New Japanese exchange students, time to make new friends

Last night was entertaining.

Around 11-12 at night, Satoshi, a Japanese international student who lives on the first floor under me, invited me to a small party (more like a gathering) of him and a girl I knew who brought with her 7 new Japanese exchange students from the college. They were hoping to experience a real "house party" but when they went to one it got shutdown by the cops and that's how they came here. I went there, enjoyed a Smirnoff and Mike's Lemonade and talked with a few of them. I talk to a certain boy and girl the most though. I talked in Japanese and really..... I'm ashamed of myself. I understood the boy for the most part but when I tried to talk back I was either to scared/nervious I'd mess up and messed up or I messed up a lot because I've really lost my touch. Now I NEED to become good friends with these people. If I don't practice, I fail to myself. Japanese is really my thing. Korean, well, I want to be good but I'm not going to freak if I'm not perfect. Japanese I will.

So, it's my goal today to go to another party and try to get to know them better.
Wien (my boyfriend) would be proud of me :)


I'm not much of a socially-go-out-with-people-especially-to-drink kind of person. But Wien keeps telling me it's unhealthy. I'm  nice person, love to be with people, and very easy to get along with but I just don't like things when it comes to alcohol. Like, last night we all sat around and talked with it. I like that. But house parties..... not my thing. But I'm going to go tonight because I want to be their friend. Gotta make sacrifices, right?


I visited my old roommate today. Actually just got back from doing so. She was happy to see me and I was happy to see her again and then she even meal swiped me in the new dining hall. She also said I can give her a call so she can let me use the washers on campus. I'm entirely grateful for that. Now I don't have to pay $2-$3 every week. The campus is getting all cool looking too, I was very surprised with it's new current renovations. It's really going to become beautiful. Ahhh, such a shame I'm not living on it anymore, huh? haha nah, I'll just stay late anyway. Study what I can there unless I have work.


I'm not sure if the flea thing worked. I didn't notice any new bites really, maybe one or two but I don't know yet.... I hope it worked. I really don't want to keep looking like this.

Now it's feeling like a bedroom :)

At the moment I'm rearranging my room.
It's in "ready-for-school" mode now haha. Okay, that was really dumb.

It's not yet complete but I'm taking a break. Tonight I'm flea spraying my entire room. I'm hoping I won't get bit this time.... I even slept on the couch last night and I got more bites while my dad said he didn't get bit at all.
WTF.

I'm guessing they attached themselves to my clothes. Well, those are now going to the wash tomorrow.

Everyone else is starting to move into the dorms today. Glad I'm not part of that. I can't honestly tell you how annoying that was last year, and it feels really good to have my own room as well. I was also able to set up the wireless printer in my room. It wouldn't work last year in the dorm.... don't know why. But I needed that huge thing off my desk. Now it's sitting under a small table next to my bed. Hey, it's out of the way :)

I also got a free Dirt Devil at a yard sale. Like, one of those little vacuums. I'm just hoping it works. Yesterday we got the new doorknob on my door, now I can lock it. But there was this BIG, DEEP hole in my door siding. The part that lets the door close. I don't know what happened but my dad had to try to work around it because there was no way my door could ever close. It closes now but if the door is being pulled to open without turning the knob.... there goes my closing/locking door. And I'll be pissed. So, I better not have any drunk person decide to do something stupid like that.


Only 3 more days now.
I'm really excited to go back to college but I know I'm going to regret being this excited and wish I had my boring days off again. It'll be beyond great to see everyone again though. I wish my boyfriend was still with us like last year though. He's going to Tokyo, Japan for a year on an exchange program, he's also a senior so I won't be experiencing a college life with him again. I'm happy for him, really, but I really like being with him so I'm going to be pretty lonely. But I really need to focus so this may possibly be a good thing for me. I get distracted with him lol

I really haven't been taking the opportunity these last few days to study.
That's another thing I know I'm going to be regretting. But I guess I'll be playing Okami on the PS2♥

Fleas..

Today my dad is coming to visit.

He's bringing up my desk for my apartment here and a few other things as well as staying over the night. He wants to explore the city around a bit yet. Not sure how I feel about wasting my day not studying but I'm hoping they'll buy me some groceries for me. I'm low on cash and jobless. My boyfriend came to visit me last week and I spent more money than expected. Especially on take out. I want to start bringing food with me to campus. They always say food keeps your brain moving or whatever that phrase is. My Monday and Wednesday classes are going to kill me, that's for sure. A peanut butter and fluff would be awesome, or switch it up with the classic pb&j. Point is...I need food.

