| Q |
What are your main activities? |
| A |
We mainly organize various kinds of parties,
barbeques and other such
social events. |
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| Q |
At these events, what kind of things do people
get up to? |
| A |
Most participants are happy and comfortable
mingling freely with each
other. Guests,
members and staff alike
are encouraged to
treat everybody fairly
and equally so nobody
gets singled out or embarrassed.
Everyone
just gets on with their
own thing and has
a great time. |
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| Q |
What kind of people come? |
| A |
As the club is based in Japan, a good proportion
of members are of course
Japanese. As well
as that we presently have
a great number
of participants from mostly
English speaking
countries. Occupation,
interests etc. are
pretty varied among participants.
Every kind
of person basically. |
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| Q |
What is the usual age group of participants? |
| A |
Members range from toddlers accompanied by
their parents to people
in their fifties.
The majority of participants
are in their
20s and 30s. |
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| Q |
How many people do you see at a typical event? |
| A |
It varies dramatically. Some events see a
total of around 20 participants,
others you
can see more than 100.
If you're a little
nervous participating the
first time, you
may like to try joining
in a smaller gathering
first. |
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| Q |
Do I have to speak English? <-> Do
I have to speak Japanese? |
| A |
Absolutely not. WISH Club is not a language
school, so participants
are encouraged to
speak to each other in
whatever language
they both feel happy with,
even if it's a
mixture of cheerful grunts
and hand signals.
At the end of the day,
it's making friends
and having a good time
that's important. |
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| Q |
I'm a little nervous about coming by myself... |
| A |
So many people say that! Then when they arrive,
they're saying "What?
It's like this?
I should have come sooner!"
Of course
if you want to bring a
friend along for moral
support that's fine, or
if you want to come
by yourself then that's
fine too. When you
arrive, you'll quickly
find it's easy to
make friends. In fact,
if you can't find
anyone with even vaguely
similar interests
then THAT would be strange. |
