Just an update, I've joined the Aikido club here in my school. The clubs here are very, very, very different. Firstly, they have practice 4 days a week, and any other free time they have between lessons, they will come to the club room. The club room is stacked bottom up with mangas which people leave there even after they graduate!
Secondly, they have a very clear seniority system. This is what I don't like. After being here for only 1 week, I'm already pretty sick of the segregation, but its just a reflection of the Japanese society where seniority plays a very important part in daily lifestyle, explaining why there are so many ways to phrase a sentence depening on who you're talking to. Plain form, polite form, keigo, etc... Keigo itself has different level of politeness. Well, it just needs getting used to, but I sure am getting alot of practice for changing between the forms. Nice.
However, its so tiring, both the prysical training and the mental exhaustion from trying to understand what they're saying to me in Japanese and trying to reply in a way they can understand, sigh!
Slack.
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