Kyodai BR

Ok, after saying hello to my new home, the race after documentation started. Gaijin card, health insurance, post office account, registration for the scholarship, student ID card... won't bother you with details. It'd be too boring. The funny parts I'll save for a future "baka gaijin" post.

Anyway. I also met other Brazilian students who live at the same dorm. Hiroshi, who arrived six months ago, is the "senpai" that kindly taught the directions to the Brazilian newcomers (thanks!); Carol and Lucia who also just arrived. So I also have my "senpai moments" with them, since I've lived as a student in Japan before.

I also met Miriam, who has been in Japan for some years, by a mix of recommendation and chance. I met some Philippines while waiting for the shuttle bus and they mentioned another Brazilian girl they know, and a bit later she appeared. After she told me that she only knew the Philippines because a professor asked her to help them. Why her? No one knows for sure. Maybe because she's also a foreigner...

So, Hiroshi and Miriam told about a dinner with some other Brazilian students on April 8th after meeting at the Kyoto Botanical Garden. While being introduced to the rest of the group, someone recognized me: Tatiana. We met each other two years ago (thanks to Silvia). I already imagined that I'd meet her again (now we're all Kyodai students anyway) but didn't think it'd be so fast.

After appreciating sakura (it was hanami), we went to a Italian restaurant to celebrate the birthday of some members of the group. It just happens that my birthday was just the day before, so my bday was a last-minute addition.

If someone doesn't know "Kyodai" used in this post refers to "Kyoto University".


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Updated on April 27th
I included some pictures. Not many, since I was asked to just choose some that would be worth seeing...