Buildings at Night

Action-filled Day

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September 2nd 2008
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 ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more