Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Host Family Phone call

So i called my host family today, and after 3 failed calls where i dialed the wrong number and one where i started talking to someone who wasnt actually the right person (because why wouldnt i), i finally talked to my host family. or rather i talked to my host mom ( i think). after the conversation i wouldnt say im really nervous but rather im pretty Antsy about going. after reading that sentence you would probably say to yourself "Oh the conversation went well" as antsy usually means excitement. But nothing could be further from the truth. the conversation went down the cliff right after the first sentence. she asked me something i hardly got asking me about my family and what are there names. so i told her. and after that i couldnt tell you a single thing she said. something about .... .... ... well i know i heard something about their family a lot in there.
Anyway i thought my japanese was pretty good. but you know what apparently there is this little thing called dialect that i forgot to take into account, and it turns out its pretty dam important. She kept going on and on and saying sorry with every sentence because it was pretty clear she knew i couldnt understand her and she couldnt speak a word of english. i kept saying sorry back because i couldnt understand her.
SOooooo about after about 5 minutes or what felt like 20 years of the most awkward conversation ive ever had (im pretty sure she managed to ask me the same question about 15 times no matter how many times i told her i didnt undertand it) it was over.

Now dispite the awkwardness and terribleness of the actual talking it was not a complete waste of a long distance call. dispite our you know not being able to talk to each other we did get a lot of laughs in. Now dispite the fact that mine were probably from nerves and hers were probably from the fact my japanese was a good the typical digital talking dishwasher. i call laughter a definate plus.
All in all i think it was a good coversation dispite all the bad in the actual talking but then again when has conversation been about the talking ( shut up i know im wrong). i think we clicked on some level ... somewhere and thats that. soo when i meet them in real life for the first time it should be about 10 times as awkward but i happen to have a good talent for making the first meeting with a person i havnt seen in a while or ever very awkward and every conversation after that very ... unawkward :D.
i look forward to writing more of these but you know with actual stories and who knows maybe i'll add in more terrible grammer and horrible sentence structure ;D. but i must say to people ( if anyone is actually reading) that there is a chance i wont be able to post every night. so i will have everything written down from the moment i get there to the second i get back. that way if i get no internet at the house and no internet at the school or anywhere i can still get my stories to you people (or myself) at the end :D. its not what ya wanna hear but its possible and it had to be said. anyway ive talked more than enough and i need to learn to shut up faster so im out. expect a new post either right before i leave or after ive been in cali for a day or two dependent on when i can get to the internet. CYA

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