Day 149 – Friday, August 15, 2008 (A visit to Nagoya and the zoo)
Day 149 (A visit to Nagoya and the zoo)
Left out about 12:15 in the afternoon with X to meet up wi
th some other Jamaicans in another apartment. Met this guy (who is doing his Ph.D. in computing and has been living in Japan for about 4 years now), another guy (Living in Osaka), a girl (third yr ALT formely of JET but now works with the Board of Education) and another dude (who my sister got a cheap ticket for, to come to Japan). We watched the 100 m heats (Olympics 2008) there and made up a whole lot of noise like Jamaicans would. I also met another Jamaican girl who will be getting married to a Japanese guy pretty soon as well as this Japanese lady who spoke English very well. The Japanese lady has a daughter and I felt sorry for them when we were being very noisy in the apartment while the heats was going on. You could see the look of concern, surprise and confusion on their faces lol.
After the noisy apartment experience, we then visited a zoo in the area to check out the animals. Me and 2 of the other guys took the train, while the Japanese lady drove X and the other Jamaican girl. Now while me and the 2 other Jamaican guys were on the train, the stares on us quadrupled. I think it's because it's unimaginable to see more than 1 black guy. I remember while in the apartment, the Ph.D. guy said when he went to China some years ago, he visited a restaurant. He said before he started eating, it was noticeable that the place was getting a little darker. He said, when he looked up, it was a bunch of Chinese people gathering around him. So I guess the Japanese stare and the Chinese will come over and look.
Anyway, while we were at the zoo, sometimes the Japanese were staring at us more than the animals. For the first time in my life I saw the following animals:
Elephant,
Rhino
Zebra,
Penguin,
Seal,
Giraffe, Polar Bear,
We also saw a parrot who was speaking Japanese... It constantly said "Ohio" (good morning) and occasionally, "SUGOII" (Amazing). After this we went to a Jamaican Restaurant and the food there was good. We then headed to our different places at about 10 pm.
Left out about 12:15 in the afternoon with X to meet up wi
th some other Jamaicans in another apartment. Met this guy (who is doing his Ph.D. in computing and has been living in Japan for about 4 years now), another guy (Living in Osaka), a girl (third yr ALT formely of JET but now works with the Board of Education) and another dude (who my sister got a cheap ticket for, to come to Japan). We watched the 100 m heats (Olympics 2008) there and made up a whole lot of noise like Jamaicans would. I also met another Jamaican girl who will be getting married to a Japanese guy pretty soon as well as this Japanese lady who spoke English very well. The Japanese lady has a daughter and I felt sorry for them when we were being very noisy in the apartment while the heats was going on. You could see the look of concern, surprise and confusion on their faces lol.
After the noisy apartment experience, we then visited a zoo in the area to check out the animals. Me and 2 of the other guys took the train, while the Japanese lady drove X and the other Jamaican girl. Now while me and the 2 other Jamaican guys were on the train, the stares on us quadrupled. I think it's because it's unimaginable to see more than 1 black guy. I remember while in the apartment, the Ph.D. guy said when he went to China some years ago, he visited a restaurant. He said before he started eating, it was noticeable that the place was getting a little darker. He said, when he looked up, it was a bunch of Chinese people gathering around him. So I guess the Japanese stare and the Chinese will come over and look.Anyway, while we were at the zoo, sometimes the Japanese were staring at us more than the animals. For the first time in my life I saw the following animals:
Elephant,
Rhino
Zebra,
Penguin,
Seal,
Giraffe, Polar Bear,
We also saw a parrot who was speaking Japanese... It constantly said "Ohio" (good morning) and occasionally, "SUGOII" (Amazing). After this we went to a Jamaican Restaurant and the food there was good. We then headed to our different places at about 10 pm.
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