wooooooow

wow the japanese exchange awhile ago was extreme and a unique experiance for me. my partner kei liked the name sign that i made and kept being friendly to me through the rest of the day, even though that i think she shouldn't. i kept speaking broken japanese with a mix of english and body languages, she just kept saying yes or no. what i thought messed the whole day was unexpected rain during the welcome ceremony! it completely destroyed my japanese notes and schedule, everything was in limbo, of all the days to not bring a jacket or an umbrella! when we took refuge at the gym, my partner complained about it being so frikkin hot and it was! while we watched the cultural performances, ROTC meneuvers and kendo exhibition, my partner was soon bothered by two jerks (whom both were niether charming or smart!). she just kept being hit on, they asked for her phone number, for a date and a bunch of other poorly pronounced phrases. it pissed me off the whole time because my Partner actually wanted to sit next to those two dickheads, i lost my chance to engage into conversation with her.



when the "entertainment" was over we both head out to grab our lunch plates and went on for some where to eat. i didn't actually wanted to bring her into our school because it is a total mess and i wanted to avoid rude people from bothering her. But we ended up in a hot room with a couple of our friends, i wanted to take the chance to talk to her but i didn't want to irritate her while we ate. After we ate our lunches we were supposed to go to an activity class (such as dancing, chamorro weaving and snack making) but we ended up walking around for 15 minutes looking for a bathroom for her and a schedule for us (i previously lost the other schedule). eventually we made it to our intended class (initially it was supposed to be chamorro snack making but due to inefficient funds we switched to weaving) although because of my incompetence we had only 7 minutes left. i immedately rounded a bunch of guys to weave things for her before we left (they made rice holders and fish).


then before we knew it, it's about the ending of the exchange. i felt i didn't do much to make her time worthwhile. despite the horrible experiance with had with me, she still continued to smile and act as if it was great. for a gift Kei gave me a bag with a japanese map, bunch of small toys, copsticks and a fan. my confidence sank, i felt the cocolates and tropical cd was too little of value to her. i wish i had bought something better. i bet i said GOMEN about 30 times! she had no reason to forgive me.


i folllowed her to the parking area and gave our final goodbyes and hugs. then watched and watched and wave to the pink buses as they make their way to the gate.

GOMEN NA SAI!!! KEI!!!!

TSUKETE KUDASAI