July 27th, 2008

Next week is the last week of classes here at Hirosaki University until next semester. The time has just flown by, it seems. I’m studying for the final tests and making plans for the summer break. But now that everything has been said and done, I’m going to go through all my classes that I took here during my inaugural semester here and give you an idea of what they were like and how they went. There is a surprising lack posting about school despite the fact that I am a foreign exchange student, so I’ll take a moment to rectify that now.
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July 22nd, 2008

Ohisashiburi! It’s been a long time, eh? Well, since it’s coming down to the end of the semester here, I’ve been busy with this and that, but I’ll try to give you all a bit up an update now. There were festivals at the beginning of the month, then a camping trip with my club and the culture festival at my host family’s daughters’ school. Also, in other exciting news, I have successfully applied for an extension, so I will be staying here in Japan until February 2009! One semester just wasn’t enough. Well, without further ado, let’s get on with it!
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July 4th, 2008
A bunch of the foreign students play basketball every Friday afternoon.