Hello Everyone! So I know, I haven't written a blog in nearly two months... It's been crazily busy here, and yes if you must really know, I've been having too much Japanesification to write home :) No, I'm joking- see I have retained my aussie sarcastic humour (or in Japanese you would pronounce- yuu mar -what?!). On all serious thought, I miss everyone at home and send my thoughts and love :) I have alot to type about so this will be a crazy quick summary of my escapades :) Hope all is well at home and anywhere else you all [View Full Entry]

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I've been in Japan for nearly one month now. And here in Japan, I believe I have learnt a few great and pivotal lessons. 1) That language is hilarious To be honest, being in Japan is amazing but albeit a tad confronting and frustrating at times. You see, it is frustrating for me meeting all these great Japanese people and not being able to have deep and meaningful conversations. Or having simple conversations where you can be understood- which is why asking where the salt is placed in a supermarket can be quiet hilarious. Last time I asked where the salt [View Full Entry]

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Jap-lish is predominant here. I have found a very guilty vice in taking photographs of Jap-lish whilst Japanese people look on in confusion at this nosy foreigner. Furthermore, I believe I get such a great rush from Jap-lish because: 1) I can read it 2) I can laugh at it 3) Because as I have a weird habit of reading everything (chip packets, shampoo bottles, face creams) and that habit was taken away from me when I came to Japan, then this is my new guilty found pleasure. Enjoy!! Also, 100 yen stores here are amazing. You can buy shoes, food, [View Full Entry]

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Its spring in Japan at the moment and the average temperature is 16 degrees- I can't imagine how I will feel when it gets to winter here, it snows!! I will freeze off my caca. But lucky, Im one of the only ones here who isn't sick at the moment hence my blogging at 2:44pm in the afternoon as everywhere is either dead to the world or out at class meetings. I have been placed in Class A so i dont have meetings until Monday which is fab. Though I am really procrastinating. I should be upstairs in my warm room [View Full Entry]

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So... because I was unable to log on the internet for so long Im just going to run through what I've been doing over the past week since I've been in Japan through pictures. Yes, pictures say a thousand words and I have many many many of them. My american friend Chrystian is just as much of a picture whore as I am so here the 'thousand words' begin. Japanese people really love cherry blossoms and Hanami (which literally means the viewing of cherry blossoms and the parties under them). In the past 3 days I have been to 3 Hanami [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! So I've been living in Gifu, Japan for a week. And it has been quite a interesting and challenging experience. I often feel like Im living in a sbs foreign documentary and there are no subtitles. But my japanese is improving every day and its quite fun in some respect to be a little lost. The Japanese people are really nice and helpful and I have some reprimand with the fellow english speaking foreigners I've become friends with. Anyway so I live in building A of Gifu University's International House. Im pretty lucky living in building A as I [View Full Entry]

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