Well yes, day 3 and 4 have come and gone. Tis the end of Friday.
Firstly I think I must find the appropriate responce to Oyama's class on Thursday, about Art History I believe.

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Yes. Well, that about says it. I understood all of nothing. THis is not an exaggeration, I understood when she said her name and when she asked the class to please be quiet. That's the extent of my Art History Education for session 1.
the other class on THursday was Advanced Writing. I understood a lot of the Japanese actually and feel I can get a lot of help in that class. Is mostly translation. Its harder for them I think, with all the slang and stuff they listen to and have to figure out. But I should say it's work for me too, and good practice. Met lots of people. Too many. I can't remember anyones name. I had to stand and introduce myself. Stuttered through (as can never seem to speak correctly when called to...).

As for Friday, got an email (all in Japanese mind you, I had to use two dictionaries to translate it) to meet people from my King Lear class at 930 in the friggin AM, Thus had to drag my namby rear out of bed at 7. After all summer of getting up at 4, you'd think this would be a cakewalk. However, Im studying a lot (making no visual progress..) and am dead tired in the morning and at night. I have really dark circles under my eyes now. I look as if I've been beaten or something. All probably adds to the western allure...

But I managed to get up and out. ANd speedwalked to the trainstation (huff huff, I cant aptly express) and made it just in time to run down the stairs and into the train. Yay! Caught the 830 and arrived in Hiroshima Eki. Walked promptly in a direction and stuck to it. This is the way, I said. I shall not deviate!

Hot Damn, I was right.

Walked outside and there was everything as it should be. I am so cool. (learned today though that soon must learn how to catch cheaper bus though...if all that was for naught, I cant tell you what that will do to me mentally). Was a bit of a late train so missed bus which was early. Set your watch my fattie. I would never trust the time to be exact again. Not that my timing is ever precise mind you...
Got off bus and walked into campus in utter triumph. Went to meeting with classmates and "umm, uh, wakarimasen"-ed my way through. Duh. Felt silly. I think I put them off too. Crap-o. I'm here two seconds and already people don't like me. Takes a good couple of minutes back in the states! Went to next meeting with AYa and Mayu. Met them later for lunch.

My first class kicked it. It was so interesting, about e-trends and internet business and the direction of those things... Well it would have been interesting if I spoke Japanese. I wanted to understand!!! Gaaaaah!!! Was disappointing to say the least. Improved by leaps and bounds the first week, but this week I feel I've floundered and can barely say hello properly. Feel as if someone has stamped "DUH" on my forehead...

chowed my lunch (am slowest eater) and went to the library with Mayu and got two children's books which I (shamefully) do not understand.

Twas at the library, I was standing on the steps when an earthquake happened. My first earthquake. Wheee. Anyway, I just kind of stood there and felt the bass of it. Its kind of weird. I cant really explain.

THis weekend my family is taking me to Miyajima. There is a holiday on Monday so thats when we go. On sat and sun there is a matsuri (festival) I guess, so Im going to those too! Yay!

I can hardly believe, but next weekend of my schedule is already almost full. And next week, I start Kyudo!!

I am calm. I am like the rhododendron, but have bad hair as opposed to all around me.

I also occassionally dont know what Im talking about.

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