August 17th, 2015
(Time to leave.)
I woke up in time, ate breakfast, finished my last packing, and took a taxi down the hill to the meeting location. After going to the washroom at the nearby supermarket, I got on the bus, and waited for the bus to leave. I was sitting in the very first seat, which felt lonely at first, but after a while, I realize it allowed me to sleep, have a better view, and not be forced to talk. The bus left at 8:30 from Tokai, and we were gone. I decided to try sleeping for the first bit, since nothing interesting would come up. After about an hour, we stopped at a pit stop for those wanting food or needing to go to the washroom. Not much happened really, but here's some of the scenery I saw.
(Waiting for the buses at the nearby supermarket's parking lot.)
(Mountains.)
(Yep, we are headed to the mountains.)
We got the camp, and scrambled to our room. I believe the coaches had done on purpose to place me with some of my closest friends as roommates, for which I was grateful.
(Almost there...)
Here's our room.
(Very... camp-ish.)
After resting for 45 minutes, we went to go eat. This was interesting. Everyone had their food served by the 1st year students (I have been ranked with 2nd students at Tokai), and we all waited for the coaches to come in and sit before we started. Here's what we ate. I actually ate too much which made my stomach hurt before practice haha.
("Itadakimasu!" is what you said before eating in Japan.)
Our first practice was almost exactly the same as the ones back in Tokai. But this time, we worked on a few more different drills and gripping techniques.
After we were done, I iced my shoulder, strechted. Once that was done, straight to dinner. Once that was done, we showered and took a bath! Yep we have a BATH! Then I basically started getting ready to sleep while the guys watched a drama. They were soo into it, it was funny to watch them. I passed out first in our room, thinking I should try getting lots of rest on our first day here.
(Supper.)
(Literally GLUED to the TV...)
12:54 PM |
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