When I went to Geidai at the end of my first day in Tokyo, most of the offices were already closed so I only managed to sign some documents concerning my stay at the dormitory in the administration. It's been already four months since I was officially admitted to the exchange program but I still couldn't get any information about the lectures available in English. On all my desperate emails they responded that I would be properly advised on this matter upon my arrival. It's easy to imagine how frustrated that made me.
So when I finally met an administration staff who seemed to understand some English, I expressed my concerns but, as you expect from my previous post, I didn't get any slightest relief from the answer. A young secretary woman had a very surprised expression on her face. "Classes in English?! I don't think so. One architecture professor can speak very well. But no lectures, no, no. I am very sorry. Please wait for tomorrow's meeting." After this she made an extremely forced smile, bowed to see me out and locked the office door behind me. Confused and irritated, I left the building and stood at the entrance, not sure what to do next. A pond with colorful koi carps beside my feet caught my eyes and hypnotized me for quite a while. When I calmed down completely, I understood that they keep fish ponds outside the student affairs office for a reason.