( Kobe Bay Sheraton )

On Tuesday we had the first class of Kim-sensei's linguistics class, which was kinda interesting, but kinda dry, too. The class shouldn't be too much work, but I'll have to make sure it doesn't put me to sleep, either, since it's early in the afternoon on Tuesday and Thursday, which is when I get the most sleepy for some reason. It doesn't help to ( Read more... )

Okay, so maybe I'll never be caught up and I'll just have to skip a couple days. Oh well. My Saturday was pretty interesting, so I'll post what I wrote about that, but then I'll just summarize the next couple days after that.

( Day 4: Saturday )

It's been a fairly relaxed weekend, but I've been a bit lazy and haven't caught up to myself yet. I'll post what happened Friday at least, and then later I'll post my weekend and stuff about my family. I'm sure someone out there is curious about my family. I probably won't have pictures up for another day or two though because I have to get a ( Read more... )

The story continues with my description of Thursday's events. Hopefully by the end of Monday I'll be caught up, although we won't get into a pattern until next week probably. Again, I wrote quite a bit, although it's only one day instead of two and a half or whatever. My host parents are just sitting on the couch watching TV at the moment while I ( Read more... )

Sorry I haven't posted since I got here, but I haven't really had internet access on my laptop until now. I didn't know it until today, but my family has YahooBB (broadband service) which I can use wirelessly! I can't use it very well in my room because it's too enclosed in there - I don't get much of a signal, but I can use it at the kitchen table ( Read more... )

Well, it's three days before I'm scheduled to leave for Japan. I leave from Chicago about noon on the 6th of September and arrive in Japan in the late afternoon of the 7th (local time). Because my scholarship arranged my ticket, I'm flying on Northwest to Detroit first, and then going on a direct flight from there to Kansai International Airport. ( Read more... )