Hey oh y’all,
It’s time for the Gaijin Power Hour!
So at lunch the other day, we had a gaijin jam session!
Jacob brought out his ukelele, hit us with a melody, and then we all just made
up a hilarious song as we went along and bellowed laughter you could hear for miles (or rather kilometers since we're not in the US...as we are constantly reminded). In terms of clearing the tables around us and
drawing confused looks from everyone else? It's super effective!\
Remember the first few lunches in
which we were the awkward gaijin and had to sit outside? Not anymore! We rule
this lunchroom now (also many of the students are on break so that could
explain it too...)!
I had the most interesting thought today when I went to an esoteric Buddhist temple – one where they do really loud chanting and bathe
themselves in freezing cold water – I was actually shocked and
stunned when they started chanting so loudly – not exactly because the chanting
but because there was a lot of noise that wasn’t Stanford group gaijin noise. Seriously,
if you can’t find us, just stop and listen – that noise, that English, that
laughter…it’s us…not even probably…it is.
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| Notice the Buddhist monk sutra praying, combined with the Shinto lightning paper marking, |
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| Apparently by proving you can do this, you release some spiritual energy . |
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| Then that spiritual energy can be spread to others for healing (so like the ultimate in exorcism?) |
On the other hand, it is kinda funny and cute when little
elementary school kids give your group a double take and excitedly yell out
“gaijin?!” Also they like pandas.
In other news, I like taking still life photos of fire. Does
fire count as still life?
DC
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