Here it is, people, the long awaited blog post (just humor me). Many things happened during the time I didn`t blog, the two most interesting being going to an onsen last sunday and to see Les Miserables today. I`ll discuss today first, since it`s still fresh in my mind.
So apparently my entire school goes to see a play once a year, for cultural purposes. Last year it was Elizabart, the emperor`s wife. (I probably got the title wrong, it was really hard to understand what they were saying.) This year was Les Miserables. My host parents were both busy today so I rode the train to the Imperial theater alone. I didn`t get lost, and I was very proud of myself. The only difficult part was finding the exit in the train station. The station had all these random tunnels and passage ways and ticket booths, and there werent any exit signs until you actually got to the exit, AND there were about 20 different exits! Seriously confusing. But I eventually found the exit ticket thingies and then ended up climbing this random set of stairs to get out. The stairs had about 4 flights and about 2 flights up(the station was underground) there was a barber shop. Weird huh? Wish I`d taken a picture...... Anyways once I discovered the exit I then went to the theater. The play itself was fine, with lots of special effects and a good orchestra. But since I couldn`t understand the songs it took a bit of the pleasure away. The costumes were good, though. It was fun seeing all those Japanese people in old fashioned western clothes. Also all the men had pony tails. Yay pony tails! And I mean the hairstyle, in case you`re thinking of anything weird. -_- Anyhoo, that was my experience with the play. I won`t be going to school tomorrow cause I have this Japanese proficiency test coming up in about a month and I seriously need to study. Also tomorrow my host parent`s 60 year old friends are coming over for a BBQ. So I need to mentally prepare for being told over and over and over how `kawaii` I am and how much they envy me for being young. Which is the stupidest thing to be envious over. They were young too, or have they forgotten? It`s a trial on the nerves to put up with them. Speaking of them, I nearly went crazy dealing when I went to the onsen with them. They came with me and my host mom. They DO NOT know how to use technology. A three hour car drive turned into a six hour one because they kept missing the turns that their GPS told them to make. They also COULD NOT stay concentrated. For example: Host mom`s friend A"oh look there are so many grape vines!" Host mom(while driving)"You`re right!"(HM looks around(while driving) and inadvertently steps on the brakes, causing cars to honk and swerve. HM&friends look surprised and wonder why they are being honked at)HMFA"Since their are so many grape vines, maybe there is a winery around that corner!"(The hell kinda logic is that?)HMFB"Lets look!" HM suddenly turns around the corner, causing cars to honk *surprise*HMFA "Oh, there isnt a winery" HMFB" maybe there is one around that corner!" HM" lets go see!" And so on. This continued for about 30 minutes before we found a place that sold wine(note, I didn`t say "winery" I said "place that sold wine". Then it took us a further half hour just to get back to the place where they first decided they wanted wine. But enough complaining. The onsen itself was great, it was at the foot(not literally) of mt. fuji so i got to take pictures, and it had delicious food and I got to wear a Yukata(just for pjs, though). The onsen also sold some really weird Japanese foods, which I wanted to buy but didn`t cause they were rather expensive. Well, anyway. The experience was worth it overall, if only to prove that I am pretty good at keeping my temper. HM&co. never discovered how incredibly annoyed I was. Anyways my host mom keeps looking at the clock and then at me so I figure it`s about time to get off. I`ll continue this post tomorrow, if I have time. Well, Ja ne.
