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A Rough but Interesting Week
Jan. 15th, 2010 10:17 amI have not updated my journal quite as much as I wanted to, and that is because my laptop essentially FRIED in the middle of the week. ( After a couple days in internet-less hell, I can breathe easy. )
In the meantime, I've taken the evening off* and am finally archiving my first impressions of Temple University Japan. Classes started on Tuesday. I have Intermediate Drawing and "Japan and the West, a Socio-Psychological Comparison."on Tuesday/Thursday. On Monday/Wednesday/Friday I had Japanese Elements 1 and Drawing Portfolio. What follows is my thought on each course.
( Class and School: Weird )
( Other points of interest )
( CURRY BREAD )
Upcoming things on my to-do list are: get a cute flip-phone, visit the 6 FLOOR ART SUPPLIES STORE YES YES YES, find a good venue for boy's love comics, and go out to eat with a group. Oh, and buy a new hard drive, now.
I'm beginning to see the seductive draw of a city like Tokyo. Life is so fast-paced and full of sensory overload, so consumerist. You come here, you try to fit in and go with the flow, and you get caught up in the lifestyle. I can understand how some people never want to leave, even considering how foreigners are eternally outsiders and the high cost of living. With all these distractions, when you find your niche in a city like Tokyo, why would you ever leave?
That said, I'm totally homesick. :// For silly reasons too: if I was home, I would have tech support, Hulu, and english labels on all the food. America, I miss you!
In the meantime, I've taken the evening off* and am finally archiving my first impressions of Temple University Japan. Classes started on Tuesday. I have Intermediate Drawing and "Japan and the West, a Socio-Psychological Comparison."on Tuesday/Thursday. On Monday/Wednesday/Friday I had Japanese Elements 1 and Drawing Portfolio. What follows is my thought on each course.
( Class and School: Weird )
( Other points of interest )
( CURRY BREAD )
Upcoming things on my to-do list are: get a cute flip-phone, visit the 6 FLOOR ART SUPPLIES STORE YES YES YES, find a good venue for boy's love comics, and go out to eat with a group. Oh, and buy a new hard drive, now.
I'm beginning to see the seductive draw of a city like Tokyo. Life is so fast-paced and full of sensory overload, so consumerist. You come here, you try to fit in and go with the flow, and you get caught up in the lifestyle. I can understand how some people never want to leave, even considering how foreigners are eternally outsiders and the high cost of living. With all these distractions, when you find your niche in a city like Tokyo, why would you ever leave?
That said, I'm totally homesick. :// For silly reasons too: if I was home, I would have tech support, Hulu, and english labels on all the food. America, I miss you!
