I got my first kanji test back today in Level 3 at KCP and received a 90. We had a grammar test on Monday and I think I did really well. Today in class we got back our first composition and had to rewrite fixing the mistakes. I received a B; I wrote about the experience breaking my collarbone, and how I don't think it would have happened if I had been doing my aikido training this past summer in Long Beach.
I have been bowling two times in shinjuku now, but since I play with my left hand due to my injury, my score isn't very good. My best so far was 57. I also went to an opera presentation with tomoko-san, different people would sing a song or two from various operas. Afterwards the friend I brought, as well as tomoko-san and her friend, we all went to a karaoke box. I sang many different american songs.
Last night I went to a raamen ya san with one of the korean girls from my class and her friend. The three of us as well one the american girls are planning to go to odaiba this weekend. This korean girl, sujin-san is studying in japan until june like me, but she isnt returning home until the following december. She invited me to korea when she finally returns.
One other surprising thing I don't think I told you is that one of the American students is a Long Beach Poly HS alumni, he also took japanese there. Just like me he is level three, but I never expected to see him in Japan, much less at the same school as me!
Today after school I went to this one store where they have an M C Escher toy vending machine. I got some weird seascape type thing as well as a doctors model of a stomach from another machine.
Last saturday I went to the supermarket with tomoko-san, it was so much different than in America and of course, everything was more expensive. There I bought some practice paper for shodo, a fudepen, and some blank cards. Sometime soon I will write you with one. I have been practicing with the fudepen, but so far I have not used the real brush so far.
Every day I hope next week I will be able to roll over my right shoulder, but when it comes I never feel confident; however my shoulder is not hurting as much by the end of the day, that is not to say it doesn't hurt at all. Every morning I wake up in time I do my aikido stretches and ukemi. It is a great way to start off the day. I have also been reading breaking into japanese literature on the train, those stories are really great reading.
I saw on the news the fires in Califorina, I was worried but since you don't really live in that part of the state I assumed you were ok.
I am getting my studying done and the conversation with tomoko-san is so helpful since she hardly speaks any english it improves my japanese greatly. She tells me she already notices a large improvement and I surely do myself. I am having such a good time.
The food has ranged from fantastic to bearable. I went to one italian restaurant in harajuku. I ordered a margherita pizza and it was like a real italian pizza, they even had some tasty habanero hot sauce. The first couple weeks or so I think I spent a little too much money on alcohol, but Im doing better about that now. This truly does seem to be my dream come true and even more than I could have ever imagined, and I aint seen nothing yet.
Joshua
I have been bowling two times in shinjuku now, but since I play with my left hand due to my injury, my score isn't very good. My best so far was 57. I also went to an opera presentation with tomoko-san, different people would sing a song or two from various operas. Afterwards the friend I brought, as well as tomoko-san and her friend, we all went to a karaoke box. I sang many different american songs.
Last night I went to a raamen ya san with one of the korean girls from my class and her friend. The three of us as well one the american girls are planning to go to odaiba this weekend. This korean girl, sujin-san is studying in japan until june like me, but she isnt returning home until the following december. She invited me to korea when she finally returns.
One other surprising thing I don't think I told you is that one of the American students is a Long Beach Poly HS alumni, he also took japanese there. Just like me he is level three, but I never expected to see him in Japan, much less at the same school as me!
Today after school I went to this one store where they have an M C Escher toy vending machine. I got some weird seascape type thing as well as a doctors model of a stomach from another machine.
Last saturday I went to the supermarket with tomoko-san, it was so much different than in America and of course, everything was more expensive. There I bought some practice paper for shodo, a fudepen, and some blank cards. Sometime soon I will write you with one. I have been practicing with the fudepen, but so far I have not used the real brush so far.
Every day I hope next week I will be able to roll over my right shoulder, but when it comes I never feel confident; however my shoulder is not hurting as much by the end of the day, that is not to say it doesn't hurt at all. Every morning I wake up in time I do my aikido stretches and ukemi. It is a great way to start off the day. I have also been reading breaking into japanese literature on the train, those stories are really great reading.
I saw on the news the fires in Califorina, I was worried but since you don't really live in that part of the state I assumed you were ok.
I am getting my studying done and the conversation with tomoko-san is so helpful since she hardly speaks any english it improves my japanese greatly. She tells me she already notices a large improvement and I surely do myself. I am having such a good time.
The food has ranged from fantastic to bearable. I went to one italian restaurant in harajuku. I ordered a margherita pizza and it was like a real italian pizza, they even had some tasty habanero hot sauce. The first couple weeks or so I think I spent a little too much money on alcohol, but Im doing better about that now. This truly does seem to be my dream come true and even more than I could have ever imagined, and I aint seen nothing yet.
Joshua
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