Today ranged from rather eventful to extremely boring. For starters, the alarm on the room phone never went off, so it was sheer luck that I got up at 7:10 AM. I got a shower and talked to Tsuki and then went off to our 8 AM meeting with our Dorm Manager. Oh, and I forgot to mention in yesterday's post, but the toilet here is CRAZY. The handle has two directions: small flush and big flush, and HOLY CRAP the big flush is ridiculous. So anyways, after the meeting we all went downstairs to meet the student guides who would be showing us the area, how to get to school, the area around the school, and finally the school itself. After all that it was noon, so I grabbed some butterscotch bread from the convenience store next to the school and ate with Rachel (who goes to art school) and Fay(sp?) who is British and goes to school in California. From 1-5:30PM we all had lots of people talking at us telling us the usual orientation stuff. After that we met up with our guides from that morning again and headed back to the dorms.
The subways on the way back were EXTREMELY crowded, to the point where one extra person crammed himself in and from several feet away I was squished back with others. After we finally got back to Takadanobaba Tom (from Slovakia), Lee (his 2nd semester abroad at TUJ), and I went off on our own to get some foodstuffs. Since my knowledge of Kanji is - as usual - lacking, I found shopping for food rather difficult. Once we got back to the building we each went back to our rooms and I made some of the food I bought. Since then I've been writing these two entries while watching Doraemon and now some magic show called God Hands II. My pictures from the tour today are posted in my facebook albums.
There are no more school-organized plans until classes start on Tuesday except for an ice-skating trip tomorrow, which I don't believe I'll be going on since I can't find skates that will fit me even in the US. As for the rest of tonight, I'm feeling rather tired and since I found out how to make the air conditioner work as a heater, I think I'll just sit in for the night and get some rest. As for tomorrow, I have no idea.
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The toilets and the Air Conditioners are definitely a bit ahead of the ones in the States, haha.
ReplyDeleteYour food situation is interesting, I had a Manager-san and his wife cook 5 - 6 days a week for us for breakfast and dinner, so I didn't have to read Kanji to eat it, haha. Your experience sounds interesting, I think after a while I'd end up eating out a lot though, because ordering out is pretty easy.
You must try Ramen and Curry! XD
I'll get around to Ramen and Curry soon enough. For the time being its pretty much the Seiyu and Conbini for me. I have actually yet to order out any food, though I think that will change this weekend since I'm going out with a couple guys.
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