Wow, I fell super far behind yet again. Sorry about that. I was enjoying sleep too much. Oh, and I had some homework (actually already had a final in two of my classes... SUPER early)
Recently my host sister has been throwing a lot of tantrums. It is really annoying. Four year-olds are cute, but can be hard to live with.
Saturday, I had Japanese class, then went to the lounge to hang out for a while. The whole day I was in my sports' jacket because that evening we had the Niji-no-kai Christmas party, a formal event that everyone dresses up for. I could have carried it like some friends did, but it is very annoying, so I did not bother. I then went to the lounge to hang out. I got katsudon (pork cutlet in a rice bowl) with some friends. I was going to go back to the lounge, but was instead invited to go to a small niji only room that actually many club members do not know about to play a very oddly placed Nintendo 64. We played for a few hours, then I went to the lounge to chill until the party. The party was a 6 at a private room in Shinjuku, actually the same place as the Halloween party. It was really fun, though I ended up just chatting with two girls the whole time. I did not know many of the people that went and it was scary to talk to new people once they are no longer sober, so I just stuck with someone I knew and her friend, who were both sober like me. It was much better organized than the Halloween party. We even did bingo and an anonymous gift exchange (I gave a Seattle magnet and got a mini Waseda bear). Afterwards, there was an after party that I went to for about half of it, and again I ended up just chatting the whole time with two girls, though this time about an hour in, another guy (from Switzerland) joined the chat. I then exchanged contact info and went home. The two girls from the after party and I have plans to hang out again. ^_^
Sunday, I bummed around the house, rested, and prepared for an oral presentation on Monday for Japanese. I even ended up just getting conbini food, a salad, a pear, and Acacia juice.
Monday, I had a Japanese presentation. Then I hung out in the lounge for a bit, then went home to do homework, work on planning for winter break, and have dinner with my family as usual.
Tuesday, I slept in massively, then went to school. I had the history class . Then went to the lounge to chill. I joined some friends for ice cream which we bought and ate in the lounge. I also showed my friends the location of a post office really close to Waseda. Post offices are some of the only places in Japan that you can use the ATM to withdraw money with a foreign card. After that, I went to meet a friend, Yuuka (the girl with the DS that was super good at video games), at building 22. We then took the subway to Baba. I took her to the game center and challenged her to Mariocart and a Taiko game. I won one of 2 games for Mariocart and she destroyed me for the Taiko game. It was really fun. Afterwards, we still had time before she had her part time job, so wen went to get ice cream from Baskin Robins. We sat and chatted for a while while eating ice cream. I ended up giving her some advice for when she studies abroad and practicing English with her.
Wednesday, Today, was a Waseda holiday. I have no idea why, but only Waseda had no school today. I woke up at 10 and had breakfast, then I went to meet some friends, Vageesha, Elliot, and Shiori, in Harajuku. the plan was clothes shopping, we even brought a girl, Shiori, to help us with fashion. None of us ended up liking any of the shirts though, so in the end only one person bought anything, Eliot got a Pea Coat. We got lunch and wandered, looking for but failing to find anything good. It was still nice to just wander with friends though.
Phew, that is enough update for now.
Now I need sleep, good night.
Recently my host sister has been throwing a lot of tantrums. It is really annoying. Four year-olds are cute, but can be hard to live with.
Saturday, I had Japanese class, then went to the lounge to hang out for a while. The whole day I was in my sports' jacket because that evening we had the Niji-no-kai Christmas party, a formal event that everyone dresses up for. I could have carried it like some friends did, but it is very annoying, so I did not bother. I then went to the lounge to hang out. I got katsudon (pork cutlet in a rice bowl) with some friends. I was going to go back to the lounge, but was instead invited to go to a small niji only room that actually many club members do not know about to play a very oddly placed Nintendo 64. We played for a few hours, then I went to the lounge to chill until the party. The party was a 6 at a private room in Shinjuku, actually the same place as the Halloween party. It was really fun, though I ended up just chatting with two girls the whole time. I did not know many of the people that went and it was scary to talk to new people once they are no longer sober, so I just stuck with someone I knew and her friend, who were both sober like me. It was much better organized than the Halloween party. We even did bingo and an anonymous gift exchange (I gave a Seattle magnet and got a mini Waseda bear). Afterwards, there was an after party that I went to for about half of it, and again I ended up just chatting the whole time with two girls, though this time about an hour in, another guy (from Switzerland) joined the chat. I then exchanged contact info and went home. The two girls from the after party and I have plans to hang out again. ^_^
Sunday, I bummed around the house, rested, and prepared for an oral presentation on Monday for Japanese. I even ended up just getting conbini food, a salad, a pear, and Acacia juice.
Monday, I had a Japanese presentation. Then I hung out in the lounge for a bit, then went home to do homework, work on planning for winter break, and have dinner with my family as usual.
Tuesday, I slept in massively, then went to school. I had the history class . Then went to the lounge to chill. I joined some friends for ice cream which we bought and ate in the lounge. I also showed my friends the location of a post office really close to Waseda. Post offices are some of the only places in Japan that you can use the ATM to withdraw money with a foreign card. After that, I went to meet a friend, Yuuka (the girl with the DS that was super good at video games), at building 22. We then took the subway to Baba. I took her to the game center and challenged her to Mariocart and a Taiko game. I won one of 2 games for Mariocart and she destroyed me for the Taiko game. It was really fun. Afterwards, we still had time before she had her part time job, so wen went to get ice cream from Baskin Robins. We sat and chatted for a while while eating ice cream. I ended up giving her some advice for when she studies abroad and practicing English with her.
Wednesday, Today, was a Waseda holiday. I have no idea why, but only Waseda had no school today. I woke up at 10 and had breakfast, then I went to meet some friends, Vageesha, Elliot, and Shiori, in Harajuku. the plan was clothes shopping, we even brought a girl, Shiori, to help us with fashion. None of us ended up liking any of the shirts though, so in the end only one person bought anything, Eliot got a Pea Coat. We got lunch and wandered, looking for but failing to find anything good. It was still nice to just wander with friends though.
Phew, that is enough update for now.
Now I need sleep, good night.