First 2 weeks (final part)
Okay, now im gonna finish my first two weeks, no matter what...
After waiting for 4 hours in the airport, finally the two korean students arrived and we were ready to go. We went out of terminal 2 with all our baggage and got onto a bus which was to drive us to Tokyo.
The bus drive took about 60 minutes (there was a big traffic jam inside Tokyo city so we waited in line for 20 minutes and then took a longer way. I fell asleep during the during (along with almost everyone else) - and with only 3 hours of sleep that night I think it was appropriate.
Finally we arrived somewhere in Tokyo (no idea where) and we got off the bus. There we met up with at least 6 returnees (people who HAVE been on exchange) from YFU who were really anxious to ask us where we came from, where we were gonna live in Japan etc. etc.
It was around 8 degrees in Tokyo that day and it felt like summer to me (who just came from -12 degrees in Sweden). We waited some 5 minutes and got into around... 10 taxis (we were around 20 students there) and drove another minutes with taxi and finally ... we arrived at the Olympic Center!
Okay, nu vil jeg faerdiggoere mine to foerste uger ligemeget hvad...
Efter at have ventet 4 timer i lufthavnen, ankom de to studenter fra Korea, og vi var klar til at gaa. Vi gik uden for terminal 2 med al hvor baggage og steg paa en bus, som skulle koere os til Tokyo.
Busturen tog omkring 1 time (der var en stor trafikprop i Tokyo, saa vi sad i koe i 20 min. og tog derefter en omvej. Jeg faldt i soevn i loebet af turen (ligesom naesten alle andre) - med hvad kan man forvente med kun 3 timers soevn den nat?
Endelig ankom vi et eller andet sted i Tokyo (aner ikke hvor) og vi steg af bussen. Der blev vi moedt af 6 returnees (folk som HAR vaeret paa udveksling) fra YFU, som var enormt ivrige efter at hoere, hvor vi kom fra, hvor vi skulle bo i Japan osv. osv.
Det var omkring 8 grader i Tokyo den dag, og det foeltes som sommer for mig (som lige var kommet fra -12 grader i Sverige). Vi ventede ca. 5 minutter og fordelte os i ca... 10 taxaer (vi var ca. 20 mennesker) og koerte saa endnu 5 minutter med taxa, hvorefter vi endelig ankom til "The Olympic Centre"!
We arrived at the Olympic Centre and was told to follow some of the returnees (and of course bring our luggage). We walked into this really big building and got into the lift and went the 5th floor (the top) where we got out and walked just around the corner and entered a rather big conference hall. Everything looked really new (I will upload some pics in a minute) and clean.
There was tables and chairs for around 150 people and on the "scene" there was a huuge whiteboard projector thingy with a picture of all the tables and some abbrevations at each seat. The abbrevations was countries and we were to find our country and get seated. At the table was a letter and a namesign.
We then had to hand in our passport and travel insurance card (which the YFU poeple would keep safe). After that short introduction we had freetime for some 20 minutes and then we should return to the conference hall and be seated.
When we returned 20 minutes later the hall was filled with people (around 150 of which 120 of them were exchange students from all around the world).
Then there was a short introduction and we were divided in to groups of 4. The four of us were to share a small flat in the Lodging Buildings.
I was placed in Loding Building C, room no. 326 with a Korean guy and 2 German guys.
Vi ankom til Olympic Centre" og nogle returnees bad os foelge efter dem (og medbringe vores baggage). Vi gik ind i den her enormt store bygning og klaemte os ind i en elevator, hvorefter vi koerte op til 5 sal (den oeverste). Derfra gik vi lige omkring hjoernet og kom en i en kaempe konferencesal med plads til mindst 200 mennesker. Alting saa helt nyt og rent ud (jeg laegger nogle billeder op om lidt).
Der var som sagt stole og borde til mindst 150 mennesker og oppe paa "scenen" var der et kaempe laerred som en projektor kastede et billede ned paa. Paa billedet var samtlige stole og borde i hele salen og nogle smaa forkortelser paa alle pladserne. Det var landeforkortelser, og vi blev beordret til at finde vores land og saette os ned. Paa bordet var der en konvolut og et navneskilt.
