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started (re)watching shin sekai yori ("from the new world"), this time in japanese with japanese subs. it's really difficult! the most difficult anime i've tried so far! it's got technical words, made-up words, archaic grammar, AND super-polite grammar. luckily starting from the 4th episode most of that's died away and it's gotten a lot easier but those first few eps made me want to give up...
one month left until japan. still waiting on bank stuff to come in the mail so i can order the plane tickets. started cleaning my room, am finally tossing almost all my books (ones i've hung on to for around 6 years, since i was in iceland, but never actually read...), suddenly it feels like there's so little time left.
watched a bunch of youtube videos (recent ones! some filmed just last month even!!) of the neighbouring building to where i'll be living in japan; the japanese students and foreign exchange students are in separate buildings for some reason, but that seems to be common world-wide actually (if not separate buildings, then at least separate rooms — natives are always roommates with natives). but i quickly noticed, most of the exchange students are hanging out with other exchange students, and japanese people who speak english. they're sitting there making these youtube videos in english. i'm gonna make mine in bad japanese and just sub them in english, i'm gonna speak only in japanese as much as possible in japan. i'm gonna speak japanese to the other exchange students if i talk to them, not english.
for the moment, i'm only guarenteed to be in japan for one year. anything could happen that prevents me from actually moving to japan after my exchange, so i have to make the most of my time. i thought i'd live in iceland for 5+ years, get a part-time job, get two 3-year degrees there, get fluent in Icelandic, become a citizen - hah! i barely made it 2 years and haven't even visited or used icelandic since! and had to start my degree all over again in an entirely different subject! and of course, no job anywhere! at age 25 i'm nowhere near what i thought i'd be, or where i thought i'd be living, when i was 15 or even 20.
one month left until japan. still waiting on bank stuff to come in the mail so i can order the plane tickets. started cleaning my room, am finally tossing almost all my books (ones i've hung on to for around 6 years, since i was in iceland, but never actually read...), suddenly it feels like there's so little time left.
watched a bunch of youtube videos (recent ones! some filmed just last month even!!) of the neighbouring building to where i'll be living in japan; the japanese students and foreign exchange students are in separate buildings for some reason, but that seems to be common world-wide actually (if not separate buildings, then at least separate rooms — natives are always roommates with natives). but i quickly noticed, most of the exchange students are hanging out with other exchange students, and japanese people who speak english. they're sitting there making these youtube videos in english. i'm gonna make mine in bad japanese and just sub them in english, i'm gonna speak only in japanese as much as possible in japan. i'm gonna speak japanese to the other exchange students if i talk to them, not english.
for the moment, i'm only guarenteed to be in japan for one year. anything could happen that prevents me from actually moving to japan after my exchange, so i have to make the most of my time. i thought i'd live in iceland for 5+ years, get a part-time job, get two 3-year degrees there, get fluent in Icelandic, become a citizen - hah! i barely made it 2 years and haven't even visited or used icelandic since! and had to start my degree all over again in an entirely different subject! and of course, no job anywhere! at age 25 i'm nowhere near what i thought i'd be, or where i thought i'd be living, when i was 15 or even 20.
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