Hitsumabushi!

The days are seriously getting harder to sit in class as I'm in a class that has mostly guys. Actually, I feel like I'm in a class of delinquents this time around. Hopefully I'll be able to get through these three months. Well, more like one and a half months. March isn't that far off. Lately, I've been studying at cafes so that I can study properly and move up faster. I guess I really want to move up into the morning classes so that I don't feel as stuck in the lower classes. Oh well. Study study study is all that I can really do at this point.

Ok, onto what I ate today. Well, it's really not all that exciting, but I ate Hitsumabushi. It's baked eel that you eat with rice and soup. It originates from Nagoya. I actually really enjoyed it, as I usually just have baked eel and rice, so this was something quite different. The sauce was quite thick and extremely flavorful that the soup added in made the flavoring just right. Quite yummy~.

Oh, and another interesting thing I ate was miso ramen, but it wasn't any miso ramen. This particular store, they're miso ramen was made with sesame oil and black sesame. I thought it was unique in flavor. I'll probably go back to these places again as they're one of a kind type of restaurants. I hope to find more interesting restaurants as time goes on. Ginza has so many interesting restaurants. I should probably stop hanging around there all the time though...

Anyway, time for bed. Housing stuff should be getting under way next week. Kind of excited. Kind of stressed. Hopefully there will be something good.

Long update...

Sorry for not keeping updated. I guess whenever I feel the need to write is when I'm completely stressed out, and this would be the time. But first, let me start on a good note saying that I had a wonderful time over the new year with my mom and bro. Didn't want to blog about that because they are the ones that mainly read this blog, so I didn't want to do any recaps. So, on with the whole slew of events that are going to happen...

• Bank

Finally the money was transferred. I can now pay my rent. Stupid idiots from Bank of America. I just wanted to kill them this entire month.

• Japanese

New quarter means new class which means new people. Out of 17 people in the class, 4 are girls. To be honest, I'm in complete guy phobia again. I don't know why. I think it's because one of the guys acts like he likes me who is from Thailand. I have a feeling that he might actually like me, or at least have some interest in me. Oh, even worse, he knows Chinese. He tried talking to me in Chinese which I flatly answered him back in Japanese. Actually, I should have acted dumb and made it look like I didn't know any Chinese at all.

• Chinese

I guess the above point brings me to my next point which is Chinese. Somehow I have become to loathe the sound of Chinese. I can't deal with people speaking Chinese. I think the biggest reason is because I don't want people to know that I can speak Chinese. I don't want people to ridicule me for speaking poor Chinese. I get enough crap from people in Taiwan saying my Chinese is complete crap. I don't want more people to look down upon me. Actually, I think I will be looked down upon my entire life. One, because I am Chinese in Japan. Two, I speak English. Anyway, if anyone wants to bring me crap, bring it. Now, I just have to make sure that my Japanese is fluent. Yes, this is a great motivator. Perhaps this is why I spend countless hours in cafes studying.

• Apartment

I guess I really shouldn't be in shock that the apartment is closing, but it does kind of hit that I do need to move, and within a short amount of time. Turns out that while talking with the caretakers, they mentioned that the current school that owns this apartment complex is closing it down in April. This gives me approximately 2 months to find a decent looking place and find furniture to go with it. I kind of feel like I'm drowning at this point. Oh, and the biggest thing is that I need to find a guarantor in order to make this whole thing work. I'm not even sure where I can get a guarantor as it is a big financial responsibility to be a guarantor. I think I might actually faint at this point because as I can see it, this situation seems impossible. I'm only a student. Perhaps if I were working this would be a different story, but I don't think that many places are going to even want to house a student. Ugh, I feel the more I type, the uglier the story is going to get as these two months pan out into some horrifying experience in finding housing in Japan. God, I think I'm just going to go cry in bed at this point.

Thank you period for making me an emotional wreck at this point. Just great, the worst timing in history. *sigh*