Japanese Cooking Night
After about 2 weeks of planning and stressing out about it, the Japan Club had our first Japanese Cooking night at my dorm. Originally I was planning on making only okonomiyaki (Japanese dish- like pizza, with cabbage, flour, egg, and a choice of meat), but after discussing with the group, we also decided to cook yakisoba and onigiri. This was a great decision in the end, b/c then everyone got to make a variety of things, and sample a lot of Japanese food that’s usually not in restaurants (prob b/c it’s simple to make). That was my main goal in doing this – exposing the members to the Japanese culture I was fortunate to experience while I was there.
When most of the cooking was over, and I was finally able to relax, I realize that I was stressed out way too much about this, and some other things currently going on in my life. I’ve been really pissed off at everyone all the time, and I really hate that feeling of being mad and not having a reason. So I’m going to try to get over the things I’m dealing with and try to be less angry all the time. Midterms are over, so hopefully I’ll be able to do that.
You know, the first time I went home after my exchange in Nagoya I felt the same way that you did. I started language lessons, cooking, etc. just to keep the feeling of the country ‘cause I missed it so much. It’s hard but stick with it and come back to Japan soon. This country is too good to leave behind I think. Nice blog.
Comment by Mike — October 23, 2005 @ 2:55 pm
You know, the first time I went home after my exchange in Nagoya I felt the same way that you did. I started language lessons, cooking, etc. just to keep the feeling of the country ‘cause I missed it so much. It’s hard but stick with it and come back to Japan soon. This country is too good to leave behind I think. Nice blog.
Comment by Mike — October 23, 2005 @ 2:57 pm