Hmm so yeah on Friday night I went the Doshisha nomikai my friend helped host right??? And I didn’t know anybody except my friend so I met a lot of Doshisha people!! And it was kind of a bit strange coz they were all 3rd yr or 4th yr so I was one of the younger ones :O:O Well I’m 3rd yr too but I looked the youngest HAHAHA… like one of the girls said I seem like a lil bro to her and then she asked me how old I was… and then she was like… omg me too!! :O:O HAHAHA Oh yeah Korean people have this friend age range thing… like my newly met korean friend told me about how people 3 yrs or older can’t be her friends or something HAHAHAHAHAA. She said something about how she can still be close to them, but she can’t be their friend…. so luckily I’m still in her range! Friend range that is!! But yeah… actually everybody seemed really shy and polite and stuff… like they were supposed to be in the same class, but they were super polite to each other and things seemed really awkward, so I talked about some funny things and made them ease up a bit ^_^ Oh! And we didn’t have nomihoudai and tabehoudai for once!!! So that was kind of good, I didn’t have to overeat and overdrink
There was only a LITTLE bit of food left over, which I finished off for them ^_^ Haha and yeah one of the jap guys got really drunk and kept talking to me about chicks… haha it’s strange coz I was sitting at a pretty gender-mixed table before, and HE was the one who wanted to swap places so he put me in a table full of chicks, and then everybody was really quiet and stuff and it was getting awkward so I started talking about stuff I don’t even remember what I talked about but everybody was having fun and laughing and stuff then the drunk guy who put me on that table in the first place thought I was massive player!! Oh but that was also coz my friend from Doshisha was with me the night before and she kept talking about how I was supposedly picking up those chicks… but OMG AS IF! All I did was react to them talking about me! Sighhh I need to protect my image! I am innocent!!!
Hmm but yeah on Saturday it was the Sign Language Circle’s nomikai!!! And omg! Sign language circle people are even weaker than volunteer circles!! BUT they control themselves so it didn’t really seem like a nomikai, coz everybody just drank juice, which I’m perfectly fine with I don’t really like alcohol that much neway… buttttt it was too quiet!! Like usually even if I go to restaurants with friends we talk about weird and funny things and it’s fun right?? But it was too quiet that night! Ohh!! But there was this fortune telling thing on the paper chopstick wrapping!! And I got the best one!!! Apparently it’s a good time for me to propose for a wedding now! Woot!! OH! I didn’t have to finish off leftovers for people!! The sign language circle ppl thought it was a waste to leave food and like everybody tried to finish off the food, so I like the way sign language circle ppl think
BUTTTTTT It was really quiet and there wasn’t really anything to do and whenever I have nothing to do and there’s food in front of me I always just eat and eat and eat and eat and eat… and it was like ALL deep fried food so I was fully stuffed in the end!! >_< BUT yeah omg!!! it’s not only when I have food in front of me… but when I have nothing to do I actually GO and find food and eat it… even if I’m not hungry… :O:O:O And I’ve had a lot of free time between classes and stuff recently so I’ve just been eating and eating and eating and eating and eating… sigh! Oh like they used to sell these small mochi ice cream things called yukimi daifuku at the convenience store next to my dorm right??? BUT THEY DON’T NEMORE!!! So I have to satisfy my ice cream cravings with HUMUNGOUS ice creams instead!! And they’re not as yummy as yukimi daifuku either! Like they’re not actually that yummy… >_< Hmm but yeah anyway… I went to this international party thing after the nomikai right?? And it was so hard to find!!! But eventually I found it… and these random ppl asked me for help coz their friend was lost… but I had no idea either so I found somebody from my dorm and we went together to pick up their friend… and they got really excited when they found out my name was Kevin coz apparently they had a friend called Kevin from Australia before too… and then they all wanted to be my friend and stuff… :O Hmm and then I met other ppl too but I’ve already forgotten about them HAHAHAHA Yeah I thought the party was kinda dodgy so I went off to buy yukimi daifuku… There is ONE conbini I found that sells them still!! But yeah then I found that conbini.. and I was like… oh shit how do I get back again?? and I was like screw it never mind it’s dodgy neway… so then I just went back home
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Hmmm and then on Sunday I just stayed home I think….. oh but my friend came to give me back stuff I lent her so that she could make a bday cake for my friend (remember that french guy’s surprise bday cake?? That one!) And then we were talking for a while right and then we bumped into two friends of mine… and they thought that I had a thing for that girl even though she was the one who came to give me back my stuff… so I was like wtf?? oh and she doesn’t have a thing for me either coz she has a bf.. but yeah sigh it’s not just her… like sometimes I just walk out of class and happen to be talking to a girl at the time and then ppl always think I have this thing going on and tease me about it afterwards and then I’m like wtf?? Haha actually I don’t know what’s making them think that… but like remember ATA the gyaru circle thing? Well I was sitting with them one time and then this girl I hadn’t met before came to sit with us… and then she said something funny or something so I looked at her and started smiling… and then she had this like wtf expression on her face and then her friends were like oh it’s Kevin so it’s ok… and then she was like oh!! and then eased up and kept smiling… Haha yeah ppl treat foreigners so nice here!! Like one time I was riding my bike with a group of other ppl on the footpath right?? And then this random old guy started shouting angrily at us and then he decided to pick me out and asked me… DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND??? and I didn’t right?? so I was like… err… no? And then I could see his face go full red and he was about to explode or something and I thought it was really funny but yeah then I was like… yeah I don’t understand Japanese… and then he was like OH!!!!!!!!! And then relaxed and laughed and then started patting me on the back and he said ganbatte!! Haha that was so funny!!
