well there's actually no way that I'm gonna stay away forever, I will definitely be back :) I tried extending my stay until september but 1) my home uni said I would have to stay in the same program in Kyoto, and that program kinda sucked so no way 2) if I wanna graduate in 4 yrs total I have to take organic chem+lab this summer or else stay an extra year taking it :(
even tho I'm supposed to be a biologist I'm gonna keep studying Japanese!! So much to learn, maybe we can both help each other haha :)