other. They apparently also don't believe in maximum occupancy and air conditioning because the rooms were amazingly hot and crowded. The girls tickets also got 2 free drinks with their entrance fee. Overall a very interesting experience to say the least.
I'm going to just drop this update the way it is. It was basically about my club experience. I'm going to update really soon because I had a lot of fun this weekend.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The past week.
The past week was filled with activities, though not all fun and games. I did enjoy the week, but my wallet and bank account probably don't feel the same. It's ok though, as I just have to get to the 30th, when my scholarship finally kicks in. I know I've probably left out some information on what's been going on, but I probably don't remember what happened all that well anyways. I'm more upset about it than any of my readers probably are, but I'll continue with where I left off.
So on the past week we only had really 3 days of school during the week because we had Wednesday and Thursday off due to some holiday scheduling conflict. On Monday, I dragged myself to school again and dealt with another boring day of class. I remember this day of class because I was sleeping in class. During my light sleep, my classmate decides that during on Kanji lesson, it would be appropriate to bring up the fact that I was sleeping in class. Kind of sucked, but I didn't really care all that much. Culture in Context class wasn't as fun this week because I was so exhausted. I did enjoy the class as usual however. After the class we all basically tried to kill time until the evening when we would throw a party for our friend Kumi. I met up with my fellow CSU Andy coincidentally and walked around to find something to do. We ran into a few WIC members and talked to them for a while. Coincidentally, the WIC member who was very very very drunk the night before was there too, and we talked about the previous night's crazy events. They soon left as did we, and me and my friend headed off to Saizeria to have a early dinner because I had heard dinner would not be provided at the party. We get to Saizeria and see that 2 other CSU members were there, so we sat next to them. We all ate and talked for a couple hours to kill some time before the party. Nothing else really happened, and we eventually all walked over to the party.
At the party, everything was slow to start. We had no booze, not too many people, and NO BOOZE! A few of us went off to buy some snacks and beer, and we went back to the party. They did some fun stuff like shove a cream puff in the birthday girl's face and then take pictures, but the funny stuff didn't happen until after we started drinking and talking to a 4th year Niji no Kai member. It was probably the most hilarious moment since I've been here. I first talked with another acquaintance of mine before the 4th year walked over. I had met the 4th year before, but only once before this time. We started talking about some pretty funny stuff after that. I can't repeat any of the jokes and situational comedy that ensued, but if you want to know, you'll have to ask me directly or message me on facebook. The jokes were hilarious, and I could not believe this guy was uttering some of these jokes. The jokes included gifts that were given, video stores, and Macau. Crazy night of laughing. After everything concluded, most of the people went home, but some of us remained to talked outside the dorm we held the party at. I literally stood around and talked for another 2 hours. I knew the next day was going to suck majorly. I got hungry, so before the night ended, I went with my buddy Shuta to grab a gyudon real quick. Headed home after that to sleep and get ready for school.
So I'm going to throw together something real quick because I haven't updated in a long time. The excerpts before this were actually written a while ago, but I just hadn't had time or motivation to update this. My buddy and I also had arranged to grab lunch the following day, which we did end up doing. We gathered a few people up and headed off to Shinokubo, which apparenlty had lots of Koreans and Korean restaurants. We went to a real cheap place with some good Korean food. It was fun and all, but a terrible thing was about to occur that day. Lunch was great. Great people, great food, great jokes, but after lunch I had to head back to my dorm to deal with some internet crap.
I get back to my dorm, and wait for these losers to come and show up to check my internet again. They finally arrived after being very late, and I graciously allow them to scan my computer. The thing was, these stupid dumb fucks didn't know what the hell they were doing. Apparently, no one in the fucking IT department in Waseda has a fucking clue how to work a MAC really. I told them I had the newest fucking thing, but the dumb fucks didn't seem to understand. I include all these "fucks" because after a while, I really felt like they were raping the shit out of my brand new macbook pro. After I'd say about an hour or so, they decided that their version of anti-virus was actually incompatible with my laptop. I COULD HAVE FUCKING TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY ASKED! What a bunch of fucking dicks. I was sooo angry. They adjusted all my settings, and on top of that, didn't return anything to what it was before! They also downloaded all this shit onto my desktop and didn't even delete. I was quite furious that day. I felt like someone had raped my soul. I felt quite dirty. I literally wiped down my macbook after that.
