I got the spring semester Bridging Scholarship! Hooray!

I know I said I would be posting about fashion and shopping, but it might be a bit before I get to that. In the meantime, I wanted to note that I changed my layout, finally! The picture is of the Shinto shrine we visited during our last field trip to Shikoku ( Read more... )

Last weekend was interesting. Friday was completely awesome. My friends and I went to an all-you-can-eat cake restaurant for my birthday. Yes, all-you-can-eat cake. It was everything I imagined and more ( Read more... )

Here is the first of several posts involving general observations and whatnot about Japan ( Read more... )

Here are some of the photo albums I've finally uploaded:
Mt. Koya
Nara
Halloween Friday and Saturday
Kids Halloween Party: I got to help out at a Halloween party last Sunday for about 35 kids that was thrown by their English teacher. It was a lot of fun and the kids were all really adorable! I wanted to take them home.

There are some more photos to ( Read more... )

Once again, sorry for the lack of updates. I plan on updating again really soon with just general observations and comments about Japan, but before that, here are the interesting things I have been up to ( Read more... )

Last week I found out that my dog Shadow got really sick, and they ended up having to put her to sleep. ;_; RIP Shadow, you were such a good dog.

Last week was really fun and interesting though. In art history class we got to do Shoudou, which is basically Japanese calligraphy, except a bit more artistic. The teacher who came in that week also has his own school, so I'm thinking I might take some lessons from him. I really enjoyed it ( Read more... )

I've finally been able to get on wireless internet on my own computer (note to self about title: get IME). Therefore, I'll hopefully be able to d/l some things and talk to people online. Unfortunately, it involves bringing my computer to school, and it's very heavy ( Read more... )

Translation: Sorry for being lateHello everyone! Sorry for taking so long to post something. I can`t connect to the internet at home and the Japanese computers on campus are a bit annoying ( Read more... )