Sunday Calligraphy Class

June 10, 2007 - I woke up a little late than I wanted to. So I immediately went to do my laundry since I had a calligraphy class to go to a little later.
I was late in arriving at the meeting place (Umeda), added to that yoke I got lost trying to get to the Tanimachi Line! Sorry gyud kaayo Shei :(
I was still glad though that I was with somebody upon going to Osaka International House since I had no idea where that place was. So Sheira and I rode the train and started talking. Then she suddenly retorted that we have already arrived while "tanimachi 4-chome" was being announced over the train speakers. After walking around 4 steps from the train door, Sheira looked upon the sign on the wall that says "tanimachi 4-chome"....And then came the magic words --> Ayyyy sayop! 9-chome ta d-i ta naug! At that moment we hurriedly went to the next train door just as it was about to close. We ended up getting in the car next to the one we were riding before :P We couldn't help from laughing when we got in. :)
A little later we finally arrived at Tanimachi 9-chome. The instruction for reaching Osaka International House stated that it takes 10 mins from the station to get there by walking. So we started walking straight from the station. We were unsure if we were going to the right direction so after walking for about 8 minutes we went to a nearby Family Mart to ask for directions. Unfortunately, both Sheira and I are not very good with Nihongo so we couldn't understand what the store clerk was trying to say. We only understood the summary of what she was suggesting which was to go back to the station where we came from and from there ask somebody for directions. Later that day we found out that we were actually already very close to the place at that point. We only had to turn left and we would have spotted sign board that read "Osaka International House" IN ENGLISH! (Perhaps that is also partly the reason why the store clerk didn't know where the place was, the signs for it were all in English.)

Both of us then headed back to the station and looked for clues on how to get to the Calligraphy class. I decided to ask the store clerk adjacent to the station exit but she replied that she didn't know so we went back to looking at the map near the exit. After a few seconds the girl from the store came out with a map in hand and she was pointing at a location that says "Osaka International House"! She's such a kind and gorgeous angel! Whoever you are, you have saved both of our asses and we'll forever be grateful to you :)
A few steps later, we felt a great relief when we finally saw a sign that indicated that we were going in the right direction. We took pictures of the moments when we were no longer a pair of lost children in Osaka. :)

We finally arrived at the calligraphy place 20 minutes later. We went up, paid the registration fee and headed towards the classroom.

Extensive brush strokes after that, we finally finished our "masterpiece". After assessing the finished product of my clumsy hands, I concluded that calligraphy is truly NOT my cup of tea. :P