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i never realised japanese people could be so blatant. last night's ICS (in-country study) briefing involved keiko, our coordinator, saying such classic comments like:
you can take a shower if you're small..
re: certain university dorms.
and in describing Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, her VERY FIRST WORDS were:
if you're a logical person, don't go there. if you're the kind of person who can't stand people who will not be rational with you, YOU WILL BE MISERABLE.
mmmmkay
elaborating, she said something about the kyoto psyche involving a sense of elitism due to their history as the old capital. hence a stubborn attachment to traditions and certain scepticism towards modernity and "logic"..
there is also apparently a saying which states that kyoto people are fake pretentious bitches who will hold grudges against you generations down the track and backstab you to your descendants.
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saw denise also and caught up over dessert @ cube [i HATE places that shove you the bill before you ask for it..] before we headed over to darling harbour to soak up the sun and lay on the grass and take happy snaps =D=D. met up with mero and tian briefly for プリカ until we were literally late for our ICS briefings... =P
most of the time involved riveting conversation about japan fuelled by endless enquiries on my part.. ["is food expensive? do you eat fruit? how big's your mobile?"] and overzealous gushing over the fact that she's capable of undertaking university subjects entirely in japanese.............................. *gapes*
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i was reminded yesterday that sitting around chinatown on a friday night is not a healthy practice. especially if you comprise a (small) group of girls. and more so if you're within 1-minute from paddy maguires on st patrick's day. no doubt you will encounter acquaintances who will be surprised to see you sitting on the street [on their way to gas] and inquire as to what exactly you are doing and no doubt you will feel embarrassed and reply that you do not know. you will also most probably encounter some old drunken horny bastard who will make offensive remarks and you will be forced to converse in a confused fusion of cantonese, mandarin and japanese in a vain attempt to snub him.
