Japan!

When I wake up tomorrow, I'll probably say the same thing: "Never again, should I stay awake to write a blog post!", but alas, even now I know that nothing will change. Nights are the only times that I can write and write, I must.

The first time I started living abroad was in London and it took me just a little over two weeks to start getting used to my new life. But until then, my life was truly miserable. It was the first time that I had left home and... it was bad.

The second time is now, in Japan. It's been 5 days. And this time, it took me 3 days to get past the initial shock and depression. This time it was short, but very intense.

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If I'm not asleep, say, after 1 am, I find it very hard to sleep until it's almost sunrise. This always made me think that we have a limited window of opportunity for some things and if we miss that, it may be too late. There may not be a second chance. So if you are planning to do or say something that you think will have good effects, I think you better do/say it.

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It's now 4 am and we're at a very critical point. I should write a little more to make this post long enough to post, but I'm beginning to fall asleep. I said critical, because if I don't post this before I go to sleep, I will never do that in the morning. I hate the things I wrote when read them in the morning. It looks good to me at nights, while I'm writing. Maybe because the part of my brain that is responsible for assessing quality gets  blocked due to lack of sleep. I don't know...

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I wonder how long it will take for me to learn Japanese. I've come here with no prior knowledge. So it will be easier to calculate the time. The things I heard the most so far are: Kudasai, Sumimasen, Mina-san, Arigato Gozaimas, Chotto Motto, Watashi wa, Hajimemashite, Konnichiwa and so on. I don't even know what all of them means. But I think it'll be nice to look at these probably very common words and see my progress.