Month: October 2006

My favorite thing about this dorm is the view of Mt. Fuji. The landscape changes dramatically when the clouds recede and blue sky reveals a chain of rugged mountains. Then, like an elegant tall woman at the back of a group picture, Mt. Fuji glances at us from afar.

And we stare at each other for a long, long time…

This is the time of the year when the moon is the roundest, they say.

The world keeps getting older, some humans make their debut onstage, some others leave. Today is an important day for some, today is a sad day for some, today is just another day. It’s another day and the moon is so beautiful.

Montserrat Caballé sings a lullaby and makes me want to cry. How I wish life weren’t supposed to be reduced to a couple of books, but I know I could make this so much easier on myself if I didn’t think of it as a burden, if I didn’t associate it with the monotonous, arrow-like lifestyle that pervades this dormitory.

I’ve been thinking too much today. When will I finally give myself a break?

1. We attend the same class. My seat offers a perfect view of his, and vice versa. He knows when I don’t want to answer the teacher, and I notice when he finally laughs at a common joke. However, it’s all the same as if we sat in different classrooms. Last night I ran into him at the cafeteria. “What a pleasant surprise”, he exclaimed with a wide smile. We ate together and talked with delight, as if the distance between us were soon to become, once again, kilometric.
2. Today, for the first time, I saw a young shaven-headed Japanese man. I couldn’t help staring.

And I don’t feel like studying. However, much to my surprise, I don’t feel depressed at all in this weather. Perhaps it’s because a) it feels a lot like back home, b) this is not winter yet, and c) I slept really well last night.

Coffee/tea/hot chocolate and biscuits, anyone?