Lazy

 So, classes have only sort-of started. Japanese language courses begin next week, and this week I have been going to regular classes. Once all of my classes have begun, I'll have Japanese all morning and some afternoons with a few other classes sprinkled in there.

Monday was "Economic Theory and Applications II". Most of the class missed out on "Economic Theory and Applications I" which was last semester, but the instructor is going to try to review the basics for us before going into more advanced theories. It isn't terribly exciting, but I think it will have important information for my field of study.

Tuesday was "Japanese Culture: Language and Communication". I think it will be a very interesting class discussing the importance of cultural context in conversations.

Wednesday I will have a hardcore "Kanji 1000" class which teaches me the 1000 most common kanji characters I need to know. In the evening I went to "Pre-war Japanese Cinema". I mostly attended because I need more credit hours. I originally thought it would be very boring old movies, but after sitting in the first class, I actually think it will be pretty interesting. It deals with social issues like nationalism and colonialism in Japan's history.

Thursday I have only Japanese classes, so this week I had a free day. I sat around and watched Japanese TV and played cards.

Friday(today) I went to "Outline of Japanese Culture Since the 16th Century" only to find out that the class doesn't begin until next week. Another free day!

All of this free time feels really weird. It's nice to have time to explore, I guess, but I don't really have money to travel around and see much, so I just sit around, update blogs, and hang out with other students who are feeling the same way.


Anyway, I've already been yelled at for not posting pictures of my food, so I guess now I will have to be "that girl" that takes photos of all of her meals : P  It's not really such a terrible thing, just something I'm not used to. So, here's the first food photo:

This was an especially green breakfast from the cafeteria. Green tea and kabocha melon pan. "Kabocha" is Japanese pumpkin. "Pan" is the Japanese word for "bread", which they learned from the Portuguese. "Melon pan" is only called that because it kind of looks like a melon. It is not usually melon-flavored.

Also, I didn't order it today, but they sell crepes.

Here is an example of their choco-whip crepe and strawberry-whip crepe. I thought it was funny because in Japanese it's "choco hoippu", and I imagined Stewey Griffin saying it.