last thursday i was late. again. really. here's what happened...
left house at 7 am , and after some miraculous rushing through red lights and braving some rather unpleasant traffic jams outside my house, i managed to get to school at 7.23am. i thought i was early, as morning assembly was supposed to start only at 7.25am. i was wrong. turns out the parade commander, being extra, decided to start early. GG. stopped by prefect at parade square, got hong bao, and went to class to mark attendance. after this, had a RIMB meeting, and received news about some band trip to Japan (Osaka to be precise.)
here's a rough guide of what we will be doing once we get there:
band interaction with ands in japanese schools (probably will get suanned)
hold a joint concert in a full fledged concert hall, in front of a full fledged audience.
go sightseeing around the city. (theme park visits, anybody?)
shopping at osaka airport (have fun reading the japanese texts)
homestay (not confirmed, although if we do go for a homestay, it will knock a few nights of lodging cost off our bill)
go home after all that.
all this in 5-7 days.
すごいですね！
(cool!)
this intenary is obviously not confirmed, and it's only bits and pieces i can pick up from memory. the cost is below 2k, which i think is very worth it for something so enriching. (since outside tour packages cost up to 3k at least...) also this is a chance for me to refresh my japanese!
one last thing. osaka is famous for the few gangs of the japanese mafia, or
yakuza, which operate there as its headquarters. and the gangs are HUGE. and they're influential and dangerous if you meddle with their affairs. you can learn more about them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuzaah don't worry about them too much if you ever do visit there. i'm just being paranoid. as usual.
rest of the day was quite ok, but the 2 most remembered periods for me are the PE and SS periods.
PE was quite fun, we were up against all the more "sporty" people in class (you know, always playing soccer that bunch) , while my team was, um, not so physically inclined. so, surprise when we actually managed to pull a score of 3-2 (we lost) against them. and i discovered a rare sporty side of myself as well. *wink* looking forward to more PE lessons in the future.
SS however, was one of the most um... *insert appropriate word here* lesson, as i'm a not so humanities-type of person. what i mean is, my brain was switched off for almost the whole lesson. until the end when we greeted her goodbye. whoops.
piano lesson later, will be learning some new songs. like some by ABBA and Jay Chou.
hmm. i guess that's all for today.
Till next post...
