Ah, it’s been awhile.. So, on Monday, the 22nd, I went to school. At lunch, it was pretty interesting. Haha, I had my camera whipped out and I was taking pictures of my friends. They all seem really shy in front of the camera and I can’t really get a proper picture of them. They cover their faces before I get a chance to snap a shot! It’s so unfair, I really want pictures of them so that I can remember them when I go back! Well, anyways, as I was saying… we were at the library, and I was taking pictures.. I decided to record them.. Hirono and Misaki started running around. And what did I do? I chased them of course. In the library. As quiet as I could. Which was kind of hard.. I have the video, and I’ll upload it when I have the chance to, but you might get a bit dizzy from it..
Well, after that, I we went to class, and I was bored, so I drew faces on my fingers and then I started drawing smiley faces one everyone’s pointer finger.. and then I pressed fingers together.. and.. “ちゅう！” All my friends now will forever remember me by that.. ‘cause I practically drew fingers on everyone in my class and did that.. Haha, they kept saying “Gag, gag.” Which is slang for joke.. I’ve learned quiet a few slang words since I’ve been here.. it’s pretty interesting how Miyako-hogen is quite different from mainland Japanese.
Other notable things on Monday.. I went to a calligraphy class.. and practiced writing my name in katakana and hiragana.. both were really hard, but sensei made it seem so easy when she did it.. and as a present, she wrote me the word 夢 or “Dream” It’s reaallyyy pretty, and I totally love the fact that I get to keep it. Also on Monday.. Haha.. really windy, and skirts blowing up everywhere with lots of “Kyaa!~” going around. XD My Misaki’s skirt went up and I went.. “今日のパンツは。。。” And then my friend Nina went.. “ピンク！” Haha, I made fun of Misaki the whole day after that..
Tuesday.. there was a national holiday, “やすみ” I think.. so no school, but there was work, so my host dad did go to work on Tuesday. But, that day, I woke up at around.. ten.. and then I went to Kaito’s baby swimming class at eleven o’clock, with Kaho and my host mom, and we waited until it was over, which was for about an hour. After his swim classes, we returned home and we had lunch, which was Okinawa’s noodle soup kind of thing.. it was really good! At two o’clock, Motoko’s mother came over and picked us up to go to the pool. We headed to Karen’s house and picked her and her host sister up and headed to the pool!
We got there.. and the pool was full of little kids.. and it was really shallow.. and you couldn’t really swim in it.. BUT! Upside was, there was a slide. Haha, I don’t think I got pictures.. I’m really bad at remember to take pictures.. Ugh, it’s terrible, I wish I remembered to take pictures more.. Then everyone could see, but I kind of don’t like to see the world behind the camera’s lens if you know what I mean.. So me and Karen went on the slide.. I almost crashed into her a couple times because she always went first.. The times it almost happened was really funny, because she would be like… “Anna, Anna, stop! Stop!” And I would be like.. “Uh, whut?” and try to slow down. XD
We left the pool at around four thirty because Motoko had violin lessons. So, Motoko’s mother drove us back to my house where Karen used our internet to log onto facebook, to get her friend’s information because facebook is blocked at her house. Motoko ended up not going to her violin lesson and then Amano-sensei, Kaho and Motoko’s violin teacher called our house and told them that both of them needed to come. Lawl, they totally got in trouble for skipping..
Well, after that.. We didn’t really do anything after that.. Wednesday! I went to school, but.. there wasn’t really anything new.. all they did was study from their tests, which was really boring because I couldn’t do anything except watch them.. Oh yes, science is always pretty interesting.. Izumi and this other dude always seem to have a water fight in science class. I told you these guys don’t really care about learning.. Lawl, they would use the faucets to get some water and then throw it at each other.. And the guy usually ends up soaked at the end of the period. That day, Izumi had missed, and actually threw water at Jun, which ended up making his whole desk wet, his papers, his notebook, etc.
Then school ended and I went back home, where I did.. nothing really. XD Fast forward to tomorrow, which is.. actually today.
Well, I went to school, but everyone had tests until about 1:25 p.m., so I had to wait for my classmates to finish their tests before going up to the classroom to go out and play. I.. did nothing in the library. I played my nds.. and slept. Lawl. Oh, Shogoro-san, my Area Representative told me that tomorrow, I will need to go to 平良中学 instead of going to my regular school, so it’s something different. And then.. after school..
Me and my friends went to the convenience to buy lunch, and we went to a nearby spot to eat. I had already eaten my lunch at the library, so I bought just a drink, “Calpis” which is a really yummy drink here. I think.. it’s sweet water.. It looks kind of like watery milk.. Haha. XD And then.. began the long walking.. Me and Misaki were looking at Misaki’s phone for pictures of JaeJoong.. Haha, I love JaeJoong and she loves Yoochun.. XD But we mainly looked at JaeJoong pictures because she knows how much I love him. After that.. we passed by Book Box.. and we kept walking.. apparently, we were going to the very large Max Valu which had a Mister Donuts.. I didn’t get to try their donuts, but all my friends think it’s delicious.. I guess we’ll see about that.. I think on Friday, tomorrow, we’ll be going to Max Valu.. maybe I’ll see my classmate Takeru, who works there sometimes.. Haha, I’ll try to snag a picture of him in his work clothes. XD
It was suuppeerr hot. After we went to Max Valu and bought some drinks, we went to Game Land, where there was Purikura.. I did two, but only got pictures of one.. I’ll need to ask for the other pictures later.. but for now, I’ll try to get pictures of the ones I do have. It’s so tiny though. D: After that, we walked back to Book Box, where we waited until about six ten for my mother to come pick me up. My friend Misaki knew an employee and we asked her if there were any posters of Tohoshinki at the store, and she said she’d look. I think if there is, she’s going to give it to Misaki, who will give it to me! Yay, Tohoshinki posterrrr. :> That would totally make me really happy to have a poster of them!
