smallwhite wrote:That's wonderful! What do you expect to achieve and what are your plans to achieve them?
Now that I’ve been here a few days, I actually don’t know that I’ll accomplish much conversation wise.
I spend a lot of my time when I am out and about trying not to commit faux paus... like when I bought some food at the grocery yesterday I didn’t do the part after checkout correctly. Or today I messed up when I was taking a shower. Most of my time is just spent trying to fit into the norms and expectations, it takes up most of my attention.
On the other hand, I’m getting better with the coins, and I understand cashiers and train announcements better.
I rarely hear Japanese people speaking to one another loud enough to hear what they are saying, on the rare occasions that I do hear them speak. Tokyo is very quiet, even when there are hundreds of people on the street.
So I imagine I will only really study the grammar book I brought with me, and learn some placenames.
Though, I am enjoying myself very much, so it’s not as if the trip is a loss. Maybe when I feel more comfortable things will change. I’ve always been quite shy.