I woke up once at four or so and it was already light outside. I woke up again at five and wondered why my alarm hadn't gone off. I woke up again at six because there were people in the common area talking and giggling and eventually got up around six-thirty.
Breakfast was a yogurt cup, melon pan and carton of milk while a handful of roommates continued chatting and generally enjoying each others' company. Then there was an hour or so of bumming around the Interwebs before grabbing my bag for the day and heading over to KGU's campus.
I ended up with tempura udon, chocolate mousse cake and melon-flavored Fanta (I didn't know they made it!), which was all wonderful. Then it was back to the convenience store to order myself a phone! It seemed like there were going to be 20 billion options, but it turned out there was only one model available in two colors for the pre-paid, gaijin-only plans. It was 6000 yen for the phone, charger and two months of service (which is about $60, by the way). Then they told me to go away and come back in an hour or so to pick it up.
Back in the CIE, I poked around the Interwebs and spoke with mom and a few people in game chat. Yes, I am from the future and I was killing time, so again, I apologize if that killed time messes stuff up for y'all. Then I went back to the shop and picked up my phone! I played around with it for a while while I waited for my Language Lab tour to begin.
They explained the program we'll be using for homework and whatnot and then took us on a tour of campus. We talked out of the CIE and found a black cloud had moved over just campus. It seemed okay until the thunder boomed. And the lightning started flashing. Loud, loud booms and really close-by flashes. We continued our tour and while we were in one of the buildings, the cloud burst. Literally. We couldn't leave the building it was raining and winding so hard.
I ate the katsu sandwiches I picked up yesterday and took a quick shower to remove the sweat of the day. I found the ginger cookies in my bag and shared a few before wandering downstairs to poke at the Interwebs a bit more. Daniel came by to visit one of the other people in the seminar house so I pestered him to hang out a bit before heading back to his own seminar house.
In other news, I figured out the address for my CIE mailbox. Enjoy~
Kathryn Michelle Sipos
c/o Center for International Education
Kansai Gaidai University
16-1 Nakamiyahigashino-cho,
Hirakata city
Osaka 573-1001 JAPAN
Big huge address--and I still don't know who my host family is. I don't get to know that until the 4th or 5th.
For now. Tomorrow's more orientation and form-filling-out and the placement test. It'll be full and partially miserable, but I'll live. Can't wait to know what classes I end up with.
Excellent blog. I enjoy the running commentary of your activities. That is a long address, reminds me of the military APO addresses that we had back in the day. Take care.
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