Kangaku Blossoms

So today was mainly comprised of homework and organizing, including altering my schedule a bit. I ended up dropping only one class (Japanese Creative Writing (btw, I didn't realize it was creative)) and switching my Geography to History of Manga.




I also changed Kanji 4 to Kanji 5. I talked with the Kanji 5 teacher and he said that students who only stay one semester should do whatever they want and take the higher course, if they can. If I were staying for two or three semesters, however, he would advise me to take them sequentially because once you take 5, you can't go back and take 4. Also, looking at the overall list, I knew a few more of the Kanji 5 class kanji compared to the Kanji 4 class so either way, I'd be challenged about the same way. It just may turn out that a lot of study abroad students who know Chinese or are very advanced in Japanese will be my classmates for Kanji 5.

Anyhow, I was able to take some nice pictures in the Kangaku garden today of the beautiful cherry blossoms and the ground pink with fallen petals. It was gorgeous! My friend and I bumped into one another while she was helping her friend take some late graduation photos in the cherry blossoms. Long story short, I ended up taking a few hundred photos in sports mode with the falling petals and for the girl in her graduation gown. It was a lot of fun!

Also, did upper body (shoulders, chest, some back, some abs) today and am tired. I was happy to find out though that this gym has an assisted pull up/dip machine (which I love)! I'm also still enjoying this sakura season, though it will soon be over. It's just so pretty~!