After my mother came to pick me up she drove me to where Kaho had her English lessons and I met Greg, who runs a small private English class kind of thing.. and we played games in English with Kaho. Greg is actually Canadian, so he has a bit of an accent, but his English makes it seem like I’m not in Japan, and gives me a bit of a break from translating things in my head and having to respond back in Japanese. It’s all really tiring, but it’s a really nice thing to be thrusted into this situation.. it forces me to learn..
After that, me and Kaho walked to Obaa-san’s house where we met up with my mother and then we drove back home. We arrived back around.. maybe seven-thirty? And then at seven-fifty.. Omg, I quickly hopped into the bath and took a shower as fast as I could because Tohoshink would be on at 8.. Ugh, I totally did not want to miss it! So I got in, got out at around seven fifty-eight and then grabbed my camera. Haha, the first fifteen minutes I recorded with my camera.. which turned out to be okay ish.. I kept moving the camera around though.. and then it was time to eat, so my dad recorded it for me.. and I’ll get it later. Haha, I totally want a copy of it.. Can’t you tell I love Tohoshinki? Especially JaeJoong..
So now, it’s after dinner, and I can’t watch the recorded show because my host sister has to practice violin and piano.. ugh, I wish she would hurry up so I can watch the show! But I have plenty of time to type this up and get everyone updated on what’s been going on. Oh yes, the other night I got a chance to watch the last episode of Atashinchi no Danshi which was airing.. and so I can now say I watched a drama! It was totally epic.. not really, I couldn’t really understand what was going on.. XD So I stopped watching it and just went to bed, but now I really want to watch Tohoshinkiiiiii. :< Okay. I think she’s done. I’ll blog the next chance I get to, which will probably be soon.. See ya’ll latterr~
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Party Time
Okay, so… so many things have happened over the past week, and I’ve just been too tired to blog about it. Sorry guys! Well, on Monday, when I went to the farm, I actually got a couple of bug bites.. that got worse as the week went on. My host dad wanted me to go to the hospital and talked to me about it on Thursday, but we talked it over and decided to head to Shogoro’s house, my area representative. His wife gave my host dad aloe, and we started applying it on my bug bites, and the redness is almost gone now. So, no need to go to the hospital at all! Hurrah. Ugh, but I keep getting new bug bites and it really sucks.
Well, in other news.. after the first day of school, I made friends quickly, and now I know a lot of my classmates names. It’s a lot easier to remember than I thought. My schedule is pretty fun, and I’m excited I have cool classmates wherever I go. I’ve taken some pretty interesting classes, including a nursing/development kind of class, where we took turns holding a baby doll.. that weighed as much as a baby did.. and we also put on this thing that made us look pregnant. Haha, a lot of my classmates complained that it was heavy.. but.. it was only like eight kilograms. Not that bad. I was jumping around with it on until the teacher yelled at another kid. So I stopped. Haha. XD I’m also sewing a yukata in class, and so I totally want to get it finished by the end of next week. I’m super excited and can’t wait for school tomorrow!
On Wednesday.. one of my host parents friends happened to find a uniform I could borrow, and so now, I have a seifuku! It’s so cute! I just wish my hair was shorter.. it’s so hard to manage.. but I must persevere for the sake of cancer patients everywhere! And it would symbolize four years of my life/high school, and would be persevere for the sake of cancer patients everywhere! And it would symbolize four years of my life/high school, and would be pretty cool just to see it cut off.. Yeah..
Anyways, the weekend was actually really fun! Friday started off with school, where I started making my seifuku, it was a pretty chill day at school, but one of my friends Hirono wasn’t there because she was getting ready for a volleyball tournament for after school that day. She came to eat lunch with us but then she had to go back afterwards. After school, I went home around four forty-five and started practicing violin. My host dad had suggested a small ensemble for Friday night because some friends of his were coming over for a small party. I practiced Eine Kleine and Kanon in D and then my host sister was off to her violin lesson. After about half an hour, my host dad had a cello lesson at our house and more people joined in. After the lesson, more people came.. and we set up the house so that there was a large table for food. The kids were in one corner while the adults were eating, etc. We played Jenga, Trump, and ate lots of snacks.
I learned how to play Edelwiess on the cello Friday night, so I can’t wait to get back and impress everyone with my mad cello skills! XD Cello is actually pretty hard though, because my pinky finger really isn’t used to such thick strings, and the cello string is extremely thick and it hurt pushing it down.. But I must endure! I went to sleep pretty late Friday night, but it was alright because everyone woke up late.. sort of. On Saturday, by the time I woke up, my host dad had already left for work and Kaho and Motoko, Kaho’s friend was already playing MarioKart on the Wii. Everyone had also eaten breakfast. It was alright though, I didn’t miss much.
So.. On Saturday.. Oh yes, we drove Kaho to her ballet lesson and then we went for Kaito’s baby swimming thing. It was for an hour, but during that time, I was talking to my host mom’s friend, who actually did an exchange in Seattle for a year, so her English was good enough that I could understand what she wanted to talk about. She also had a three month old baby that was just adorable! His name is Jin, and he’s just.. so cute. I wish I had taken I picture of him.. sadly I didn’t. Well, after the hour was over, we went to pick Kaho up from her ballet lessons and then we went to meet up with my host grandma. We ate lunch together at a restaurant named “Joyfull”.. notice the typo. :< Lawl, I was secretly laughing in my head. Well, after lunch, we came back home and.. I fell asleep.. I didn’t wake up until like.. six, and at seven, we were having a barbeque at the Ogawa’s house, a family that was over for Friday night.