Nu skulle vi saa aflevere vores pas og rejseforsikringskort (som YFU folkene ville passe paa for os). Bagefter en kort introduktion havde vi 20 minutters "fritid" som - de kalde det - og vi skulle derfter vaende tilbage til salen og sidde paa vores plads.
Da vi kom tilbage var salen fyldt med mennesker (omkring 150 hvoraf 120 af dem var udvekslingsstudenter fra hele verden).
Saa var der endnu en kort introduktion, og vi blev inddelt i grupper af 4. Vi fire personer skulle dele en lille lejlighed i "the Lodging Buildings".
Jeg blev placeret i Loding Building C, rum nr. 326 sammen med en koreansk dreng, og 2 tyske drenge. (billede).
The schedule for the orientation camp looked like this:
Skamaet for orienteringslejeren saa saaledes ud:
If you look at the 14th on the right column, at 14:30 it says `arrival .......` that`s me.
Hvis I kigger paa d. 14. kl. 14:30 hvor der star "arrival....." - det er mig.
Oh well, I just discovered that I won`t be able to finihs this today either as there is sooo much to tell from the orientation camp, I`m gonna wrap this up now and continue another day.
Naa, jeg har lige indset, at jeg umuligt kan naa at skrive resten i dag, da der er sket saa meget paa den orienteringslejr, saa jeg vil slutte her og fortsaette en anden dag.
After waiting for 4 hours in the airport, finally the two korean students arrived and we were ready to go. We went out of terminal 2 with all our baggage and got onto a bus which was to drive us to Tokyo.
The bus drive took about 60 minutes (there was a big traffic jam inside Tokyo city so we waited in line for 20 minutes and then took a longer way. I fell asleep during the during (along with almost everyone else) - and with only 3 hours of sleep that night I think it was appropriate.
Finally we arrived somewhere in Tokyo (no idea where) and we got off the bus. There we met up with at least 6 returnees (people who HAVE been on exchange) from YFU who were really anxious to ask us where we came from, where we were gonna live in Japan etc. etc.
It was around 8 degrees in Tokyo that day and it felt like summer to me (who just came from -12 degrees in Sweden). We waited some 5 minutes and got into around... 10 taxis (we were around 20 students there) and drove another minutes with taxi and finally ... we arrived at the Olympic Center!
Okay, nu vil jeg faerdiggoere mine to foerste uger ligemeget hvad...
Efter at have ventet 4 timer i lufthavnen, ankom de to studenter fra Korea, og vi var klar til at gaa. Vi gik uden for terminal 2 med al hvor baggage og steg paa en bus, som skulle koere os til Tokyo.
Busturen tog omkring 1 time (der var en stor trafikprop i Tokyo, saa vi sad i koe i 20 min. og tog derefter en omvej. Jeg faldt i soevn i loebet af turen (ligesom naesten alle andre) - med hvad kan man forvente med kun 3 timers soevn den nat?
Endelig ankom vi et eller andet sted i Tokyo (aner ikke hvor) og vi steg af bussen. Der blev vi moedt af 6 returnees (folk som HAR vaeret paa udveksling) fra YFU, som var enormt ivrige efter at hoere, hvor vi kom fra, hvor vi skulle bo i Japan osv. osv.
Det var omkring 8 grader i Tokyo den dag, og det foeltes som sommer for mig (som lige var kommet fra -12 grader i Sverige). Vi ventede ca. 5 minutter og fordelte os i ca... 10 taxaer (vi var ca. 20 mennesker) og koerte saa endnu 5 minutter med taxa, hvorefter vi endelig ankom til "The Olympic Centre"!
We arrived at the Olympic Centre and was told to follow some of the returnees (and of course bring our luggage). We walked into this really big building and got into the lift and went the 5th floor (the top) where we got out and walked just around the corner and entered a rather big conference hall. Everything looked really new (I will upload some pics in a minute) and clean.
There was tables and chairs for around 150 people and on the "scene" there was a huuge whiteboard projector thingy with a picture of all the tables and some abbrevations at each seat. The abbrevations was countries and we were to find our country and get seated. At the table was a letter and a namesign.
