Wow, so many comments. I feel so loved. :) First of all, Happy Birthday Bella! Hope you had a great one and got everything that you wanted. For Daisy, yeah, Japanese TV is really, really weird. Especially the dramas and kid shows. The supposedly tragic dramas are actually the funniest thing on TV. Especially since I can`t understand a word they`re saying. Oh, yeah. I found Shugo Chara. It plays at 9:30 on Saturday. For Anna: Sorry you don`t like big high schools, poor Anna. :( I don`t get how ping pong is a sport either, but whatev. It`s really fun going to a Japanese high school (I`ve only gone twice) even though it`s big. Maybe I like it `cause I don`t have to actually participate in any of the classes(yet, as I`ve said, I`ve only gone twice.). School might be cancelled tomorrow, `cause of the Typhoon. Also, I don`t have school next week since everyone else is testing so I`m not sure what I`m gonna do.........
The train ride is actually really relaxing even though it`s long. Everyone`s almost always either sleeping, reading, or texting(ugh, I hate texting, it`s so RUDE. It`s the most annoying thing. It always puts me in a bad mood, don`t know why.).The train only gets crowded right before Keisei Tsudanuma and Matsudo and other major stations. Everytime I get on a train I think I`m on the wrong one. Sooo stressful. Which reminds me, today I saw two Americans on the train on my way home from school. There was an overweight white man and a thin African American. They looked sort of lost, but they were so cute and funny. (not cute as in good looking, the other cute.) They really made me laugh. One really doesn`t see very many foreigners here. They just aren`t that common. So my school is a really good school, they have TONS of teachers who speak English. Also, the uniform is way cuter than most, but I look like a total catholic schoolgirl in mine. *sigh* All the Japanese girls look so much cuter. They`re all also in pretty good shape. *sigh again* So I`ve made some friends: Ami-chan, Lena-chan, Lina-chan, Asumi-chan, Toki-chan, Mae-chan, Yuna-chan, and Matsuda-kun. And there are some others but their names continue to elude me. I`m taking Japanese twice a week at school while the others are taking English. This weekend I went to an AFS orientation. There I met Japanese girl scouts(who actually looked cute in their uniforms). I had to give a speech about my country and sing the national anthem. I hated that. Though I met some nice people. Cindy and Marcella from Germany and Piyumi from some country that they speak Swahili(or something like that). I also became friends with So-chan. She`s a Japanese girl who is going to Australia as an exchange student. She speaks English really well, especially for a 15 year old. Um, what haven`t I talked about.......Natto is really icky, I didn`t like it. If you could send me an ipod that would be great. I really miss music. You don`t notice but there is almost always music playing in america. But if you send me an ipod, send it with some songs already on it. It may be hard to buy new songs. I also want a stuffed animal :( But I`ll just buy one. I`ve been buying charms since I came here, I bought a hello kitty, a stuffed squid, a japanese protection charm, and a stuffed dog. I hung them on my purse. They sell charms EVERYWHERE. There was one more thing that I wanted to say, what was it. Oh, yeah. Everyone here loves disney. They love disney channel and singers and products and disney world. One of the first Questions I`m asked when I meet someone is if I`ve been to Disney world. They also like high school musical. they played the music at my japanese highschool. There is a bakery down the street called Tincar bell. Yup, they like it. They also like Tom Cruise. Well this is extremely long. i think I`ll end it here. Also, to my family. I love you and miss you. I also miss my friends. I`ll blog again soon. And I can`t remember if i`ve already said this but I loved your comments. Bye-bye!

PICTUREEESSSSS

Here are lots of photos. There is a pic of a japanese television show called ny salad. then there is a pic of melon bread. several pics of the narita temple: koi, me praying, and the temple itself. i also wnet to school today. we played ping pong for pe and had to stretch beforehand. (i dont get it) any ways i gotta go, im typing this quickly before dinner. ill tell more about school tomorrow. and the train ride. the train ride is sooooo frickin long. ok. thats all for now. laters. oh, and please please PLEASE comment as much as you like. i really like to read comments.