13 November 2009
29 October 2009
Hello, People!!! So this week started off pretty bad, but then got good in the middle, and ended with bit of a negative turn. But now I have a three day weekend and I`m meeting some friends for shopping etc., so at the moment I`m preetty dang happy. So the beginning of the week was just awful. No idea why. It was just so exhausting and depressing. Mondays are always sad cause I`m short on sleep and there are my least fave classes, but this time was especially bad. And tuesday, which I normally love was pretty bad too. But then Wednesday was awesome. My school is really big on english and offers internships to americans and the like, and on wednesday a group of 12-16 year olds and some parents from america visited the school. I was asked by my japanese teacher to help her teach them some basic japanese phrases and it was SO funny and weird. I hadnt realized it since Ive been surrounded by only japanese people for the past two months, but Am. and Jap. peeps are so different. Americans are much more open and less afraid of giving offense. There were a lot of differences that I just cant put my finger on the words to describe, but the whole experience was rather enlightening. And then on that same day my teacher told me that my school was going to see Les Miserables in japanese on the 9th!! I was so excited!! They put posters up in my school and I took a pic. of one. So I was incredibly, amazingly happy, until after I got home thursday. Then I had the sense to check the calender to make sure that I was open on the 9th, and lo and behold! My host parents had planned a trip to a deluxe onsen on that same day! Needless to say, I was a bit saddened. I actually sulked in my room for a while after dinner. But I was able to wake up on friday in a relatively good mood(thanks to the afore mentioned reasons). Yeah, so that was my week.
On sunday I`m going to a flea market with my host mom. I wonder if I`ll buy anything. OH! Speaking of buying, I went shopping for a little at some point(don`t ask when, I honestly can`t remember)and I actually bought something! Just a dress and a skirt and a crepe with green tea icecream, whipped cream, green tea jelly, and some powdered sugar. (The crepe was delicious^-^) I love crepes. I also love traditional japanese sweets, especially the ones with that sweet red bean paste that I always forget the name of.
I have nothing else to write. Umm, well. Since I came to japan, ive started liking coffee. Is that sad or what? I was hoping to never like it since then I wouldnt have to run the risk of being addicted. I blame the vending machines. I was trying to buy some hot cocoa one day, but I couldnt read what the cans said(duh, it was in japanese) so I just bought one that had a picture of milk on it. It turned out to be that thing thats a mix of coffee and milk(forgot its name). I didnt really like it, but I forced my self to drink it cause I dont like to waste food. So I kept drinking it, and to my very great surprise, the more I drank, the more I liked it. So I bought another one the next day to see if the day before had just been a fluke. I still like it. And that is how I came to like coffee while in japan. Now that I look back, that was a really weird story. Oh, well.
Alrighty, so Ill just end this post and go do.......something else. (I wonder what?)
Oh, and to grandma. I have recieved the halloween pkg. I loved it. I shared some(a very little)with my friends at school. They were very surprised. :)Ive been eating the rest. Yup. Laters.
On sunday I`m going to a flea market with my host mom. I wonder if I`ll buy anything. OH! Speaking of buying, I went shopping for a little at some point(don`t ask when, I honestly can`t remember)and I actually bought something! Just a dress and a skirt and a crepe with green tea icecream, whipped cream, green tea jelly, and some powdered sugar. (The crepe was delicious^-^) I love crepes. I also love traditional japanese sweets, especially the ones with that sweet red bean paste that I always forget the name of.
I have nothing else to write. Umm, well. Since I came to japan, ive started liking coffee. Is that sad or what? I was hoping to never like it since then I wouldnt have to run the risk of being addicted. I blame the vending machines. I was trying to buy some hot cocoa one day, but I couldnt read what the cans said(duh, it was in japanese) so I just bought one that had a picture of milk on it. It turned out to be that thing thats a mix of coffee and milk(forgot its name). I didnt really like it, but I forced my self to drink it cause I dont like to waste food. So I kept drinking it, and to my very great surprise, the more I drank, the more I liked it. So I bought another one the next day to see if the day before had just been a fluke. I still like it. And that is how I came to like coffee while in japan. Now that I look back, that was a really weird story. Oh, well.
Alrighty, so Ill just end this post and go do.......something else. (I wonder what?)
Oh, and to grandma. I have recieved the halloween pkg. I loved it. I shared some(a very little)with my friends at school. They were very surprised. :)Ive been eating the rest. Yup. Laters.
