I apologise. There I've said it. In the heat of the moment I said some things I shouldn't have. natwest and my lovely uni don't deserve to feel the wrath of my visa application. I concede defeat - it was 100% my fault. Of course, they are not dead to me - that was a silly thing to say.

I've now realised my time in Sheffield is very, and I mean very short indeed. If things go to plan, I should be finished once all my exams finish - pending girlwhohappenstobemyfriend (who finished a few days earlier than I do and whom I need to say "goodbye" to - cos I won't see her for a while.) I'm scared both how quickly this year has gone and how quickly the time will go. Before I know it, I will be spending my £500 LEA travel allowance in a Macao casino. ^^;

My exams (only two!) are on the 28th of May (Contemporary Society) and 4th of June (Japanese IV) So I should be finished in less than 6 weeks. I think its 30 odd something days. I've also noted one curious thing about the exam timetable. Because a bank holiday falls amongst the exam dates - the uni decided to shift some of the exams to a saturday. A saturday! Work... on a saturday! Whatever next...

My Japanese is still declining. I'm trying to watch some Japanese TV - as this what got me to my previous level. When you don't surround yourself with the language its just so hard. My sakubun (my daily written homework in Japanese) is practically finished, a rare first - so its off to the library tomorrow for a good ol' session of doing all the work I was supposed to do during the holidays. I've written about 80% of my contemporary society essay (due in next Tuesday) and will get my new assignment for classical Japanese soon. All in all, I'm managing the work but perhaps struggling to absorb anything effectively and use this practically for the exam. Don't even get me started on the Contemp Society exam. For that, I'm just going to hope I can wikipedia all my knowledge in the coming weeks. The stuff on homogenity is a given after I did during my minorities stuff - but the economics and constitution etc etc will need to be typed up next weekend.

Finally, I'm tempted to go to Liverpool next month to see the bloody brilliant electro-meisters from Japan, 80kidz. -_- Their new album (as you've seen by my twitter updates) is just immense.

Well, another week to go as my 6 weeks (well 5 and a bit!) of fun begin...

Jaaa ne.