I recall the day I came to stay in my beloved Ehime. 

There wasn't much I could say to express my confusion. 

At least in Japanese anyway.

I was struck by the smell of the staff-room 

And the dog-like procedure involved when I went to the bathroom. 

It was a struggle back then. 



But now I've learned to use the toilet 

And now after failing 2-kyu I can speak nihongo, or whatever they call it. 

Now I can ask a girl for her phone number

And after 12 long months I'm pretty bloody good at ikebana. 



When I arrived in my town, they said there's a super (market) down the 

road, and it's not too far, 


It took two hours by train and another hour by car. 

I made a nice group of friends in my town, they were a very friendly 

bunch, 

But they didn't get let out of the old peoples home, that much. 



But now I've made friends my own age, 

And now I can read a menu, well at least the first page. 

And now I understand that people don't mean to be dicks, 

When they say with a patronizing smile, that I'm good with chopsticks. 



I have grown to love the love princess, 

I just wish I had a little more success with the opposite sex, 

Or if I was gay then with the same sex.