Apparently we get a bonus day off tomorrow. Yay for the pleantiful official Japanese holidays ( Read more... )

The city is slowly returning to normal after the holiday ( Read more... )

Not too much going on here; still settling into living here in a lot of ways. I'm becoming accustomed to the daily routine and feelings. There are times where I really miss home, especially when I hear Christmas music being played at the shotengai or when I see all of the ornaments and decorations at the hyaku-en shops, but I'll live. It's only one ( Read more... )

Today was the last day of school until next Wednesday. It's nice to get a break ( Read more... )

Had our first test in Seminar yesterday. It was fill in the blank and multiple choice, but it doesn't mean that I did good. Being the in the lowest Japanese level of that class sucks. I knew studied the grammar; it was the nouns and the sentence structures alone that we haven't learned yet which she used that messed me up. All of the kids in my ( Read more... )

I’m still asking myself if the trip was worth my three day weekend and $100 or not.

( The Trip )

Putting on a kimono takes forever! If you wear a good kimono, there's at least 10 pieces to it. It took from 1:30-4:00 to get 20 girls in a kimono. It was fun, though, probably the only time I'll experience wearing a kimono. There were some really beautiful ones, but it was first come first grabs. But I liked mine, too.


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