{"id":2037,"date":"2012-11-30T23:52:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2012-11-30T23:52:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T14:52:49","slug":"giovanny-jorge-international-language-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2012\/11\/30\/giovanny-jorge-international-language-exchange","title":{"rendered":"Giovanny Jorge: International Language Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would imagine my CIP experience was very different from my fellow KCJS students, at least I would hope so. Coming to Japan I was really excited at the prospect of joining Doshisha\u2019s orchestra, especially since I have not played in about three years. However that did not go as planned as detailed in my previous blog. Of course after that fell through I had to look for a different CIP to join which led me to the Doshisha Figure Building Club and the Music Game Club.
\nDoshisha\u2019s Figure Building Club (\u6a21\u578b\u7814\u7a76\u4f1a\uff09seemed like an amazing opportunity to expand my already growing hobby of building Gundam. The emails went well enough, although I could not understand the phone call at all. This turned out to be a precursor for how the club would end up being, a complete lack of understanding. I went to the meeting with a Gundam in hand, knowing that at the very least I would come out of it with a new figure for my desk, but I did not expect the massively awkward atmosphere that lied in wait for me. While trying to make conversation with those around me in the three and a half hours I was there for, I was greeted with one of either two possibilities. Possibility one: a conversation would start and I would have no idea what the other person said or possibly two: \u00a0I would be ignored. Either way, I did not leave the club a happy camper nor can I say I learned anything besides the fact that building Gundam is an excellent way to distract yourself from the awkward situations.
\nOn to the Music Game Club (Do it!\u97f3\u30b2\u30fc) then. The meeting room is basically an ovular table, set up like a conference room, with no games set up. The members were really sweet though I could not understand them very well. I think that if I had another KCJS student with me it might have gone a lot better. I was just a little disappointing that the club does not actually play games at the regular meetings. What I learned here was that in America if I were to hear about a music game club, then I can assume that they play games during the regular meetings, unlike here where they just spoke about their interests.
\nThe CIP that I have gone the most to is a language exchange meeting which I go to with a few other students. Those people are really nice and they make a huge effort in making sure we understand the conversation. Unfortunately, since it took about three months to finally settle on the \u4ea4\u6d41\u4f1a I have not had the chance to learn many new words or make new friends. The reason why it took so long is that coupled with our workload and the obvious desire to sight-see and experience Japan outside of classroom walls, I really did not have the time to actively search for something that fits our needs, schedule, and financial constraints. All in all the CIP program is a good attempt at giving us opportunities to expand our Japan experience, but at the end of the day the program is basically handing someone a book of school activities and saying, \u201cFind something soon, because you\u2019re being graded on it\u201d. If you can not end up doing something you really want, in my case orchestra, then you still have to do something regardless of whether you are interested in it and I believe that is a pretty big flaw. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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