Japanese lessons again

I had an entire month off, since I last took Japanese lessons. Now I'm back into it, with a twice-weekly program that will I hope cover a lot of the same ground as my previous class (and give me some more practical exposure to all that stuff that came at me like a freight train during the eight week, five-days-a-week intensive program).

Only four of the eight people signed up for the class attended our 'orientation' session this past Thursday. I hope the class size stays small, but to my surprise I noticed that among the missing four was another Canadian. We Canucks are pretty rare over here and I've certainly never had one as a classmate. If he does show up, it might be good for my classmates, serve as a brake for some of my elaborate tales about life in Canada (I have claimed, for instance, that polar bears set the Federal election schedule in Canada).