"kaeru"

F.Y.I.... kaeru also means frog.
Remember this guy? He was once my favorite Sanrio character. He is Japanese, as "kero kero" is the animal sound of a kaeru in Japanese (as opposed to the American "ribbit.")

"kaeru"

I am so extremely happy. In two days I will kaeru, or go home. I haven't been back to the BUFF for one year. I need my pizza and wings and mighty taco and real cheap American chinese food (Japanese chinese food is crap!) and snow and transportation by car and a bed (my futon is screwing up my back) and reality TV and the Galleria mall and central heating and my friends and most of all my family!

Notice how most of the above relates to food?

"shitsumon"

As I was walking to the train station this afternoon, I saw a B-boy and his girlfriend pushing a baby stroller with not a baby inside but two small dogs.

Shitsumon (question) : Aren't dogs meant to be walked?

"shiken"

Tomorrow I have a Japanese shiken, or test. It is a language proficiency shiken given by the Japanese government, with four levels - 1 being the highest and 4 being the lowest. I am FINALLY getting off my lazy ass to take level 1. I passed the level 2 shiken like five years ago so it's about damn time! For level 1 I need to know around 2000 Japanese kanji characters, and some of them look the same so it can get quite confusing. I cannot wait to get this shiken over with so I can relax (at least for a day and then I have to work on my thesis.)

Well, time to study again. Wish me luck! GOKAKU!