We then had to hand in our passport and travel insurance card (which the YFU poeple would keep safe). After that short introduction we had freetime for some 20 minutes and then we should return to the conference hall and be seated.
When we returned 20 minutes later the hall was filled with people (around 150 of which 120 of them were exchange students from all around the world).
Then there was a short introduction and we were divided in to groups of 4. The four of us were to share a small flat in the Lodging Buildings.
I was placed in Loding Building C, room no. 326 with a Korean guy and 2 German guys.
Vi ankom til Olympic Centre" og nogle returnees bad os foelge efter dem (og medbringe vores baggage). Vi gik ind i den her enormt store bygning og klaemte os ind i en elevator, hvorefter vi koerte op til 5 sal (den oeverste). Derfra gik vi lige omkring hjoernet og kom en i en kaempe konferencesal med plads til mindst 200 mennesker. Alting saa helt nyt og rent ud (jeg laegger nogle billeder op om lidt).
Der var som sagt stole og borde til mindst 150 mennesker og oppe paa "scenen" var der et kaempe laerred som en projektor kastede et billede ned paa. Paa billedet var samtlige stole og borde i hele salen og nogle smaa forkortelser paa alle pladserne. Det var landeforkortelser, og vi blev beordret til at finde vores land og saette os ned. Paa bordet var der en konvolut og et navneskilt.
Nu skulle vi saa aflevere vores pas og rejseforsikringskort (som YFU folkene ville passe paa for os). Bagefter en kort introduktion havde vi 20 minutters "fritid" som - de kalde det - og vi skulle derfter vaende tilbage til salen og sidde paa vores plads.
Da vi kom tilbage var salen fyldt med mennesker (omkring 150 hvoraf 120 af dem var udvekslingsstudenter fra hele verden).
Saa var der endnu en kort introduktion, og vi blev inddelt i grupper af 4. Vi fire personer skulle dele en lille lejlighed i "the Lodging Buildings".
Jeg blev placeret i Loding Building C, rum nr. 326 sammen med en koreansk dreng, og 2 tyske drenge. (billede).
The schedule for the orientation camp looked like this:
Skamaet for orienteringslejeren saa saaledes ud:
If you look at the 14th on the right column, at 14:30 it says `arrival .......` that`s me.
Hvis I kigger paa d. 14. kl. 14:30 hvor der star "arrival....." - det er mig.
Oh well, I just discovered that I won`t be able to finihs this today either as there is sooo much to tell from the orientation camp, I`m gonna wrap this up now and continue another day.
Naa, jeg har lige indset, at jeg umuligt kan naa at skrive resten i dag, da der er sket saa meget paa den orienteringslejr, saa jeg vil slutte her og fortsaette en anden dag.
posted by Emil at
6:04 pm
3 Comments:
Hej Emil
Sad li' og læste alt det du har skrevet .
Lyder enormt spændende.
Håber du har det godt ;D
Knus Sarah
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Anonymous, at Sunday, 26 March, 2006
Havde i ogsaa orientation paa Olympic camp? Way to go.. Men vi var der nok ikke samtidig. Anyway, her gaar det ogsaa rigtigt godt, godt at hoere at det gaar godt selvom jeg ikke orker at laese det hele.
Hilsen Joakim
PS Japanske tastaturer er noget moeg
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Anonymous, at Sunday, 26 March, 2006
Hej Emil
Rigtig sjovt at læse om din første skole dag - jeg var i Tokyo i 1992 og lære MR skanning på Nippon Medical School, og det er en underlig oplevelse, at man ikke kan se TV, høre radio, læse aviser eller tale med taxachauføren - jeg boede nær Kanda firestation, og det var umuligt at fortælle taxaerne hvor jeg skulle hen, så jeg bad om at blive kørt til brandstationen (som hedder det samme på japansk "firestation") og gik så det sidste stykke hjem. Fin blog - Finn Mathiesen (Lone's kollega fra Vejle)
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Anonymous, at Friday, 12 May, 2006
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