hear the army

This little bit is for any Americans – or those other unfortunates hailing from a country where you have to take both a written and driving test to obtain your Japanese Driver’s License (South Africa, China, Brazil, Africa, Asia, South America, Eastern Europe, and Russia) – who want to get their driver’s license in Japan…or who just want to read about my experience! (more…)

Well – school is in full swing and I can safely say that I’m in way over my head – there is a minimum of 3 hours of homework every night!?! Being that I can’t read 50% or more of the kanji right now it takes me longer most days…why is this language so damn complicated and why – even though I know I’ve improved eons do I sometimes feel worse about my Japanese than I did when I was shite a year ago!?! (more…)