End of Classes and Delicious Food

I don't like to mince words, but I don't want to give anyone the wrong impression. Somethings are still weird, but I'm ready to forgive. Let's see where that takes us.

Moving on, I promised a long update, but I am afraid I have instead neglected to write anything since final exams began and ended.

As for things regarding Waseda:
The allure of the university has worn off. The original ease of the classes amounted to nothing more than sheer boredom and a waste of time. I do not know what my grades will be, but I am under the impression they'll be good. Waseda's SILS program rounds everything above an 80 to an A, and everything above a 90 to an A+. We'll see what happens, but GW only requires me to pass the classes to achieve credit.

Japanese class certainly had its ups and downs. I'm glad that in the end I had several friends to share the time with. The three hour classes were difficult to pay attention in. While I wish I had learned more grammar, I did learn a lot of vocab and kanji. Still, there was a lot of busy work, which I wish I didn't have to have labored over.

Creating Values in Business turned out to be the most interesting class, while Media Economics turned out to be utterly useless. I did learn a lot in (postwar) Japanese Literature and American Advertising History, so I guess they weren't hopeless.

I sound a bit negative, but I am really fairly stolid in the matter, and I am actually looking forward to choosing classes next semester. Though I am slightly intimidated by the new online course selection process.

Moving on to more positive things, I had the best dinner the night before my final exam at the Prince Hotel in Shinigawa. It was the best buffet I have ever had, and rivals that of the New Orleans Yacht Club's various buffets (I am a sucker for Southern cookin'). My host family treated me.

I am afraid these photos don't do justice to the meal I had (I also only took pictures of 2 out of the 7 plates of food I gorged over), but just appreciate this little peak. I had fresh lobster, steak, tuna, various sashimi, sushi, and tempura (along with multiple flavors of salt: wine, deep-sea, green tea, etc). Of course, I had multiple preparations of salad and vegetables and breads. Finally, there were almost 50 different types of desserts covered in that gold and silver foil, which I had a good sampling of. It was amazing.

If anyone in Tokyo wants to go with me for lunch one day, it's 3000 yen for all you can eat. Dinner is a lot more expensive.