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August 13, 2005
b/c british accents are fun...
today was the last day of our second orientation within japan. and though i dreaded it for a long time (orientations are not fun... let alone they've so far been rather pointless), i have to say i'm somewhat reluctant to leave this one. before you all get any ideas. it's NOT because of the public baths. bastards.
it's been a fun three days getting to know the people around your area better in addition to meeting new people and getting a better grip of those around you. anad yes, british accents are fun. or british slang is. such as minging, wanker, tosser, pissed, etc. and yes, they're even more fun to say in british accents! as the final meeting gathered together, we were able to see some of the exceptional self introductions (yours truly half assed it so badly... yeah... i wasn't one of the exceptional haha) and a good friend of mine, kieran was chosen. i don't want to spoil it, but i got it (well i need to get it from brian / kent) on video.
a great surprise thouh as we exited asunaro center. the weather was cool, with a pleasant breeze and lo and behold... humidity of zero! the cause? a thunderstorm off in the distance. i haven't seen rain in awhile to be honest. as the clouds rolled towards us, we all could see the inevitable confrontation of shiz jets vs. the rain. i think the rain won that one.. maybe it's just me.
it poured.
all of the shiz jets sheltered into the nearby shelters, including lauren [pic here]. and that would also explain why i look like this with micah and chanel [pic again]. we finally get to kakegawa station, and here arrives my highlight of this trip; one of the jets lost their passport, cell phone, money, and all certain things that would be a rather, well bad, if one were to lose them all. this jet lost them all. and unfortunately he, as well as everyone else, couldn't speak japanese to ask for help. and that's when everyone looked at me...
(ito sensei, you'd be proud :) )
don't get me wrong. i was a bit nervous. i mean i can say stupid things in japanese and random comments... and usually i converse with people who know a bit of english so i can get away with it... but the station manager knew no english.. let alone my vocabulary (sumimasen ito sensei) has gone down the drain. i figured i could give it a shot, right?
after talking with the station manager for a few minutes, and finally remembering that i wrote our prefectual advior's (darren) cell on my [now falling apart] paper change holder, not purse, holder - we were able to locate the jet's lost valuables and make our train. yay. jeff 1, language barrier 0!
as the fuji crew, well parts of the fuji crew, brian, me, lauren, john, and doug, got on the train, fatique finally kicked in. we decided to pass the shizuoka party (don't forget we're lugging our luggage too) and head home for a somewhat quiet dinner with just the five of us. this turned out to be a lot of fun, we went to an enkai, watami, and ate our fill of apetizers and alochol. fun times.
and as i arrived back home, i promptly passed out for the next 12 hours or so :).
Posted by Jeff at August 13, 2005 09:18 PM
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Glad to see there is alcohol but no throwing up for Jeff. We're making progress chief.
Posted by: Krist at August 17, 2005 03:06 PM
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