Living in Japan Day 2

Day 2. 27th Oct 04

"Whoohoo..it's another tiring day. The day started with James declaring a wrong time zone.
Then it proceeded with our first bus ride to the office. Afterwhich, we were ushered into the meeting room, where the Toshiba representatives were. When i was sitting down, my other leader told me i have to deliver a speech. "YIKES", i thought. I have none. Not even in english. The other leader had it better.Their teacher helped them to get a personal speech ready. Ours, just feed us vocabulary for lunch. Tried to sit up as straight as i possibly can though. They kept staring. Wonder if it's the eyebrows again. ha. I was assigned to sit at the centre facing the heads of the department. This was the case as i am also another leader of a 10 pax group. Not by choice. Heck. It was fun! with the Singapore flag displayed between me and the Toshiba reps, i felt like a goverment official on an official visit. Hehe. Priceless.

The rest of the day is spent on coughing and trying to keep awakeas Sugino-san and Kawauchi-san both explained the various forms, what to fill and whatnot. It was pure torture. Due to the language problem, some trainees couldn't really understand them. So, filling up ONE form is usually a 45min affair it seems. However, we have plenty to drink. They were nice hosts, ordering drinks for us, not once, not twice, but thrice. Had Ice Coffee, then Hot Coffee, then Orange Juice. hehe. Lau sai ah. Lunch was eaten at the cafeteria. More forms filling and explanations after that. Tai hen desu ne...Dinner was at a welcome party...before that, kawa brought us to yodobashi camera...only 10 min to shop..then walk another 25 min back...dinner started with sugino asking someone to make a speech.

Dinner was great. too bad i didn't eat as much...was talking with my TOMEC group. Sushi, fried noodles that looks like hokkien mee...sashimi...lots of alcohol of all kinds. Sake was smooth and 12% alc. so it's okay. Jasmine looks mabok...haha...talked alot ...but most of the time they initiate...i quiet mah...

When it ended, we took a bus back, then i head for a counterstrike gaming. had a hard time playing stupid game. not for the less advanced. then as i got fed up, went to get a BATH. with a BATHTUB of course. HOT water soaking is SHIOK!!!!200L of hot water to use up..cool!! then it's back to computer typing this..heh...SLEEP!!!! finally. Snack of the day: calbee moronishi...argh...time to look at schedule...forgot....prepare!!! i love living alone ...for the moment. hehe. Gotta go! till i post this again. Jaa!"