Turning Point

With President Obama's speech of reform still a fresh memory, I've decided to make this a post of changes, since many have and continue to happen.

First, on this site, I've changed the colours and layout (I don't like those mostly-oranges, and absolute white hurts the eyes). Also, instead of the aliases I used for legality and privacy issues, I'll use names (with permission) and initials (without). (Nun=BriE, photogenic=NM, Aussie=CD) I'll do my best to post on either here or at [link] every wednesday and Friday. Also, Engrish is actually spelled Ingerish.

Next, I've noted a few changes in myself. I'm more social (and human). I keep up better maintenance and hygene. I tire more easily from all the running around I do. I read more and take more picutre. I game less and drink less coke....Coca-Cola.................

So, to summerize what's happen while I've been A.F.K:

I now communicate using mostly Japanese, which is made all the more easy with my new ex-word SP6700*. Kendo is great, I've made friends with the other members but it's tiring, painful and time consuming. Things have gotten better with my host family, though Rotary has agreed to move me along more quickly. I change families Saturday. Weekends are boring with few Japanese friends (who have little time) and with few means of communication. And while on the subject of Japanese friends, my remakes about Rotary were half joking (the other half afraid of their seriousness) and before you type anything: Yes, I know, I'm working on it. There, that should answer most of your nagging comments.

*Electronic dictionary about the size of a two-hundred page novel. It contains a Jap, Eng, kanji, Jap-Eng and Eng-Jap dictionaries along with maps, history (Japanese and world), puzzles, tests, flash cards, katakana dictionary (for words borrowed from other languages, over 22000 and growing, there's even a borrowed word for Japan) et cetera. To its credit it has twelve variations of the most versitile English word.

Also, I'm switching host families tomorrow, Rotary decided to move up the date. Six months is too long no matter how well you get along. I'll have more on them later.

Anyway, I'll post now, though I'm ont done yet.