Log
Posted on December 22, 2004
I had this text file I was keeping of the first few days in Japan when I thought I would magically write down everything that happens because I would have all the time in the world. Its not doing me any good just festering on my harddrive, so here is it, festering on the internet:
10/7 sat next to couple from Hawaii on the flight to Chicago, the ones that were in front of me to check bags in. irony. Short flight, arrived ahead of schedule, currently waiting at O’hare, wifi is password protected so no email yet.
10/8 sat next to a blond marine who lives in okinawa, total trip. crying baby the whole way, the guy in front of us kept opening his window for no reason. watched eternal sunshine twice (awesome) and the day after tomorrow (sucked). Got to Kansai international, got luggage, met with trainers, waited for other people, got on super express to shin Osaka, took the shinkansen to Okayama for training.
10/9 Okayama is the birthplace of Momotaro, so everything is Momotaro themed. I only have 1 other person in the training process this week, so thats kind of strange. Dan from Ottawa. Both trainers Tim and Alec are from Canada too, irony. We did a little intro to the company and a small tour of the city, then sort of bummed around on our own, found some hilarious looking signs for stores. Watched Bulletproof Monk that Sally (another Canadian) Amity teacher had brought. AWFUL movie.
10/10 day off today, went and used the internet at the international center, and walked over to attempt to buy a denchi jisho, but nothing good was on sale. Got my first gashapon today (envy from FMA) the birth of a nation! Walked over to the castle and the garden, paid the 800 yen to go in but damned if it wasn’t worth it. not a whole lot to see but you know what they say, take every opportunity and all that. got my McD’s on for the first time in japan (again) and got a JUMP so I have something to read, etc. Sleep semi early again.
10/11 back to training, did several test runs of different parts of the lesson (warm up, pre-activity, listening) which all went well. Have to present a lesson on wed, but I’m not super concerned. Went to Matsuya for lunch, and showed two Japanese guys where the international center was because…unless I was understanding them they were looking specifically to meet foreign people. They wanted to hang out but I honestly didn’t know when work was going to let out, and we have crazy homework to do so I passed. felt kind of cool to try to get along in Japanese though.
