yamaonna

The Flash dilemma…

Well, life here is going pretty well.  I am being kept busy and making heaps of friends (Im kinda famous in the dormitory…  everyone knows my name…)  but there is one thing thats kinda troubling me…  the flash dilemma…  atm, I am stuck using the computers at uni, which is ok, but they are insanely old, and running win98, and for some reason, my flash drive wont work on them.  its a big pain!  it means I cant write my emails at home and then bring them in to send, and it means its going to be pretty difficult for me to put any photos I take on the web.  it also means I cant bring anything home.  you see, they dont have writable drives here, and apart from usb, they only have floppy drives, and well, my computer doesnt.  its a real pain…  I could get the internet in my room, which would be great.  id never be bored, and i could set up an internet phone.  but, my budget really really doesnt allow for it.  i did the calculations last night, and Im living off approximatly 1000yen a day after rent and bus.  its do-able, but a very simple life…  hence the dilemma.  blah.

so, anyway, on to more positive things  ne?

Study is going well.  I have quite a lot of homework, but then this is an intensive course…  Yesterday I had my first feild trip for my education in japan class.  MG (miyagi gakuin – my uni) has a kindergarden attached to it, sort of as a prac for the education students.  Yesterday we went to have a look.  It was a lot different to aussie kindergardens in layout, but cool none the less.  And the kids were sooooo cute!  But the thing that I thought was really strange is that they had observation rooms from which you can watch the classes…  made me feel very voyeuristic, but when you think about it, its pretty logical since student teacher learn there.  but weird.  We will be going again next week to actually take part in a class.  Im looking forward to it!

Last night also (yesterday was busy…) they had a welcome party at the dormitory for all the new people.  it was lots of fun (free food!)  By the end of the evening I was being questioned all sorts of things, and being taught japanese slang, which I dont really know if I want to use…  (not sure its appropriate….)  I took a photo, but you`ll just have to wait till I can put it up

Apart from that not much else has happened.  I went shopping on the weekend (needed a little retail therapy).  I love loft its the best store ever!  I spent about 2 or 3 hours just in there.  so much cute stuff!  I swear, if I live here for more than a year, Im decorating my house using that store!  and I also found some cool postcards I wanna collect.  My room is quite bland, so tacking them up to the wall is a cheap way to brighten it up.  you can check them out here –http://www.graffiti_bunny.com  and here – www.ss.iij4u.or.jp/ sugizaki/indes.shtml  that last link is missing a squiggly line before the suizaki.  its not working on this computer…. grrrr……

on that note, Im going to try my luck with the flash drive again……