Following my soul/computer rape, I didn't want to be in the same room as my computer. I got a couple friends, and we went and got some happy hour at a cafe/bar near my dorm. It was pretty cool, and the drinks did help to calm me down. I did have to have a few drinks because Japan seems to enjoy weakening their drinks to the point that they taste like soda. My gin and tonic was mostly tonic and a bit of gin I believe. We got lots of gyoza after that, and a calmed down me was able to head home and deal with my raped computer. I'll update with some more soon, but I have to go to bed to get up tomorrow to have lunch with some friends. Miss you all back home. Send me stuff! My cell phone mail address is "seefutbow@ezweb.ne.jp". If you want to send me actually mail, email me and I'll reply with my actual address. See you all in about 8 months!
So on the past week we only had really 3 days of school during the week because we had Wednesday and Thursday off due to some holiday scheduling conflict. On Monday, I dragged myself to school again and dealt with another boring day of class. I remember this day of class because I was sleeping in class. During my light sleep, my classmate decides that during on Kanji lesson, it would be appropriate to bring up the fact that I was sleeping in class. Kind of sucked, but I didn't really care all that much. Culture in Context class wasn't as fun this week because I was so exhausted. I did enjoy the class as usual however. After the class we all basically tried to kill time until the evening when we would throw a party for our friend Kumi. I met up with my fellow CSU Andy coincidentally and walked around to find something to do. We ran into a few WIC members and talked to them for a while. Coincidentally, the WIC member who was very very very drunk the night before was there too, and we talked about the previous night's crazy events. They soon left as did we, and me and my friend headed off to Saizeria to have a early dinner because I had heard dinner would not be provided at the party. We get to Saizeria and see that 2 other CSU members were there, so we sat next to them. We all ate and talked for a couple hours to kill some time before the party. Nothing else really happened, and we eventually all walked over to the party.
At the party, everything was slow to start. We had no booze, not too many people, and NO BOOZE! A few of us went off to buy some snacks and beer, and we went back to the party. They did some fun stuff like shove a cream puff in the birthday girl's face and then take pictures, but the funny stuff didn't happen until after we started drinking and talking to a 4th year Niji no Kai member. It was probably the most hilarious moment since I've been here. I first talked with another acquaintance of mine before the 4th year walked over. I had met the 4th year before, but only once before this time. We started talking about some pretty funny stuff after that. I can't repeat any of the jokes and situational comedy that ensued, but if you want to know, you'll have to ask me directly or message me on facebook. The jokes were hilarious, and I could not believe this guy was uttering some of these jokes. The jokes included gifts that were given, video stores, and Macau. Crazy night of laughing. After everything concluded, most of the people went home, but some of us remained to talked outside the dorm we held the party at. I literally stood around and talked for another 2 hours. I knew the next day was going to suck majorly. I got hungry, so before the night ended, I went with my buddy Shuta to grab a gyudon real quick. Headed home after that to sleep and get ready for school.
So I'm going to throw together something real quick because I haven't updated in a long time. The excerpts before this were actually written a while ago, but I just hadn't had time or motivation to update this. My buddy and I also had arranged to grab lunch the following day, which we did end up doing. We gathered a few people up and headed off to Shinokubo, which apparenlty had lots of Koreans and Korean restaurants. We went to a real cheap place with some good Korean food. It was fun and all, but a terrible thing was about to occur that day. Lunch was great. Great people, great food, great jokes, but after lunch I had to head back to my dorm to deal with some internet crap.
I get back to my dorm, and wait for these losers to come and show up to check my internet again. They finally arrived after being very late, and I graciously allow them to scan my computer. The thing was, these stupid dumb fucks didn't know what the hell they were doing. Apparently, no one in the fucking IT department in Waseda has a fucking clue how to work a MAC really. I told them I had the newest fucking thing, but the dumb fucks didn't seem to understand. I include all these "fucks" because after a while, I really felt like they were raping the shit out of my brand new macbook pro. After I'd say about an hour or so, they decided that their version of anti-virus was actually incompatible with my laptop. I COULD HAVE FUCKING TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY ASKED! What a bunch of fucking dicks. I was sooo angry. They adjusted all my settings, and on top of that, didn't return anything to what it was before! They also downloaded all this shit onto my desktop and didn't even delete. I was quite furious that day. I felt like someone had raped my soul. I felt quite dirty. I literally wiped down my macbook after that.
