Its my life outside school that keeps me here - cool people; lots of travel (going to Vietnam in two weeks to meet up with my parents and brother and sister and have been to Thailand, Cambodia and China. Thinking it will be the Philipines, Burma, Papua New Guinea this year (if all goes according to plan). I also manage to head to the cities near me at last every month or 6 weeks - usually Osaka or Kobe for some clubs and decent foreign food. In summer go down to the beach every evening for a beach fire and some swimming and music. Head to the mountains for some hiking the odd weekend; meet my Japanese friends and practice my terrible Japanese; try to convince my landlady that she doesn't have to make me dinner; play frisbee with my firsbee team;　sing Nepalese folk songs at a BBQ； try and remember how to speak French with Alamhe a fantastic drummer from Zimbabwe; teach my friends how to Irish dance or say feic or craic in a natural way; go to relax in the outdoor onsen (volcanic hot spring public bath where you bathe naked with other people - not something I thought I would ever do); drink with the lads outside Lawsons (Japanese Spar) and end up laughing with/at the hosts - incredibly dressed up orange haired Japanese guys who work in bars where their job is to entertain women who pay for their company (not anything else).