Weekend
The presentation and opening ceremomy was interesting....we got to see all the other foreign students, most of them are from China and Korea, some from Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and one from Mexico. Everybody introduced himself in english...so I did the same...eventhough I had prpared this fab speech in Japanese; next time......
The orientation
as given by the head of the international section (almost an hour and a half) was A) extremely boring and B) totally unnecessary since it was in the book handed out to us on the first day...
Went out for dinner to our local hangout (great butakimchi, spicey cabbage with pork, and cheap beer) once again.
Bought a fan (see picture) with the character of 'Samurai' written on it, handmade by a local craftsman and just very beautiful in its simplicity....bit like myself.
Earlynight again...due to curfew. Can't wait to get my own space in a weeks time.
Tried to call Paul in Pakistan this morning but he was out..too bad. You have to get a telephone card from a convenience stor (conbini) for 1000, 3000 or 5000 Yen, scratch till a number shows and then dial a multitude of numbers to get through...
Missed the Kunchi festival.....takes place really early in the morning.....well between 8 and 10 am......so most of us are still in bed. Maybe we'll see some groups of people running around in costumes etc.
The international student centre is closed today and tomorrow, so I'm sitting in a huge internet cafe with all sorts of booths for gaming, surfing and emailing somewhere in town. I's called Cyback and quite cheap about 500 yen for an hour.
Not having a phone is awfull..no way contacting your friends etc. We managed to get an intermediate piece of paper begore obtaining our alien registration card, so we can open a bank account..necessary to get a cell phone and other things. Life is very bureaucratic..you need a piece of paper for everything..except for going to the toilet (and that's where you would need it most).
Anyway no update of my blog tomorrow...sunday...day of rest...
P.S.
Have not seen any cuties here at all.......
The orientation
as given by the head of the international section (almost an hour and a half) was A) extremely boring and B) totally unnecessary since it was in the book handed out to us on the first day...Went out for dinner to our local hangout (great butakimchi, spicey cabbage with pork, and cheap beer) once again.
Bought a fan (see picture) with the character of 'Samurai' written on it, handmade by a local craftsman and just very beautiful in its simplicity....bit like myself.
Earlynight again...due to curfew. Can't wait to get my own space in a weeks time.
Tried to call Paul in Pakistan this morning but he was out..too bad. You have to get a telephone card from a convenience stor (conbini) for 1000, 3000 or 5000 Yen, scratch till a number shows and then dial a multitude of numbers to get through...
Missed the Kunchi festival.....takes place really early in the morning.....well between 8 and 10 am......so most of us are still in bed. Maybe we'll see some groups of people running around in costumes etc.
The international student centre is closed today and tomorrow, so I'm sitting in a huge internet cafe with all sorts of booths for gaming, surfing and emailing somewhere in town. I's called Cyback and quite cheap about 500 yen for an hour.
Not having a phone is awfull..no way contacting your friends etc. We managed to get an intermediate piece of paper begore obtaining our alien registration card, so we can open a bank account..necessary to get a cell phone and other things. Life is very bureaucratic..you need a piece of paper for everything..except for going to the toilet (and that's where you would need it most).
Anyway no update of my blog tomorrow...sunday...day of rest...
P.S.
Have not seen any cuties here at all.......
posted by 狩人 (Hunter in Japanese) @ 10/08/2005 01:57:00 pm
1 Comments:
At 8:07 pm,
Anonymous said…
Well I wish I was there with you. In spite of the beaurocracy it really sounds like fun. Hope you get your bank account soon. Save that speech in Japanese - I know you'll make use of it. You are so wrong about there only being two levels - Intermediate, Advanced and Failed so you're not at the bottom. You're in the middle - I would never say average where you're concerned. What was that about "beautiful in its simplicity" or some such thing.
All going well here. Let me knwo when you get your phone and I'll call you at vast expense - you're worth it.
Take care and enjoy yourself.
Love
Chris
xxx
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