However it isn't always so stressful, at this school we have multiple programs and clubs that focus on Japanese culture and linguistics. Primary among those groups is BUJA, or the Binghamton University Japanese Association, which hosts one of the group conversation tables I attend weekly to work on my (awful) speaking skills.
I'm actually not a member of BUJA nor do I have any intentions of becoming one, but I'm friends with some members, all of whom are kind, genuine people that I am happy to have had the chance to meet, and thus ended up somehow getting myself a ticket to their annual event called Japan night.
For them this is a huge (and probably insanely stressful) event that they spend months preparing for, but for me it was just an obscure thing that is held in the University Union once a year that I had always intended to go to but never got around to it.
However since I know members this time around I was asked by about four people to buy tickets on separate occasions throughout the weeks prior to the event. Being only $7 for dinner and a show, I figured I'd see what all the fuss was about.
Now I'd like to say that these kids did a fantastic job, not only coordinating the event, but selling it to the public and performing it for us. There were a few moments where the sound wasn't working, and the show started late, but it was so much fun just to watch that I couldn't say I minded.
Plus I got cake, three pieces! (Don't tell them I took that many though)
The show actually for the first time ever sold out, and I was smart to have agreed to buy the tickets ahead of time, a thought I reveled in while standing in line as the smell of food filled my nose and the sound of people getting turned away filled my ears.
The performances were a joy to watch, videos to follow (I had pictures but it was too dark in there), and they had a water theme, which was confusing until the show started (turns out the whole show follows the story of a fisherman who goes to a castle in the sea).
Ahh here I'll shut up and post the videos. They're all short, you'll find them here:
I know this post is rather short, Unfortunately I've come up to a bump or two in my road that won't probably be fixed for a month or so.
However next week I'll be introducing something I think you'll find quite interesting that I'm working on for school.
Until then!
Much love,
-Alexander
Nice! Makes me smile, son.
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