Hey, guess what? I'm procrastinating so I started a study abroad blog! Sound familiar? If your name is Julie or Jackie, it should, since you goofy fools inspired me to start this thing right now when I should be studying.
It's Sunday night of finals week. In exactly one week I'll be sitting at home, probably freaking out about Japan. So what I should be doing right now is working on two of my take home exams due on Wednesday and Thursday, or studying for my Russian or Japanese language exams.
But what am I doing instead? Blogging! :D
I went over to my Japanese professor's house this afternoon for a class party. We made sukiyaki. Super out of season, since it's a winter dish and right now it's mid-May, but it was so chilly this morning that I don't think anyone cared. It was delicious -- nothing like that time my mom found some recipe for "sukiyaki" somewhere and it was overly sweet or missing some ingredients or something. I just remember it tasting icky.
Anyway, Shigeta-sensei's mom's recipe didn't have noodles or anything like you see in pics, but it was quite good! I'm getting used to the Japanese habit of eating things with raw egg, and my stomach doesn't seem to have rejected me yet! But that doesn't surprise me. I don't think I have a very sensitive stomach.
Anyway at this sukiyaki party I talked with a girl in my class who went on my program last semester and got all excited, which is why I ended up starting this blog today instead of, you know, doing anything really productive.
So, here's the basic info:
Where I'm going: Nagoya, Japan
What program: IES Abroad Nagoya
What school I'm studying at: Nanzan University
When I'm leaving: August 30
I still haven't received any of my packet of information from Nanzan yet, and it has medical forms that IES wants me to mail in by June 1. UGH. GET ON IT, GUYS. It better come this week because I have doctors' appointments all lined up next week for my physical and such.
I also still need to get my visa and buy my plane tickets! But I shouldn't be worrying about that until I'm done with my finals, probably...
Oh, by the way, takoyakipan, from the URL of this blog, just comes from takoyaki bread. Basically, takoyaki in a bun. It's delicious. I bought it at Mitsuwa that one time I was in Chicago and bought things at Mitsuwa (boy would I love to go back there.) It doesn't have anything in particular to do with Nagoya, it's just Japanese food and I needed a name.
My program doesn't expect me to get my visa until August. I already sent some of the forms to them with my original application and they have to send me something back first, I think. I'm not sure how your program works though...
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My program doesn't expect me to get my visa until a couple weeks before I leave, either, but I still need to do all these forms... It's just stressful.
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