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Melon flavoured pocky is to die for!
Ahem.
Life's pretty good. I bit the bullet yesterday and actually drove my car. It was very weird and it took me awhile to figure out to lift the emergency break (it's automatically on here, which is weird on an automatic car). Did I mention I was extremely lucky and got the only car at the academy that's an automatic? (not that I can't drive stick/manual/whatever, but I'm certainly not used to it.) Everything is on the opposite side but that doesn't phase me too much since I'm dyslexic enough to get confused no matter what side of the road I'm supposed to be on (or what side my turn signal is on...) The hardest thing so far is stopping at all the stop lights since they're really unobtrusive. Oh, and everybody tells me my car is big, but it's still damn tiny by american standards.
I bought the rest of my essentials for awhile - rice, a scrub brush, tissues, many different mixes to try, some snacks etc. I also made myself a lovely meal which fed me all today as well - rice, soy sauce, bamboo tips, tofu, mushrooms and sliced carrots. It's based on a Japanese meal I forget the name of, and was pretty good. I think I shocked my boss today when she accompanied me to get my gaijin card with how much I had already gotten done. She said I was very independent, but it's just that I'm used to taking care of myself in a foreign country. I suppose it does help that I'm not afraid of the language barrier here. I haven't had to speak much in Japanese, but I know if I have to, I can make myself understood.
My students are all finding it very amusing to talk to me, I gather, what with how much I know about Japanese culture. I keep being pulled into conversations about anime, but since most of them are with adults, I have to restrain my enthusiasm a bit. *L* I ended up talking about One Piece this evening for instance, and it was hard not to just go, "But it's got pirates!" I sent one of my students into a fit of laughter when I admitted how much I liked taiyaki (those fish shaped pastries with red bean in them) since she couldn't figure out how I'd ever gotten to eat them in the first place if this is my first time in Japan.
So, my real name is very hard for the Japanese to say what with it having one L and one R, so I've already been given a nickname by a few of my students (others are slogging it out, or just want me to spell it). I am now officially, Ren-chan, which puts me into the illustrious company of a rude cartoon character, and a Shaman King villian turned reluctant ally. *L*
Ahem.
Life's pretty good. I bit the bullet yesterday and actually drove my car. It was very weird and it took me awhile to figure out to lift the emergency break (it's automatically on here, which is weird on an automatic car). Did I mention I was extremely lucky and got the only car at the academy that's an automatic? (not that I can't drive stick/manual/whatever, but I'm certainly not used to it.) Everything is on the opposite side but that doesn't phase me too much since I'm dyslexic enough to get confused no matter what side of the road I'm supposed to be on (or what side my turn signal is on...) The hardest thing so far is stopping at all the stop lights since they're really unobtrusive. Oh, and everybody tells me my car is big, but it's still damn tiny by american standards.
I bought the rest of my essentials for awhile - rice, a scrub brush, tissues, many different mixes to try, some snacks etc. I also made myself a lovely meal which fed me all today as well - rice, soy sauce, bamboo tips, tofu, mushrooms and sliced carrots. It's based on a Japanese meal I forget the name of, and was pretty good. I think I shocked my boss today when she accompanied me to get my gaijin card with how much I had already gotten done. She said I was very independent, but it's just that I'm used to taking care of myself in a foreign country. I suppose it does help that I'm not afraid of the language barrier here. I haven't had to speak much in Japanese, but I know if I have to, I can make myself understood.
My students are all finding it very amusing to talk to me, I gather, what with how much I know about Japanese culture. I keep being pulled into conversations about anime, but since most of them are with adults, I have to restrain my enthusiasm a bit. *L* I ended up talking about One Piece this evening for instance, and it was hard not to just go, "But it's got pirates!" I sent one of my students into a fit of laughter when I admitted how much I liked taiyaki (those fish shaped pastries with red bean in them) since she couldn't figure out how I'd ever gotten to eat them in the first place if this is my first time in Japan.
So, my real name is very hard for the Japanese to say what with it having one L and one R, so I've already been given a nickname by a few of my students (others are slogging it out, or just want me to spell it). I am now officially, Ren-chan, which puts me into the illustrious company of a rude cartoon character, and a Shaman King villian turned reluctant ally. *L*
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Ren-chan! xD I love it, that's so cool. <3
It sounds like you're having an ace time.. I plan on squiffling out some stuff to send you soon, too! x3
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When my friends were teaching in Japan all they got was a bike and a cheerful 'have at it!'