Passing through here to get on the internet:
I LOVE YOU internet cafe.

The BOE had us going to a 3 day seminar on teaching elem school kids, and tomorrow we go to the same daigaku (University of Kitakyushu) for Japanese language classes. Had to pay 170 dollars for the two week course out of our own wallets. Living in urbana is expensive, but very convenient.

Getting a bit annoyed by some of the JETs, want to kind of walk to random Japanese people to make friends. But like back home, they`d probably think I`m crazy.

These J Phones are amazing. They look and sound like Game Boy Advances, and they take stills and video if you pay enough for a higher end phone.

School starts in september. We are waiting for our gaijin cards and locations of the 64 junior high schools in Kitakyushu. Yes, that`s right.

Downtown Kokura is convenient. Screw what Lonely Planet says, I like it here.

Net cafe is 300 en for 30 minutes. Must find a new location. Still have to buy a big bookshelf to keep everything from being scattered on the floor. Got the washing machine to work and successfully hang dry clothes now.

More to come. I really need a laptop, as DSL is available in this area.