Hamada lively

I have Internet at my house. It is terribly exciting. So exciting in fact that I am unable to realise it is truly real and keep checking my email on my cellphone.
I have been in Hamada for over a month now and I am slowly acclimatising - at least I am realising that I won't be going back to the island any time soon. I don't think I had any expectations for this place but it feels more different than I would have imagined. This doesn't seem like Japan to me. Being around people is also kind of tricky. You-all who do it every day don't appreciate just how skillful you really are. Yay for all those out there who socialise with ease. I don't think I am doing horribly, but I have become quite used to having time to prepare for each foray into the world of my English-speaking peers and space to ponder every aspect of the interactions after. I realise that this wasn't necessarily a healthy way to be and I will, in time, readjust to living a life unpondered, but in the meantime I fine myself doing a bit of part-time, as-I-go pondering which results in my looking alternately vacant and suspicious of those around me.
Anyway. I will take some pictures of my wee apartment for your viewing pleasure. It is substantially smaller than my previous one. It took me a while to settle in - mostly due to the fact that is was a beastly disgusting mess when I got there. I have never seen, nor suspected the existence of, such very large cockroaches. I have had fun building myself lots of lovely green shelving and decorating lampshades. I am now quite terrified of meeting my neighbours, nightly fun with a hammer is bound to make one unpopular. Perhaps I will construct some wooden treats for placating purposes.
That is quite enough. Next time I will try to provide more factual information. T'would be lovely to hear news from all and any of you,