20 October 2009
Last Tuesday, I joined the Tea Ceremony club at my school. Silly thing to do. I have club after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and I don`t get back home until 8:30. I was already exhausted and then I had to go and add even more to my already overflowing schedule! See, aren't i silly? I really ought to think before I act. But the club IS really fun. So far I`ve learned the proper way to fold the orange cloth that is used to clean the bowl, tea scooper, and tea holder during the ceremony. Those things all have special names, but I cant remember them. I also learned how to act when offered tea. The whole thing is rather complicated. Also, on Mondays I do Japanese flower arranging. Ive only done it once, but it was rather enjoyable. We did a triangle style with daisies, carnations, and red branches(from a tree). Also since I joined the club, I`ve started walking home with two girls named Ayumi and Ayame. They`re both really nice. Yesterday, we were talking about America and I told them that I had seen obama in person. They were very amazed. Also last week, was my school`s sports festival. So much fun! Although I actually didn't do much, I only had two events in the morning and then I just watched for the rest of the day. But it was still fun. :) Most of the events were pretty normal, like relay races, and tug of war, etc. But some were really weird. Like when everyone got dressed in their club outfits and raced. They also had to do certain things at the checkpoints that had to do with their club. Like the kendo peeps had to perform a fighting sequence and so on. Yup. That`s about it.
So a while back(this was before I got my ipod)I was riding the train on my way home from school and all of a sudden this Japanese woman starts to talk to me in english. She asked if I was an exchange student living in japan. I was so surprised that I answered immediately. Then we got into a conversation. Apparently the woman was on her way to narita airport to pick up her sister who was returning home after spending several years living in America. The woman on the train had also lived in America(Michigan, I think) for several years. I told her I was here for six months as an exchange student, but I`d only been there for a little while. The whole experience was so surreal and unexpected, I really didn`t know what to make of it.
Well, I have to get off to take a bath and go to bed soon, so yeah. Oh! And tommorow, I have a day off school(don`t know why) and so I`m going to a Japanese history museum with my host mom. That`ll be fun, right? Anyways. Night.
So a while back(this was before I got my ipod)I was riding the train on my way home from school and all of a sudden this Japanese woman starts to talk to me in english. She asked if I was an exchange student living in japan. I was so surprised that I answered immediately. Then we got into a conversation. Apparently the woman was on her way to narita airport to pick up her sister who was returning home after spending several years living in America. The woman on the train had also lived in America(Michigan, I think) for several years. I told her I was here for six months as an exchange student, but I`d only been there for a little while. The whole experience was so surreal and unexpected, I really didn`t know what to make of it.
Well, I have to get off to take a bath and go to bed soon, so yeah. Oh! And tommorow, I have a day off school(don`t know why) and so I`m going to a Japanese history museum with my host mom. That`ll be fun, right? Anyways. Night.
28 September 2009
I am so terribly sorry that I haven`t blogged in so long. I was attacked by a sudden bout of homesickness and was unable to do anything that reminded me of home without tearing up. And I couldn`t really afford to be crying while here so I simply avoided all things American. This next paragraph is from two weeks ago when I started this blog post.
You remember that I told you I had a few days off from school for silver week? Well, then my school had to go and make me come to school over the weekend, to make up for those days lost. School administration annoys me, even here. But it was still okay, because that weekend was MY SCHOOL`S FESTIVAL!!! It was so much fun! But I didn`t get to do everything that I wanted. So saddening. But the festival was exactly the kind of thing that people like daisy and anna would love. There was dagashi and dango and gyoza and udon curry and a bunch of other things that I didn`t know what they were. It was all so yummy! And then there was tea ceremony club(the girls wore yukatas, they were so cute), japanese drumming, games, plays(and yes, they did in fact put on a production of HSM 3, I still cant get over how much they like it), and my favorite: synchronized dancing. There was also some cosplay and dancing. I took tons of photos, but as I still can`t figure out how to upload the stupid things, you`ll just have to wait.
