Japan 9

ooooooooooookay... so i've been here for a week already. unfortunately, i haven't been going out much because i have to finish my homework and study for an exam on friday. but thats okay, i'll be here for over a month. this weekend was fun though. i met some really amazing people, like this guy tomo. woah! tomo is a cool dude, not to mention a sweetheart. super talented and outgoing. love him. that is someone i wish to hang out with again. i met him on couchsurfing.org and we just met up. he took me to this little itty bitty bar, and we talked. on saturday i went to a house party with di and his friends. it was cool, cause i got to experience a lot of things that i learned in school. i was really shy at first because everyone there was japanese. i was the only foreigner. all i could think was "oh shit, who am i going to talk to?". then my worse nightmare came true! we all kind of stood around and started introducing ourselves. "oh god, how was i going to introduce myself in japanese?!?!?!!!" i did it in english. haha. i had a personal translator. about 5 people spoke english or somewhat, and they were very eager to speak to me. it was cool.

di also took me to a traditional japanese bbq restaurant. god the food was delish! and you always drink beer with your dinner. awesome. you sit on the floor, you chill and talk. just have a good old time. good memories, for sure.

so here goes for the casualty of the week. i ran out of cash and i could not find a freaking atm with the mastercard logo. i walked everywhere, i even went downtown, but NOTHING. they were either visa only or completely in japanese. di must think i am an idiot because he took me to a 7/11 and that worked. not to mention i inserted the card backwards, so now he thinks i did it like that all along and that is why the card wouldnt work. I SWEAR I WAS DOING IT RIGHT!

anyway... today is a new day. i have cash. just need to finish my assignments and i am going to call this girl misa that my friend alex introduced me to. maybe we can hang out or something.

pictures coming soon...

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ooooooooooookay... ya llebo una semana por aca. desafortunadamente, no he podido salir mucho porque tengo que terminar mis tareas y tengo que estudiar para un examen que tengo el viernes. pero no importa, voy a estar aca por mas de un mes. entodocaso pase bueno este fin de semana. conoci gente maravillosa. tomo, woah! super chevere y super tierno. con mucho talento y pena no tiene. me encanto. ojala que podamos salir juntos otra vez. lo conoci en un website que se llama couchsurfing.org y simplemente no encontramos una noche. me llevo a un bar super pequenito y hablamos. el sabado fui a una fiesta con di y sus amigos. bacano porque vi muchas de las cosas que me han ensenado en la uni. estaba bien nerviosa cuando entre porque toda la gente era japones. you era la unica extrangera. lo unico que podia pensar era "con quien voy a hablar?" y despues mi pesadilla se hiso realidad!. hubo una introduction de grupo. "uh-oh, como me hiba a introducir in japones??!?!?!!" lo hice en ingles. tenia traductor personal (di). como 5 personas hablaban ingles, y tenian muchas ganas de conversar conmigo. :)

di me llevo a un restaurant tradicional japones y comimos bbq. la comida estaba deliciosa! y siempre se toma cervesa con la comida. se sienta uno en el suelo se conversa, se pasa bueno. se tienen buenas memorias.

esta es la casualidad de esta semana. se me acabo to el cash y no pude encontrar un cajero automatico con el logo de mastercard. camine por todos lados, hasta fui al centro de la ciudad, pero NADA, so lo visa y en japones. demas de di piensa que soy una idiota porque me llevo a un 7/11 y alla si funciono. ah, y tambien meti la tarjeta alrevez la primera vez, entonces ahora piensa que asi lo estaba haciendo todo este tiempo y por eso no funcionaba. PERO JURO QUE LO ESTABA HACIENDO CORRECTAMENTE!

bueno... hoy es un dia nuevo. tengo cash. solo tengo que terminar mis tareas y voy a llamar a misa. mi amigo alex nos introdujo. depronto podemos salir esta noche.

fotos bienen pronto...