Following my soul/computer rape, I didn't want to be in the same room as my computer. I got a couple friends, and we went and got some happy hour at a cafe/bar near my dorm. It was pretty cool, and the drinks did help to calm me down. I did have to have a few drinks because Japan seems to enjoy weakening their drinks to the point that they taste like soda. My gin and tonic was mostly tonic and a bit of gin I believe. We got lots of gyoza after that, and a calmed down me was able to head home and deal with my raped computer. I'll update with some more soon, but I have to go to bed to get up tomorrow to have lunch with some friends. Miss you all back home. Send me stuff! My cell phone mail address is "seefutbow@ezweb.ne.jp". If you want to send me actually mail, email me and I'll reply with my actual address. See you all in about 8 months!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Weekend...
So I'll kind of pick up where I left off in the last post. On Saturday, after sleeping a little over 5 hours, I had to wake up again to help prepare for a Waseda International Club event called Yataimura. It was basically the club and foreign students split into 4 groups from different areas of the world such as the Caribbean and Mediterranean, but the food was pretty Japanese on the same note. I woke up, got ready, and took off with my fellow dormy and group member towards the cooking area where my group was going to do all the cooking at. I probably should not have pulled an all nighter before this day because I was utterly exhausted during the entire day.
So my friends and I were put into the cake group. Apparently in Japan, you must wear a bandanna and an apron if you're going to cook because of some weird rule I guess. Because a few of us didn't have aprons or bandannas, we had to borrow some from other people. We ended up helping them make the cake, but it was a very very long day. I had so much difficulty being nice and smiling to people by the end of the day. We did finish our preparations. My group made a chai cake, though during the creation process I must say it looked like bread dough. We also prepared chicken and some curry for the following day to be sold. After the work, I was invited to go to a bar to have a few drinks, but I modestly declined because I was too tired. I had some dinner with my friend and went home and slept, though it wasn't for too long as the following day we had to meet at 9:30 at school for the actual event.
The actual day of the event was Sunday, so I didn't get to sleep in like I wanted to. We get to school and get dressed up (you can see on facebook, but I deleted most of the tags for where I'm costumed), so that we can help the group sell the food and cakes. The event lasted for 4 hours or so. We sold a lot of cakes, curry, and chicken. It was pretty funny watching the upper class men do as they pleased to try to get people to come buy their food. It was very hard trying to sell to all these old Japanese people. The old members of the club also came by and made their under class men drink which was very very funny. Some of the members were drunk in the middle of the day. After the event, we all went to Toyama park to announce the winners and the placing for each group.
Toyama park was another experience in itself. The WIC members amazed me with their camaraderie and fun traditions. The winners were announced at the park. My group ended up finishing 3rd of 4 in the whole event. The winners were the Caribbean group. Looking back, if I had showed up to the events more prepared, I would have had much more fun. After the announcements were made, all the organizers and leaders were forced to walk up to the front of the groups. Before this happened, WIC members passed around cans of beer to everyone and told us to shake them up and get ready to douse people. Once the signal was sounded, we all doused the organizers with beer. The CSU kids mostly targeted our friend Yusuke, and he ended up being covered in beer. After the beer douse, a crazy ritual ensued.
So as we always do, to end the event we formed a circle, but on this particular day, some very special events occurred. As the organizer of Yaitamura attempted to close the event, someone interrupts them and presents her with a gift of a giant bottle of sake. Apparently, this happens every year, and she and the other organizers line up and drink the bottle of sake one by one until it's gone. The circle of people around sing and clap to make the atmosphere very enjoyable. The organizers attempted to close the event a couple more times, but both times a newer bigger bottle of sake showed up. 2 more bottles of sake were presented, but the organizers didn't drink those, as the first 3 seemed to be more than enough. After the rituals at the park, we ended up going to another nomikai!
So for this drinking party, we had to sit with our groups. I wasn't feeling too good from the beer, but I still had quite a bit of beer that night. Only a few CSU people went to this drinking party, but this was probably one of my favorite drinking parties so far. I enjoyed watching the younger class men get forced to drink, and I myself was strongly urged to down my cups. Overall very fun night. Some highlights of that night were meetings lots of people, Shunsuke sleeping in the rotary while we ended the night, and drinking with my friends. As it was Sunday, the 2nd drinking party wasn't as popular as it usually is. I went and had a bit of food and drink, but not much more. Took my friend home after that, and that was pretty much it.
Next entry I'll try to write about what happened this week. Here are some of what I'll probably write about because it's all I can remember ><.
-My friend Kumi's birthday
-Nikko trip
-Oct. birthdays
-Lunch, computer rape, and some happy hour!
