Classes in Japan

So i think this is week 3 ish in Japan.
*on a side note*
I had this dream that i was in Canada working at superstore again & that the one year exchange had already ended. Was extremely sad in that dream because it felt like we left before doing anything(... welll.. only 3 weeks so far...) so i guess it means i'm having fun here.... just not aware of it.. haha
Anyways.. back to the classes...

Classes started 2 weeks ago.
The classes seemed awfully slack at first... we have one for 2 hours per week... but you take like minimum 7 classes. Seems like we have a bunch of Japanese classes as well as some culture classes. The Tea ceremony/ Japanese harp culture class has not started yet but i'm looking forward to it. We had this one class where we were told we would get full marks for just attending it... The prof kept on making us guess what tea, ginger, wasabi, soy sauce, and rice is called in a sushi bar. I remembered that trusty "Japanese tradition" video on youtube and figured out agari, gari, murasaki... etc... The reasons shown on the videos however are not the same haha. He told us how those names changed to the new ones... and i thought it was interesting but hard since i wouldn't have figured it out by myself.
The profs also created a beginner class and called certain people who would then go take it while we take the regular classes. It had me worried because one of our classes is classified under "Advance level Japanese" and i'm kind of wondering if i should have asked if i could go to the beginner level class during that class since i don't think i am qualified to be "advanced level" haha ^^"  The class turns out to be about Archery in Japan. We might go visit their dojo and i am hoping ild get to try but... i could always join the archery club next sem or something. Oh! i might also take 2 chinese classes and korean next sem :D

Last thursday for one of the culture classes, we went to a restaurant. Since she told us it would be like japanese style then asked us if we wanted fish, porc or chicken, I thought she meant grilled salmon and a piece of pork.... so i chose the pork. When we got to the restaurant... they had these for those who chose fish......

Needless to say.. i was regretting choosing the pork cauz it was Tonkatsu... which i've had a few times already... T_T
Today i joined a Gym class at the last minute. I feel bad for Mutoさん because we keep bothering him with all our requests....
The class seemed alright. Another student from Alaska and I, took the class. Usually, you'ld need to know quite a bit of japanese to take classes with the other students... but it was a gym class so i figured it'ld be ok.
During the warm up... i was confused as to what he wanted us to do sometimes but figured it out by copying the others :p. And then we got set up into Teams to play VolleyBall. I was loving it seeing how apparently, i was one of the MVP on my team haha. The girls on the team were nice & chatted with me so i felt less nervous about being in a class surrounded by japanese students. Apparently, they thought i was a local student until the prof told them that they had 2 exchange students & made us stand up. 「日本人っぽい」と言われたけど。。なぜか分からない＾＾”
I really liked that gym class.. although i was told we would be playing badminton and i was a bit disappointed... but i think we will play eventually....

I also tried joining the badminton team but the manager told me they have to train for a tournament & if i wanted to play for fun i should join the badminton circle and come back next month. She wasn't kidding... they didn't play any games.. they just kept on practicing certain types of shots.... I practiced with one guy and it felt like he was testing me out.... which kind of sucks haha when i told the manager that its ok if i cant join if i am not good enough but she kept saying " no! that's not it at all" (in japanese of course). And the people here are so nice, its hard to tell if they are just being nice. ^^"
Anyways... im looking forward to that gym class now cauz playing a sport again got me all fired up :D