Last day of Class

Whoohoo! No more homework no more books! No more teacher`s dirty looks.

Er... not that we had books. Or much homework.
... and the teachers were pretty nice.

But yay! School`s out.

Prof. Furukawa is taking the class out to an izakaya (like a bar... but more casual/relaxed atmosphere), but I declined the invitation with an excuse that I was already busy. Not entirely a complete lie (I made plans afterwards to get dinner with some freshmen...), but I have no interest in going drinking w/ that class. No one in there talks to me. I`ve tried a couple of times to get them to talk to me individually. I think they`re all too comfortable in their groups or something to really take interest in me. In the end I gave up. But yeah... if I went, it`d end up being me drinking in silence at the edge of the table. Not sounding too fun. Even if I like the professor and assistant. They`re pretty cool.

However... today someone said "tsukaresamadeshita" to me... which essentially is a formal phrase you use with people when the day ends. Like a... thank you for working hard and have a good day. Something like that. There`s no direct translation. That`s probably the only time someone`s tried talking to me. (O_____o) Sad....

But it`s only that class. Heh.

3 weeks left til I go home. Kinda strange. I got used to living here. Found those routines like grocery shopping n stuff. Going to be strange to not hear the "cheese and oaties" song repeatedly as I buy vegetables. (it sounds like "cheese and oaties" I have no idea what it actually is saying.)

But I got a DVD as a present. That was nice of the teachers. So now I`ve got documentation of the 3rd year on-going project. I`ll show you guys if I see you.

Anyways... rainy season was supposed to be last month, but I think it started this month. Lots of pouring sporadic rain. And an earthquake. It woke me at 5:30AM yesterday. 3rd one I experienced in Japan, but this one was in Tokyo, so it was strong enough to startle me awake. But nothing fell down, so maybe it wasn`t so strong? I`m not sure. B/c once it stopped, I was tired enough to just drop my head back down to sleep. ^^"

Anyways... I went to Tokyo Tower, Roppongi Hills, and Zojoji Temple last Sunday with Hashimoto-san. I`ll share pictures of that next time.