Today I returned at the book store I found yesterday and purchased one of the books I will need for school, to try to aim for a specific level of Japanese I want to attain during my courses. I also bought a particle book which is very useful. When I went yesterday, I asked a clerk if they had a certain book to learn Japanese called GENKI, and I am not sure what he answered, but he breifly skimmed the books, not even trying to look and his sentence ended with "try to look". Maybe it's because the store was closing, I don't know.. But today I was sure what book to take after I had checked the requirements on my University website. When I went to check out, I guess the clerk asked me if I wanted a smaller bag for the smaller book, because she showed me a paper bag, and I answered: it's ok, I already have a bag, but she put it in a large plastic bag anyway. One thing I am really having trouble with is that despite the fact that I have been learning Japanese for 2 years, I cannot understand most of the dialogue even in the most everyday life matters!!! That is very concerning for me, a bit discouraging even. On top of it all, I am more on the shy side so even going to the restaurant alone is nervewracking for me, and I make even more mistakes. I hope I can overcome this shyness because it is having an adverse effect on my mood. Besides that, I visited Doutombori today. After going to the books store, I really didn't feel like going back to my room so I decided to be adventurous and took he first JR station I saw and somehow I was able to get to Namba JR. (I guess I am getting the hang of the system). I wanted to find an animated area like you sometimes see in movies or on pictures. I walked for about 30 minutes one way and cold only see a desolate mass of concrete buildings. When I decided to turn around, I was starting to be hungry so I stopped at someplace to have NikuUdon and when I came back at my initial point I was determined to find this place I had heard of that was very busy and active during the evening. I finally found it and I was thrilled at how much action there was. I saw some sushi places for the first time that looked very delicious... some even had line ups! But because I was shy and did not want to feel awkward, I refrained from going :( . There are many Japanese flags there, and when I saw them it reminded me I was in Japan! I am here to learn and experience and I guess feeling awkward is unavoidable. After 5 hours of journeying I went home dissatisfied of my day, but just because of me. Lets see how I do tomorrow.
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