Thursday, November 27, 2008

JTW Welcome Party

A few days after the orientation and after everyone kinda settled down, a welcome party was held for all the students in the JTW program! I was actually looking forward to the makan.... Coz we all paid like 3000Yen Each for a buffet with free flow alcohol BUT in the end... the food turned out to be CHINESE CRUSINE!!! WTF!!!... its like the stuff that i eat all the time in Singapore lah!... haha... but in the end, it was also more for us to mingle and drink and have fun so i also not too pissed lah... =)

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ABOVE: Just the 3 in the front of the picture, from the right. (1) TARO - Japanese Tutor, really helpful person!, (2) MASA - Japanese Tutor, he really damn funny kind... his face always had a smile and when he talks he just tickles me... haha... and finally the last on the right (3) Kathrin from Belgium... She's really soft spoken and sweet and its always great chatting with her!!! =)

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This gal next to Kathrin is named... KAYA!!! haha... exactly like the kaya that we have in Singapore!! wahaha... She actually just came back from a trip to Singapore and she showed me some of the pictures that she took in Sentosa etc!!! =) Its actually quite cool hearing someone else's experience of your home country, give's you a whole new perspective. [Ehhh... actually its just more like you keep thinking how tourist seem to seriously enjoy the stuff that we all just take for granted since we see it everyday! =) ]

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KAWAIIII =) Jap Tutor - Misaki!!! =) Unfortunately that was the first and last few times that i managed to have a chat with her =)

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ABOVE: Other then myself, from the left (1) Joyce from HK, she's super hk-ish but her japanese is really good! haha... (2) The other guy in the picture, Soonpeel from Korea, this guy here is a real talent, he has some of the most creative 'juices', playing the piano, dancing etc... (3) and the last gal on the right, Yeji from Korea - She's a really interesting babe from korea, she always seems to be strong headed but when you know her better, she has a really gentle and sweet soft side haha... =).

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ABOVE: Me and another tutor - Sayumi!! =) She went to Singapore with Kaya so we kinda when through the same routine once again! =)

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ABOVE: Tian Ran and John Paul, a.k.a 'JP'. He's the guy that did the meditation in the orientation! haha =) he has certain concepts that feels a little too abstract for me thus didn't really get to know him well =(...

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ABOVE: After the dinner, the whole gang of us stood outside the resturant contemplating the next 'move' and the funny gal that you see in the centre of the pic is DANA - from Philippines, Dana is like the life of the party and everyone will definitely know when she's around! i swear, her laughter can reach sound levels that no human can naturally endure! =) (in a good way of course!)

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ABOVE: Check out Woong and Natsumi - Jap Tutor, They are both already tipsy and kinda drunk and Natsumi was really kinda gone! haha...

BELOW: The MOST RIDICULIOUS thing is the name of the 'disco' that we went to... check it out!!! OMFG!!! i laughed my head off when i saw it!!! haha... [HAPPY COCK - International Bar] Who the hell names their bar HAPPY COCK!!! it just advocates something that i rather not elaborate on here... haha... please let your imagination take over... (AND BTW... the name of the bar did NoT describe my feelings at the end of the night...)

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ABOVE: Some of the Gang right outside the bar...

From here, i did not manage to get any more photos coz i had to place my belongings into a locker before getting into hte groove on the dance floor... In general the club was kinda small, and i simply felt that is was catered more of the foreigners in Japan, [Mainly only the WHITES and the BLACKS] coz we, the 'Chinese-skinned' blend in too much and it was kinda weird... as though we were Japanese trying to act like foreigners... zzz anyway, since the majority of the people there were JTW ppl, we just kept to our own groups and enjoyed ourselves =).

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