"Tsukareta toki wa amaimono da yo ne"

"When you're tired, sweets are the best"

Thank goodness it's Friday. I just had to go to campus for a 15 minute interview today, but I think I've done so much this week and have been exposed to so many new things in such a short time that I have tired myself out. As a reward for myself, I bought myself a strawberry popsicle on the way home.

During the interview, I realized that I really do have a lot of work to do. I feel so far behind. The lady went over my test with me and, as I thought, I did the best on listening and then not too bad on reading. My worst part was "hyougen" aka "expressions" or grammar. She went over one of the sentences I missed and was like "Didn't you study sentence structures like this?" and I was like "No...I've only learned by self study after all..." The only reason I was able to complete many of the sentences is because I've heard it said that way before or seen it written that way before. My major reference has been mostly things I've watched or read in texts.

Overall, she said that she thinks that I will be able to do it, but I don't think it'll be easy. After a simple summer and a couple weeks of just being in and enjoying Japan, I think I almost lost sight of my true goal. Yes, seeing Japan is important, but I also want to make the best out of the education that I get here and learn as much as I can as fast as I can. I wouldn't be able to get anything like this at the University of Maryland. I really really need to work hard on everything. I've already started my homework. I also need to work out my schedule. Tomorrow will be dedicated to studying. More than playing around, more than staring at pretty boys (haha), I need to focus on my studies 1000% C= C= C= C= C= C= C= C= C= ┌(;・ω・)┘