So, as I'm sure a bunch of you already know the past couple weeks have been pretty busy for you.  Running around doing visits to elementary schools to give 20 minute speeches, the national proficiency test, tests everyday in my regular classes along with practice tests for the afore mentioned prof. test...  I could go on, but I'll leave that for ( Read more... )

**don't miss the entry before this one.  They were done in the same day.  Thanks!

So... Halloween.  Not a popular holiday in Japan, which is a bit surprising with how much they seem to like dressing up.  But, I suppose if you dress up for all these other ocassions, Halloween really isn't that exciting of a thing, is it?  Anyway... my Halloween here ( Read more... )

On October 26 myself and the other ryuugakusei got up early on a Friday morning and trudged down to breakfast.  After sleepily eating what we had time to, we headed over to the front gate of the school to meet some of our sensei's.  Waiting there behind them was the bus designated to take us all the way to Kyoto and back.  I rolled the luggage back ( Read more... )

 Lately, I've really been missing people from back home.  I miss being at OU and there actually being life outside after classes end for the day (Chubu is a commuter school like most colleges in Japan; only freshman boys and sports boys have the option to live in dorms).  I miss having more variety in what I eat.  I'm not sick of rice, but I am ( Read more... )

So, I left you last time right before Laura's 21st B-Day party.

The party was a lot of fun.  We managed to keep it a secret from her right up until a hoard of us came down the stairs together and headed outside right before her eyes.  Still, she had no idea that the party was going to happen that night, so we were pretty proud of ourselves.  Laura ( Read more... )

Alright!  Finally, some time to hash out a decent journal entry!  I've been trying all week, but to no avail.  (;_ ;) *tear*  A lot has happened since I last wrote, so  I may have to do this in installments.  Wow... speaking of distractions, Ali just came by summoning (inviting ^_^) me to dinner.  But!  I am determined to at least get something ( Read more... )

Yesterday, a dream held by countless women around the world, was fufilled.  I met:  Mr. Delicious.

No seriously, his last name is oishii which means delicious in Japanese.  How awesome is that?  And what's better is he was wearing a shirt with a badge stiched on that read "try deliciousness* (in english) and seemed completely unaware of it.

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INTERNETS!!!!  Why do you fail me so ( Read more... )

Today was... long ( Read more... )

Alright!  So in my last entry, I let you know how my trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima went (make sure to check the Hiroshima pictures out again, I added some more.  And, I decided to make a seperate gallery for Miyajima~but have not yet posted this one).  This time, I'd like to talk about my dorm, everyday life, and maybe even a little bit about my ( Read more... )