Hmmm but yeah anywayyyyy, hmm monday… oh yes! on monday I went had a grammar test!! And I thought grahhh I’m gonna fail for sure!!! BUTTT the test questions were exactly the same as the classwork questions… so I didn’t fail… but I didn’t really feel good passing a such a retarded test… so I told myself I’d study harder from now on! Well it’s Sunday already and I’ve yet to study harder but I will in the future! Maybe!! Hmm and then after the test I wanted to find a job teaching English right?? And my friend told me that she’d introduce me to her dance teacher coz she wants to learn English!! But I also went to shijo to find English conversational schools but then I went to one and they told me I had to apply online.. and that they only accept full time ppl… so I was like >_< But yeah then I just went to starbucks to study right?? And I brought my laptop with me coz I study like 99999x more efficiently with laptop… and I plugged my laptop on their powerpoint… and then I was told that the staff were really shocked and they told me in really polite keigo that I couldn’t use it!! >_< But yeah so then I just worked on my laptop on my batteries :O
Hmmm but yeah then on Tuesday I went to that Klexon international circle thing again… and I met a lot of new ppl again… and we usually go to a pub afterwards right?? So I did and then one of the guys said that her friend said she was interested in me and regretted not asking me my number… and then I was like… :O:O:O:O:O Yeah but I think he just meant she wanted to be my friend or something coz she’s like an OL! So I was like yeah alright… I’ll give her my number then… oh but then I was walking to my bike right?? And this other OL told me that she wanted to talk to me more so she went with me to get my bike even though she had to walk back to get hers! :O:O But yeah I guess it’s coz Japanese ppl don’t really have much of a chance to meet foreigners that much…
Hmm… and then on Wednesday I went to my friend’s concert!!! It was only in a small room and it was really packed!!! And I was behind a lot of ppl and my friend’s really short right so I had trouble seeing her!! HAHA But it was ok if I tippy-toed… hahaha but my friend who was even shorter than me couldn’t see her at all!! So I was lucky
:) But yeah she looks really different when she’s playing music!! So focused!! But yeah that was fun
:) And then afterwards I went to my uni’s food court to eat right?? And my friend had to tidy up the room and stuff so I went by myself… and I thought I’d be just sitting there quietly eating dinner by myself which I don’t mind, actually I do that all the time… butttt it wasn’t the case at all!! I bumped into soooo many people!!! Like I bumped into one person who was with a friend and he told me that his friend is gonna open up a kebab shop at my uni’s food court!! So I told him I’d buy his kebabs and he told me that I can be the manager of the Tokyo section once he gets rich and sets up a chain all over Japan HAHAHA… Hmm but yeah not just him! I bumped into Blueberry people too! Like they just finished tennis practice, so the whole group was there, and they all got really excited and happy and waved to me and stuff!! ANDD!! I saw ATA people too, and they just finished tennis practice too!! ANDDDD I saw a lot of people I hadn’t seen for AAAAAAAAGES coz I’ve only gone to their tennis practice once, and then the rest of the time I just randomly bump into ppl… oh except for bowling I went to bowling too… but yeah usually I just bump into Kyoto uni ppl right??/ but the whole group was there that time… and one of the girls got really really really excited and started jumping up and down and talking really fast like a kid and she was like Kevin Kevin!!!! remember me remember me???? And I DID remember her but I didn’t remember her name right??? Like I remember her telling me that her bday’s close to mine so we can have our bday party together, and that she is REALLY REALLY good at tennis!! But I just didn’t remember her name… so I was like… yeah I remember you! And then she was like what’s my name?? and then I was like… err…… but yeah then this other person came and started talking to me and that friend of mine thought I totally forgot about her when she was so excited to see me and felt sad and left… >_< But I did remember her!! omg!! sigh…. Hmm but yeah then the other person who came and talked to me asked me if I remembered his name… and I didn’t… except this guy from ATA taught me that all guys are アナル and all girls are まんこ, so I said… ummm… アナル??and then he was like eh?????? and was really shocked :O:O:O And then one of the girls said I was さいてい which is a bad thing… haha damn!! Hmm but everybody else laughed… hahahaha hmm but then after a while I remembered his name right??