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  So yesterday I got all happy during class when everyone was reading aloud together. I don't remember what the sentence said because I was barely following along, but the verb at the end was something-o shiteimasu, and David next to me (who was also probably not paying attention) said, instead, o shitteimasu. Oh fascinating. Right. So it was such ( Read more... )

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I think I've decided once and for all to drop out of Intensive Japanese. I feel like a coward for throwing in the towel, but it's just too much stress, too much pressure to keep up with the darn Korean kids...damn those Koreans...because I'll always be ten steps behind them and just doing well enough to be acceptable in class. I mean, I passed ( Read more... )

I fucking hate when there is kanji on the homework that we aren't supposed to know. It's so annoying when I have to go through the stupid book to find one kanji to do one problem. And sometimes, it's not in the book. It's not exactly like I can type it into the fucking dictionary and see what it is. Kanji dictionaries are not required to take this ( Read more... )

9/19/08


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Stories I've recorded the past two weeks of living in Japan ( Read more... )

So I've been in my new dorm, Global House, at ICU in Tokyo Japan for five days. But it seems more like a month.  Classes haven't even started yet, and already I feel like I've been here an entire semester. The week was filled with orientations and orientations and introductions for every part of the campus and lifestyle and programs and clubs and ( Read more... )

I got two big pieces of information today about  my study abroad. One, I received my certificate of eligibility from Japan, which allows me to get a visa which allows me to stay in the country for more than 90 days. Yay! Very important paper. Grand Valley is sending it to my mom's house, so I should have it within a week, then I have to take it to ( Read more... )