Thursday, April 7, 2011

In the beginning, there was a twig

Navigate through the airport with more bags than my hands can carry. Check.
Avoid getting lost on the way to school. Check.
Sit for a placement test whilst suffering from a bout of diarrhoea. Check.
Scoop up some cow poo. Che... WHAT??!


Sakura planting at Yamasa

Along with soil and water, we played with cow poo when planting twelve cherry blossom trees in a bare piece of land behind campus following orientation... the transience of the cherry blossom a fitting expression of our time here in Yamasa. As my previous textbook so elequently puts it,  「パッと咲いて、パッと散る」。 

10 years from now, these metre high twigs will blossom into beautiful giants.  
I hope it doesn't take that long for our Japanese to improve!


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