Gaijin Smash

Well I'm done with the program finally. Over all it was a lot of fun and I'd do it again. I need to really reflect and write about everything that I've learned here. Its a lot and not just about architecture.

The last day was really relaxed. Our presentations were at 2:00 so I went over to Harajyuku and Omotesando and did some shopping for things I didn't need. Then I ate at the same reastraunt that I ate at the first time I visited Harajyuku street back in 2005. It was a nice morning.

Presentations took 3 hours and just dragged on. Everyone did very well. I bombed mine by getting flustered at a messed up slide. Should have checked and prepped harder. Lesson learned I guess.

The night we had our final group dinner, Shabushabu. Also fun, we got some good pictures. After dinner it was time for Ageha the largest club in Asia. In short it sucked. Lots of techno, which I don't really know how to dance to and on top of that the people the people weren't very friendly and I couldn't really talk to them. On top of that the cover cost 40$, and half the people I went with I didn't really like. The fun part was getting Wey into the club when she forgot her ID. We ended up waiting in the losers line for like 15min while the Japanese bouncers freaked out about being polite. In the end we all got in with out even a bribe. Wey did have to be my girlfriend for a night. It was kind of funny.

We got back from the club at 5am and had to wake up at 8:40am.

Today was death. At least the morning. A few of us went to this cool preschool that has won a million and one architecture awards. We met the architect , he was a cool if not a bit eccentric guy that always wore at least some form of blue. It was the first building I liked in Tokyo though. It has a nice function to it, as well as a pleasing form. I really need to post pictures to describe it.

We got back at 4:00 and I checked in. Then I went out to Harajyuku again. Its Sunday here so Harajyuku was hopping. That was litterly a rave in the middle of the street at 6:00pm. Afterwords I took a long train over to the Imperial Palace which I didn't get to see because it was closed. Next I went over to Shinjyuku and got some dinner. I went to Omote yokochyo otherwise know as Yakitori Alley and had some Yakitori and a drink. I met this cool British guy who was teaching English over here near Mt.Fuji. We talked for a bit then went out separate ways. I went over to Golden Gai for a few minutes afterwords. Its this big alley with literally 60 small bars in it. Its supposed to be crazy at night but because its a Sunday it wasn't very interesting. After that I went back to the hostel and am now done with the day.

Oh I need to remind my self to talk about Gaijin Smashing tomorrow. I totally forgot about the title of my post.