Wow your JLPT is going great ^___^ wish I had such progress but there is just so much to to now that exams are approaching. Thankfully I get some help from my nintendo DS and my kanji-game^^ Japanese kids sure suffer a lot of pressure when it comes to studying, personally I think we sluggish Norwegians can learn something from them as we definitely need more dicipline in our schools, but there should be a firm balance between fun and work, otherwise one get to hate it. I really like your approach to teaching :) I'm sure your students will as well. And I would not expect Japanese to be so forward and hug someone, let alone a stranger, so impulsively! I can see why you got surprised LOL XDDD Hehe he's probably just a "free-spirit" XD

Gorgeous photo btw I loooove rainbows <3<3<3 ^_^ And thanks for the thoughts on DBE, I must admit both me and my sister pulled a huge frown when we heard of it being "Americanized", like swearing in church (look what they did to "Ringu"...) But who knows maybe we'll give it a chance? For sure it can never be the same as the anime ;)