So now I`m going to tell you about the past two(or so) weeks. This upcoming week will be my school`s sport`s festival. Geez, I nearly wrote that last sentance in Japanese. I need to be careful. I`m not quite sure what the festival will be like, but it`ll probably be fun, right? I also sent in an application for the Level 4 Japanese Proficiency test. I`ll be taking it this December. I`ll almost certainly fail miserably. I took a level three practice test and I couldn`t even figure out what part of the test I was supposed to be on. There are three sections(I think). So I just filled in the bubbles in the design of a face and I got half right! I was seriously surprised. 0-0. But I promise to study hard and try to actually understand what I`m doing in the real test. Also, this past week, I actually took the train home with someone! The girl`s name is Hitomi and shes in my calligraphy class. Her station is one stop before mine. She also isn`t in a club, so I`ll probably get to take the train with her again. I`m so happy. :) I also went to another afs meeting and all the exchange students had to make a treat from their home country. I made chocolate chip cookies. They had never had them before but they thought that they were delicious. I doing pretty well in all my classes at school, except for this one class that I don`t even know what subject is being taught and Biology. We`re studying genetics and I so don`t get it. I think I`ve already mentioned this, but i don`t know.
Well, I thought that I was going to have to rant in this post but it turned out surprisingly cheery. I feel much better than I did when I started typing. Sorry this is so short, but the wit just isn`t flowing from my fingers like it normally does. Oh, and this is rather random but I really miss soccer. The boy`s soccer team at my school always practices right outside my classroom(which is on the third floor) and it kills me. I can`t even watch cause I don`t have a window seat. It makes me so frustrated every day. Girls just don`t really play soccer in japan. Also random, But apparently my school is a prestigious private school that the majority of students can`t get accepted into. And we changed into our winter uniforms, which look pretty dang...prestigious. Argh, I so didn`t want to use that word again but I COULD NOT think of a synonym.
I sent letters to my family and they should be there in about a week. Also, any requests for presents should be submitted now, before all spots are taken. I seem to be making less and less sense as this blog continues so....Yours Truly, Emily
You remember that I told you I had a few days off from school for silver week? Well, then my school had to go and make me come to school over the weekend, to make up for those days lost. School administration annoys me, even here. But it was still okay, because that weekend was MY SCHOOL`S FESTIVAL!!! It was so much fun! But I didn`t get to do everything that I wanted. So saddening. But the festival was exactly the kind of thing that people like daisy and anna would love. There was dagashi and dango and gyoza and udon curry and a bunch of other things that I didn`t know what they were. It was all so yummy! And then there was tea ceremony club(the girls wore yukatas, they were so cute), japanese drumming, games, plays(and yes, they did in fact put on a production of HSM 3, I still cant get over how much they like it), and my favorite: synchronized dancing. There was also some cosplay and dancing. I took tons of photos, but as I still can`t figure out how to upload the stupid things, you`ll just have to wait.
So now I`m going to tell you about the past two(or so) weeks. This upcoming week will be my school`s sport`s festival. Geez, I nearly wrote that last sentance in Japanese. I need to be careful. I`m not quite sure what the festival will be like, but it`ll probably be fun, right? I also sent in an application for the Level 4 Japanese Proficiency test. I`ll be taking it this December. I`ll almost certainly fail miserably. I took a level three practice test and I couldn`t even figure out what part of the test I was supposed to be on. There are three sections(I think). So I just filled in the bubbles in the design of a face and I got half right! I was seriously surprised. 0-0. But I promise to study hard and try to actually understand what I`m doing in the real test. Also, this past week, I actually took the train home with someone! The girl`s name is Hitomi and shes in my calligraphy class. Her station is one stop before mine. She also isn`t in a club, so I`ll probably get to take the train with her again. I`m so happy. :) I also went to another afs meeting and all the exchange students had to make a treat from their home country. I made chocolate chip cookies. They had never had them before but they thought that they were delicious. I doing pretty well in all my classes at school, except for this one class that I don`t even know what subject is being taught and Biology. We`re studying genetics and I so don`t get it. I think I`ve already mentioned this, but i don`t know.
