One of the reasons i do not think I could get by in this country is, at this point, simply a matter of comfort factor. Im cool on the idea that i have a lot of words to learn and a lot of study to master characters, but on the whole i just do not know the system as well as i do back in the states.

The other day i spilled some coffee on my keyboard to my macbook pro. Luckily the computer still works fine, with the exception of the keyboard. now, i know where to go to pick up a new replacement keyboard. i know what torx nuts are called, i know how to explain in explicit detail exactly what happened, whats going wrong, and why. I know how to get a good estimate on what it will cost me to fix it, if i let Apple do it.

I guess at the end of the day I’m just a big dummy with no confidence in his Japanese.