Today was a national holiday in Japan, 海の日 (umi no hi) or Ocean Day. Thanks to that I had another extended weekend which is becoming pretty painful. Getting adjusted to the new budget with my reduced income didn't seem like a big deal when I was planning it out around the concept I had from living near an American base. Entertainment and eats were cheap and plentiful there, not so much here. I figure I spend roughly fifty dollars a week on eats. Possibly a little more if I do the lunch thing every day but that rarely happens. Most of the time it's just three hundred yen takoyaki on the way to the convenience store.
Unlike the other long weekends this one feels like it went by too fast. Maybe I'm just not ready to go back to class. There definitely seems to be something missing from the learning formula with no real GPA's or any significant impact from poor performance on assignments. The only time grades have any effect at all are the during the placement/displacement exams that happen four times a week. The months in between those are like an unmotivated vacuum that sucks all the energy out of you. I mean sure, the scholarships are only awarded to students with perfect attendance so you have the motivation to attend class. But once you're actually there it doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense from that point. I'm sure hoping the US economy can get itself worked out so I can at least have the option of taking up employment State side when this is all said and done.
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