-Shopping and clubbing
-Nachos making!
O yea, I don't really write about what happens in class because it's really boring. Most of my classes suck and are boring as watching paint dry. I literally talk and sleep through half of my classes. I only stay up in Japanese class because it requires participation. The one class I have that I enjoy is too complex for my simple mind to explain. Let's just say it rocks.
So my friends and I were put into the cake group. Apparently in Japan, you must wear a bandanna and an apron if you're going to cook because of some weird rule I guess. Because a few of us didn't have aprons or bandannas, we had to borrow some from other people. We ended up helping them make the cake, but it was a very very long day. I had so much difficulty being nice and smiling to people by the end of the day. We did finish our preparations. My group made a chai cake, though during the creation process I must say it looked like bread dough. We also prepared chicken and some curry for the following day to be sold. After the work, I was invited to go to a bar to have a few drinks, but I modestly declined because I was too tired. I had some dinner with my friend and went home and slept, though it wasn't for too long as the following day we had to meet at 9:30 at school for the actual event.
The actual day of the event was Sunday, so I didn't get to sleep in like I wanted to. We get to school and get dressed up (you can see on facebook, but I deleted most of the tags for where I'm costumed), so that we can help the group sell the food and cakes. The event lasted for 4 hours or so. We sold a lot of cakes, curry, and chicken. It was pretty funny watching the upper class men do as they pleased to try to get people to come buy their food. It was very hard trying to sell to all these old Japanese people. The old members of the club also came by and made their under class men drink which was very very funny. Some of the members were drunk in the middle of the day. After the event, we all went to Toyama park to announce the winners and the placing for each group.
Toyama park was another experience in itself. The WIC members amazed me with their camaraderie and fun traditions. The winners were announced at the park. My group ended up finishing 3rd of 4 in the whole event. The winners were the Caribbean group. Looking back, if I had showed up to the events more prepared, I would have had much more fun. After the announcements were made, all the organizers and leaders were forced to walk up to the front of the groups. Before this happened, WIC members passed around cans of beer to everyone and told us to shake them up and get ready to douse people. Once the signal was sounded, we all doused the organizers with beer. The CSU kids mostly targeted our friend Yusuke, and he ended up being covered in beer. After the beer douse, a crazy ritual ensued.
So as we always do, to end the event we formed a circle, but on this particular day, some very special events occurred. As the organizer of Yaitamura attempted to close the event, someone interrupts them and presents her with a gift of a giant bottle of sake. Apparently, this happens every year, and she and the other organizers line up and drink the bottle of sake one by one until it's gone. The circle of people around sing and clap to make the atmosphere very enjoyable. The organizers attempted to close the event a couple more times, but both times a newer bigger bottle of sake showed up. 2 more bottles of sake were presented, but the organizers didn't drink those, as the first 3 seemed to be more than enough. After the rituals at the park, we ended up going to another nomikai!
So for this drinking party, we had to sit with our groups. I wasn't feeling too good from the beer, but I still had quite a bit of beer that night. Only a few CSU people went to this drinking party, but this was probably one of my favorite drinking parties so far. I enjoyed watching the younger class men get forced to drink, and I myself was strongly urged to down my cups. Overall very fun night. Some highlights of that night were meetings lots of people, Shunsuke sleeping in the rotary while we ended the night, and drinking with my friends. As it was Sunday, the 2nd drinking party wasn't as popular as it usually is. I went and had a bit of food and drink, but not much more. Took my friend home after that, and that was pretty much it.
Next entry I'll try to write about what happened this week. Here are some of what I'll probably write about because it's all I can remember ><.
-My friend Kumi's birthday
-Nikko trip
-Oct. birthdays
-Lunch, computer rape, and some happy hour!
-Shopping and clubbing
-Nachos making!
O yea, I don't really write about what happens in class because it's really boring. Most of my classes suck and are boring as watching paint dry. I literally talk and sleep through half of my classes. I only stay up in Japanese class because it requires participation. The one class I have that I enjoy is too complex for my simple mind to explain. Let's just say it rocks.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Yesterday...
So since I haven't updated in a while. I just drop down a quick few lines about yesterday's party and events afterward.
