Day 72 (Osaka) : This school is hard core

I was all psyched up for my kanji test today, but I found out that it isn't actually until tomorrow. So I spent the better part of my afternoon scribbling kanji all over one of those giant yellow note pads. I'm not sure why I still have those... The teachers reviewed our plans to tour the zoo like lil' children. The funny part was that they aren't even phased by the fact that the weather report is calling for some pretty heavy rain. They just said that we have to bring umbrellas or walk in the rain, our call. Sounds like some kind of forced walk you would expect at a fat camp for over weight kids.

I found out that one of the weird asian guys that doesn't talk much is leaving in two weeks. I didn't notice when I was signing up but apparently this school offers short courses for 6 months. So anyone who enrolled last cycle for the six month course will be leaving this month. The weird thing is that I can't really understand why someone would drop the cash to study a foreign language for only six months. Especially when they're at my level. I mean, if you were business level and needed to brush up to get a job that would make sense. But just coming to learn how to build basic sentences? That seems like a whole lot of effort for a small reward.

Rob was telling me that he ran into more problems with his teachers. That happens a lot with him because he likes to be blunt when he talks to people. In this case the teachers were unhappy about the fact that he didn't like the kids in his class. He told them that he wasn't a anime geek or manga fanatic like 80% of the people studying here and he didn't want to talk to them. It's a little rough, but I can agree. I just don't see any real reward from getting to know someone who is my age and thinks Lilo and Stitch is the greatest show in history. (By the way, a guy in my class really said that... yes a guy.)

My kanji test routine includes waking up at 5'ish in the morning so I'm going to get my bath and turn in for the night.