So I realize that I am no longer in Japan. Or the Far East. That probably means that I should change the name of this blogger. But I'm not going to! My heart is still in the Far East, and I am going back, so it really is fairly appropriate. Anyone who wants to lodge a complaint can call my customer service office and complain to them.

On other notes: Life seems to be going so much better. When I returned from Japan everything was a whirlwind. I was only in the US for 3 nights before leaving for South Africa. Then when I got back I wen through culture shock. But I had been away from Japan for 3 weeks, so I felt weird going through culture shock. But it still happened. I had trouble adjusting to people driving on the right side of the road (as opposed to the left, not the wrong). The size of sodas (or pops) in McDonalds were too big. I didn't get rice every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I loved having rice everyday. It seems funny but plain white steamed rice has almost become a comfort food for me. But now, finally, I feel as though I have adjusted. My life is on track. I know where I am and where I want to be going in the future. That makes me happy. I love my friends too!

So now I am rather upset. My plan for next year was completely destroyed an hour ago and I have been left rather empty-handed. It took me a long time to even figure out what I really want to do after graduation. Throughout college I have changed every month, or been completely unsure. Then I finally made a decision and was happy about that decision, but the Japanese Embassy apparently doesn't agree with me. What really upsets me the most though is that their reason for rejecting me isn't actually true. They said that I failed to provide proof of graduation, but seeing as I have not yet graduated that would be difficult to do. So my plans for the future have been thrown away because someone in the Japanese Embassy read my application incorrectly. And I know that I should not have put all of my eggs into one basket, but I did. I didn't apply to any graduate schools, I have nothing for next year. Absolutely nothing. And that makes me really sad.

I know that I haven't written in forever. I am at Hopkins and have had a pretty good weekend. My best round was by far against Christian and Alex from NYU! Those two are fabulous!

My thought for the day: From GW's Webmail service "The student mail store continues to suffer with performance problems. "