Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Latest Happenings



Well I have been quite busy for some time now. I had plenty of last minute things to do in NJ before heading out to California. I spent 3 days in LA mostly seeing movies. I saw an unfinished screener for a film currently titled "Life of the Party". It was about an alcoholic intervention that goes awry.
Following my stint in LA, I had a rather miserable 40 hour journey (half of this time sitting in airports) from LAX to my room in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In the week I've been back I have paid my tuition, jumped back into my weekend Japanese class (楽しい六); a rather slow-paced course aimed more towards children, but I find it is good practice as well as useful for learning plenty of vocabulary that I don't learn at University. I also chose my classes for this term: Japanese III, Chinese I, Oral Presentation, SE Asian Studies, and some sort of reading/discussion class. I left my schedule open so I could take Physics, but I'm basing that on who the teacher is. We'll see.
I'll try to upload more regularly when school starts. I'm considering posting a language lesson once or twice a week. I find that teaching is a very effective way of learning.