Orientation Camp

Okay, the orientation camp at Orisen lasted 4 days and after that all 120 students spread out all over Japan (from Hokkaido in the North to Okinawa in the South).
At the camp there were a lot of Japanese lessons, general orientation, speeches and some unofficial chats about how to get the most out of the year.
At the camp I also got to meet my area rep(resentative), Sato-san (or she was Sato-sensei at the camp cos she acted as Japanese teacher). I became really good friends with my roommates, Kai, Jonathan and Sei whihc is always a good thing.

The Orisen looked like this:

Orisen saa saaledes ud:



OK, orienteringslejren varede 4 dage, og derefter spredte de 120 studenter sig ud over hele Japan (fra Hokkaido i nord til Okinawa i syd). Paa lejren var der en masse japansklektioner, generel orientering, taler og nogle uofficielle samtaler om at faa mest ud af aaret.
Paa lejren moedte jeg ogsaa min Area Rep(resentative): Sato-san (eller Sato-sensei var hun paa lejren, fordi hun var japansklaerer). Jeg blev rigtig gode venner med min vaerelseskammerater Kai, Jonathan og Sei, hvilket jo altid er godt.

It was a really nice center, everything was new and shiny. If you look at the map and find Lodging Building D, that was the tallest building at the center and I and some friends went up to the top and took some nice pictures of Tokyo City. Here are 2 of them:

Det var et rigtig flot center. Alting var nyt og skinnende. Hvis I kigger paa kortet og finder "Loding Building D" - det var den hoejeste bygning paa centeret, og jeg og nogle venner tog elevatoren op til toppen og tog nogle flotte billeder af Tokyo City. Her er to af dem:




On the camp we had Japanese lessons and we were divided into around 10 groups with one teacher and one assistant assigned to each group. My teacher was Sato-sensei and she was really really good. Here`s a picture of my group with Sato-sensei way to the right (and me in front of her).

Paa lejren havde vi somsagt japansklektioner, og vi blev inddelt i ca. 10 grupper med en laerer og en assistent til hver gruppe. Min laerer var Sato-sensei og hun var virkelig virkelig god. Her er et billede af min gruppe med Sato-sensei helt ude til hoejre (og mig foran hende).



A bit about the centre. The centre was the first place in Japan after the airport that we came to, so naturally we were all really amused about all the Japanese things around the centre. One of the days I took my camera and went on a little walk around the center to take some pictures of things that you would never find in Denmark.

Lidt om centeret. Centeret var det foerste sted i Japan - ud over lufthavnen - vi kom til, saa naturligvis var alle vilde med alle de japanske ting der var rundtomkring paa centeret. En af dagene tog jeg mit kamera og gik en lille tur rund omkring paa centeret og tog nogle billeder af alle de ting, man aldrig ville finde i Danmark.


First of all, the toilets! Foerst og fremmest toiletterne!


There were of course pissoirs - even though they were a bit oversized if you ask me.
Der var selvfoelgelig pissoiar, selvom de var lidt store, hvis I spoerger mig.


Next was so called `Western-style Toilets`. Even though they look a little western, notice the many buttons on the side of it. Kai, my roommate, told me he tried to push one of them and a small sensor slowly came out down near the water and all of sudden a thick beam of water came up from the toilet and hit the ceiling ... wtf!

Saa var der saakaldte `Western-style toiletter`. Selvom de ser lidt `western` ud, saa laeg maerke til de mange knapper paa siden. Kai - min vaerelseskammerat fortalt mig, han proevede at trykke paa en af knapperne, hvorefter der kom en lille sensor ud nede i toilettet, og pludselig skoed en tyk straale vand op fra toilettet og ramte loftet ... ?


Last but not least, there were of course Asian style toilets. At the orientation they made a big show out of showing how to use them. It was damn fun.

Sidst men ikke mindst var der asiatiske toiletter. Til orienteringen gjorde de et stort show ud af at vise, hvordan man brugte dem. Det var virkelig skaegt.



To be continued

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