Sleepy Head

I stayed up late to finish a practice exam for my stat class last night. I could go through it, but there are some questions I was not sure about. After I was done, I went to bed as early as possible but I couldn't sleep till late. Even during my sleeping, I had a weak sleep like I was awake all night long. When I woke up I found my roommate not in the room and found her in the living room awake. She pulled an all-nighter.

Studying All Day

I have two midterms soon, so I've been only studying. I did streching for about 30 mins last night and I practiced basketball with my suitemate this afternoon.

While studying, I noticed how much I like listening to music. Thinking about my current life, I haven't listening to any music because I was stressed out and didn't think about music at all. I think that one of the best ways to reduce my stress is music.

Nothing Special

Today was just another normal day. I had 3 classes so it was tiring. I did streching for about 30 mins and radio taisou (partially) a little bit last night.

Meet New People

I had a language exchange with a girl and after that I went to a language exchange group. I met three more students who are studying Japanese. One is a nikkei third or fourth generation girl, one is a boy whose father is American and mother is Japanese from Japan, and the last one is Filipino boy. Also, there are seven Japanese students there, including me. I was the only one who goes to my school and the rest go to English language schools. They came to this country just 3-6 months ago, but they speak English very well. Even though their pronunciation is Japanese, but they don't hesitate speaking English. Especially a Japanese girl who is from kansai spoke a lot. So I again confirmed that whether speaking English improve fast or not depends on one's character. I still have problems speaking and listening English, but when I am confident about myself, I can communicate in English more easily. So the fact I am not from Kansai is maybe not helpful about my English skill, but I try not to care about it and just try to speak more every time I get the chance!

Basketball in the morning

I had only one class in the early morning today, so I went to the gym to play basketball after the class. I practiced it for about 40 mins and I felt good. I have a midterm and project due tomorrow, so I focused on them.

to rag san

the other day →sono hi izen no hi wo shimesu (ex). senjitu

some other day →mirai no itsuka (ex.) mata kondo

I made the same mistake not long ago.

1/29 no bun

I did Yoga for about 30 mins. But it was not so good because the smell of my new yoga mat was horrible and distracting. Because of residencial rule, I cannot open the window in my bed room, so that smell remained for a long time. I didn't even want to keep it the bed room, so I put it in the living room to share the smell with roommates.. hehe

busy

I practiced basketball this morning. I have a midterm in two days but I haven't even started to read the textbook yet because of other schoolwork...

Bought Yoga Mat

I went to my friend's birthday party last night. My friend was born in Japan but raised up in US, so her character is not like Japanese. There were many Asian American people in the party and the language was mixed; some times Japanese, Korean, and etc. I didn't really understand what they were saying but it was a good experience to see how Asian American people are like.

Then today I had a language exchange in English and Japanese, and also my Korean friend taught me Korean after. And then, the boy living in the same dorm and I went to a Sushi party Japanese student club held. I met a Japanese girl who was in the same class and talked a lot. She goes to a university in London and she is here as an exchange student. She is younger than me but looks older than me. I envy her.. Also, a man talked to me and he said he is a student in graduate school getiing MBA. I wanted to ask him about graduate school but he seems a stereotype boss in Japan so I didn't care for talking to him.

I did yoga and streching with watching Japanese drama.

Stress Management

I made some goals to attain by graduation.

1) Stress management

2) To find the useful points in English conversation

3) To find ways to mentally grow myself up

even in the bad environment

4) To be able to always look at myself objectively

I try my best to succeed!

basketball

I went to the gym to practice basketball this morning. There were so many people alredy playing basketball there, so I couldn't really play. >_< I try to go there earlier next week!