Sorry for my recent absence, but my course has really started to pick up momentum, and as a result I find myself spending less and less time doing enjoyable things like writing my blog, drinking with friends or pursuing hobbies and much more time either studying frantically, or rocking back and forth in a gibbering wreck.
Last week was the first “real” week of work, at least as far as word memorization goes. So far we’ve only had about 20-30 words a week to learn, last week we got about thirty new nouns and adjectives, around 45 new verbs, 10 kanji and a lot of new grammar to learn. It was absolute murder, but I think I’ve got it all down now, as long as I remember that tsukurimasu is to make.
I completed my composition homework, a letter inviting a friend to a party, although not in my usual insane fashion. No jumping on the bed this week, sadly. Hopefully this coming homework will leave lots of scope for me to go completely berserk with new verbs and old sandwiches, and I can post yet more evidence to put me into an insane asylum for the rest of my days.
Anyway, having arrived at the study hall at about 3.30, I’ve written up my essay, and it’s now nearly 5. I’m pretty confident I’m going to be here until about 7pm, writing out the symbols we have to learn this week over and over again for the test tomorrow. So who knows, I may get into that asylum quicker than expected. On Wednesday there is the Japan Society Halloween party, which is somewhat depressing as I haven’t got a costume yet. Apparently there is some horrific forfeit for those who don’t bother, so I may have to mug a trick or treater before I head over. I don’t really have any exciting news either, although we have a few days off in a few weeks time, which I may use to visit all my friends in Leeds. Until then I imagine the most exciting updates this blog will see may include “An intricate description of a day in the life of my feet” or “Japanese Milk and why it’s gross”. That said, I am still looking for a new “look” for this blog, so you should definitely obsessively tell all your friends to visit this thing every day.
Until then, then…
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Mike! i know all about the japan soc horrible forfits, when i was there i had to drink a glass of soy sauce…and they told me it was coke…bastards!
Oh god, I didn’t think it was really going to be that bad. Emergency halloween costume time methinks!