Tokyo Dance Trooper & Reflections Upon My Impending Doom
I feel somewhat obliged to share with you this video of Danny the stormtrooper dancing in Shibuya. It does seem like a basic requirement of anyone blogging about anything to do with Japan. But, good stuff it is.
In other news, the impending doom that is my departure date is finally beginning to have some effect on me. Up until now, while I have been aware that the difficulties I face will are beyond comprehension - they have been just that. I cannot imagine how difficult it will be, therefore I don't especially fear it. However, it has begun to dawn on me that all my friends won't be coming along, and I have become to appreciate my time with them more than ever. If there is something I fear it is the, hopefully initial, lonelyness.
Not necessarily the fact that I will have to face a myriad of problems alone, since that is only to be expected, but that I wont have my friends to support me. Just going to hang out with friends to relax won't be such an easy option. Instead I will be blundering (or gaijin smashing) my way through many social situations, hopefully making friends with the more patient of my peers, or those wishing to practice their English with me. Those will be in for a dissapointment as I am (at least currently) adamant that I will learn the language, and will insist on exclusive use of nihon-go. Luckily for me, Japanese are apparently rubbish at English.
It amuses me how many people are shocked to find out that my host family probably wont speak English, and that I will be going to a Japanese school. Such an attitude in my opinion, misses the essence of an exchange trip, which I think is throwing yourself into a challening adventure from which you emerge as a stronger person... or a gibbering wreck.
Sakari
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To quote Pyry, "You chose your own path." So good luck with that ;)
(BTW he said that to me when I was complaining about IB :D )