Class is in session

Well my Masters in Applied Linguistics course starts today. It's a completely online course being offered from UNE in Australia. One of my textbooks is called 'English in Australia & New Zealand' and many of the text's examples are from Australian sources so I'm unfamiliar with some of the expressions. Hope my Antipodean friends don't mind me bugging them from time to time.
For 2 weeks in August I'll be doing an intensive Japanese course at my regular Japanese school. 2 hours a day for 10 days. Should be a good jumpstart for the exam in December. There's going to be 1 other student with me.
Yukiko and I finished watching the first season of 24 and Yukiko got really excited. I won't reveal any spoilers for those of you who haven't seen it yet. She was pretty shocked at the big revelations and sudden death. For a 2nd time viewer though I was finding that character really annoying so I was glad to see him/her go. It was like seeing Jeri get voted off during the first season of Survivor. Good riddance I say.
My friend Dan is gone to India for nearly 3 weeks escorting a group of Japanese students from his junior high school. Hmmm, 3 weeks in India with pay, plus nearly $1000 spending money. Now the last I heard India wasn't too expensive a place to go traveling so he is doing pretty well for himself. Just hope they don't make a stop in Kashmir.