Dear X,

The weather here is fantastic which is a shame since I'm cooped up at my desk :-( Such is the life I lead. I'm actually feeling really positive because yesterday I finished my dissertation on Uno Chiyo's "The Powder Box". It was written before the war, so has the pre-simplification characters, which are a nightmare to read. But I managed to read it, and best of all write 5 and a half pages about it. It's the first time I've really had to think about content so much. Normally our essays are set for language practice only, and are a real bore. Last week's was about the nuclear tests in India etc, and we could write pretty much whatever we wanted. But the literature essay was for the literature course I'm doing (no surprises there), and so it's assumed we won't make any language mistakes. Ahggg. I really enjoyed it. Perhaps it was even what I enjoyed the most this year. It took ages and ages - but then it was supposed to. At what a lovely feeling it was to finish it last night!

Today I had my Economic Geography exam. Hmm. The whole course has been so boring, case-study after case study. And then today I had to remember them and compare the different strategies which various companies undertook. The exam was fine though, but I'm glad that course is over.

Tomorrow we have an oral exam which I'm really looking forward to. I love that sort of exam: There's no way to prepare, and I had been going out a lot until recently, so my speaking skills are fine.

Then two more days of exams next week, followed by 5 days of partying/shopping before I return to the UK. It will be good to get the exams out of the way. I'm not looking forward to the Kanji exam, or the newspaper article exam either. Oh well, it will all be over soon.

Other than that, my modelling agency called me to ask me if I could go to an interview tomorrow for a full time position at an advertising agency. It would be for 600,000 yen/month (3000 pounds), but I don't think giving up my studies now would be a smart career move, so I said no. I have enough to do this week as it is. But it was nice that they asked. I've enjoyed the modelling I've done with them, and it certainly gave me the chance to do things I wouldn't normally do.

Other than that, I've been busy putting my life into boxes, and sending it back to the UK. I'm at the funny point where London doesn't feel like home again yet, but that Tokyo is starting to feel a little less like home than it did a few weeks ago. All the talk is about leaving parties and about what the weather is like this time of year where we come from.

Well, I guess I should head back to the books.

Take care,

Love

SexyP