Rotary and School

Today I had to give my "speech" at the Rotary meeting. It was pretty much just me saying the dumbest stuff that I could manage to spit out in Japanese. It seemed to go over well but I think that was just because they were so surprised a foreigner could say some Japanese.

The meeting was really weird though. Other than my speech, there was also food, which was completely normal, and another man's presentation, which was completely out of place. He started off with some thing about obesity or just being overweight in general which seemed a little odd, but at least kind of made sense (those rotarians gotta keep healthy). But then he went into a pitch for Viagra, which no matter which way you look at it, is weird. And he kept saying stuff that the rotarians all found very funny, but the speaker just seemed embarrassed the entire time.

Afterwards I went to the high school that I'll be attending. I got measured for my uniform and filled out some paperwork to get enrolled. It seems like I'll be taking all the classes with the other kids for the first month and then I'll take Japanese classes at the university within the same school system. I dunno how classes will work then though, because the teacher himself didn't know either.

There are a bunch of clubs at the school as well that I might take part in. They have a brass band and theater and all that, but I think I'm gonna go with the kendo, though it's another two hours every day. However, I also get to hit people with sticks, which I'm sure is worth the extra time.