One of those days

[chard]

Most of my days are pretty routine: up at 6am, study, go to school, study, come home, study, browse mindless stuff on the Internet, go to bed. That's why I don't write very much. It's all much the same: just a process of filling my brain with Japanese words and trying to get some skill in spitting them out again.

Comments

[frabcus]

What a day! Hope you had a good rest in the evening.

The most senior told me that he owed a debt to England because his wife had given birth to his third daughter in one of our hospitals, free of charge. ... is an interesting new twist on arguments for the NHS, and indeed for "health tourism".

Was the earthquake quite big? To have shaken so much at ground level it must have been quite bad.

[bookly]

So, after all that I'm feeling positive again. Here's somewhere I'd like to go, and people I'd like to work with, and it's in my field. I managed to speak to them in Japanese and they seemed suitably impressed and helpful. Now I don't want to quit the programme again.

I can sympathize, a bit; I feel like this every time I go to a conference. The trick for me is keeping this feeling during interminable classes on things I don't immediately care about but might be useful to know at some uncertain future point.

I can sympathize about the toilet, too, but I'll spare you the details. :) I'm glad you survived the day and are feeling better. If there's anything I can do to help out (long-distance chats in Japanese? but yours is probably better than mine at this point), please do let me know.

[espresso_addict]

I hope the internship application goes well; it sounds like it may prove a better way for you to learn the language than the classes.

[p4user]

"It's very hard to make any kind of rational decision under such circumstances."

Yes, you are under stress and don't have enough breathing space or opportunity for rest and reflection. I'm glad you didn't quit because I hope you will find afterwards that the kenshu makes up for the current hardship. (easy for me to say, I know)

[nickbarnes]

Aaaaaaahhhhhh. Drink alooooonnnnne. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I'm sorry that your problems with the school persist. Your interview experience clearly shows that you need not worry about your language skills.