So 2 nights ago, I get back to my dorm after a normal uneventful day I believe. I walk up to my room, and I notice a small white paper on the door. The paper literally only said, "Tomorrow in the morning please contact the office, from Nakamura". Nakamura is the caretaker here, and no one else in my hall had that small note. I was quite worried. After I worried all night unable to sleep well, I woke up yesterday at 8:40 to a knock on my door. The caretaker, Nakamura, came to my door! I opened up the door, and she let me know that a computer virus had entered the dorm internet or something like that. People were going to come by in the evening to fix it. What a relief that was to hear her tell me that. After that I just basically waited for lunch, had lunch, and went to class.
After class, I had a few hours before the people came to check the computers, so I just hung around school for a bit. I eventually headed back at around 4 and waited. The computer people didn't even go into my room or check my computer, but they informed me that my computer was safe, which is a relief. I headed out to grab a bite with my friend Colin before our drinking party because I had heard there wasn't going to be enough food at the drinking party, and we were right. After having some Mcdonalds, we went to drink!
We get to the drinking place, and us CSU's were the first to get in which was awesome. The place was literally packed full of Japanese and foreign students. We squeezed close to 100 people into the place. The food was ok, but the drinks were all you can drink! It wasn't everything on the menu, but I only really needed beer. Lots of drinking ensued, and later in the drinking part, the Japanese people did a really cool drinking game. I'll describe the drinking game in detail some other time, but let's just say for now that it involves a shit load of chugging and chanting. So after the drinking party, we all headed off to the park to do some more drinking!
Most of us went to convenience stores to get some drinks, including myself as I didn't feel like I drank enough at the party. We did some more drinking at the park, hung out, talked with people, and eventually had to leave because the cops came and told us to scatter. We went to the rotary, where we usually gather, and basically the large group split up and went separate ways. I was hungry, so I went to grab a bite with some Japanese acquaintances. I got to talk to them more, and it was pretty fun. Following the snack, I went to karaoke at around 1-5. It was quite a long time. After karaoke, though I must say I was very very tired at this time, we went to eat breakfast before we went home. I went home and slept until this afternoon, when I have to do some work for another club's event. Sorry it wasn't in as much detail as usual, but you get the gist of what happened last night :D. I'll write again soon, but I'm in a bit of a rush right now. Look forward to more entries, as I'll try to write more now. I miss and love you all back in the states. See you in around 9 months!
So 2 nights ago, I get back to my dorm after a normal uneventful day I believe. I walk up to my room, and I notice a small white paper on the door. The paper literally only said, "Tomorrow in the morning please contact the office, from Nakamura". Nakamura is the caretaker here, and no one else in my hall had that small note. I was quite worried. After I worried all night unable to sleep well, I woke up yesterday at 8:40 to a knock on my door. The caretaker, Nakamura, came to my door! I opened up the door, and she let me know that a computer virus had entered the dorm internet or something like that. People were going to come by in the evening to fix it. What a relief that was to hear her tell me that. After that I just basically waited for lunch, had lunch, and went to class.
After class, I had a few hours before the people came to check the computers, so I just hung around school for a bit. I eventually headed back at around 4 and waited. The computer people didn't even go into my room or check my computer, but they informed me that my computer was safe, which is a relief. I headed out to grab a bite with my friend Colin before our drinking party because I had heard there wasn't going to be enough food at the drinking party, and we were right. After having some Mcdonalds, we went to drink!
We get to the drinking place, and us CSU's were the first to get in which was awesome. The place was literally packed full of Japanese and foreign students. We squeezed close to 100 people into the place. The food was ok, but the drinks were all you can drink! It wasn't everything on the menu, but I only really needed beer. Lots of drinking ensued, and later in the drinking part, the Japanese people did a really cool drinking game. I'll describe the drinking game in detail some other time, but let's just say for now that it involves a shit load of chugging and chanting. So after the drinking party, we all headed off to the park to do some more drinking!
Most of us went to convenience stores to get some drinks, including myself as I didn't feel like I drank enough at the party. We did some more drinking at the park, hung out, talked with people, and eventually had to leave because the cops came and told us to scatter. We went to the rotary, where we usually gather, and basically the large group split up and went separate ways. I was hungry, so I went to grab a bite with some Japanese acquaintances. I got to talk to them more, and it was pretty fun. Following the snack, I went to karaoke at around 1-5. It was quite a long time. After karaoke, though I must say I was very very tired at this time, we went to eat breakfast before we went home. I went home and slept until this afternoon, when I have to do some work for another club's event. Sorry it wasn't in as much detail as usual, but you get the gist of what happened last night :D. I'll write again soon, but I'm in a bit of a rush right now. Look forward to more entries, as I'll try to write more now. I miss and love you all back in the states. See you in around 9 months!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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