Karaoke

I took the language placement test at 10:30 this morning. I stopped stressing about halfway through. Can't say that I did well, per se, but I did the best I could. I remembered a lot more than I thought I did! Though my half-blank kanji recognition section of the test was hilariously sad.

During our lunch break, I wandered into the on-campus convenience store and found out that the college sells a vast array of cell phones and phone plans that are appropriate for semester-long stays. A few of them got a little pricey, though. As of this moment, there are about three phones I'm in love with (the current favorite being lime green). I know I don't need all the bells and whistles, but I'm in Japan and I want an awesome phone. I've also heard, through the grapevine, that it is possible to "strip" a phone once you leave the country so that it can be used in America. This is something I want to look in to.

Went to a banking session, so I should have a bank account here within three weeks if everything checks out! I also took care of learning how to use the Language Lab software and registering my laptop on the KGU network. Speaking of computers, I finally was able to work through/around the campus proxy and get Adium and Skype to work! So please please please let me know what your respective screennames are so I can stay in touch! It'll either be really early in the morning or late at night that you can contact me, but keep a lookout!

A group of Seminar House 4-ers went out to a karaoke place called Big Wave tonight. My room spent a good hour jamming to awesome songs such as Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Kiss the Girl, Paint it Black, Thriller, It's Raining Men, Daydream Believer, and Maneater.

Here are some photos to prove we had fun!







And now it's bedtime. Tomorrow is going to be ridiculously busy - I have things to do from 9:30 to 5:15, and then I meet my speaking partner, Megumi. I'm excited to meet her...we exchanged a few e-mails over the past three weeks, and she seems really nice. It will be good to have a contact here who can tell me about some things to help me get the most out of the campus and surrounding neighborhoods.