I did it! I finished my course... thing! I learned some stuff, and also some things! I feel no farther along in my learning of Japanese! Wait, what? Yeah... I don't know. I suppose I feel farther along, and practice is great. I still have no idea how to actually hold a conversation, which was more or less the *point* in my mind. Thank the gods for Google Translate XD
Anywho, I'm at Stage 2 of my explorations - a WorkAway in a house that needs a significant amount of renovation. It has... a *lot* of odd problems, especially considering that it's not that old (1992!). Just... weird design choices made at the time of construction, and some very questionable concepts implemented that now have to be undone.
Anyway, a certificate:
ありがとうございました。
The last view of the park as I passed. I'm gonna miss those koi.
Something something song about mountains in the distance.
The shinkansen was fast. Like, plane-on-the-ground kind of fast. Sadly, I did not have a window seat, so not many pics worthy of posting from that trip. A surprising amount of it was in tunnels, as well. I think the neatest site was coming out of a tunnel to see a traditional-looking village nestled in a valley between mountains. It was really cool.
And now I'm here. Behold, a new desk. A new home-away-from-home, for a while.
See you on the flipside.
PS: In the process of writing this, my laptop decided that it'd had enough of this life. Basically, just decided to shut off while I was still on the first paragraph. Doesn't seem to be the battery, and I've cleaned it out thoroughly and renewed the thermal paste. So... yeah. Kind of at a loss on it, hoping it's not RAM. Getting parts here is... interesting. Currently, borrowing my WorkAway hosts' Lenovo ThinkPad summat or other. Works for now, but not a permanent solution. I'm gonna tear the old Acer apart again and make sure the thermal paste spread properly, but if that doesn't do it... then what? If you have thoughts, please advise. Cheeribees!