/ Like it sounds something like cock so he just told me to call him cock… and then I was like… OH!!! Your name is cock right???? And he was like yeah!!! And then he started saying HUGE COCK!! HAHAHAHA But yeah I kind of felt bad for that girl coz she was really upset that I didn’t remember her when I actually did… and actually I wanted to play tennis with her coz the practice here is shit, like there are just way too many ppl and like 1 or 2 courts and they just end up throwing balls at you and it’s just stupid. Like a lot of ppl are really crap, and they go to tennis circles for the nomikais, actually tennis circles have a reputation as nomikai circles, and that’s why a lot of ppl are against them. I’m actually ok with nomikai circles… I mean people usually join uni clubs/circles to meet friends right? And if crazy nomikais are your thing then why not?? BUTTT I don’t understand why they put themselves through 2-3 hrs of hitting tennis balls thrown at you when they obviously have no interest in tennis! Like I like tennis, and I can tell that that girl I was talking about loves tennis too, so I wanted to hire courts myself and rally with her, but for the other ppl why don’t they just have a nomikai circle and screw the pretence with the tennis?? I just don’t understand!
Hmm and then on Thursday I went to that iAT international circle thing again. I wanted to go to sign language circle, but my friend had something to talk to me about tennis circle, and he wanted me to come to iAT so I said ok. But yeah that friend is really nice, he always tries really hard to help me out, and when he says he’ll do something he actually does it, well except this time he didn’t end up going to iAT but he told me beforehand that he couldn’t make it… BUTT I told other ppl that I was going to iAT and they had stuff to give back to me so I had to go anyway >_< Oh but then I had to leave early for a meeting for saimonme… I have a camp this weekend!!! ANDDDD I’m in the cooking division right? And our group is going to do this play type of thing… and I have to act as shenron in dragon ball z and speak a lot of kansai-ben :O:O Well actually only 3 lines but yeah… hahahahaha OHHHh and then we also have like camp songs and dances and stuff that we’re supposed to remember… and we were practicing right and haha omg even though it’s a volunteer circle they DO go crazy sometimes HAHA Hmm but yeah after the meeting I went to the uni food court again and I met blueberry people again!! I love it how their faces just light up when they see me, it makes me feel so happy!!
And then on Friday I had a report due!!!!! Like I wanted to finish it on Thursday night right??? but I just kept procrastinating and procrastinating and procrastinating and procrastinating and then didn’t get ANYTHING done! and I was like WTF am I doing???? Like usually when you procrastinate you at least get SOMETHING done right?? Well I didn’t get ANYTHING done! And I was like super duper tired and I was like alright I’ll just wake up early on Friday and do it then… BUT THEN I SLEPT IN DSNFIODSNFioNDFioSDNFioDNFIODSFSDF OH!!! like on Monday and Tuesday I slept in and missed my class right?? And then I got pissed off at myself and was like ok this is ridiculous, I NEED to stop doing this or I won’t get credits for my classes, so I decided to sleep on the floor coz it’s so much less comfortable than the bed and it’s so much harder for me to fall back asleep after waking up… and I also bought a radio alarm so that I can have an alarm sound where I don’t press snooze right away…. oh I know the put your alarm far away so you have to get up to turn it off trick… BUTTTTT I AM SO LAZY THAT I JUST LEAVE IT AND IT GOES OFF BY ITSELF AFTER A WHILE DNFISNFOSDFDSF But yeah… I started doing that on Wednesday right? Andddddd I still sleep in but not as much!! I’ve actually made it to all my classes so far
:) So yeah I went down to my bike and my friend in the same class was there too and we were both late right??? And it was pouring and stuff so we used the pro Jap carry umbrella in one hand and ride your bike with the other thing… but he could ride so fast!!!!! Like for some reason it wasn’t my arm holding my umbrella that was tired, but it was my legs!! I think it’s coz I can’t really balance properly yet, so my legs have to work extra hard or something… well actually yeah I can… I don’t really have much problems even riding one handed now but maybe my legs still have to work more to balance or something… Hmm but yeah I didn’t have time to do my hair up on Friday right? And I bumped into some ppl and they didn’t recognise me!!!! Like they’d only know that I was Kevin after I call out to them :O:O and then they’d be like omg you’re Kevin right??? NO WAY!!!! And like I bumped into somebody in ATA right? And I was