The Day of Three Name Tags

It's true- yesterday I had to make myself three different name tags for three separate occasions.

The first:
I got up early to go into town with Junko and Ai. I wanted to get my phone fixed and Junko mentioned something about a thrift store called BCEC.
I was tricked....
I soon discovered that it stood for Birmingham Chinese Evangelical Church.
Despite my terror and awkwardness they were extremely nice, even when I told them that I don't go to church but that I can appreciate religion. And the fact that I wasn't the only non-Asian person there made it easier too. I met some very nice people. The "thrift store" Junko was referring to took the form of a charity table, basically, where she spotted a kettle to take for our flat.
There was lunch afterwards...and I ate a lot of Chinese food.

We then continued to the Bullring Shopping Center where I got my phone fixed. I was tempted to do some shopping for clothes since I brought barely anything, but I managed to resist.

The second:
I had an audition for the physical theatre piece Hamletmachine which was a good audition experience. I feel myself letting go of my inhibitions more and more.
At the end of the audition we were called in one by one to say a line from the play in three different ways. Mine was "I am Ophelia, the one the river didn't keep."
When I was finished I was on my way out to call in the next person but the directors (one of whom is in my Theatre and Cultural Politics reading group, Hester) stopped me. I hadn't put down my mobile phone number cuz, well, I didn't remember it and I wasn't sure if it was working properly yet, so they said they wanted to tell me right then that they had already made up their minds about me and wanted me to come back for callbacks the next day (today)!
So that was awesome! These girls are really cool and as weird as I've heard the play to be, I think it will end up a great production.

Here's a taste of a past production of it done in London:


The third:
From the audition I walked into Selly Oak to meet Ai and Junko and my newest Japanese friend Chihiro at a bar called Archies. I'd forgotten what we were doing there (I must stop accepting invitations and following blindly) but soon found out that it was a meeting for the Japanese Society.
So I thought to myself, great I'm gonna be the only white person here, but once again I was wrong. A first year named Paul approached Junko and introduced himself. He's an International Business/ Japanese major and it was so awesome how much he was into Japanese culture (I think I found a British version of you, Billy...only he's blonde).

We had a few drinks and Paul lives near our building so he walked back home with us.

And that was my day of three nametags.
I have the callback today, I'll tell you how it goes, and my mobile is up and running again...not that I want you guys to blow a couple of bucks to talk to me for like a minute but should you like it here it is:
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