I may or may not eat a hamburger if you don't. Yes, that's a threat.
- Yesterday I met my host family. They seem nice.
- Today Tina and I were finally reunited with a couple of the students that went to St. Norbert last year, Keiko and Aya. We ate sashimi and sang karaoke.
- I've managed to take a shower every night that I've been here. I'm very pleased with myself. I admit that I do not normally do this.
Upcoming topics:
- Japanese McDonalds
- Tsuru City
- Tsuru University
- Intensive Japanese Classes
- Our flight that I still haven't talked about
- More about my host family
- The bookstore near my apartment
- Karaoke
...and more!
In closing, I promise to have real pictures that were really taken in Japan (with a real digital camera!) within the next 24 hours. (Posted at 11:30 p.m. Japan Time)
Entry Test?
ReplyDelete-snort-
Are you for real? What are they gonna do if you fail--deport you?
Anyway, I'm very interested in knowing what karaoke was like. Are Keiko and Aya able to remember much English? (Yes, you Gaijin bastard, make them talk English to you... in their own country.)
Its funny, because it utterly slipped my mind that there were people at Tsuru who you already knew. That's pretty cool.
BTW, I'm gonna HOLD you to that promise. Pics, or none of it happened.
OH, and tell Erina I said hi!!
Looking forward to hearing more,
Love,
~Joe
The test is more like a preliminary Japanese level assessment, but that doesn't make the results any less discouraging. =(
DeleteI'll tell Erina you said hi when I see her.
Also--when I delete comments, it still records that? I guess I'll just have to be extra careful to double check my grammar every time I post. Ugh, you're making me WORK, Michael.
ReplyDeleteI'll blow away any deleted comments you make. I've already blown away your previous two. They're dead to the world.
DeleteOk hmmm.
ReplyDeleteOne, when you walk through a crowd do you have a clear view over the heads of everybody?
Two, is getting a taste of america (not mcdonalds, more like.. getting a personal pizza and a coke) far more expensive for less portions?
Three, since you've been there, how many thousands of times has some sort of robot come out of the ground or space or the sea and wrecked shit?
I wish I had more serious questions, but meh
THANK YOU. I actually was pretty disappointed that no one else did this, particularly all the people who are supposed to be coming here next year (whether here is Japan in general or actually specifically here where I am).
DeleteAnyhow, yes, actually I'm taller than practically everyone, but the area we're in is actually pretty suburban, and since I haven't yet been to Tokyo, I haven't really been in what I would call a crowd.
Second, generally 'American' things do tend to be even more expensive than their Japanese counterparts, which are more expensive than their American equivalents. Sometimes exorbitantly so. Just today I saw a can of Axe for the equivalent of around $7.
Finally, although you're way exaggerating, it has happened 17 times thus far and is starting to get really annoying, mostly because all the trains stop running, as only one of those times has a giant robot come specifically to Tsuru and wrecked shit. Even then I didn't actually see it, because Tsuru is pretty big and surrounded throughout by mountains.
In all seriousness though, I have experienced one earthquake (jishin in Japanese) if you want to call it that. Last Saturday morning at around 10:30 my bed went *shake* once and then I said "Huh," and continued lazing about. It was mildly entertaining.