T.E.A.M.

One thing that really impresses me about the Japanese is that sense of team. I see it most obviously at cooking class. Where People don't do things for themselves, but rather what's useful for the group at the time. The same with if you drop something, how most people will generally tell you you've dropped it straight away. Again, another example is when people line up in two lines for the train, then step to the side, so people getting off can go through the middle. Also, when on escalators, the left is for people standing still, and the right is for people who want to walk down the escalator.

I know a lot of that is just good organization and common courtesy, but you don't find that everywhere. It kinda makes you feel part of a country-sized family... Anyway, before I get all mushy, I'll stop.

My first days of school were lovely. The classes were a bit tsumaranai though... The only thing is that I can't remember everyone's names, so about twenty times a day someone will point to themselves and say 'remembered?' (in Japanese) and I'll have to apologize and say I don't. That will get better though... deshou...