Well, I thought that I was going to have to rant in this post but it turned out surprisingly cheery. I feel much better than I did when I started typing. Sorry this is so short, but the wit just isn`t flowing from my fingers like it normally does. Oh, and this is rather random but I really miss soccer. The boy`s soccer team at my school always practices right outside my classroom(which is on the third floor) and it kills me. I can`t even watch cause I don`t have a window seat. It makes me so frustrated every day. Girls just don`t really play soccer in japan. Also random, But apparently my school is a prestigious private school that the majority of students can`t get accepted into. And we changed into our winter uniforms, which look pretty dang...prestigious. Argh, I so didn`t want to use that word again but I COULD NOT think of a synonym.
I sent letters to my family and they should be there in about a week. Also, any requests for presents should be submitted now, before all spots are taken. I seem to be making less and less sense as this blog continues so....Yours Truly, Emily
24 September 2009
I learned two things today. #1: Japanese people love synchronized dancing. #2: Japanese people love it when guys cross dress.
Well, I guess I already knew that. :p But it was really solidified for me today. See, our school culture festival is coming up, and quite a few classes made videos for it. So today, the entire friggin` school(including me)went and sat on the gym floor and watched these movies/presentations for three hours. Every. Single. Video. had guys in skirts and synchronized dancing. I was totally cracking up, and I wondered why americans dont do this? A few themes of the videos were love between a guy and a guy dressed as a girl(dont worry, they were being sarcastic), food, and random insanity. My favorite video would have to be the first, the one with the bike and pie. Hilarious. And you know what I went and did? I, like a total idiot, forgot to bring my camera. I sincerely hope they will show them again at the culture festival. One class did a live dance to the song We`re all in this together, from highschool musical. With authentic dance moves. There were also crossdressing guys for that dance. In wigs. I never thought the day would come when I would actually enjoy that song.
So the day before yesterday I went shopping! I actually bought some stuff! And went on a ferris wheel and ate(yet another)crepe and I saw a live performance of power rangers which was rather awesome. So I bought two shirt/dresses, a postcard, a stuffed bunny that I named Usa-chan/Usagi-kun(I havent decided it`s gender), and the application for the japanese proficiency test. Which I will undoubtedly fail miserably. I probably bought something else but I`m blanking on what it was. oh, well. I went in the cutest shop ever. It was one of my dream clothing stores. It was all lace and flowers and oldfashioned, yet with a chic, modern twist. I saw the cutest dress, and I seriously wanted to buy it but I didn`t have enough money with me. I wrote the name of the store on my arm so I wouldn`t forget/lose it, but then I had to go and take a bath and so now I am `store name` deprived. This is probably one of the few posts that I didn`t check the comments for questions before typing, so I apologize for making this a one sided conversation. I will answer your questions in the next post. Well, I am exhausted, and have school tomorrow so I will end this and go to bed. Night.
Well, I guess I already knew that. :p But it was really solidified for me today. See, our school culture festival is coming up, and quite a few classes made videos for it. So today, the entire friggin` school(including me)went and sat on the gym floor and watched these movies/presentations for three hours. Every. Single. Video. had guys in skirts and synchronized dancing. I was totally cracking up, and I wondered why americans dont do this? A few themes of the videos were love between a guy and a guy dressed as a girl(dont worry, they were being sarcastic), food, and random insanity. My favorite video would have to be the first, the one with the bike and pie. Hilarious. And you know what I went and did? I, like a total idiot, forgot to bring my camera. I sincerely hope they will show them again at the culture festival. One class did a live dance to the song We`re all in this together, from highschool musical. With authentic dance moves. There were also crossdressing guys for that dance. In wigs. I never thought the day would come when I would actually enjoy that song.
