Tuesday, December 12, 2006
hello. havent updated in a thousand years. total neglection of this blog haha. almost a week. well, this past few days are the only things that i can remember of to blog about, certainly some good stuff. read on to find out more.
recently last week, i have been browsing local boards about learning japanese here. then i came across a rather big list of schools which provide japanese learning. hahah, well, this one particular school caught my eye la, the biggest thing that attracted me was the annual subsidised trip to Japan if you stick with them for a year. but the fees are sky high la duh, so this all makes sense. somemore sweet bits also include interaction with japanese high school students who come here annually on a school trip. but now, i'm signed on to another language school, but im loving it there la, i like the way my sensei teaches, and all the wonderful friends i made there.
after a few random clicks, i found this really interesting website. probably my solution to mingling around with the japanese, and making new friends. and i joined this online community. and voted "yes" for an upcoming meetup which was 2 days away. which was a dinner at some chinese restaurant.
come friday, i left home about almost 2 hours before the scheduled time. according to the site, it was 730pm at CityHall MRT. i reached city hall at about 645pm. damnit, too early already. all i had was the organiser's number and i'm a little afraid of calling up her since this is my first time meeting them. went to MPH and browse magazines, till 720pm, i called her up and she didnt pick up 2 of my calls. then i started feeling a little uneasy about this meetup being a hoax. so, i used my goldfish memory to recall back the restaurant location, and went to the venue, but unsure of which floor it is.
20 minutes later.
i received a call from her. finally. got the necessary instructions and went up to the restaurant. and OK, this is a LARGE group of people alright. and most of them seemed like office people. and the japanese people are easily disguishable la. we sat down, and they all began chatting. then this friendly lady beside me started a conversation with me.
"hey are you kai?"
"uh. yeah, how did you know?"
"oh. the picture of you on the site looks exactly like you except minus the bloated part of your face hahah."
"oh, ya, that one. hahah. nice to meet you."
the food started coming, and i ate dammmmmn little. and i kept taking BAOs instead of proper food. and as a Japanese meetup, the main language at the table was japanese. i understood mostly half of whatever's said. and replying in japanese when posed a question to is a killer. firstly, my palms get really sweaty, and my tongue got tied when replyng back. damn it. and i got mistaken for a japanese hahah. this is one SCARY dinner. i somehow survived through it though...
second phase of the night...
i find this part rather odd. after a dinner session, we ended up at some coffeeshop near the National Library, somewhere near Bugis. then i ordered a mug of beer on impulse. ok la i slap myself. tiger beer. bitter as hell. and for this part of the night, interactions with a japanese person is at minimal, and most of the time, i was busy typing away with my laptop, because of the free wireless connectivity there. a little wasteful la.
11pm.
a small group of us stood up and left for home as it was getting late, and nobody would wanna miss their last trains or buses back. and i didnt realize this, but all the japanese people were gone by the time i parted with the group. overall it was a good night, though i was shy.
SATURDAY.
first intermediate class. it was kinda redundant la. i already knew all these stuff, i want new stuff please. and today, there was another japanese group meeting today and i'm going afterall. venue, CoffeeBean @ Raffles Hospital. a little weird i thought. but i knew where it was anyway. this hospital... doesnt look like a hospital at all to me, and the facilities are so good, it feels so much more like a HOTEL. met them finally, but this time, there were only 2 japanese around, i dont know what happened to the rest. i didnt socialize much la, i still got the shyness in me.
later that night. we had dinner, and this time, another restaurant again -_- my wallet will suffer a lot. thankfully last night, i got a free dinner at the chinese restaurant thanks to Hasumi, thumbs up for her. i really appreciate her understanding. this time however, we went to a western restaurant, and i regretted eating donuts like hell in my japanese class earlier, i couldnt finish my set meal! i got subsidised $10 for my total bill this time. i learnt to speak up more this time during the dinner. and yet again, another awesome day.
argh. im tired already la, i have one more day to blog about, which is SUNDAY, i met them yet AGAIN, but i'll reserve that for the next post instead because it is 417am now and i have yet to bathe, fuck, also to prevent my blog from being too long-winded and i'm really tired. good night.
god if you can hear me out alright
please take these feelings for her inside
my chest hurts when i breathe tonight
it's wasting me away
