So. After lunch on Wednesday we go to class. This class is about taking pictures of Japan and using the pictures to analyze daily Japanese lifestyles and such and such. We had to fill out forms so we could get a Japanese Bank Account, and we also got our Hanko! It's a name stamp, and it's pretty much like your fingerprint or your signature so far as Japanese society works. So we're talking about all these things that we have to do to interact with the small children on Friday, and Fudano Sensei starts getting really quiet and apologetic, and we're all like, "....what?!"
So she finally gets around to telling us that in Japan, it's required for people working with small children to take a stool test.
Oh. My. God.
I swear we almost died laughing. Well, I almost died laughing, that's for sure. All of us were cracking up, it was sooooo hilarious.
So they passed out these test tubes for us and were trying to explain how to use them, and the whole time we're just cracking up, because the lady explaining to us (Her name is Miyamoto-san and she's absolutely adorable, I love her to death <3 ) was trying to find the right word in English. So we told her "doodoo" and she said it and we all cracked up even more, because it was just too funny and adorable. I absolutely love Engrish. It was hilarious. We were dying. So. Hard.
After we all got composed we went over what the class was about and by the time it was over we had an hour until we were supposed to meet again to talk about joining different clubs. Right after we get out of class to wait for an hour, Miyamoto-san is waiting for us outside, and tells us that when we're done with our "doodoo" samples (we all cracked up again, and she was smiling and said "Yes, I look it up in dictionary. Doodoo... or Poop." And then we all cracked up harder. So much dying that afternoon) we could put them in these envelopes she brought us, and to please bring it back to her desk. It was sooooo funny. That whole afternoon. My stomach still kind of hurts from laughing so much.
I think I'm going to join the Japanese Archery club. They wear these special kimono when they shoot, but idk if we're going to be aloud to wear them. Mostly, I want to join because I miss shooting things :( I can't lose my aim while I'm in Japan, because I have to come back and be able to kick everyone's ass when we go to the range. That's my goal :) I hope it stops being cold soon. I seriously can not handle at all.
After we figured out all our club activities choices and such and such we went to the SGE meeting. SGE stands for Students for Global Exchange. They're the group that gathered the bye-cycles (bye-bye-cycle!) for us to use while we're staying here. It was pretty funny, because we were ALL super nervous to go in there, and they were super nervous to talk to us. So we went in there and sat down and it just kind of went "... ~ ... ~ ...--awkward laughter-- ...~...~..."
Fudano Sensei broke the ice by telling us to introduce ourselves, so we did that, and it kind of eased everything up. they're really super nervous about speaking English though. More so in groups, I think, than in one on one conversation. Or they just don't want to speak English in public. Kind of like how we don't want to speak Japanese in public. I guess that's the point of the interaction though. They speak to us in English and we speak to them in Japanese. Something like that? Anyway. After a while Fudano Sensei and Yagi Sensei left and said good luck, and then we all kind of just sat there for a good minute before we got up and went to talk to people. Marikriz dragged me over to talk to some people. A bunch of them are in the soccer club, and I remember meeting Hideki, Daigo, and Hamu. That's not actually his name though, it's a nickname, because the kanji for his name looks like ハ on top of ム. Pretty adorable nickname, I think ^^; We asked how old they were, and the all said 20 and asked us how old we were. I said I was 18, but my birthday is next week Wednesday, and they kind of just went off talking to each other and the guy that was doing all the talking in the beginning in Japanese, so I have no idea what any of that means o.o
My classmates really like dancing. Like, REALLY really like dancing. But I guess it's a really good way to break the ice. Tyler put his iPod on and we taught them the Cupid Shuffle and the Electric Slide. It was really really fun ^.^
Oh, and I got to talk to Jaso on skype that night!! That made me suuuuper happy inside :)
So this morning we all woke up early and busted ass to finish our homework from two days ago. Old habits die hard, I guess. Procrastination just comes so easy xD But the good news is, we did get everything finished. We learned about the different regions of Japan, and then at lunch we got bento and came back to the main building to finish our homework on self introductions. Our whole group, pretty much, is homework fail procrastination. I'm sure we'll get over that soon though. :) After class I went to the post office to take some money out of my bank account because I'm pretty much
So we made plans to go to the 100円store today, and this guy from yesterday came to our apartment building. And we were all, "Oh wow! Look! It's... you! You're here! You...!" No one could remember his name. And we all thought Ele had invited him over, because he was walking with her and Sher, but apparently he just showed up. Which is beyond totally cool. Turns out his name is Kenji. Like my old voice teacher xD He was pretty cool, and I hope he was okay with the fact that we weren't staying at the dorm, we were going to the 100円 store. So he met us there on his bike and hung out with us while we were there, and then he went home. I hope we didn't leave him with a bad impression; I can never tell what Japanese people are thinking >.>
We came back to the dorm and I had ramen for dinner and watched Glee with Ele. Yay people who illegally upload tv shows! We're going to the preschool tomorrow. I'm super excited for the little childrens. Also, I bought a whole bunch of nail stuff, and I have an inu-chan and a neko-chan on my thumbs. I miss you guys <3
Jaa <3
i was skimming through this the first time and all i saw as "stool" and "doodoo" and i was hooked. ahhhahahaahahahahahahahaaahaha!!!! frickin funny!
ReplyDeleteand yes, we should skype. you need to tell me about that fb message you left me. when are you usually on? (in hawai'i time please)
I'm usually on... maybe midnight Hawaii time?
ReplyDeleteOr between noon and 3 pm.
I'm five hours behind you but a day ahead. Does that make sense?
Nai'a! hahaha the reference to don't make me laugh i'm pee'ing
ReplyDeleteIs close to what I said the first time i used the weird squat toilet in Japan! :}