I know it has only been four days since the first edition, but things are going to happen fast and furiously for a while. I am sure that once I get into the steady routine of teaching five days a week, I will have less "new" experiences, but for now everything I do, even such things as opening a bank account, is completely new. For instance, whereas in the U.S., you would sign your name on an application, here they have the "inkan" or stamp. My inkan has my name which here has morphed in Frido. Instead of signing my name, I simply open up my inkan, dip into red ink and stamp it on the paper. It's amazing how many simple things are different. I am finally getting accustomed to using chopsticks, but I still
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