I got ready for the barbeque and I had promised the night before that I would play with Ogawa-san’s daughters on the violin, because all four of them play violin. So, we got to his house and my host dad started barbequing the steak and vegetables and it was all very delicious. Especially the mushrooms, they were so good! I especially loved Miyako’s beef because it was super tender.. And I’ve also grown to love the Japanese drink Calpis. Lawl, it sounds like something else when they read the name.. but, it’s delicious none the less. I met Ogawa san’s daughters, but I only remember like.. two names.. Ayane and Moe.. I think.. Ayane is the oldest, and her birthday is actually tomorrow! She’s turning sixteen tomorrow, so she’s about a year younger than me. His other daughters were 13, 10, and 8 I think.. I don’t really remember..
After we ate and drank a couple things, I went inside and started playing Othello, which is super easy on a board game because it actually makes sense. On Brandon’s iPhone.. I didn’t understand how the chips were being flipped at all.. Lawl, I think I lost too.. Oh well. After the game, my host mom ask everyone to set up and so we did, and it turned out.. there were seven violins out! Haha, there were like.. three or four stands, seven violins, one piano, and one cello, and we busted out playing Kanon. I wish I had it recorded, but sadly, my host dad only took pictures of us playing, and didn’t record us.
After that, I played Spring, Summer, and Autumn with Ayane and Moe on the violin. It sounded really nice, but I got lost on some parts because I had never seen the music before, but man, they were really good! I’m so jealous, I wish I had taken violin lessons before, but oh well, I just gotta practice harder! I asked for the sheet music and we went to go get the music printed for me, so I could try to practice the songs..
Yeah, and then I got home around midnight, or well, I got home exactly at midnight, so I went to sleep right away and then in the morning I got a phone call from my parents, and then we were off to Kaho’s piano competition sorta thing. We left the house at ten thirty and signed in and Kaho changed. When I went to sit down to watch Kaho’s duet, I saw Irin, the other transfer student who came to Miyako about three months ago, and we sat down together and talked about how school was like for us so far, and what we had planned. After her duet with another girl, we went back home to eat lunch and then headed back to the music building around one fifteen. Motoko was there, she’s just such an adorable kid.. Well, I sat next to Motoko until she was called up to accept an award. After that, I watched kids go up to the piano and play.. Kaho was the last of her group.. but the tempo she took for her song.. way too slow in my opinion.. the other kids were playing it really fast, but the tempo she took it at.. made it sound like she didn’t really practice or know what she was doing..
Well, whatever, after that, we went back home and got ready to go to the beach! We went to Maeyama beach.. I think.. and we swam in the ocean for two hours and then when we got back, it was about seven. I took a shower with my host sister, got out and watched a little tv and then it was about eight, so we ate dinner together as a family. After dinner, I played with Kaito for a little bit and then started getting ready for bed. At around nine, I went up to my room, and here I am, typing out this blog of my weekend! I’m super pumped to finish my yukata tomorrow!
Alright, well, here’s to hoping no more bugs think I smell yummy and that tomorrow comes here quicker. Good night everyone~
Well, in other news.. after the first day of school, I made friends quickly, and now I know a lot of my classmates names. It’s a lot easier to remember than I thought. My schedule is pretty fun, and I’m excited I have cool classmates wherever I go. I’ve taken some pretty interesting classes, including a nursing/development kind of class, where we took turns holding a baby doll.. that weighed as much as a baby did.. and we also put on this thing that made us look pregnant. Haha, a lot of my classmates complained that it was heavy.. but.. it was only like eight kilograms. Not that bad. I was jumping around with it on until the teacher yelled at another kid. So I stopped. Haha. XD I’m also sewing a yukata in class, and so I totally want to get it finished by the end of next week. I’m super excited and can’t wait for school tomorrow!
On Wednesday.. one of my host parents friends happened to find a uniform I could borrow, and so now, I have a seifuku! It’s so cute! I just wish my hair was shorter.. it’s so hard to manage.. but I must persevere for the sake of cancer patients everywhere! And it would symbolize four years of my life/high school, and would be persevere for the sake of cancer patients everywhere! And it would symbolize four years of my life/high school, and would be pretty cool just to see it cut off.. Yeah..
Anyways, the weekend was actually really fun! Friday started off with school, where I started making my seifuku, it was a pretty chill day at school, but one of my friends Hirono wasn’t there because she was getting ready for a volleyball tournament for after school that day. She came to eat lunch with us but then she had to go back afterwards. After school, I went home around four forty-five and started practicing violin. My host dad had suggested a small ensemble for Friday night because some friends of his were coming over for a small party. I practiced Eine Kleine and Kanon in D and then my host sister was off to her violin lesson. After about half an hour, my host dad had a cello lesson at our house and more people joined in. After the lesson, more people came.. and we set up the house so that there was a large table for food. The kids were in one corner while the adults were eating, etc. We played Jenga, Trump, and ate lots of snacks.
I learned how to play Edelwiess on the cello Friday night, so I can’t wait to get back and impress everyone with my mad cello skills! XD Cello is actually pretty hard though, because my pinky finger really isn’t used to such thick strings, and the cello string is extremely thick and it hurt pushing it down.. But I must endure! I went to sleep pretty late Friday night, but it was alright because everyone woke up late.. sort of. On Saturday, by the time I woke up, my host dad had already left for work and Kaho and Motoko, Kaho’s friend was already playing MarioKart on the Wii. Everyone had also eaten breakfast. It was alright though, I didn’t miss much.
