why I'll be the last one to leave a sinking ship
Sometimes, my ignorance is astoundingly overwhelming.
I was heading back to the dorms/uni after work, dinner in hand, when I encoutered this MASS EXODUS. Seriously, there must have been around 300-500 girls. My first thought was that my Uni must have had something on
I get to the front of the Uni, and while waiting for the traffic light to change, I notice that the main gate guards are DIRECTING the crowds. I start to get a bit nervous, because I had noticed a couple of girls from my dorm in the mass exodus, and there were others who were carrying overnight bags. ...we're not evacuating or anything are we?
Then as I was entering the Uni, I was stopped and asked for ID. First time ever [as long as you don't count when I missed curfew]. This was kinda scary, since I was thinking, oh no, something has happened! The guards are in motion, official looking people are about, and overnight bags are involved! Highly suspicious I tell you!
And then as luck would have it, I saw two of my [Korean] friends, and here is where I demonstrate my "wonderful" command of Japanese homonyms.
Me: What's happening?
friends: We're going to a koen [park, I thought]
Me: Why? Is something wrong?
friends: Huh, no our friends said it would be interesting. So we are gonna go to their Uni.
Me: [ah! koen in this case is lecture!] That's pretty late for a lecture. Must be pretty interesting if all these people are going.
friends: Huh, no those people just finished their uni entrance exams /points to big sign that I had managed to completely miss/
Me: /blink blink/ Oops.
friends: SIlly person.
Me: Heh, I thought something dangerous had happened. So what's the lecture on?
friends: Korean dance! And our friends are gonna be in it!
Me: Huh?
friends: /who are well-tuned to my horrible vocab and notice my complete lack of comprehension here/ koen, as in koen! /make funny bouncy movements/
Me: [think, pause, think, groan] A PLAY!
friends: She gets it!
Me: Stupid Japanese language.
friends: We still love you.
I was heading back to the dorms/uni after work, dinner in hand, when I encoutered this MASS EXODUS. Seriously, there must have been around 300-500 girls. My first thought was that my Uni must have had something on
I get to the front of the Uni, and while waiting for the traffic light to change, I notice that the main gate guards are DIRECTING the crowds. I start to get a bit nervous, because I had noticed a couple of girls from my dorm in the mass exodus, and there were others who were carrying overnight bags. ...we're not evacuating or anything are we?
Then as I was entering the Uni, I was stopped and asked for ID. First time ever [as long as you don't count when I missed curfew]. This was kinda scary, since I was thinking, oh no, something has happened! The guards are in motion, official looking people are about, and overnight bags are involved! Highly suspicious I tell you!
And then as luck would have it, I saw two of my [Korean] friends, and here is where I demonstrate my "wonderful" command of Japanese homonyms.
Me: What's happening?
friends: We're going to a koen [park, I thought]
Me: Why? Is something wrong?
friends: Huh, no our friends said it would be interesting. So we are gonna go to their Uni.
Me: [ah! koen in this case is lecture!] That's pretty late for a lecture. Must be pretty interesting if all these people are going.
friends: Huh, no those people just finished their uni entrance exams /points to big sign that I had managed to completely miss/
Me: /blink blink/ Oops.
friends: SIlly person.
Me: Heh, I thought something dangerous had happened. So what's the lecture on?
friends: Korean dance! And our friends are gonna be in it!
Me: Huh?
friends: /who are well-tuned to my horrible vocab and notice my complete lack of comprehension here/ koen, as in koen! /make funny bouncy movements/
Me: [think, pause, think, groan] A PLAY!
friends: She gets it!
Me: Stupid Japanese language.
friends: We still love you.