The Saga continues....

A World Filled With Samurais not Knights
     So, here in Japan the courtesy system is really inconsistent to say the least. I've observed mostly on the school bus that ALL the guys will sit in the back letting the girls sit in front therefore leaving first. BUT a girl will NEVER sit with a guy even if the bus is packed and there's an open seat RIGHT next to the guy, she will chose to stand or do the even more inconvenient thing which is to sit in the isle seat.The isle seat is a upward folded chair that's in the isle so when the bus stop one must fold the chair, exit the bus, then let the person behind you whose stop is here exit, re-enter the bus, and if there are still no open seats (I mean guy-less seat) she must then refold the chair and repeat the process until she has a seat or exits the bus. And then here's the even stranger part. After club activity (which can be all type of sports ie. tennis, volleyball, soccer) I arrived early to the bus so I got a good seat. This girl arrived late and needed to stand in the isle. She complained about how her feet hurt so I offered her my chair... she absolutely rejected it, AND her friend right next top me literally stopped me from getting up (Yes I was indeed overpowered by a small Japanese girl). I thought it was just me... and they were trying to be nice to the foreigner, but NO guy offered their seat at all.... Chivalry is dead =[.

Fallen For You
     Yes, he did indeed fall for me...actually he fell because of me. Remember the torturous PE I was talking about? Yeah we had to do the three person handstand where two people do the handstand and the base holds them up. I was the base.... I guess im just super weak =[. But now he totally has a big gash on his face and I don't know how to approach him and apologize without being all awkward ah ha!

A Master That Couldn't Use Air Quotes
     So today in English class my teacher was reading something out loud and he went into a weird tangent about how when he was in America they'd make these strange motions with their hands. He demonstrated and I sorta let out a big laugh. He looked at me and was like, oh right we have an american here. He continued to question me about what it is and why we use it. At first I said people use them when they try to be sarcastic. He didn't understand so I said Air Quotes and he said ahhh yes but in a really cool British accent sort of way. Then he tried to use it quoteing something... I told him it was absolutely wrong and the class laughed. Then later that day wouldn't you know it everyone in my class was doing air quotes and laughing because they didn't know what it meant....WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!

A Question About A Questionaire
     So my school handed out a questionaire today, probably to get student insight and see how they can better themselves. That same questionaire was handed to be and I thought okay... this will be fun. (By the way, I've only been here a month now... and I still can't read kanji very well) I tried answering as may as I could and in the end that was about 10 out of 60 questions? But... there was this one question that I don't really feel confident about, I was either does your home room teacher treat you well...or bad. I don't really know what I put ah ha.

Gender Transition
     I don't mean me...physically...well...ah ha. What I mean is that back in the States most of my friends were girls. And here in Japan ALL of my friends are guys. Seriously the first day I got to school I can see there's a giant wall between guys and girls. The only time they intermingle is when they ask for a favor like, oh have you seen... or.. please move (politely of course). Now all my friends are my guy classmates and some other guys from other classes. I don't really have friends that are girls I only have fan girls. By fangirls I mean girls that walk by say HARO and giggle. And when I'm doing something like running the track they come up to me and say "Khanh, fight-to". The guys on the other hand.... some are just immature which is really an international thing. While others are frightening close to each other. I swear they are one intimate moment away from declaring their love for each other. Some guys I don't know do try to talk to me but they all seem tough around other guys but one on one they approach say hi or bye then walk the other way like they're embarrassed. The line between feminine and masculine is very thin here. Oh and did I mention that everyone is in a group? That they all must accompany each other to one place or another (must like when girls in the States would use the restroom, they must travel in a pack). It's really rare that you see a person walking alone. And apparently IF you are alone that's sorta breaking Japanese culture. I was raised in America I know how to be depend and be on my own so in Japan I try not to get in people's way and be self dependent. But that was confirmed by my Volley coach and colleague's parent as bad Japanese culture. I swear I think I break a new Japanese culture at least once a day! =/

A Hidden Bow Master
     Ah ha here's where I get to brag a little. At school I decided to learn Japanese Archery. Apparently they told me it'd take a month to practice on the training tool before I receive my bow and even then it'd take a while to perfect my form before I can fire an arrow. I received my bow in 3 days and now am practicing with the bow. My colleagues are making little tweaks with my form but they say I've got it down and have form good enough to advance. That's right 5 days! I'm super excited that I got it down so fast. I think some of the first years are mad because I'm getting it so fast. I'm actually now only waiting for my glove to arrive before I can start shooting =].


Ah ha ya'll probably wonder if I stay up at night thinking of my clever title names =]...Well I do =/. Ah ha no just kidding. Honestly when something exciting does happen I try think of a clever name for my entry, put it into my ipod and save it for when I write my blog. When I do write my blog I pull out my ipod see the clever title and try to remember what it's all about! But sometimes I can't remember what I thinking when I wrote the title so I just end up forgetting about that entry. For example I had these titles lined up "Adjustment Beau for Early Birds" and "Two important F words" But I can't remember what they're about =[. Anyways thanks for reading~