on my bike so I just nodded at him… and he was like huh???? but I was rushing to hand in my report in so I didn’t stop to explain HAHAHA but yeah I printed my report at 4:50 and had to hand it in by 5 o’clock! Like the office actually closes at 5 o’clock sharp and it was in another campus!! :O:O But yeah I went to the office and they’re usually really friendly and they’re like hi Kevin!! and talk to me a lot right?? but then I went in and then started waving at them and they were like wtf???? So yeah they were all quiet and stuff but yeah I was like yeah whatever… and then took the cover sheet by myself and filled my name in and then handed it in… and then one of the girls who usually always jokes around with me looked at my cover sheet and then had a shocked expression on her face and was all silent and stuff so then I just said bye and walked out HAHAHAA. But yeah you know how I wrote a blog entry saying I needed a haircut like 3 months ago or something?? Well I still haven’t had a haircut yet!! So every day I kind of have to fix it up, and after I fix it up it looks ok… like I can go out… but on Friday I realised that maybe I shouldn’t go out without doing my hair nemore… ppl just get too shocked HAHAHAHA Well actually I dont’ always do my hair up… it just depends on how I wake up… sometimes it’s ok HAHA Well Friday was especially bad coz I played badminton and got all sweaty and it was pouring too so maybe Friday was just especially bad… hahaha but yeah it was kind of interesting giving everybody a shock :O:O But it’s not just me… I reckon pretty much all guys look really different with different hair :O Well asian guys do… like I see a lot of celebs and their diff hair styles and some just suit them SOOOOOOOO much more than others… Hmm but yeah even after trying to fix it up my hair is getting messier and messier… I need to get a new haircut soon!! But I don’t know where!! >_< Oh yeah people kept talking to me about dyeing my hair, especially ATA ppl coz they pretty much all have dyed hair, and actually I DO think dyed hair looks better on MOST people buttttt I don’t think black looks that bad on me either and I MIGHT look better with dyed hair but most ppl here think I’m really innocent HAHAHAHA and I think that if I dyed my hair I’d lose that image!!! Oh and a lot of Kyoto Uni ppl are like the really serious type… and they always say how natural is always the best… So I think I’ll keep my hair black
Oh yeah… you know how I felt sorry for that ATA girl who got all excited seeing me but got really sad when I didn’t remember her name?? Well I messaged an ATA friend of mine who I had on my contact list and asked her when ATA was eating there again… coz I wanted to explain to her that I DID remember her and her birthday and that she’s really good at tennis… and she told me that they’d be there again on Friday… but coz it was raining practice got cancelled!!! >_< So yeah then I just went home after handing the report in
HMm and then yeah on Saturday I went to my friend’s birthday party!! We went to this nomihoudai place again… sigh… well actually I didn’t drink that much I only drank like 3 drinks… but I had to finish food off again >_< Yeah and the ppl at the party were all like postgrad students or researchers so they were all like…. wow you’re 20??? SO YOUNG!!! and I was like err yeah… And I found out that a lot of ppl in my Japanese class are actually married and I was like whoa~!!!!!!!!!! Like they’re not really that old, like a lot of them are like 25ish, but they’re married already so I’m like whoa~!! And one of them got married when she JUST turned 21! Which is like me in a few months! Whoa I can’t imagine myself getting married so early :O:O:O Maybe that fortune telling advice thing I got is telling me to do something!! haha just jkzz as if I’d get married so early!! Hmm but yeah then we were supposed to go out clubbing… and we got separated coz somebody called my friend out to give her her present… and then some other ppl went to the conbini to get a drink… but yeah my friend told us that we (the ppl not doing nething) could go in first… but two others weren’t doing nething either right?? But they said nah it’s ok we’ll wait… so we were gonna wait till the ppl came back from the conbini… but they TOOK ONE FUCKING HOUR TO BUY THEIR DRINK WTF!! Well they didn’t do anything wrong like they didn’t tell us to wait for them but still… like I was with the two other ppl waiting right??? And I didn’t really know either of them that well and they STARTED ARGUING with each other so I was like uhh yeah ok I don’t want to get involved so I just stood there by myself… but after one hour I just didn’t feel like it nemore. Like they didn’t tell us to wait for them so they didn’t do anything wrong and I felt sorry for the birthday girl coz she actually told us to go in first, but still I just didn’t feel like nemore… so yeah I went home when they came back and were about to go in!! :O:O