So the day before yesterday I went shopping! I actually bought some stuff! And went on a ferris wheel and ate(yet another)crepe and I saw a live performance of power rangers which was rather awesome. So I bought two shirt/dresses, a postcard, a stuffed bunny that I named Usa-chan/Usagi-kun(I havent decided it`s gender), and the application for the japanese proficiency test. Which I will undoubtedly fail miserably. I probably bought something else but I`m blanking on what it was. oh, well. I went in the cutest shop ever. It was one of my dream clothing stores. It was all lace and flowers and oldfashioned, yet with a chic, modern twist. I saw the cutest dress, and I seriously wanted to buy it but I didn`t have enough money with me. I wrote the name of the store on my arm so I wouldn`t forget/lose it, but then I had to go and take a bath and so now I am `store name` deprived. This is probably one of the few posts that I didn`t check the comments for questions before typing, so I apologize for making this a one sided conversation. I will answer your questions in the next post. Well, I am exhausted, and have school tomorrow so I will end this and go to bed. Night.
18 September 2009
Sorry I haven`t blogged for a while, I`ve been really busy. So first there is school, and then we are preparing for the culture festival, and my home room teacher has been giving me tours of the clubs, AND they`ve started giving me homework and I`ve started taking a second Japanese class. So, yeah. Busy. So I have a lot to say so I`ll start with today`s reflections and then go back to last weekend.
So the schedule of my day in terms of mood goes like this. I wake up and I sooooo don`t wanna get out of bed. But I do and I eat although eating too early makes me nauseous. Then I get on the train and read and listen to my ipod and it`s very peaceful. I don`t usually want to get off the train. OH YEAH!!! I actually forgot to tell you that my stuff arrived!! Thank you so much!! I really, really appreciate it. And thanks for the comics, too. I showed them to my host mother and she really likes them(though she doesn`t usually get the joke). So back to my day. After the walk to school(which is nice exercise) I usually feel a bit depressed(not the right word) until something good happens. Like today, I was about to leave and then this random group of boys from my school all started saying things like `see you later` and bye bye.` I said bye back and they got all excited. I was so happy I smiled the whole way home. Another time was when this girl from the class next door who is a friend of a friend hugged me, and then my friend pretended to be jealous and we all had a group hug. I wouldn`t consider it a big deal in the US, but here, since I don`t speak the language, I usually feel left out of the conversation. So any instance when they show that they actually like me is really huge. Also, I walked to school with people for the first time!! They were this adorable couple from the class next door. They are really nice.
So my day w/ so-chan. So first we went to theis huge(and I mean huge)store. First we looked at food and then clothes and then books. It was so much fun. Then we did karaoke. I can`t believe we don`t have it in the US. It would be huge. They had tons of english songs including bon jovi and lilly allen and bowling for soup. They didn`t have beatles though which surprised me. We mostly sang pop songs though, cause we both knew them. So-chan really likes taylor swift. We also did Puri Kuri!!!! At least, I think that is what it was called. It was soooooo much fun. It`s like a photo booth, only ten times better. The pictures we got were super cute, I can`t wait to show you. :) I also got this delirious mont blanc crepe. So yummy. I also took a picture.
So I`m getting a few days off from school cause of some holiday or other. I actually don`t know what the holiday is. So I`ll be blogging a tad more. Lessee, I had a ton of stuff that I planned to write, but now I can`t remember a bloomin thing. Um...well, they call `Wolverine(the movie)` Xmen Zero. Just a little tidbit of news. So all banks are closed on sunday, can you believe it!?! There aren`t even many christians over here. And the banks are closed on holidays too, so I am officially broke. Oh, well. I don`t actually need much money in daily life. It`s just for souvenirs and food. And when I go out to do something. Okay, well I can`t think of anything else to say so I`ll blog again once I think of something. Ta.
