Hi again. The updates will be infrequent like this because of my insanely busy schedule. School is crazy like that here. My commute alone is about 3 hrs a day including both ways. It is some crazy stuff. I found out about this great free phone service computer program called Skype. People all over the world can talk for free, and it sounds ( Read more... )

Today I went to Akihabara (the computer nerd's heaven) with Nick and Paul. I bought a super deluxe electronic English-Japanese/Japanese-English dictonary.


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So, I had my first mental breakdown since I've been here last night. It was horrible! And no one was online to talk to, since it happened around 3AM KS time. But I managed to finally fall asleep and I woke up in a better mood, although I remember I was having some amazingly weird dreams ( Read more... )

Wow, I can't believe I've been here for over a week. It seems like just a few days, time passes so fast. Before I know it, I will be back home ( Read more... )

okay, I hope this works.....


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Hey! Pictures will *hopefully* be posted tomorrow my time seeing as it is 11:16 pm sunday in Japan. I had a good day today for the most part. I started feeling a bit homesick and a bit just weird in general in the afternoon. Those feelings were lost though as I was so busy that I had little time to dwell on my negativity. Good thing, but I ( Read more... )

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the comments, ya'll rock ( Read more... )

Hey everyone. So, here in am in Machida-shi (Machida City), Tokyo ( Read more... )

Hey everyone! I am leaving for Japan in 3 weeks! Sooo exciting! I have a host family, the Hiruta's. They seem super nice and very welcoming. I can't wait to meet them. The family consists of mom and dad and their 20 year old daughter and a brother who is currently studying abroad ( Read more... )