Sixth Week in Japan

Probably the last blog post that I will do in Japan so yay.  I might as well talk about something concrete since I haven't done that lately.  So obviously I'm taking Japanese here: one a normal Japanese class and the other two are just side classes that are supposed to make you use the language.  Those classes are ok but are not that much fun.  My Comprehensive class however is pretty sweet. We are a really chill class that likes to joke around but still we get the work done and learn.  Our class is heavily skit based which is awesome because people make some interesting skits.  At my UVA Japanese class, mostly I will be crazy and maybe a few others will be crazy independently or with me but here almost everybody finds a way to work in their own humor into the class.

I didn't give the people around me enough credit it seems.  In the first three weeks it seemed to me that Riso, Eugene, and I were the ones being the craziest in class.  After they left, I was worried that I will be left alone to make the class fun, but the first skit of the next 3 weeks where we had to act like we were ordering at a restaurant, almost everybody did something funny, so I was happy that I wouldn't be the only one.  I shouldn't have forgotten that other people had their own desire to make the class fun as well. Inkyu even said that in his first class since many of Da Crew members are in it, they do some funny skits in that class too.  I was happy that even in other classes they were pursuing our mutual goal.

Should also use this time to give a shout out to Da Crew members.  Maybe I got some Asian blood in me but I like this group mentality thing.  First at UVA with KAF and here with Da Crew, it seems that I like being part of something like this.  Things like having signs like our Shaka hand sign to call the group together and doing random stuff after class makes being in Japan not so boring.

They say if you want to have a trait like confidence, you have to fake it until it becomes ingrained into you. In the same vein, I say things like "Da Crew needs to stick together" so that eventually it actually becomes a value of the group.  Even though we were only together for a couple weeks, I think we bonded pretty well given the time we had.  This probably will sound like a farewell but of course I need to thank them all for putting up with my antics and random things I blurt out, or when I say things in order to provide (sorry Nikki haha).  Even though these are things that friends usually do, I'm still amazing that people can put up with so much 迷惑ｗｗ.

Doubt I will see most of you guys ever again after the program but it was fun while we were here.  Probably some will say we met for a reason but I usually don't think that far down that path.  I will just say that I suck at maintaining long distance friendships but I guess a balance of effort on both side can fix that easily.  Oh well that is future thinking.  One week left guys, at least for me, so time to go all out!