Work stuff
Went to the second of my new university jobs today - not classes, but a briefing for new part-timers. It all seemed to go well and C, my friend who I've known for 17 years here (we homeschooled our kids together), and got me the university job was there. It was great to see him. He was just back from his son's wedding in South Australia.
Had to catch the bus there, so I found the right stop, wrote down the times for the buses etc and hopped on. Then I got off when I saw (what I thought was a sign on top of a building for the university). It turned out I got off 10-15 minutes too early and went to a high school that actually has a preferred entry relationship with the University. I kind of sensed I was getting off too early, but it came up too suddenly for me to think (plus I was listening to my iPod (bad!) when I should have been keeping an ear out for the announcements of the stops (which is another great thing about buses here). Anyway, one of the groundsmen at the high school insisted I go into the office with him, even when he told me I was at the wrong place and when I showed the office people my Briefing Invitation Letter, the boss of the office told one of the office girls to drive me there, even though I showed them I knew the bus times and could go back and catch the next one (which would have made me very late though).
I LOVE Japan at times like these! People are so helpful. Of course, the fact the schools have a relationship (and I think she even grabbed a satchel of mail and documents that she intended to drop there, but I can't be sure ) made it an easy decision for them. In the car, the girl told me she used to work at the university 2 years ago, knew the way well and got me there on time! Then she took me to the right building and pointed me up the stairs! Service aalll the way, Yay!
I had to wait quite a while for the bus because I stayed so late at the meeting, so ended up chatting with a couple of girl students who had planned to go, but decided to cancel, cherry blossom viewing. I remarked that the campus seemed quite big and they laughed at me, telling me it's renowned as the smallest campus in Japan! Hee!
Had to catch the bus there, so I found the right stop, wrote down the times for the buses etc and hopped on. Then I got off when I saw (what I thought was a sign on top of a building for the university). It turned out I got off 10-15 minutes too early and went to a high school that actually has a preferred entry relationship with the University. I kind of sensed I was getting off too early, but it came up too suddenly for me to think (plus I was listening to my iPod (bad!) when I should have been keeping an ear out for the announcements of the stops (which is another great thing about buses here). Anyway, one of the groundsmen at the high school insisted I go into the office with him, even when he told me I was at the wrong place and when I showed the office people my Briefing Invitation Letter, the boss of the office told one of the office girls to drive me there, even though I showed them I knew the bus times and could go back and catch the next one (which would have made me very late though).
I LOVE Japan at times like these! People are so helpful. Of course, the fact the schools have a relationship (and I think she even grabbed a satchel of mail and documents that she intended to drop there, but I can't be sure ) made it an easy decision for them. In the car, the girl told me she used to work at the university 2 years ago, knew the way well and got me there on time! Then she took me to the right building and pointed me up the stairs! Service aalll the way, Yay!
I had to wait quite a while for the bus because I stayed so late at the meeting, so ended up chatting with a couple of girl students who had planned to go, but decided to cancel, cherry blossom viewing. I remarked that the campus seemed quite big and they laughed at me, telling me it's renowned as the smallest campus in Japan! Hee!