せんしゅう、福岡に来ました。私は、日本語 をべんきょうして いる から 毎日、四時間 に クラスがあります。そして、毎日、テストがあります。
私は、クラスに ふつ電車にのります。たいてい 仏電車 で たくさん人々がいます。
I have been in Fukuoka for just over a week. Every day we have tests and four hours of classes for which we have to study really hard. Learning languages is so tiring that after the end of four hours of classes, I feel tired and worn out. It really taxes the brain!
It is interesting to observe some of the many similarities and differences between Fukuoka and home. The first week has been a such a cacophony of sound, images and new sights that it is only just now that I am starting to make some observations standing back from the experience.
There have been so many new things to learn - where to stand when getting on a train, how to buy things in a shop or on an elevator, all the little nuances involved in everyday interactions between people, and even how to flush a toilet - believe me it is not always obvious where the flush button is.
I am starting to read the katakana signs and make some ( a very little ) sense of some of the kanji shop signs. I am becoming more familiar with my immediate surroundings and on the weekend even caught a train on another line. This is more difficult than you might expect as there are different kinds of trains and they go to different places, all the signs are in Japanese so it is easy to get confused....
Living at a dorm has enabled me to meet people from all around the world and this has added to the richness of my experience.
