a journal post from me thats not depressing? le gasp!
hey everyone. sorry i didn't post anything for a while. got busy and got distracted.
anyway so i'm doing like 500 times better now. since my last post i did get my card so money is not a problem anymore. it feels so good to be able to buy lunch again. i also got my commuter pass so i actually will save some money on transportation now. go me! things have deffinatly been looking up.
oh and you may not have heard but i got my phone turned on again. woots! now i can have a social life. yay! my number is 08067161503 and my email is 0hp32647267030@ezweb.ne.jp so you can send me emails and stuff. i know the email is anoying but i can't figure out how to change it. oh well.
i'm pretty happy cus i'm finally starting to get to know people here. its nice. and the weather has been getting warmer so i've been more comphortable going without my jacket. i just know its going to get sucky during the summer. meh.
so school is going ok. i'm not a super fan of any of my classes but maybe i'm just biased. i deffinately think the japanese classes at kansai gaidai were set up better. oh well i'll get through them. my biggest problem is getting squished on the trains every morning so really i don't have much to complain about.
golden week is coming but i still have class on tuesday and wednesday. i think thats kind of silly but oh well. i'm going to just take a long weekend and then really start the sight seeing on thursday and such. i may go to nikko tomorrow with camille and it sounds pretty cool. its supposed to be some cool cultural center near tokyo. then sometime this next week i'm going to go to kamakura. i figure i should see both the daibutsu (giant buddha statues) while i'm in japan. plus i could probably understand it better now that we've been learning all about buddhism in my art history class. i might do some more stuff after i take a look through my travel guid.
i know i promised you all pictures but kodak is still being a bitch. it wont recognize my camera anymore so i'm not sure what to do with it. i'm going to try to figure things out and then i promise i will have the pictures up for you to see. i feel bad because i was so sick while the cherry trees were blooming that i didn't get any pictures of them.
i'm still planing on coming down for the kansai gaidai graduation on the 19th. don't any of you people think you've gotten rid of me yet. i might go to universal studios japan with rachel and her family the next day i'm going to see how things go. it will be great to have one last hurrah with everyone but i think i might cry when everyone gets ready to go home. oh well.
erica is coming up soon and that makes me happy. i'm still trying to figure out how to ask my dorm moniter if she can stay in the guest room for three nights. i really wish i had better japanese. rachel and latisha were thinking of coming up but there aren't any more night bus tickets so their plans got cancelled. bummer. i would have been nice to hang with them for a few days.
but enough sad stuff. now that i have money i may actually be able to accomplish some of my purchasing goals. i really want a mp3 player though i'm not so stuck on an ipod any more. i think i'm going to go to akihabara and see what they have. more importantly though i'm in search of this 300 yen stor that aparently sells pillows. i really really need a new pillow. i found out the reason i had bad neck cramps for a while wasn't from being sick but from the damn pillow they gave me. so thats at the top of my list. then i need regular stuff like hangers and a close line for the balcony that came with my room.and for some reason i have this urge to by a plant. i want to put it out on my balcony and water it. i spend a lot of time out there or with the door open so i think it would be nice. it doesn't help that there are two flower shops on my way home either.
i just heard i may get to go to the ghibli museum with erica. that will be awsome. ghibli is the studio that did spirited away, howl's moving castle, princess mononoke, and a lot of other classics. aparently the museum is really cool so i can't wait. i've been wanting to go for a while.
anyway i'll wrap this up before it gets too long (to late) and just say that i'm doing much better as all of you assured me i would. i'm looking forward to sleeping in and just hanging out so life is good.
catch you all later.
anyway so i'm doing like 500 times better now. since my last post i did get my card so money is not a problem anymore. it feels so good to be able to buy lunch again. i also got my commuter pass so i actually will save some money on transportation now. go me! things have deffinatly been looking up.
oh and you may not have heard but i got my phone turned on again. woots! now i can have a social life. yay! my number is 08067161503 and my email is 0hp32647267030@ezweb.ne.jp so you can send me emails and stuff. i know the email is anoying but i can't figure out how to change it. oh well.
i'm pretty happy cus i'm finally starting to get to know people here. its nice. and the weather has been getting warmer so i've been more comphortable going without my jacket. i just know its going to get sucky during the summer. meh.
so school is going ok. i'm not a super fan of any of my classes but maybe i'm just biased. i deffinately think the japanese classes at kansai gaidai were set up better. oh well i'll get through them. my biggest problem is getting squished on the trains every morning so really i don't have much to complain about.
golden week is coming but i still have class on tuesday and wednesday. i think thats kind of silly but oh well. i'm going to just take a long weekend and then really start the sight seeing on thursday and such. i may go to nikko tomorrow with camille and it sounds pretty cool. its supposed to be some cool cultural center near tokyo. then sometime this next week i'm going to go to kamakura. i figure i should see both the daibutsu (giant buddha statues) while i'm in japan. plus i could probably understand it better now that we've been learning all about buddhism in my art history class. i might do some more stuff after i take a look through my travel guid.
i know i promised you all pictures but kodak is still being a bitch. it wont recognize my camera anymore so i'm not sure what to do with it. i'm going to try to figure things out and then i promise i will have the pictures up for you to see. i feel bad because i was so sick while the cherry trees were blooming that i didn't get any pictures of them.
i'm still planing on coming down for the kansai gaidai graduation on the 19th. don't any of you people think you've gotten rid of me yet. i might go to universal studios japan with rachel and her family the next day i'm going to see how things go. it will be great to have one last hurrah with everyone but i think i might cry when everyone gets ready to go home. oh well.
erica is coming up soon and that makes me happy. i'm still trying to figure out how to ask my dorm moniter if she can stay in the guest room for three nights. i really wish i had better japanese. rachel and latisha were thinking of coming up but there aren't any more night bus tickets so their plans got cancelled. bummer. i would have been nice to hang with them for a few days.
but enough sad stuff. now that i have money i may actually be able to accomplish some of my purchasing goals. i really want a mp3 player though i'm not so stuck on an ipod any more. i think i'm going to go to akihabara and see what they have. more importantly though i'm in search of this 300 yen stor that aparently sells pillows. i really really need a new pillow. i found out the reason i had bad neck cramps for a while wasn't from being sick but from the damn pillow they gave me. so thats at the top of my list. then i need regular stuff like hangers and a close line for the balcony that came with my room.and for some reason i have this urge to by a plant. i want to put it out on my balcony and water it. i spend a lot of time out there or with the door open so i think it would be nice. it doesn't help that there are two flower shops on my way home either.
i just heard i may get to go to the ghibli museum with erica. that will be awsome. ghibli is the studio that did spirited away, howl's moving castle, princess mononoke, and a lot of other classics. aparently the museum is really cool so i can't wait. i've been wanting to go for a while.
anyway i'll wrap this up before it gets too long (to late) and just say that i'm doing much better as all of you assured me i would. i'm looking forward to sleeping in and just hanging out so life is good.
catch you all later.