Merry Christmas~

I don't celebrate Christmas anymore, but for those who do, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Nodame Cantible Movie

I was extremely pleased with the movie. I was so excited watching it. The music was fantastic. I'm still not a big fan of Tamaki Hiroshi, but he did a good job on this movie. Too bad it's only the first part of the movie. The next installment is coming out 4/19/2010. I'll have to wait half a year before it's out, but I guess it's worth it. Right now my Japanese really sucks. I could only understand perhaps 30~40%. I hope to be able to know about 80-90% when the next movie comes out. Oh, I laughed so hard when they did Bolero. They did a fantastic job making it terrible. I couldn't stop laughing. Lol. I think I might see it again. XD

Ohoku movie

Just read that Ninomiya Kazunari is starring in Ohoku. The movie is based on a Yoshinaga Fumi. I'll have to check out the manga then. Hmm, it seems this will be the second film Ninomiya will star in that is based on a manga. Should be interesting. I think he's a great actor. Looking forward to it.

TV!

I got the TV to work on this computer. I needed to put in this B-CAS card into the back of the computer, which I had no idea when I first opened the package. It took me two trips to Akiba to finally realize how this stupid TV tuner worked on the computer. Anyway, now it works, so I'm super excited! I get to watch all the Christmas specials coming out at this time, and also my favorite Japanese band on TV!!!! XD

Quick update

• Dinner with dorm friends 12/19

So, I went to dinner with two of the girls living in this dorm. I must say I had a great time. I spoke a lot of Japanese, which was good because it gave me some practice. They're both really supportive of me trying to speak as both of them are struggling to learn English, so we all kind of know how it feels to be inferior while learning a language. Anyway, little by little I'm improving, but I still have a long way to go. I hope by the time I graduate from this language school, I'll be where I want to be. Anyway, it was enjoyable eating a talking in Japanese. Makes me want to work harder to learn the language.

• Movie rental

I always get nervous when it comes to speaking Japanese. God, signing up for this movie rental card was so nerve wracking... I thought I was going to faint by the time I got done signing up. Thankfully the guy was really nice and didn't mind me standing there looking like an idiot trying to figure out how to sign up. I'm glad I brought my alien card, though at first I didn't know he was asking for a picture ID. Thankfully he had some paper that pointed to picture ID, so I gave it to him so that I could sign up. God I feel absolutely idiotic at times, but I was able to rent a movie. I rented the latest Harry Potter because I didn't see it when I was in the States. So, this is my chance to see it now. I was tempted to buy the blu-ray version, but it was frickin expensive. Plus, I wanted to make sure that I like the movie before buying it, and so a nerve-wracking 30 minutes of trying to sign up for this video rental can only make me laugh now. Oh the things I experience while here...

Living a Dream?

It's about two and a half months since I left the US to come live in Japan. Through this whole time, I've felt like I've been living a dream. I get to eat whatever I want and buy whatever I want. Of course I put restrictions on myself as the money I'm spending is my parent's money. I feel extremely blessed. I know there are more hardships to come in life, but for right now, I guess I just want to live this dream for a little while longer. I'm glad I got the chance to come to Japan to learn Japanese. I can only hope that I do something useful with it in the future.