Apparently, you can post videos on here, too. So I'm going to see how that works out. These are videos of my dorm and a trip from the community center to my room. :D I think they're boring. But enjoy.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Day 4 at Tsukuba U
Today I have spent most of my time just resting and cleaning my room. Perkins and I have dinner with Gami and Yurie at 6:30, so I will be meeting him an hour before that outside. Our dorms are right next to eachother, and Perkins has AIM so it's really easy for us to communicate now that we can get on Tsukuba's network. It's kind of a pain to get onto the network. You have to sign in as admin. on Internet Explorer so you can go through the proper procedures.
The current temperature is 79 degrees F. The cicadas are constantly singing outside my window, and I don't have a/c so I've got my window open as long as it's not raining. I have a fan, and that come in handy. It's so humid here that Gami told Perkins and I to buy these little plastic bins with some kind of water absorber in them to keep our rooms from getting moldy. Everything here is so cute. The little bin is called something like "Mr. Elephant." There's a cutesy picture of an elephant on the box that it came in.
About my room:
I have a desk, a phone, a bed, a wardrobe, a big bookshelf, and a shoe shelf. I get my own bathroom, but they didn't clean it before I got here so that's why I cleaned it myself today. It was pretty gross, actually. There were these little dirt particles all over it. Despite all this, I've found that I really enjoy my room. After all...it's mine. :) And now this dorm is "my dorm." And this university is "my university." And for a year it's my home. For now, I'm so happy to be here. I'm often confused and sometimes I feel like an idiot...but I really do love it here. Perkins and I were talking earlier and wondering if we would feel the same way in a few months. I hope so.
For lunch:
I had some kind of potato fish cake and some noodles with yummy sauce on them. It was a dark sauce. And there were pickled daikon radishes in it. I bought it at the convenience store down the road. I ate it at the food court, which is in the same building. There's a T.V. in there, so I got to watch some Japanese T.V. I didn't understand what was going on, but it seemed like some kind of funny game show or something. It was good to get out of my room for a little bit. I don't plan on spending a whole lot of time in here unless I have to. >_>
I'm still a little confused about my entire registration process, but I'll figure that out soon enough. Classes start Monday, so we'll so how that goes. I cannot describe the way I feel about it. I'm not nervous. I'm not excited. I'm looking forward to it.
My one fear is that I will isolate myself. Seeing as how I'll be so busy with school there's little chance of that, though. I had better finish cleaning my room. I'll put some pictures up in a few. Peace out!
The current temperature is 79 degrees F. The cicadas are constantly singing outside my window, and I don't have a/c so I've got my window open as long as it's not raining. I have a fan, and that come in handy. It's so humid here that Gami told Perkins and I to buy these little plastic bins with some kind of water absorber in them to keep our rooms from getting moldy. Everything here is so cute. The little bin is called something like "Mr. Elephant." There's a cutesy picture of an elephant on the box that it came in.
About my room:
I have a desk, a phone, a bed, a wardrobe, a big bookshelf, and a shoe shelf. I get my own bathroom, but they didn't clean it before I got here so that's why I cleaned it myself today. It was pretty gross, actually. There were these little dirt particles all over it. Despite all this, I've found that I really enjoy my room. After all...it's mine. :) And now this dorm is "my dorm." And this university is "my university." And for a year it's my home. For now, I'm so happy to be here. I'm often confused and sometimes I feel like an idiot...but I really do love it here. Perkins and I were talking earlier and wondering if we would feel the same way in a few months. I hope so.
For lunch:
I had some kind of potato fish cake and some noodles with yummy sauce on them. It was a dark sauce. And there were pickled daikon radishes in it. I bought it at the convenience store down the road. I ate it at the food court, which is in the same building. There's a T.V. in there, so I got to watch some Japanese T.V. I didn't understand what was going on, but it seemed like some kind of funny game show or something. It was good to get out of my room for a little bit. I don't plan on spending a whole lot of time in here unless I have to. >_>
I'm still a little confused about my entire registration process, but I'll figure that out soon enough. Classes start Monday, so we'll so how that goes. I cannot describe the way I feel about it. I'm not nervous. I'm not excited. I'm looking forward to it.
My one fear is that I will isolate myself. Seeing as how I'll be so busy with school there's little chance of that, though. I had better finish cleaning my room. I'll put some pictures up in a few. Peace out!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Day 2
My feet hurt so bad. I haven't been so tired in so long. I can feel my feet throbbing as I write this. I should've brought more money because they usually only take cash in Japan. Jusco takes credit, but I guess they don't take MasterCard.
It's nearly 10pm and I haven't spoken with anyone from home in over 2 days. Hopefully I'll be able to get to the internet tomorrow.
I'm here in Ichinoya dorm building 34. It turns out that Jonathan Perkins, another Purdue student, is in 35. His tutor has been helping us out tremendously. The tutor's name is Naoya Nogami. We just call him Gami. My tutor is Baba Yurie. She's so cute. :) She hasn't been with us but for a few hours today, though. And tomorrow we have Orientation from 9:50-6:00pm. It's gonna be a long day.
I have to remember to write about my room later. Yurie said it was "Hiroi." I think that means spacious--or old. I can't remember which. Old--very; spacious--not so much.
The weather here is "Island Weather." Everything is different. Well, almost.
I'm too tired to write much more, but I want you to know that Japan is the shit.
It's nearly 10pm and I haven't spoken with anyone from home in over 2 days. Hopefully I'll be able to get to the internet tomorrow.
I'm here in Ichinoya dorm building 34. It turns out that Jonathan Perkins, another Purdue student, is in 35. His tutor has been helping us out tremendously. The tutor's name is Naoya Nogami. We just call him Gami. My tutor is Baba Yurie. She's so cute. :) She hasn't been with us but for a few hours today, though. And tomorrow we have Orientation from 9:50-6:00pm. It's gonna be a long day.
I have to remember to write about my room later. Yurie said it was "Hiroi." I think that means spacious--or old. I can't remember which. Old--very; spacious--not so much.
The weather here is "Island Weather." Everything is different. Well, almost.
I'm too tired to write much more, but I want you to know that Japan is the shit.
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