I do not exist
I have been informed by the friendly staff of the international centre that I do not exist. There is no such student as Daniel Price. There is however a Danikoru.
Basically, I made a mistake when I was filling in my application form for Himeji Dokkyo- I spelt my name incorrectly in katakana (Japanese characters), but spelt it right in English on the same form. The logical plan of action is to correct the mistake – that’s why there is such a thing as administration; if things didn’t change and mistakes weren’t made there would be no need to administer anything.
In Himeji however mistakes do not get corrected. I first noticed this when I received my homestay contract. Naturally, as I didn’t want to commit fraud, I corrected my name before signing it.
A month later, they say there is a problem with my name on the contract and that they would print out new ones – which sounds good – but the problem they had was that there was no such student as Daniel Price. So I was forced to sign a contract with someone elses name on which as far as I’m concerned isn’t legally binding in any way, shape or form.
I haven’t been escorted off university grounds for tresspassing yet however.
December 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Ah the old “I’m sorry sir, but you don’t exist” story. Happens all the time in Japan from what I hear.
You haven’t sounded overly peachy in your last few posts. My advice would be to get some heavy duty – Bug, gold and administration staff spray.
The presant you and Trev got me before you left inspired me, now I have seasons 1 – 7, which you are most welcome to watch when you get back. Hope things brighten up soon buddy.
Catcha!
December 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Danny my email is pinkard_1985@hotmail.com
Hope your doin well mate
December 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Hey everyone, I’m not actually unhappy or anything, I just felt like complaining. This is the internet after all, that’s what you’re supposed to do
December 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
If you don’t exist then it means we don’t exist. What does exist mean anyway? Maybe not existing is a weird form of existing. There’s a lot more that could be said on this subject. Then again what does said mean? What does mean mean? Existential or what. Jean Paul Sarte was a silly old fart.
Corey may have some pertinent views on this matter.