Random absurdities

-          How I accidentally got a gym card. I went to the nurse to get results from a health checkup (that we all had to undergo). On my way there, I met the Germans and they told me – oh, A. is there to get the results now too! And so I just told the doctor that I am there because of the same thing as the girl before me. Turns out I wasn’t. Several additional checkups later, I got a form for the gym card. There were several more steps to follow and I might have had the chance to escape, had there not been a Chinese classmate who was keen on helping me to translate the medical terminology to English. And so I had to proceed with the process until the end and now I can use the gym AND the pool for free.

-          I was teaching Czech when suddenly the TV came in and started filming us. Somewhere in Japan, we were on the news, (they said).

-          During our neighborhood evacuation drill, we were practicing CPR and it was exactly the same as in the Japanese dorama about flight attendants that I watched. If you see someone collapsed: もしもし大丈夫ですか。もしもし大丈夫ですか。After the drill we got a omiyage – instant curry and some high-calorie earthquake friendly candy.

-          I tried different coffees all over campus and now I feel like in Gilmore girls recommending people where to go.

-          First exam period is over. I will know the results of the exams in January. Everyone is fine with not knowing whether they passed or not for three months.

-          In China, November 11 is the day of single people. We talked about it in our Econ class today. 11/11. They have sales everywhere for lonely people. In Japan, it´s the Pocky day.

-          Our Japanese conversation teacher tries to piece together the information she randomly finds out about W. sensei. So far she has that he loves keigo and kotowaza. Everyone was confused in class when I knew how to say 猫の手も借りたい　and other useful idioms. (I am so busy I would even borrow a cat´s paw for help.)