Finals and Foliage

It's finally starting to look like autumn around here, and the weather has been beautiful, for the most part. Unfortunately, it's coinciding with finals week. Even though my grades here don't transfer over to my GPA at my home university, I still want to do my best. Compared to a lot of people, my workload is really small; I only have one official final spread out over tomorrow and Friday, three 5-page papers that I already handed in, and one 10-page paper that isn't due until the 19th. I'm mostly worried about my final, since it's for my Japanese class.

A lot of people go to places off-campus to study. My friend and I hung out in Starbucks for a couple of hours today. I'm sooo overwhelmed with memorizing kanji. :(

I'm trying to keep my head clear by enjoying the scenery whenever I go outside, though. It's not as beautiful as the foliage in New England, but it's definitely pretty.

Oh yeah, and I won a ticket to see the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra tomorrow night at the Tokyo Opera City, thanks to the Student Affairs Office. It's a really good seat, so I'm excited. It'll be a nice post-final reward. :)

I should get back to studying now. Just wanted to make a quick update.