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Yesterday I went shopping with my host mom. We went to this huge shopping center and i got ramen and a bun shaped like a turtle. :) then we went to another huge shopping center. There I bought yarn, a notebook, and a manga magazine. Which is really difficult for me to read, by the way. Japanese is so difficult. Today I`m going to visit my host school. Scary. I am extremely nervous. The president of this chapter　ｉｓ　ｓｕｐｐｏｓｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｔａｋｅ　ｍｅ　ｔｈｅｒｅ，　ｉ　ｔｈｉｎｋ　ｂｙ　
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Okay, so first. In response to Anna`s question: The food is awesome. Otou-san bought me roasted chesnuts on the first day which were delicious. I had curry for dinner last night and a bento box from a restaraunt for lunch today. My favorite thing to drink so far is milk tea. It is so delicious. Green tea is a bit bitter for me.
That about wraps it up. Some things that surprised me were that you push the faucet down instead of pulling up, the cars are all really narrow and straight on the side, and that green tea was so bitter.
Today I went to the Narita Temple with my host family. It was amazing.I took a lots of photos and i will try to upload a few. I saw turtles and thank yous to kings and a pot that was smoking. I also prayed at the main temple.
Righty-o, I have to get off. Till next time.

Hey everybody. Here I am, in Japan (a little rhyme for ya). I have already gone through orientation and it was awesome. Except for the sleep deprivation, but that was just from jet lag.  There were tons of awesome people there. Everyone there spoke two languages pretty fluently except for most of the Americans. After the orientation I was taken to my host family's house. There is a beautiful Japanese style garden out front. I get to sleep on a futon in the tatami mat room. I take a train to school for over an hour. Apparently my school is a really good one and the uniform is super cute even for Japan. My host family is really nice. Otou-san is retired, but they are both really active. They have the garden out front as well as a vegetable garden a little down the road. I went to their garden today and picked vegetables. The lunch Okaa-san cooked was completely homemade and mostly from the garden. I met my LP person and the AFS chapter president. When we went out to the garden and later to the supermarket for groceries all the neighbors kept saying how "kawai" I was. That means cute. Well I gotta go. TTFN. Oh, and Japanese TV is great and I watched Power Rangers (Japanese version) at the orientation and it was awesome. I also saw this boy band with cool hair singing a cheesy pop song at a volleyball game. I want J-Pop on the ipod now. OK, goodbye for real.

Well, here I am. I'm about to depart for Japan. The orientation is in just three days, and may I say, I am scared witless. Why am I doing this again? Oh, right. It's the adventure of a life time. Of course, I am also incredibly excited. I'm spending the last few days in LA (which, btw, is also the abbreviation of Louisiana, but I'm in the city in CA) with my dad and sister. I am currently typing this on the hotels computer. Well, I gotta go. There's a time limit on the computer. Until next time.

I don't have much to say in this blog, its purpose is merely to show you what my school uniform will look like. Personally, I think its rather cute. Also, preparations for the trip are well under way and so I only have a few things left to do before the big day. Here's the link for my school uniform.

http://www.senshu-u-matsudo.ed.jp/senior/html/seikatsu/uniform

Talk to ya'll laters!

I have just received the information telling me who my host family was!!!! I must admit, i was getting a little nervous......but apparently its not uncommon to receive info until two weeks before departure. So the family is Mr. Takeo Miyokawa and Mrs. Tokiko Miyokawa. I'm not going to have any host siblings which will be a little sad, but then again I will also be able to see what it is like being an only child. I've been placed in the city Sakura-Shi in the Chiba-ken Provence in Japan. Sakura-Shi is only 42 kilometers from Tokyo! Maybe I'll get to visit. I have also been told my school, which is in Matsuda. I'm so excited!!! And I still have so much to do, I'm a little worried. But I will prevail!! Oh! I just remembered something that I need to add to my already-far-too-long list of things to do. Until next time!