So.. On Saturday.. Oh yes, we drove Kaho to her ballet lesson and then we went for Kaito’s baby swimming thing. It was for an hour, but during that time, I was talking to my host mom’s friend, who actually did an exchange in Seattle for a year, so her English was good enough that I could understand what she wanted to talk about. She also had a three month old baby that was just adorable! His name is Jin, and he’s just.. so cute. I wish I had taken I picture of him.. sadly I didn’t. Well, after the hour was over, we went to pick Kaho up from her ballet lessons and then we went to meet up with my host grandma. We ate lunch together at a restaurant named “Joyfull”.. notice the typo. :< Lawl, I was secretly laughing in my head. Well, after lunch, we came back home and.. I fell asleep.. I didn’t wake up until like.. six, and at seven, we were having a barbeque at the Ogawa’s house, a family that was over for Friday night.
I got ready for the barbeque and I had promised the night before that I would play with Ogawa-san’s daughters on the violin, because all four of them play violin. So, we got to his house and my host dad started barbequing the steak and vegetables and it was all very delicious. Especially the mushrooms, they were so good! I especially loved Miyako’s beef because it was super tender.. And I’ve also grown to love the Japanese drink Calpis. Lawl, it sounds like something else when they read the name.. but, it’s delicious none the less. I met Ogawa san’s daughters, but I only remember like.. two names.. Ayane and Moe.. I think.. Ayane is the oldest, and her birthday is actually tomorrow! She’s turning sixteen tomorrow, so she’s about a year younger than me. His other daughters were 13, 10, and 8 I think.. I don’t really remember..
After we ate and drank a couple things, I went inside and started playing Othello, which is super easy on a board game because it actually makes sense. On Brandon’s iPhone.. I didn’t understand how the chips were being flipped at all.. Lawl, I think I lost too.. Oh well. After the game, my host mom ask everyone to set up and so we did, and it turned out.. there were seven violins out! Haha, there were like.. three or four stands, seven violins, one piano, and one cello, and we busted out playing Kanon. I wish I had it recorded, but sadly, my host dad only took pictures of us playing, and didn’t record us.
After that, I played Spring, Summer, and Autumn with Ayane and Moe on the violin. It sounded really nice, but I got lost on some parts because I had never seen the music before, but man, they were really good! I’m so jealous, I wish I had taken violin lessons before, but oh well, I just gotta practice harder! I asked for the sheet music and we went to go get the music printed for me, so I could try to practice the songs..
Yeah, and then I got home around midnight, or well, I got home exactly at midnight, so I went to sleep right away and then in the morning I got a phone call from my parents, and then we were off to Kaho’s piano competition sorta thing. We left the house at ten thirty and signed in and Kaho changed. When I went to sit down to watch Kaho’s duet, I saw Irin, the other transfer student who came to Miyako about three months ago, and we sat down together and talked about how school was like for us so far, and what we had planned. After her duet with another girl, we went back home to eat lunch and then headed back to the music building around one fifteen. Motoko was there, she’s just such an adorable kid.. Well, I sat next to Motoko until she was called up to accept an award. After that, I watched kids go up to the piano and play.. Kaho was the last of her group.. but the tempo she took for her song.. way too slow in my opinion.. the other kids were playing it really fast, but the tempo she took it at.. made it sound like she didn’t really practice or know what she was doing..
Well, whatever, after that, we went back home and got ready to go to the beach! We went to Maeyama beach.. I think.. and we swam in the ocean for two hours and then when we got back, it was about seven. I took a shower with my host sister, got out and watched a little tv and then it was about eight, so we ate dinner together as a family. After dinner, I played with Kaito for a little bit and then started getting ready for bed. At around nine, I went up to my room, and here I am, typing out this blog of my weekend! I’m super pumped to finish my yukata tomorrow!
Alright, well, here’s to hoping no more bugs think I smell yummy and that tomorrow comes here quicker. Good night everyone~
Saturday, June 20, 2009
First Day of School
Ah, so this morning, I woke up at six-thirty to get ready for school. Went downstairs to brush my teeth and hair and to eat breakfast. My host mother had prepared my bento for today, and so I packed that into my bag and then after we finished eating, we discussed what would happen, or what we were about to do. So, I got to the school and was herded to the teachers room. There, I was asked to do a self-introduction in front of.. many teachers..
Yeah, my heart was really doki doki during that moment, but I’m okay now. Haha, it’s really interesting, Japanese school. After the self-introduction in front of the teachers, me and Karen were asked to make a short self-introduction of ourselves to the student body. A student body of 500 students.. omg.. so many kids. Yeah, after that speech, I went to sit down with my class.
So, after the dude in the middle stopped talking, the teachers had a uniform check, and I went to grab my bag. My homeroom teacher pointed me to a girl who would show me the way to class. Eventually her friends caught up and they kept pushing each other to introduce themselves to me. They’re all super cute, and I’m really glad they were picked to guide me to my class. So yeah, the first period was self-study for the upcoming tests, and I didn’t do anything.. I talked to a girl named Haruka, who was trying really hard to talk to me and practice her English. She’s super pretty, and really outgoing, it seems. After that, we went to the nojo, farm. It was.. quite interesting. One of the sensei’s gave me a tour of the farm, showing me the pigs, the cows, the horses, and the goats. My favorite was the goats because there were some really small ones, and they’re just so adorable! Yeah, so after we finished the tour, we sat around and did nothing until the sensei called us over and we drove to the farmer’s market.. sorta thing where my classmates helped unload the van of bananas the students had picked earlier. I helped by carrying the bananas to where they were supposed to be and even put on a price tag .
