@underwater_wanderer – I’ve actually had a class in basic Hebrew – it is quirky, but I don’t really like the language, too many phlegm noises :).That’s so exciting that your going to work in Japan, good luck! Besides learning Japanese I would love to learn Farsi (conversationally) because I have a considerable amount of friends and family who speak it, Arabic, and who knows what else…

@hashi – I’m doing some volunteer service at the Baha’i World Center, I’ve been here for about a year and a half, and I have a little over a year left before I leave.

@Winter – Thank you!

@Mkiku – That’s exciting, you’re already much farther than me :). Good luck with your studies! I have a few friends from Hawaii – I don’t remember what parts they’re all from though…