My birthday, which I was expecting to be lonely dull and boring, turned out to be one of the best ever. No less than 5 people made me cakes (thank you to Rumi, Cynthia and Joy, Diana and a random Japanese girl I don’t really know) and although I hadn’t really planned anything, we sat [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nanzan’
My Birthday, Obama and a broken toe?
Posted in Mid-Term, tagged birthday!, broken toe, cake, Nanzan, Obama on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Peculiar Japan
Posted in Early days, tagged confusing, cultural differences, homestay, japan, Nanzan, organisation, rent, vending machines on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Japan can often seem like a bewildering place for a gaijin (outside person = foreigner) and I still get surprised about some of the little things that occur on a daily basis. Once you get over all the obvious differences like vending machines every 50 metres, height difference, the cutsie cartoons that tell you how [...]
Too much to say and not enough time/space to write it all!
Posted in Early days, tagged beer, campus, engrish, japan, japanese, jelly, nagoya, Nanzan, pint, pub, SOAS, university on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first few days have been a total whilrwind of food parties, meeting new people and JAPANESE! Its already been such good practise as I have to speak Japanese 90% of the time, and my confidence has skyrocketed. Theres no way I could write it all down, but a few things that have amused me [...]
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