Day 66: Interview Night
It was a training day, both physically and for my interview later tonight. After an easy set of midterms for Japanese class, I headed to the gym to work out. I then ate a good chicken roast set at the Halal cafe at Hoffman hall for my source of protein, then I headed to the library to prepare for my dance number. Yuji asked me to eat with him too, so I did again an hour ago with Tatsuya and we talked a bit about Fuji Q and my interview, while also seeing Minh and James eating at the area. After that, I stayed for a bit in the library with Yuji and searched for things to do during my interview, and there I saw the ESC interview was supposed to be conducted in my native language. I was slightly worried because I am not that good at Tagalog, but I persisted and made a script on how to dance the steps. I also thought I’d have a language tutorial class at Period 4, but when I went to the Global commons I realized it was supposed to be on Wednesdays, so I just cancelled it because I got too embarrassed and uncertain whether I could make it to the next ones. After that, I stayed for a bit in the library to wait for Yuji to return my headphones, and when he did at the 7/11, I went straight to the station towards Oji where I can find a place to look around and practice my unpracticed dance.
I ate at a nearby bakery once I exited the station and it had good bread that was pretty filling. I also walked past a clothing thrift store and eventually a quiet park where I practiced my spiel in Tagalog and did some dances. There were quite a bunch of mosquitos and also some pretty flowers. I stayed at a secluded area and did different steps before finally choosing to perform a specific step. It was so unprepared though. Once I did that, I ran to the restroom and looked for a place to eat and just look around. There I ate curry rice near the station and saw a nearby temple called Oji Inari Shrine. It was dark at night though so I didn’t get to see much so I walked towards the building where I had my interview.
I was early by an hour and waited at the interview spot. I fit my shirt and read the ruleset the lady gave me. I saw Daniel’s ID and there were some Mexicans and French people around. Some other nationalities arrived like Malaysian and American and I had to wait like an hour or so for my turn. When it was my turn, the interviewers did some small talk about my name and also asked me to perform. I was so unprepared since I asked them to hold my phone and they ended up looking at the music video instead of me dancing in front of them, which was quite unfortunate. I finished though and walked back to the station and went home afterward.
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Day 60 - Lunch in the Philippines
After class I went to gym again at Sophia for my triceps and back. I also went to reserve seats in the Halal cafe but I bought a beef bento in a food truck. I stayed for a bit and then got approached by Aimee and Chlarise then later the rest of the Filipinos started showing up, it was my first time meeting Jeanne and Francis (formally). We ended up eating at the outside where it was a bit sunny. There they talked in Tagalog and we had fun. We then went to the library afterwards where I separated from them to study IB.
After that, I was bored so I went to Kinshicho to look for food. There I walked around looking for new places but I knew in my heart I wanted to try the soba noodle place that I saw in my previous visit there in the mall at the south of Kinshicho. There I enjoyed a Y960 meal which was very filling I couldn’t even finish it. After that I went to a Dotour Coffee shop to do more reading for IB. Here after, I left to go back home and just chilled for the day after.
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