So flower-viewing season started (at the time of this event), and so while I had flower-viewing party with my English club planned (another blog post), I decided to go to the nearby Kokura city party the Kyuushuu JETs were holding as I was invited by a girl that was dating one of them.
Sure enough, I only knew like one person. But the strange thing was, no one seemed to know anyone. I don't know how Kitakyuushuu organizes their JETs, but Yamaguchi JETs all have regular meet ups. And if you live in the same city, you know each other. Not in Kyuushuu apparently.
I had been invited earlier to go join my new friends, an American and a Chinese girl I have a date with tonight, that I met in the train station (coincidentally friends with a friend of mine) in passing for like a few seconds to go to something (which I couldn't make) and then the flower-viewing in the same area, so I was planning to meet them later. If you can't read that sentence, I don't blame you. And sure enough they were able to eventually meet up with me. They brought along a new Korean friend too. Hilariously named what is pronounced "Yum".
They took a lot of pictures, we walked around, saw Tiger Man - had a good time.
[Picture to come when I find it]
While we were talking to one of the larger JETs, an old man came out of nowhere and tried to make conversation. The JET didn't understand him, but the old man was amused with his fat and began to play with it. While this really really creeped out the JET, he couldn't do much to stop him, and then he invited us to join their party.
We were led over to their place they set up, apparently some kind of electric company. They offered us free food and alcohol. The president was young, but full of energy and very funny. Only I really understood them since the others don't speak Japanese except the Korean and Chinese girl. We talked for a while and partied with them. People came and went. I waved to some group of girls and gave them some of the electric company's food, and the president went over and talked to them for a while.
You'd be surprised how much waving will get you in Japan. As you will see.
Later, more of my friends arrived, did some introducing. One of the electric company employees asked about making his kid learn more English, she's like 3 or 4 or something. Gave some tips, pointed out some people that could help.
Then later walked over and joined the girl circle and talked to them for a while. When it was time to go, I told them we should hang out again, they agreed. I asked the guy I had been talking to for his contact info and he was surprised that I was serious.
In Japan, it is waaaaaaaay too common to make promises of hanging out or doing something together or being invited to something or whatever - and not be serious. Which is stupid.
We then decided we were hungry and went to a restaurant and got food.
Then we headed back.
On the way back, close to home, we decided we were still hungry - so one of us decided we should go to McDonald's. I am always up for more food or at least convincing people they need more, so I was for the plan. Somehow we convinced our female friend / one of our friend's girlfriends to not go straight to sleep and join us.
Surprisingly, a bunch of our friends were there. We talked with them for a bit, but then we started getting ready to go.
That's when I noticed a pair of eyes poking over the divider.
I waved as I always do, and suddenly it looked like they were getting up.
We also got up to leave, when I suddenly noticed she had ran up behind me.
She begins to talk to us. Apparently, her and her friend were on a journey since they just graduated high school. They were on their way back to Osaka. She had studied abroad in New Zealand for a year so she was chatting up the Kiwis. Then she asks if they can stay with us. Mind you, this is like 1AM or later.
Apparently their plan was to stay in the McDonald's. It was too far to my place, but fortunately the Kiwis volunteered their place. The male Kiwi said he was glad his girlfriend was with him otherwise it'd be hard to explain why he brought two young girls home with him.
The other girl didn't seem to speak much English, and she surprisingly went along with her friend's plan. So we all walked back in the same direction. It seemed the English-speaker liked me since she stayed behind to talk to me who was walking slower and just being flirty.
Too bad for her, I stayed at my other friend's house to balance out the numbers.
Oh well, I made a new friend.
All thanks to waving.
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