Reunited
by D’Juan McGee
I’m happy to announce that my bag and I were reunited after being separated for three whole days. Though it was a joyous event my bag came back safe it did however suffer some major damages which will require me to buy a new one before my departure back to America.
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Right now the weather is cold and gloomy and it has rained for the last four days with overcast. Apart from the lovely weather and the damaged suitcase, my class at Kansai University is going well. Our homework for this weekend is to take pictures of the places we visited around Japan and then give a four-minute presentation on it in Japanese. For anyone who knows me I can give a presentation with no problem because I can talk all day long. However, giving a presentation in Japanese is very intimidating and will require a lot of work on my part.
Today the International Department hosted a luncheon with a presentation welcoming us again to their University. This was an awesome event because everyone wanted to take a picture with me. During the luncheon a few Japanese students sat down with us and asked us questions in Japanese. Half of the time my answers were “wakarimasen” which means “I don’t understand.”
One thing I have notice among the Asian culture as a whole is their genuine kindness towards other people. Anytime we are doing group work they always making sure Sara Fanger and I know what is going on in class. Sarah is the other American student from California University. Yes, I do hangout with Sarah a lot because she can speak English and her Japanese is really good. I did manage to make it to a wonderful little Ramen noodle restaurant near Kansai University. Ordering food at this place was super easy and you didn’t have to leave a tip because you paid for your food at a vending machine in the front of the restaurant. I know for a fact that we don’t have anything like this in America.
Well I’m off to study Japanese, so until next time “Mata de” (See you Later).
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