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Here are the nightmares of a little boy, who has been terrified of school and other things for two decades of his life (mind you, he’s still a little boy).
1. Just realizes he has a big midterm exam TOMORROW.
2. Gets dissed for “not paying attention” to those around him, particularly those he should be paying attention to.
3. Wants [...]

Couldn’t sleep till 7am this morning, but I was awake by 10am. After that, I had to go do some paper chasing. Ah, the joys of filling out a thousand pointless application forms that could have been avoided if ONLY things here were more organized and connected.
For my iftar (breaking the fast) for the day, [...]

Tomorrow, I have to give a speech in Japanese as part of my “graduation” ceremony from the intensive language course I have been taking since April. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it. If you are interested, here is what I will say tomorrow. Enjoy the read!
 
 
 
 
今年の四月から、私たちは新しい将来を選びました。本当に、日本語のAクラスはすばらしい偶然の出会いでした。六ヶ月の間、Aクラスの友達と一緒に新しい言語を教えてもらいました。この期間（きかん）は、日本語しか勉強しませんでした。日本語とか歴史とか文化とかにふれました。来月から、新しいクラスが始まりますが、この６ヶ月の経験はAクラスの友達をこれからも強く結びつけるでしょう。四月から、日本語の先生は粘り強く教えてくれました。六ヶ月の間、日本語の先生は私たちに挑戦させました。それで、六ヶ月で私たちは早く上達できたと思います。
 
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It’s a little after 12.30am right now. My Intensive Japanese language course will resume in less than 9 hours from now. I am very excited about the fact that I will have the chance to improve my grasp of the language, despite the hard work that accomplishing that may entail.
I just finished preparing for tomorrow’s [...]

Well, it’s 4.30pm here, and all of us here in the lovely Kunitachi city are anxiously waiting for the first typhoon of the year. It’s been raining hard since last night, but, that was just a glimpse of the typhoon to come. It is suddenly quiet right now, which I guess is a sign that [...]

For those not really fluent in the Gulf Arabic Dialect, the word “sawalif” (plural of the word “salfa”) means something to the effect of “story” or “something that happened”, among other things - but let’s just keep it simple for now. People in the Gulf love to talk about “Sawalif”, as do many other people [...]

Wow, I just published an entry fully in Japanese just a few minutes ago. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but one of my good friends helped me correct my mistakes (Thanks Marco!). It isn’t a long entry by any means, but it is my first. Today, in class, we had to write [...]

Tomorrow marks the midterm of the Intensive Japanese Course I am taking. It has been two months since I arrived; and I feel nervous about how much I really know about the Japanese language. I guess it is just a matter of confidence. It really is a challenge to be in a new place, among [...]