Friday, February 17, 2006
It's so weird to be here. I mean, nothing has really changed, except my perception.
Supermarket, Bank, shop....the assistants and the clerks were so..."groce and rude". Well.. in Japan people are so kind but you never now what they think...here everyone is rude and you perfectly know what he thinks! Even the way they give you the money..or the shopping bags. I really cannot understand why here they don't put any effort in being a bit kind with the customers. It seems that they do you a favour if you buy in their shops. What do you think is better? I dunno. I just feel better to go in a shop where people at least pretend to be kind.
I miss taking off my shoes when I get into houses. I miss small things. When I cook I cut all the stuff by default. And I always forget that I have a knife on the table, not chopsticks.
I drive now. I don't take trains. But I like walking...a lot. Everything is so small here!haha!Compared to distances in Tokyo, everything here is very close to my place.
When people makes me angry, the rage is not inside me, it stayes outside and goes rapidly away. I laugh when people is supernervous because I can't see the point.
The music I listen to as changed as well.The way I dress. The way I walk, I eat, I speak. I speak slowly, as if the words were snowflakes.
In addition to my characterial change, I had an haircut and I have red reflexes.I am on diet (I planned to loose 10 kg!and I have already lost 3!)
But I am happy to be at home and to observe all the differencies. I think that it is the same for my friends, back to their countries. We all have something in common. This experience has enlarged our horizons, enriched our experience.
It was nice to go to university, see my friends (somebody didn't even recognise me!hah!) , see the teachers, talk to Nicoletta (international relations office) and her colleagues about my experience. She said that every student comes home really "changed" after an erasmus or an exchange. And not many people wants to go to Japan! AhAh! Actually I always write about positive aspects, but it has not been that easy, you know!? there were days in which I was really upset..many people there is racist. I was used to be gazed. Now if somebody looks at me I just smile. In Japan people look at you because you are a stranger. "people are strange..when you are stranger...faces look ugly...when you're alone.."..but anyway. I have learned a lot. And now I am back to normal life, busy in reading, studying, seing friends that I've missed for so long.. but I am glad I am keeping in touch with my "Japanese Family".
Wednesday classes start for me. I'll be together with international students and I am really happy for this reason. There will be also Masumi, a Japanese girl from Sophia University. I can't wait to meet her to practice my Japanese!!!!mmmm i bet her Italian is a lot better!
I don't have many exams, my timetable changes every week!!!!Nice.But I have to study now...!!!!!
Ann
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