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I recall the day I came to stay in my beloved Ehime.

There wasn't much I could say to express my confusion

 At least in Japanese anyway.

I was struck by the smell of the staff-room and the dog-like procedure involved

 when I went to the bathroom. It was a struggle back then.

 But now... I've learned to use the toilet,

 And now after failing niikyu I can speak nihongo, or whatever they call it.

 Now I can ask a girl for her phone number

 And after 12 long months I'm pretty bloody good at ikebana.

When I arrived in my town, they said there's a super(market) down the road,

 And it's not too far. It took two hours by train and another hour by car.

I made a nice group of friends in my town,

 They were a very friendly bunch,

But they didn't get let out of the old peoples home, that much.

But now... I've made friends my own age,

 And now I can read a menu, well at least the first page.

And now I understand that people don't mean to be dicks,

 When they say with a patronizing smile, that I'm good with chopsticks.

I have grown to love the love princess,

 I just wish I had a little more success with the opposite sex,

 or if I was gay then with the same sex. (Repeat Twice)