Wow, I can't believe that orientation week is almost over already! It doesn't feel like it's been almost a whole week! We had a number of more activities today... the biggest one being REGISTRATION!! I was a bit nervous going into it because I was afraid I wasn't going to get all the classes I wanted! And considering that I really need the two art classes so I can transfer them back as major credit at UNI, I really needed to get them! So I went up to the line a little before 10:15, which was my time slot, and there [View Full Entry]

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Today was officially the first day of orientation!! That meant that we actually had some more meetings and briefings and the like. It also made it feel more like school finally, ahaha. Which is both good and bad, I guess. It was nice because with more things to do, it leaves you less time to just sit around and get bored, plus it's something that feels very familiar, so it's rather reassuring in that regard. It's not as nice because obviously it means classes will start. Though, I am getting more and more excited about the classes I am going to [View Full Entry]

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Well, today was certainly an action-filled day!! Still waking up at 6:00 in the morning... though this morning I at least *tried* to go back to sleep for a while. Unfortuanately, it didn't work too well. Ah well. Let's see... oh yeah! Placement test! That was this morning. It was a bit daunting. I felt a little better off about it than a lot of my friends, since I've never actually taken a class (nor am taking Japanese classes at college), so it doesn't matter at all where I get placed! The only thing is that I would *like* to get [View Full Entry]

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Whew, well, today certainly seemed like a long day! Maybe that's just because I'm so tired right now. I'm getting quite the case of jetlag. I get tired, and I mean tired, starting after 8:00. And since it's 9:30 right now... I am beyond tired. So much that my arms start hurting, ahaha. But the plus side of this is that I wake up in the morning at 6:45 wide awake! I woke up once at 5:00 this morning, then 6:00, and finally decided to get up at 6:45 since I couldn't go back to sleep. It is very weird, I [View Full Entry]

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So today was the first full day of living in Japan. I must admit, I was feeling a lot better today. Getting sleep makes a *lot* of difference in how you feel, ahaha. Though I will say that it was a little weird. I woke up this morning, like... wide awake. At first I thought both my other roommates were up, but it was just Kennisha, on her computer. But I got up, got my glasses, kinda stood there, and then asked her what time it was. 7:15. WHAT? I never wake up that early! Especially feeling so awake! So I [View Full Entry]

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So the entire travel thing went surprisingly well. Not a single hitch, really. None of my flights had delays, I made it to them easily and on time... even check-in in Japan went great! No complications or anything, it was just a long line, ahaha. So overall, it's been a good day, I would say. Though I am so flipping tired. Flying in over Japan was really cool, coming down through the clouds and everything. It looked like the pictures you always see, with the mountains sticking through the clouds and such. I've already made a bunch of friends and we [View Full Entry]

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