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a little blurry, sorry My rental cell phone number: 080-6566-0883
Feel free to give me a call after 3 o’clock JST (Japanese standard time)
JST is 13 hours ahead of EST.
It’s free for me to receive calls although they charge for dialing out.
Well, today has been an interesting day. I was wrong about commuting only to the university every now and then. It seems that we’re going to do it every day except for the weekends. The commute to Fukuoka Daigaku(University) is about 20-30 minutes by bus. Fukuoka has a really good public transportation system. It’s extensive, fast, cheap(sorta), and the staff is very courteous.
Today was our be orientation for our stay in Fukuoka, which will for the next four weeks. We have class every weekday from 9-3 with about an hour break for lunch. We have classrooms at the university assigned to us for our use. Incidentally, the desks are way too small. I have to sit Indian style in the desks in order for my knees to fist. Also, the doors at the university are about 6’2”, meaning I clear it by about 1”.
I was also wrong about the food in Japan. I believe it is
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fukuoka. guys playing soccer below the tourist places that stiff you, and Fukuoka, while a big economic city in Japan, doesn’t see a whole of tourists so the food isn’t that expensive. Not really sure about this though. The cafeteria at the university is exceptionally cheap. For a meal, the prices range from about 3-5 dollars. That includes a drink. Incidentally, cups in Japanese restaurants are either a half or a third the size of cups in American restaurants. Also, no free refills. Granted, the average Japanese meal is a bit smaller than what I would consider a meal, it’s still a good situation. I can grab an extra side for another dollar.
Another thing about Japanese food is the amount of shio(salt) that they put in almost all their food. Needless to say, it’s a lot. In fact, way too much. I guess I’ll have to learn to live with it or stop eating all together. I know which option I prefer.
Tonight, we had a party hosted by Fukuoka University. There were mounds of food, including really yummy shushi, shrimp, chiken, and others. Before we came to Japan, we were taught a Japanese song to sing for this party tonight. We
got up in front of 50+ people (there are 20 students and 3 teachers among us) and sang our song. Afterwards, we introduced ourselves, giving our names, our majors, and our year. We also met the student whose host family I will be staying with for a weekend. The guy’s name I going to be staying with is Seido. I’m forgetting his last name. He knows English about as well as I know Japanese, meaning not very well. We both had handheld electronic dictionaries and actually managed to talk for close to an hour is a choppy Janglish (kinda like Spanglish, only half Japanese). Many of our topics had to simply be dropped because neither of us was able to convey the complicated topic clearly. Anyways, two weekends from now, I’m going to spending the weekend with his family. He told me that he would take me to an amusement park, a huge shopping center, and somewhere else. Not remembering where.
Our bathroom is set up in a communal style although not really a big deal. They had four shower heads and a huge bath in there for multiple people. The water was unbearable until cooled down. Very relaxing.
Before our curfew(11 o’clock), Andy I walked around the neighborhood for a bit. There is a really pretty park nearby to where we are staying. It was too dark to truly appreciate.
As a side, there is beer vending machine in our dorm. More to come later. Also, I’m going to try putting up some pictures tonight.
Apparently one the fashions in Japan is to wear shirts with Enligsh writing on it. The funny thing about this is that most, if not all, of the people wearing these shirts, have no idea what they say. Anyways, we’ve had many laughs. For example, one kid was wearing a shirt that said, “It’s not a white thing. It’s not a black thing. It’s a Jesus thing. Nuff said.” Also, someone had spelled out “Only Anarchists are pretty” on the exit door to the cafeteria. I’ll post more as I come across them.
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