Orientation
We recently had our orientation here at the I-house and played some interesting activities. The one that sticks out in my mind is the one where we had to sort ourselves into east and west hemispheres .
At first I stood in the middle, because as bad as it sounds I couldn’t remember if in Australia we were in the east or west hemisphere. So I stood there and asked “where do I fit?” Everyone else had no problems so I looked around and saw that England and USA we in the west so I figured that Australia must be in the East, with Japan, yes this sounded about right, we are in the Asian soccer federation after all! During this time the director of the house Leann told me I had to decided which side to stand on- which kind of threw me, I thought we were talking geography! So I moved to the Eastern side of the room.
It was at this point that I was surprised about something I didn’t think about, I was the only non Asian on the eastern side. I wish I had got a photo it was hilarious! Leann said that she was surprised by my choice but she understood. I think if she hadn’t said hemisphere and instead said cultures I would have been less in decisive.
This night will also stay in my mind as the night I stayed up til 4 am with one VERY drunk Japanese girl named Yuka. “I’m not drunk!”, “Michelle I love you, you are my boy friend!”
