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[nijon]

So far it is agreed upon by all: Japan is sweet. Save for some minor frustrations involving the lack of street names and incredibly confusing, inadvertant keyboard settings, Japan is sleek, modern, sexy, and totally green. Check it: there are no napkins to be found anywhere, and it scarcely seems to matter; the Nihonjin are remarkably adept at not

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[ella_umbrella]

coooool.

I go to Bard and I'm going to take classes with Michiko next semester (9 AM--ack!). So, this is so interesting and useful that you're writing this. How long have you been taking Japanese?

I'm going to fwend you if you don't mind. I really am interested.
cheers,
Ariana

[nijon]

Fwend ahead. Do you know Michiko? She is wonderful, totally genki, and the only person I have ever met with a degree in flower arranging. I have not had her as a professor yet, only for Japanese tutorial to which I shamefully only showed up twice. I have been studying the language only for the past year, starting in the Fall semester and continuing through Spring into this summer course. Our professor was the wiley and (I thought) very entertaining Gus Heldt, who left Bard at the end of the year to pursue a new life at the University of Virginia. I'll continue studying Japanese next semester with Michiko, who I am sure we will both find to be an excellent professor.

I'm glad you can get something out of this journal. So what is your interest in Japanese? Is it part of a broader cultural intrigue, a general interest in languages, or...?