yamaonna

i am soooo in shock. 

way.

Like sometime last year I figured out that I had been charged tooo much for my HECS.  In 2002 I did japanese in the summer semester, and was led to believe I had to pay it up front.  So i did.  And then last year I found I had also been charged HECS.  very infuriating.

But another curious thing was that for the past few years I didnt have to pay my student fees.  Everytime I went to pay them it said i didnt have to.

Today I found out why…  Instead of paying for the tution up front, that money went into my student fees.  So after all this time I still have $477 just sitting there….  I must admit its nice not to have to worry about student fees, but its kinda frustrating to find that out now. in the next year it will only go down about $120, so when I graduate uni I will be able to get a refund on the rest. 

nice

um, so I`ll do a proper update and tell you whats been up/down/whatever.

sunday I went to a kimono shop with one of my lecturers and his seminar students.  It was really intresting becuase it was the first time I had actually seen a kimono been put on.  very very complicated, and kinda painful looking.  My lecturer says that for funtional use the wouldnt be tied so tight.  His wife likes to wear kimono and he says she only takes about 15 minutes to dress herself.  which i think is pretty amazing (not to mention skilled). 

And Im not even going to touch on colors, materials, patterns etc.  far too complicated.  If you are intrested in this sort of stuff, theres a book by Liz Dalby call Kimono, and it has tons of great information.  very intresting stuff.

But, alas, as much as I like the things, I will never wear one i think.  They dressed me up in a yukata, and man did i look fat.  my body isnt designed for those things.  zannen desu ne…

Afterwards I hung out with In-Sook, a korean girl I know from uni.  It was nice, just a little hard as both of us had to speak japanese.  We had a great lunch at `surprise donkey` (i kid you not) and then stumbled across a music festival where we watched some drumming.  I wanna learn Taiko!!!!  (japanese drums)  A nice day, but a little tiring.

Yesterday I was a good girl and decided to go for a walk.  I went back to the temple I forgot to take my camera to, and what would you know, high school boys were training on the stairs I wanted to take a photo of.  grrrrrr.  ah, well, consider it a sign, ne?

thats about all.  my girls cancelled class today and Im pretty tired, so Im just chillin at uni til I have to go to the high school….

ciao for now!