After that, our sensei just drove us back to the school, where it was time for lunch. Yay! Yay! I was so hungry, you have no idea. So after that, I ate lunch with my new friends and I just had a ton of fun with them. After lunch was math, and then after math was this sorta calligraphy.. not really kind of thing. It was very very interesting. My new friends are super cool and I’m getting sleepy, so I’ll end this here. Good night~
It's actually June 20, and I know I haven't been blogging recently about my homestay. I've been coming home really tired, and so this one is especially short. I have tons of pictures I want to share with everyone, but I don't want to be using the computer for a long time, so I will save the pictures until after I come back, I hope what I blog is enough though.
Recently, I've been down in the dumps because I've been having to deal with bug bites.. and look terrible. But after slapping on some aloe for a night, it's gotten better, so there's no need to go to a doctor or anything. Alright, I think that should be it. I'll try to contact everyone later!
Yeah, my heart was really doki doki during that moment, but I’m okay now. Haha, it’s really interesting, Japanese school. After the self-introduction in front of the teachers, me and Karen were asked to make a short self-introduction of ourselves to the student body. A student body of 500 students.. omg.. so many kids. Yeah, after that speech, I went to sit down with my class.
So, after the dude in the middle stopped talking, the teachers had a uniform check, and I went to grab my bag. My homeroom teacher pointed me to a girl who would show me the way to class. Eventually her friends caught up and they kept pushing each other to introduce themselves to me. They’re all super cute, and I’m really glad they were picked to guide me to my class. So yeah, the first period was self-study for the upcoming tests, and I didn’t do anything.. I talked to a girl named Haruka, who was trying really hard to talk to me and practice her English. She’s super pretty, and really outgoing, it seems. After that, we went to the nojo, farm. It was.. quite interesting. One of the sensei’s gave me a tour of the farm, showing me the pigs, the cows, the horses, and the goats. My favorite was the goats because there were some really small ones, and they’re just so adorable! Yeah, so after we finished the tour, we sat around and did nothing until the sensei called us over and we drove to the farmer’s market.. sorta thing where my classmates helped unload the van of bananas the students had picked earlier. I helped by carrying the bananas to where they were supposed to be and even put on a price tag .
After that, our sensei just drove us back to the school, where it was time for lunch. Yay! Yay! I was so hungry, you have no idea. So after that, I ate lunch with my new friends and I just had a ton of fun with them. After lunch was math, and then after math was this sorta calligraphy.. not really kind of thing. It was very very interesting. My new friends are super cool and I’m getting sleepy, so I’ll end this here. Good night~
It's actually June 20, and I know I haven't been blogging recently about my homestay. I've been coming home really tired, and so this one is especially short. I have tons of pictures I want to share with everyone, but I don't want to be using the computer for a long time, so I will save the pictures until after I come back, I hope what I blog is enough though.
Recently, I've been down in the dumps because I've been having to deal with bug bites.. and look terrible. But after slapping on some aloe for a night, it's gotten better, so there's no need to go to a doctor or anything. Alright, I think that should be it. I'll try to contact everyone later!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Weekend
Okay, so, I’ve spent a whooolleee day at my host parent’s house. They’re really nice, and I’m ‘specially loving my little host brother, whose birthday is actually in one week! Well, after me and Karen got to Miyako’s airport, we met with our host parents and.. split. I went back to my host family, and I spoke.. really bad Japanese to them.. but they kept saying “Jyozu!” Which was really funny, because my Japanese is terrible. Haha, well, after that, their neighbor came to visit and I found out.. I’d be only going to school for two weeks.. what the heck? Dude. I just got really bummed out, and really sleepy after that.
After our neighbor left, my host sister and I went to take a bath. Lawl. Together. She just started taking off her clothes and I was like.. What do I do? What do I do? I was freaking out inside, but like.. she’s only eight, so I figured.. Eh, what the heck. And we washed our hair and rinsed ourselves off and got into the ofuro. Omg, that thing is so hot, but sooo nice. After you get out too, it feels really good. Haha, my sister, Kaho, is so adorable. She plays violin, piano, and she does ballet too!
Well, after that, I went to sleep and woke up around.. ten? My sister came to wake me up. We ate breakfast and then I got a visit from Karen! And another host student.. Irin? And Karen’s host sister Minami. So, they came by and they convinced my host dad to let me go explore Miyako for a bit, he agreed, asking that I be home by.. three, because Kaho gets home from ballet at that time. So, I was off to Karen’s house!
After arriving at Karen’s house I got a short tour and we all chilled in Karen’s room. We flipped through some magazines and talked about some actors.. and about Miura Haruma(?) Who is the main actor in the movie Koizora. He’s super cute btw. And it turns out, Minami has tons of pictures of him on her keitai (cellphone) and she showed all of us. That time we spent together just made me feel like I bonded more with Karen, Minami, and Irin. Oh yes, Irin also convinced my host dad to let me hang out with her after school tomorrow, which will be super exciting.. given that it doesn’t rain.. I had lunch at the Shimoji’s and we had soumen. Suupperrr good! Soumen is like.. cold noodles. Like.. well, I don’t really know how to describe it..
So we left, and then on our way to see my new school, (I won’t be going to Miyako High btw, I’ll be going to another high school.. for only two weeks. What the heck. D:), me, Irin, Karen, and Minami went to Purikura! It was tons of fun, I really want to take more. Like.. posing is really hard though. XD The fun part is decorating though. <3
Anyways, after that I returned back to my host family and we went grocery shopping. At dinner time, I actually made dessert. It’s my favorite Vietnamese dessert, and even though it was really spontaneous, I did okay. I had told them about a tofu dessert that I loved to eat, and so they wanted to try, and they bought ginger to make it. Haha, I really love my host family, they’re just so awesome. Yeah, so after I finished making it, our neighbors came over and we ate it together, along with a Japanese bean dessert which tasted like another Chinese dessert that I had. Then, I went to sleep!
