ICU Clubs

Hey everyone. Anyways, this post isn't going to be that amazing of a post. No interesting pictures, or stretched out paragraphs, but rather just some information on this cool new club I joined.... and I guess the other club I'm in too.

I'm in two clubs ICU Hub and Papoose.

Papoose is basically a casual Tennis circle (Circle meaning casual club with no commitments or mandatory meetings) that plays every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. There are about 10-15 of us and we learn the basics of Tennis, hit around, and do some matches with eachother. Everyone (mostly everyone) is beginners in the club so it's pretty encouraging. I joined it because I wanted something active to do... I was going to join the Runner's Circle but I have never been to any of their meetings and I'm not even sure I'd be able to keep up with them. Maybe I'll still join them though.

The other club I'm in is ICU Hub. Hub meaning international hub where people of different nationalities can come to gather and talk and make friends. There has only really been one event that I've been to so far and that was a trip to Asakusa, Tokyo where a huge Temple is as well as Tokyo Skytree (the tallest tower in the world). They have another event coming up in Tokyo Disneyland but I'm not sure if I will be going to that as it is really expensive. I wish that there were more events that were more casual such as Izakaya or 100Y Sushi outings at Sushiro, but oh well. They have lunch every Tuesday and Friday on the field in front of Honkan and they're still an extremely friendly bunch. I haven't recently made it to their lunches though so maybe I should try to more often seeing as that is the only social events they have other than the big trips that happen once a month.

In general the two clubs I'm in are pretty fun. I enjoy Papoose a lot, and ICU Hub gives me a way to talk with Japanese students (albeit in English since my Japanese is わるい. Papoose on the other hand is sort of like what ICU Hub is, but with Tennis.

Other than the upcoming ICU Hub trip to Disneyland, Papoose is also planning a trip to Asakusa, which I've already been to =\ I think I'll still go b/c it should be fun and I sort of want to try riding a Rickshaw since they have those in Asakusa. If I get the chance, I'd really want to go to the Tokyo-Edo Museum as well... we'll see though. I think the places they want to visit are the same places I already went to (Tokyo Skytree, Sensoji Temple)

I still might consider Runner's Club to stay fit and meet some cool people, but we'll see...

Anyways, until next time!