.032 - the doshisha int'l exchange student camp

This past weekend a few other Stanford students and I went to the Doshisha Biwako retreat center near the beautiful Lake Biwa (Japan's biggest lake). I'm guessing that the purpose of this retreat was just to simply talk to people cause there was no central program at all. There was ice breaker (consisting of 5 very weird games), dinner, socializing time, breakfast and sports. That's it. Pretty much just all fun with no interruptions(except for sleep).


The center itself was really beautiful.



Anyhow, I definitely met some cool people and I had to pull out the dictionary on more than a few occasions. Though most Japanese people on this trip spoke a fair amount of English.



INTERNSHIP UPDATE: I actually got one now! Apparently, I'm working in one of the famous Japanese animation(anime) studios in the world, Production I.G.. It's not a video game company, but hey it's somewhat related. They're best known for the animated portion of Kill Bill Vol. 1, one of the films in the Animatrix, Jin Roh, Ghost in the Shell, and Neon Genesis Evangelion among others. Only catch is that it's in Tokyo, which kinda sucks given that I'm just starting to meet really cool people in Kyoto. But it's a REALLY good opportunity, so I can't complain.