Yeah, Sunday wasn’t very interesting, but I’m going to school tomorrow!
After our neighbor left, my host sister and I went to take a bath. Lawl. Together. She just started taking off her clothes and I was like.. What do I do? What do I do? I was freaking out inside, but like.. she’s only eight, so I figured.. Eh, what the heck. And we washed our hair and rinsed ourselves off and got into the ofuro. Omg, that thing is so hot, but sooo nice. After you get out too, it feels really good. Haha, my sister, Kaho, is so adorable. She plays violin, piano, and she does ballet too!
Well, after that, I went to sleep and woke up around.. ten? My sister came to wake me up. We ate breakfast and then I got a visit from Karen! And another host student.. Irin? And Karen’s host sister Minami. So, they came by and they convinced my host dad to let me go explore Miyako for a bit, he agreed, asking that I be home by.. three, because Kaho gets home from ballet at that time. So, I was off to Karen’s house!
After arriving at Karen’s house I got a short tour and we all chilled in Karen’s room. We flipped through some magazines and talked about some actors.. and about Miura Haruma(?) Who is the main actor in the movie Koizora. He’s super cute btw. And it turns out, Minami has tons of pictures of him on her keitai (cellphone) and she showed all of us. That time we spent together just made me feel like I bonded more with Karen, Minami, and Irin. Oh yes, Irin also convinced my host dad to let me hang out with her after school tomorrow, which will be super exciting.. given that it doesn’t rain.. I had lunch at the Shimoji’s and we had soumen. Suupperrr good! Soumen is like.. cold noodles. Like.. well, I don’t really know how to describe it..
So we left, and then on our way to see my new school, (I won’t be going to Miyako High btw, I’ll be going to another high school.. for only two weeks. What the heck. D:), me, Irin, Karen, and Minami went to Purikura! It was tons of fun, I really want to take more. Like.. posing is really hard though. XD The fun part is decorating though. <3
Anyways, after that I returned back to my host family and we went grocery shopping. At dinner time, I actually made dessert. It’s my favorite Vietnamese dessert, and even though it was really spontaneous, I did okay. I had told them about a tofu dessert that I loved to eat, and so they wanted to try, and they bought ginger to make it. Haha, I really love my host family, they’re just so awesome. Yeah, so after I finished making it, our neighbors came over and we ate it together, along with a Japanese bean dessert which tasted like another Chinese dessert that I had. Then, I went to sleep!
Yeah, Sunday wasn’t very interesting, but I’m going to school tomorrow!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Wait
So, yesterday, I went out to.. KARAOKE! Haha, it was extremely fun, we had about fourteen people in our room. I picked out the song “A Whole New World” and got everyone to sing a long, getting into the karaoke-ing mood. We only had the room for about an hour, and after that, we had to split the costs. It was about.. nine dollars each person, but some people were retarded and didn’t have exact change, which made it really confusing.. Okay, well, anyways, after that, I went to buy my host sister, who’s eight a hello kitty cup. YFU totally screwed up my host family info. My host sister is eight and my host brother is like.. eleven months old. Well, anyways, after I bought her the cup, I went back to the hotel room and started wrapping the gifts for my family.
I packed everything and headed to bed at around eleven o’clock. At about three-thirty, I woke up and noticed the sky getting lighter. The sun was rising! But, oh no, where was Karen, my roommate? All the lights in the room were still on because I had left them on hoping that Karen would come back to turn them off, but I woke up around three and apparently, her sheets were untouched and she hadn’t returned to our room. I stayed up till about five because I couldn’t go back to sleep. Well, after I fell.. kind of asleep, I woke up at six because of the alarm and turned it off, going back to sleep. I woke up around.. seven.. nine? And then rushed to the bathroom, to get ready to eat. The meeting time was at eight, and I didn’t want to be late!
Headed downstairs and went to eat at Jyurin, the coffee shop downstairs, and then I went back up. Apparently, the meeting time was eight fourty-five.. and so I had about.. well, nothing to do for about an hour. Ugh. How boring. After that, we all met downstairs, and I checked out, turning my key card back in. I sat down.. and realized I had left my toothbrush and my toothpaste back in the room! Oh no! BUT, luckily, Karen hadn’t come down yet¸ meaning she had not checked out yet. I caught her while she was adding her luggage to the pile of Blue tags.
I raced upstairs, grabbed my toothpaste and toothbrush and double checked our room and then headed back downstairs. The guy with an Australian accent seemed really stressed, and it was all really chaotic. After we got everything sorted out, we headed onto the bus towards Haneda airport. Got off at Haneda airport and we were in the airport getting our boarding passes etc. Karen and I were heading to Miyakojima, so we weren’t going to be alone. The YFU Japan staff who was helping us get to our flights was so adorable! I got a picture of her. I swear, she’s so freaking cute, she’s what you expect of a Japanese girl. XD
Anyways, after that, me and Karen boarded our plane with little to no trouble at all, and we were headed to Naha after take-off. The plane ride was.. boring. It was going to be two hours long, and god, did those two hours stretch.. and stretch. During this time, I just kept thinking about my host family and what they would look like, and how I would greet them. And then.. me and Karen find out the plane won’t land until 2:50.. our freaking plane to Miyakojima departs at 2:55. It made me really impatient, because the plane experienced so much turbulence in the last twenty minutes of the flight.. We landed at 2:55, but by that time the plane had already departed. Ugh. That sucks. We just missed our stupid flight.
