Oh yeah... the post that everyone is asking me to do (coz they wanna see the other humans that are here!!! wahaha... ) okie then... here it is...
hmmm i'm going to start with the boring First day of orientation (which was just going to school for some kinda briefing regarding academic matters and some 'living' issues... really nothing much... zzzz
~~~~~DAY 1 OF ORIENTATION ~!~!~!~!~!~~~~~
I finally got to see the people in my JTW course =) haha... the remaining of the day was spent with hours of briefing and by the time it was over, most of us were too tired and headed back to the kaikan to rest for the activities the next day! =)
~~~~~DAY 2 OF ORIENTATION ~!~!~!~!~!~~~~~
This day was the beginning of all the REALLY fun days i had in store!!! wahaha... okie so as the pic above shows... the first thing we did was to gather in the kaikan office (the pic below!!) Shows all my friends!!! =)
The whole group of us gathering before the trip... during this time i still did not know anyone well. so i just started my introductions with anyone that i met there. =)
Traveling on the bus that was supposed to 'shuttle' us to the venues was an interesting experience in itself. haha... the bus actually had these fold out seats that allowed people to sit along the aisle and i happened to get one of those seats! to my right were (Dav - From Taiwan & Kristine - from HK) both of them could speak Cantonese and i generally conversed with them using as much Cantonese that i could come up with... hehe...
And to my left was (Miki - from thailand & Joel from HK) I had a wonderful time chatting with them!!! haha...
The group of us, with me in the UNusual center seat! =)... thinking back now i think that i was actually lucky to have got that seat coz it allowed me to stick my 'head' around and chat with more people! =)
This is Hemi - from Korea. She's really nice to talk to and she actually stayed in New Zealand for a year so her English is the BEST of all the koreans!!! She's a really straight forward person and i enjoy chatting with her! =)...
We stopped at a convenient store to allow for a toilet break and for people to purchase some stuff that they might have needed.
Here's Jing Wei - from China & the one sleeping is Hyun-A also known as Heather from Korea... =) both these gals have like boyfriends that they are super attached to... haha... think Jing Wei had been with hers for like 8 years already and she says that once she goes back to china and graduates, she'll get married!... As for Hyun-A, she has all these rings and accessories that she wears to remind her of her bf. Hyun-A is an extremely nice person and her mother always sends her food from korea. She always cooks and invites me to have meals with her and the koreans! =) PLUS i call her sensei coz she always tries to help me with my Japanese =)
Actually, our first stop for the day was to a water fall that was really nice BUT as the weather was not that good, i didn't want to risk bringing my camera out into the rain thus i just went without it... any way... the pic below is from the 2nd stop and i'm sure you guys can see how bad the weather is...
They distributed rain coats to all of us in the bus and just look at us... wahaha... all so funny! This stop was to a REALLY long bridge and according to the professor, the view was supposed to be wonderful! BUT... all we managed to see was the fog that the rain created... ZZZzzz
Wahaha... this is Joey - from China, he's a real joker and does stuff that really sometimes seem to be rather stupid!!! haha... the clown that everyone will get to know! =)
Me and Miki!!! and check out the guy sleeping next to me... haha... his name is Woong from Korea... in time, he'll become like my buddy coz we hang out together a lot! haha... he's a really nice and mature person and funny too haha... great to have him around!
The 2 gals that you see behind are Nayeong and Jungwon, both from Korea!, pretty gals of the group! =) Both of them are really shy coz they do not really speak english and being shy gals they don't really want to talk too much BUT they are really nice people and are super friendly. =)
Haha!!! Woong KO-ed on the bus!!! =)
And YES!!! we finally reached our logging place for the night - KUJU TRAINING CENTRE (Has ONSEN!!!, which is the hot spring baths)!!! =). All the guys were packed into a single BIG room and were expected to sleep on tatami mats and futons. While the ladies got the smaller rooms with double decker beds - pic below!
Guys being guys.. we all started to do weird stuff in out room! wahaha. AND the pic below is the gals lodgings.
Once we all settled in, we all had to head to a briefing room for something like a mini lecture about how we should act and the differences in the culture of Japan etc (which was extremely boring after an entire day of touring!!!) and FINALLY after that , we headed to have our dinner!!!!
This is Adrian and Agar both from Poland! They are a couple and are actually already engaged!! haha... Both are really interesting people and super friendly, plus they REALLY like drinking!!! wahaha...
Kristin =) hmmm she's a sweet gal from HK, the kinda small petit person that ppl would like. =) Only problem is that she's the kind of person that likes to stick to herself and she's constantly on the phone with her BF so i really didn't have much 'extended' communication with her yet... =)
After dinner, everyone had the choice of either (1) heading to the nearby hall to get some exercise like badminton / soccer / basketball / table tennis / vollyball etc (which of course i chose) or (2) just to have a nice bath in the onsen and then have a good rest. I chose Mixed option, haha... which was to first have some exercise and then heading to the onsen to have a relaxing soak in the bath!!! =) [ I didn't take any photos for these two activities for obvious reasons so i apologize for the lack of visuals!!!]
That night! after everyone had finished their baths and were ready to rest, we expectedly all got together started chatting! Check out the orgy of people in the guys's room! haha... all forming small circles and chatting!
This unique character is John Paul aka JP. He actually started MEDITATING in the middle of all the commotion! haha... weird... after more interaction with him, i got to know that he's a really 'Spiritual' kind of person that believes in the self... etc... haha and all conversations with him then to eventually lead to something about the universe and the way it works etc... hehe... unique character of the group!
Check out the load of rubbish that we left from all the snacks that we had. (i pity the person that slept on that spot that night! - might have smelled really bad! wahaha)
Here's (from the right) (1) Harvey - From the Philippines - speaks good English and is said to be the most handsome asian in the JTW group! (2) SHIN Sei - who is actually a tutor(buddy) haha... he's originally from china and has been studying here for a while already. He can speak chinese and japanese really well and is also rather good in english. haha... i really love his character coz he's always so funny and doing weird stuff that amuses everyone AND most importantly, he very very friendly!. (3) next up is Alice - from France, haha... she's another of those petite small sized cute gals in JTW, and finally its (4) Julia - who is also from France and she's more of the french sexy dressing people who dresses up and likes to look pretty and presentable all the time. both the gals are from Bordeaux and they both major in Japanese studies thus their Japanese language skill level is ridiculously high!
Just needed to add this photo - SHin being his cute self! haha...
OMG... ok, i'm going to leave the last day of the orientation to the next post... coz its tiring business blogging hehe... =) cheers!
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