Hmm and then today I met up with one of my friends for dinner! I met him and his wife through Klexon (the international circle) right?? And he made some comment about Kyoto University girls on facebook and I was like… OH! You go to Kyoudai too??? and he was like yeah!! and then got all excited and invited me out to dinner.. just when I thought I had a Sunday free for once… well I don’t really mind, going out is fun too haha… but yeah… we went to like an old ppl’s restaurant… like it was a really small restaurant which actually seemed to be like inside somebody’s house… and all the customers were really old!!! And they all started talking to us right?? and my friends were foreigners who couldn’t speak Japanese so I was translating for them even though I couldn’t really translate properly and it was kind of fun hahahaha… but yeah my friend kept commenting on the young waitress there and how she seemed like a statue or something but I was like yeah of course, she prob can’t speak english and doesn’t know what to do and is just scared… plus everybody here are old geezers so they’re not really her type either haha but she was just standing there staring at the ground it was kind of funny HAHA She did that like the whole 1.5 hrs we were there!! HAHAHA But yeah!! Then we went to pay right?? AND I COULDN’T FIND MY WALLET!!! NDFNSDFOINSDOIFNDSF Lucky my friends were there with me so they covered the bill for me… but SHIT! I LOST MY WALLET!! I think what happened was that I went down to my bike but then I was like whoa it’s kind of chilly… I’ll go get my jacket… but coz I only had to go upstairs and that takes like 2 mins or something I just left my bag on my bike… and then somebody probably stole my wallet in those 2 mins… >_< grah it’s so annoying!!!!!!! Like of course losing your money’s bad… but I also lost my credit card… like of course there’s the risk of ppl using your credit card… but what’s even worse is that that’s the only way I get my money here… like I always just use that card at the ATM and get cash that way… so I have no way of getting cash… >_< So like I kept looking and looking and looking for my wallet and asking heaps of places and none of them had it… oh and I was looking through the public bins too in case I accidentally threw it inside.. and ppl were looking at me as if I was a homeless bum looking for food!! As if I need to do that in Japan! I can just eat free samples!!! Actually nah they don’t really have free samples around my area which is kind of sad >_< Maybe I WILL have to end up looking through the bins for food coz I don’t have any access to cash!!!! >_< But nahhh I sent my AUS friend money through netbank and he’s going to help me withdraw it…. so I should be fine until a replacement card comes
The way he takes money out is a big ripoff though!!! He has to pay like 5% or so fees when my usual way has no fees!!!!!! >_< But yeah… I think I’m the only one in Kyoto Uni who can lose his wallet and then calm down after a few hrs and write a blog entry HAHAHA. Well like I figured I’ve done all I can… well not really I need to go to the police station and tell the reception ppl at my dorm too.. but the reception ppl aren’t here and the police were on patrol when I went to the police station a few hrs ago… so there’s not really nething else I can do now… and plus I’ve organised my money… so yeah I just figured that there’s no point getting frustrated nemore so I just stopped
Oh but apparently there are a lot of cases where people take your cash but they return all your cards and documents and stuff though!! So that’d be nice!!! Tomorrow is the last chance I have at getting a Kyoudai email and computer account… so I hope I don’t need my student ID card or my library card!!! I know I need my student number.. and I’ve forgotten that but I’m pretty sure I can find out from the foreign exchange office so I’ll just go there early (which means I’ll have to wake up early!!!!!!!!! I hope I can!!!!!!!!!)
Oh yeah and Alice said I have to say that she’s awesome… so yeah she is… if you dont’ know who alice is don’t worry… she’s not even in Japan and isn’t relevant to this post at all HAHA
June 8, 2009 at 11:08 pm
5000 word entry!!
June 9, 2009 at 12:56 am
Yeah! Did you read it all?
Actually there were a lot more things that happened that I wanted to write about but figured it’d make the post WAAAAAAY too long so I just decided to omit it >_<
June 12, 2009 at 8:37 pm
You know what you should do Kevin…
Break them up in smaller paragraphs… and put like a sub-heading (like the day it happened????)…
And no I didn’t bother reading this all ._.