In my apartment I'm rooming with 3 other people.
So far I've been here with one roomie, another was supposed to come yesterday but she missed her transfer flight at San Fransisco. I'm in Albany, NY. So, she came today. She's actually from Korea. I'm hoping she will be able to help me out with my Korean.

Classes start on the 30th.



It's really discouraging when you can't find  job, especially when you NEED one.
I moved into my apartment early on the 15th just to get a heads start on finding one before all the other students arrive. No luck. I applied to like 20 places already and I haven't even received one call. I mean, I even have such a great schedule this year too! I can take afternoons 2 days during the week! But, no one....has called.

I was able to get a work-study job at my school. That's 8 hours a week. It's not much at all which is terrible but at least I can look forward to $100 every two weeks. I would go back to a few places I applied to but the thing is I never got my hours for the work-study job yet. So, I'm afraid if I get an interview or something on the spot when I go back, I'll need my hours, you know? I need to know when work-study wants me. I applied to 4 different CVS's in my area, places in the mall, a Party City, two stores down the street, I just don't understand why it's like this. I'm going to have to apply to Walmart next and a few gas stations. I am not a NY resident so I need this job to become one so I can get my tuition cheaper. It's just so frustrating. And worrisome.... I don't want to work with food.... so I suppose that limits my chances, huh?

A few minutes ago I just got a call from Party City. I applied there sometime last week, I believe, and the manager called for an interview. This Tuesday at 4pm. Nervous, especially since I have to take a bus there (if I get the job) but this bus I have to take is sooo picky on the weekdays and it's hard to be on time for it. But I should be fine since my classes Tuesdays and Thursdays end at noon. I'll just be there 30mins early lol. Oh geeze... I need the job, I just hate the idea of how hard it is to get to the place on weekdays.


We also have a flea problem in my apartment now.
I took a shower this morning and I saw all these bits on my legs and wrist. The apartment below us was complaining before, too, but we never had a problem before. At least I believed that. But you really should see my legs.... it's BAD. My second roomie just moved in this morning and now she's a little creeped out about the flea situation. I told Chris (my first roomie) about the situation and we're going to flea bomb the apartment tomorrow but I think I'm afraid to sleep in my room today, too.... how do I tell my dad now? haha

"Sorry, dad. I know you said you were taking my bed for the night while I sleep on the couch, but I would just like to warn you that we have a flea problem. And I think my room is the worst in the apartment :)"

5 more days..

Today I started this blog.

I received an email from my adviser from my college asking me to declare my major. Even though I'm only a sophomore, she said I'm on the right track taking all the necessary classes for my intended major so it was okay to do so early. But I wanted to change my major and then I started to get worried again. Worried about my future, what I would be doing with my life, and how to get where I want to be in my life. She went and changed my audit with my new major and minor and I became so discouraged looking at the new required classes. I called her and discussed a little bit more about it and I seem to be feeling much better.

My original major: Japanese

My original minor: Business and Korean

I thought about double majoring in East Asian Studies and Business.

I thought about minoring in Linguistics.

New major: East Asian Studies.

New minor: Business.

I also plan to either major or minor in Linguistics. She added it as a double major for now but it may change.

I love Japanese.

Not for the same reasons many other people are known to like it. I'm in it for the language, I find it interesting and fun, not to mention I ♥ the music. I'm in my third year of Japanese this coming year. I skipped the first year because during my senior year in high school I did an exchange for a year in Japan. It's what made me fall in love with the language. I plan to go back for another year during my senior year in college.

I am learning Korean because I like Koren music as well. I'm really bad at it to be honest, and Korean is VERY similar to Japanese, too. I'm scared to be taking my second year of it this year. I really don't remember anything.... But I also took up Korean because in the business world, especially when dealing with languages, it is best to know as many as you can. Knowing two languages will help you get further more than just knowing one.

I feel like I know how I'm going to plan my life out but I know even though I'm taking careful steps to help me out in the future, the grades and money will pull me down. Money is one issue that is separate from the topic for now but I know I need to keep my grades up, and I can get very lazy when it comes to studying. 

That's why this year I have to try my hardest.

Especially in Korean class. If I can't hold onto it, it's a lost cause.

But I want to continue it as a junior as well. That's why, this is my last shot.