So, we went to the baggage area and we talked to the people.. with some confusing looks, and some very poorly spoken Japanese on our part, and some English on ANA’s staff’s part, we were scheduled on the next flight to Miyakojima.. which isn’t going to depart until 5:45. Imagine that. God, so, after we found that out, we had to call our Area Representative and tell them our flight was moved to a later time, so that they could contact our host family.
And now, I just found out that our flight would be delayed, and we’re actually departing at 6:05 now. Ahhhgg, I hate this guys. I really do. But by the time I put this up, I’d probably be at my host family’s house. So, me and Karen are tired, sleepy, hungry but have no appetites.. and I have a piercing headache. I hope we can get to our host families house soon because I feel really sick. Alright, this is just really frustrating and I just needed to vent. :< I’ll talk to everyone later probably. Bye~
I packed everything and headed to bed at around eleven o’clock. At about three-thirty, I woke up and noticed the sky getting lighter. The sun was rising! But, oh no, where was Karen, my roommate? All the lights in the room were still on because I had left them on hoping that Karen would come back to turn them off, but I woke up around three and apparently, her sheets were untouched and she hadn’t returned to our room. I stayed up till about five because I couldn’t go back to sleep. Well, after I fell.. kind of asleep, I woke up at six because of the alarm and turned it off, going back to sleep. I woke up around.. seven.. nine? And then rushed to the bathroom, to get ready to eat. The meeting time was at eight, and I didn’t want to be late!
Headed downstairs and went to eat at Jyurin, the coffee shop downstairs, and then I went back up. Apparently, the meeting time was eight fourty-five.. and so I had about.. well, nothing to do for about an hour. Ugh. How boring. After that, we all met downstairs, and I checked out, turning my key card back in. I sat down.. and realized I had left my toothbrush and my toothpaste back in the room! Oh no! BUT, luckily, Karen hadn’t come down yet¸ meaning she had not checked out yet. I caught her while she was adding her luggage to the pile of Blue tags.
I raced upstairs, grabbed my toothpaste and toothbrush and double checked our room and then headed back downstairs. The guy with an Australian accent seemed really stressed, and it was all really chaotic. After we got everything sorted out, we headed onto the bus towards Haneda airport. Got off at Haneda airport and we were in the airport getting our boarding passes etc. Karen and I were heading to Miyakojima, so we weren’t going to be alone. The YFU Japan staff who was helping us get to our flights was so adorable! I got a picture of her. I swear, she’s so freaking cute, she’s what you expect of a Japanese girl. XD
Anyways, after that, me and Karen boarded our plane with little to no trouble at all, and we were headed to Naha after take-off. The plane ride was.. boring. It was going to be two hours long, and god, did those two hours stretch.. and stretch. During this time, I just kept thinking about my host family and what they would look like, and how I would greet them. And then.. me and Karen find out the plane won’t land until 2:50.. our freaking plane to Miyakojima departs at 2:55. It made me really impatient, because the plane experienced so much turbulence in the last twenty minutes of the flight.. We landed at 2:55, but by that time the plane had already departed. Ugh. That sucks. We just missed our stupid flight.
So, we went to the baggage area and we talked to the people.. with some confusing looks, and some very poorly spoken Japanese on our part, and some English on ANA’s staff’s part, we were scheduled on the next flight to Miyakojima.. which isn’t going to depart until 5:45. Imagine that. God, so, after we found that out, we had to call our Area Representative and tell them our flight was moved to a later time, so that they could contact our host family.
And now, I just found out that our flight would be delayed, and we’re actually departing at 6:05 now. Ahhhgg, I hate this guys. I really do. But by the time I put this up, I’d probably be at my host family’s house. So, me and Karen are tired, sleepy, hungry but have no appetites.. and I have a piercing headache. I hope we can get to our host families house soon because I feel really sick. Alright, this is just really frustrating and I just needed to vent. :< I’ll talk to everyone later probably. Bye~
Friday, June 12, 2009
Narita Airport and Tokyo
So yesterday, we finally arrived in the Narita Tokyo Airport and the minute I got off the plane, I immediately noticed just how heavy and damp the air was. It was really humid! The weather was about.. seventy degrees Fahrenheit, but dangit, humidity makes it feel so much more hotter. On the plane, I was sitting next to a really nice lady who happened to be returning home from a year studying abroad in Nevada. She actually helped me with my speech a little, advising me when I should pause and when I shouldn’t. The flight was quite long, and they didn’t really feed us a lot. It was really cramped, which I probably mentioned in my earlier post. I should be able to have my blog entries up by tonight, so yeah..
So, I got into Tokyo, and we walked through to our baggage claim, went through customs and then we were directed to stay in an area by YFU Japan staff. It. Was. Terribly hot. Yeah, just standing around in the weather was unbearable. We got split up into buses and were driven from Narita to Tokyo, the bus ride was great, and I got a lot of pictures, especially of Tokyo Tower, gorgeous tower. Driving to our hotel, I got to see a lot of Tokyo, and the city is absolutely amazing. Tall sky scrapers, very crowded, cars driving on the left side of the rode.. Yeah. There is a lot of Japanese written on buildings, cars, everywhere!
Ah, I just got back from our meeting with YFU Japan’s Chairperson. I think his name was Mr. Owakara.. Well, he gave us a really short speech and after that, we took lots of pictures. I really wanted a picture of him.. Oh well. Well, after that we had lunch at the YFU office.. and oh my goodness, their pudding is so delicious! I didn’t take a picture, I should have, but oh man, it was all really pretty. They also had fruits out, and the fruits were so sweet! There was watermelon, honeydew, melon, pineapple, strawberry, and a piece of pineapple, and it was arranged in a really cute way. Ah, I wish I took pictures, they tasted exactly how they look. Soo good.