So the schedule of my day in terms of mood goes like this. I wake up and I sooooo don`t wanna get out of bed. But I do and I eat although eating too early makes me nauseous. Then I get on the train and read and listen to my ipod and it`s very peaceful. I don`t usually want to get off the train. OH YEAH!!! I actually forgot to tell you that my stuff arrived!! Thank you so much!! I really, really appreciate it. And thanks for the comics, too. I showed them to my host mother and she really likes them(though she doesn`t usually get the joke). So back to my day. After the walk to school(which is nice exercise) I usually feel a bit depressed(not the right word) until something good happens. Like today, I was about to leave and then this random group of boys from my school all started saying things like `see you later` and bye bye.` I said bye back and they got all excited. I was so happy I smiled the whole way home. Another time was when this girl from the class next door who is a friend of a friend hugged me, and then my friend pretended to be jealous and we all had a group hug. I wouldn`t consider it a big deal in the US, but here, since I don`t speak the language, I usually feel left out of the conversation. So any instance when they show that they actually like me is really huge. Also, I walked to school with people for the first time!! They were this adorable couple from the class next door. They are really nice.
So my day w/ so-chan. So first we went to theis huge(and I mean huge)store. First we looked at food and then clothes and then books. It was so much fun. Then we did karaoke. I can`t believe we don`t have it in the US. It would be huge. They had tons of english songs including bon jovi and lilly allen and bowling for soup. They didn`t have beatles though which surprised me. We mostly sang pop songs though, cause we both knew them. So-chan really likes taylor swift. We also did Puri Kuri!!!! At least, I think that is what it was called. It was soooooo much fun. It`s like a photo booth, only ten times better. The pictures we got were super cute, I can`t wait to show you. :) I also got this delirious mont blanc crepe. So yummy. I also took a picture.
So I`m getting a few days off from school cause of some holiday or other. I actually don`t know what the holiday is. So I`ll be blogging a tad more. Lessee, I had a ton of stuff that I planned to write, but now I can`t remember a bloomin thing. Um...well, they call `Wolverine(the movie)` Xmen Zero. Just a little tidbit of news. So all banks are closed on sunday, can you believe it!?! There aren`t even many christians over here. And the banks are closed on holidays too, so I am officially broke. Oh, well. I don`t actually need much money in daily life. It`s just for souvenirs and food. And when I go out to do something. Okay, well I can`t think of anything else to say so I`ll blog again once I think of something. Ta.
12 September 2009
Today I met my host parents kids and grand kids. The grand kids are SO CUTE!!!!!! Their names are Chiharu and Ryuusai. Chi-chan is three and Ryuu-kun is 5. Ryuu-kun wears glasses and he is so frickin shy and adorable. :) love him. Chi-chan is like any bossy three year old. She calls me Emily-chan and when we went on a walk she held my hand the whole way back. so cute. So they were here all day and it was rather exhausting. Also Chi-chan speaks better Japanese than me. I`m not even at the level of a 3 year old. :(
I'M MEETING SO-CHAN TOMORROW!!!! KARAOKE AND SHOPPING!!!! But I need to exchange some money, it`s so hard to find a place and time in daily life.....Thanks for the permission to buy clothes. I`ll be sure to buy some tomorrow.
Anna, I`m sure you can send me a letter. I`ll be eagerly awaiting it. And thanks so much for always commenting. Oh! And I started following your blog. I really like it. It`s amazing how many things we felt the same way about(though that line of thought is rather presumptuous of me). I can`t remember what else anyone talked about. Sorry. Well, I got to get off to go to bed. I couldn't`t fall asleep last night FOREVER so I ended up only getting 5 hours of sleep.
Oyasuminasai.
Emily
p.s. I am trying to make these posts sound upbeat and positive. Is it working?
I'M MEETING SO-CHAN TOMORROW!!!! KARAOKE AND SHOPPING!!!! But I need to exchange some money, it`s so hard to find a place and time in daily life.....Thanks for the permission to buy clothes. I`ll be sure to buy some tomorrow.
Anna, I`m sure you can send me a letter. I`ll be eagerly awaiting it. And thanks so much for always commenting. Oh! And I started following your blog. I really like it. It`s amazing how many things we felt the same way about(though that line of thought is rather presumptuous of me). I can`t remember what else anyone talked about. Sorry. Well, I got to get off to go to bed. I couldn't`t fall asleep last night FOREVER so I ended up only getting 5 hours of sleep.
Oyasuminasai.
Emily
p.s. I am trying to make these posts sound upbeat and positive. Is it working?
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