The last night at JCMU was memorable. We had long since decided that sleep was not a plausible option. If we slept, then we would be awake on the plane. For thirteen hours. Of suffering. It just wasn't worth it, so we made plans to keep ourselves up the whole night. We had our last Shirmon that day, which was better than usual. We also ( Read more... )

So it's all over. The closing ceremony was yesterday. That was like over the summer except with more speeches by Japanaese people, typically in Japanese and therefore unintelligable, and more bowing, to the guests, the teachers, and Dr. Johnson, when we received our certificate ( Read more... )

There will doubtlessly not be much detail to a lot of this post since my memory just isn't that good. I also seem to be a bit tired so please forgive incoherency or poor writing ( Read more... )

He is risen indeed!
Alleluia!

Well, nothing much has been happening here lately. I haven't had any terribly exciting adventures. Last week I got another 78% on a test (although I thought I did better). The Friday activity was talking interviewing people from the community in Japanese and being interviewed in English. I had to talk to them about the so-called "deliquent ( Read more... )

I got a 79.2 on the last test. There seems to be an invsisible barrier at the 80% mark, but this is the best I've done so far ( Read more... )

I really need to remember to turn in my essay and tickets for my Osaka trip to Dr. Johnson. $40 is a lot to lose just because one didn't turn in some ticket stubs ( Read more... )

There were random things that happened before our trip to Osaka last weekend, but I can't really remember what any of them were so I'm going to ignore them and start with that trip ( Read more... )

I don't like the trend that is beginning to become apparent with my tests. I started off in the seventy percents and have been seemingly losing a few percentage points each time. Today I dipped into the 60s, and frankly, that's unacceptable. Somehow my studying method must be revised. Either that or I need to eat more katsudon. This test ( Read more... )

One day Clint and I went out to the arcade on Route 8 and there was much Tekken 5 playing for me. I won for my first time and came close several other times. Does this mean I'm getting better? Well, maybe I finally found someone that just wasn't that good. Oh well, it is still better than losing every time ( Read more... )