Sophia University!
Wow, it's been two days. Our schedules haven't been decided yet. (We're in a sort of 'shopping period' and we have to register by the 9th.) I'm planning on taking Japanese 4, Survey of Korean Art 2, Survey of Japanese Literature 1, and Development of Japanese Civilization. None of them are particularly riveting, but interesting enough. Literature is winning so far. Each class is an hour and a half long.
As far as the people at Sophia, I'm sad to say I haven't really met any native speakers yet. (It's a lot stranger to approach them than I thought.) It's hard to tell whether to speak to them in Japanese or English because you can't really tell what anyone can speak by looking at them. Then you have other random languages that they can speak too. It's so crazy. On top of that, honestly, all the girls here are ridiculously cute. I hear a lot of girls from Sophia are models or become reporter people on tv. There aren't very many guys here, but even the guys are stylish. It's the strangest feeling to want to dress up to go to school. (It sounds weird, but you'd feel the same.)
On another note, Sophia doesn't have a taiko group. =(
I don't know what happened because I guess they used to, but I went to student affairs and they said there wasn't one. I was so sad when I found out. I don't know what I'm going to do. I need to decide on some other club to join...what to do what to do?
School has been making me really tired, probably because I haven't been sleeping enough, but I don't have any classes tomorrow, so that'll be nice. I also got a package from Cheryl that I was ecstatic about because I was so tired and unhappy from school. It was full of postcards, and chocolates, and stories about her trip abroad. =) She's my favorite!
I am also quite excited since I now have internet capabilities in my room...unfortunately, I have not yet figured out how to hook it all up because NTT Communications is stupid and sent me a billion papers and two cd roms, none of which I need. (From what I've been told I don't need them, anyway.) But on that note, expect direct updates from my little apartment in Heiwadai.
