Wow so its saturday morning and I got to sleep in which was nice because last night I was so drained of energy, I actually went to bed at 10.....isnt that weird, even in Sydney time thats before midnight. I could hardly believe it. However my bed isnt the most comfortable to sleep in and that might explain why i am tired a lot. Today my shoulders and back are sore from sleeping. I suppose i will have to just get used to it eh.
Yesterday was the second useless day of orientation. Placement test did not go very well. Listening wasnt very good at all, I expected them to read the questions out twice, but they only did it once so I missed out on a lot of stuff i think. The writing section wasnt too bad, it was split up into three sections that ascended in difficulty. I managed to do the first part fine which was very encouraging at the time, the second section was a bit hit and miss and the third part was terrible.
Other than the placement tests, the rest of the day was pretty useless. There was a welcome (ie free) lunch held in some room. There was some nice food there and I just ate as much as I could so i wouldnt have to buy any food later. We also had a doctor come from the medical centre to talk to us about measles, TB, HIV and swine flu.....OooOoOoOooh. And then they gave us free facemasks, handwash, tissues and wetwipes.....so score i guess lol.
THEN the lady from the coop came and was talking, we had to fill out this rediculous for just to sign up for the coop. So confusing. The one thing I have learned about Japan is it is all about the beaurocratic red tape rediculousness. So many forms for everything. Campus tour was next, which didnt help me at all because I will still not be able to find my way around I dont think.
Tonight should be good though. Our landlords are throwing us a welcome party now that everyone has arrived so we only have to put in 1000yen each and they go out and buy the food and drinks.
Anyway noone else is up and its already 10:30 which is suprising. A lot of them went out drinking last night in Kyoto so I guess they are still recovering.
I shall catch y`all later
Jono
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About Me
- Avis-san
- I am a 19 year old Australian student from Sydney. I am caucasian and I have red hair. In September 2009 I undertook a semester of exchange to Kyoto, Japan. These are my stories of my life there for my friends to keep track of me.
aww shucks, sucks to hear that the placement tests didnt go as planned :(
ReplyDeletesure you did well though :)
oh man the lifestyle in these student accomodation places seems like fun! hope you party-ed hard last night! hope everything is going well for you! it was sooo weird not picking you up on Thursday for indoor.
ReplyDeleteTake care man,
well, parties are always good, and tests always suck.
ReplyDeletebut yeah, im sure you didnt do that badly.
i loled at the free food thing cuz i think i'd do the same thing, just to save money.
x.