After we ate, we had about an hour of free time, so me and a group of friends walked around in Tokyo. During our walk, we walked across a bridge that went across the street, and some vending machines, along with with a small shrine. Ah, it was really fun! The small park that we came across was absolutely beautiful, and lots and lots of foliage. It really felt like you were away from the hustle and bustle of the city, really quiet and peaceful. I got to take a lot of pictures, but man, I really felt like a foreigner, taking a picture of every little thing. Haha, well, it was quite interesting. While we were out, a lot of people were eating their lunch, and Japan just has a lot of people in business suits walking around! It’s so hot though, I don’t understand how they can wear all those layers.. or maybe it’s just a really lightweight fabric.. Oh, just saw four men in suits walk by.. Yeah, as you can see, they’re everywhere!
Outside entrance of the shrine.
A tree outside of the shrine.
Here, you wash your hands and rinse your mouth with the water and then you enter the shrine. You're supposed to "cleanse" yourself. :>
Inside entrance into the shrine; after cleansing ourselves we went through here.
Well, now that I’ve talked about what happened just now, I’ll talk about earlier this morning. Earlier, we met up with some members of the U.S. Embassy here in Japan, and they talked about what they did as part of the Foreign Services. They talked about their section and highly encouraged us to try for it, or it was what was implied anyways. I did my speech, messed up like twice.. but apparently they were impressed because the other two girls who did their speech didn’t do it in Japanese. Oh my goodness, so scary. Well, I’ll actually type my speech here, because I went through so much pain and agony to memorize it.
おはようござます。
YFUとおきなわへいわしょうがくきんをいただいたがくせいのだいひょうとして、わたくしはアメリカたいしかんにかんしゃのきもちをもしあけたいとおもいます。
わたくしたちとってこれわ、とってもりっぱなけいけんになるとおもいます。
このりゅがくで日本のぶんかをおしえていただくだけでわなく、アメリカのぶんかもおしえたいとおもいます。
このりゅがくはわたくしたちのしょうがいわすれないけいけんになるでしょう。
たいしかんのみなさまにたいへんかんしゃしております。
ありがとうございました。
So, to break it down, basically: On behalf of YFU and Okinawa Scholarship recipients, I would like to thank the U.S. Embassy. This is a great opportunity for us. The reason for us going to Japan is not only to learn a new culture, but to teach others of American culture as well. This is something we will never forget. To the U.S. Embassy of Japan, I give my thanks. Thank you very much.
Yeah, memorized all that on the plane ride to Japan, and rehearsed over and over again. I can’t believe I still messed up my speech though.. Ah, I’m so glad I got to walk around Tokyo a bit, it’s such a beautiful city, but man, is it hot! Well, I guess that’s it..
Oh yes! Goodness, vending machines! I even saw a vending machine for cigarettes.. but, that's not the point! While we were out walking around Tokyo, I saw a vending machine with this advertisement:
and I was totally wondering why the guy in the ad looked so familiar. And then it hit me. He's the actor for L in the Death Note movies. He looks so strange being kind of tan, but it's actually cool that I recognized him!
Oh yes, I never mentioned the hotel I'm staying at. I'm staying at the Keio Hotel in Tokyo and the view from my room is absolutely gorgeous. I can see Tokyo Tower from my room. Haha, well yesterday when we checked in, the YFU Japan staff gave us obento and we brought it up to our room to drink. The hotel is really nice, the minute we walked in.. everything seemed so shiny and sparkly!
Obento.
Tokyo Tower from my window. (Zoomed up a lot!) I lied. It's just a random radio tower. XD GAIJIN POWER AT WORK. Dx
Japanese toilets have lots of options.. The butt spray is especially really funny. Haha, I actually tried it and it really tickles. XD
So, I got into Tokyo, and we walked through to our baggage claim, went through customs and then we were directed to stay in an area by YFU Japan staff. It. Was. Terribly hot. Yeah, just standing around in the weather was unbearable. We got split up into buses and were driven from Narita to Tokyo, the bus ride was great, and I got a lot of pictures, especially of Tokyo Tower, gorgeous tower. Driving to our hotel, I got to see a lot of Tokyo, and the city is absolutely amazing. Tall sky scrapers, very crowded, cars driving on the left side of the rode.. Yeah. There is a lot of Japanese written on buildings, cars, everywhere!
Ah, I just got back from our meeting with YFU Japan’s Chairperson. I think his name was Mr. Owakara.. Well, he gave us a really short speech and after that, we took lots of pictures. I really wanted a picture of him.. Oh well. Well, after that we had lunch at the YFU office.. and oh my goodness, their pudding is so delicious! I didn’t take a picture, I should have, but oh man, it was all really pretty. They also had fruits out, and the fruits were so sweet! There was watermelon, honeydew, melon, pineapple, strawberry, and a piece of pineapple, and it was arranged in a really cute way. Ah, I wish I took pictures, they tasted exactly how they look. Soo good.
After we ate, we had about an hour of free time, so me and a group of friends walked around in Tokyo. During our walk, we walked across a bridge that went across the street, and some vending machines, along with with a small shrine. Ah, it was really fun! The small park that we came across was absolutely beautiful, and lots and lots of foliage. It really felt like you were away from the hustle and bustle of the city, really quiet and peaceful. I got to take a lot of pictures, but man, I really felt like a foreigner, taking a picture of every little thing. Haha, well, it was quite interesting. While we were out, a lot of people were eating their lunch, and Japan just has a lot of people in business suits walking around! It’s so hot though, I don’t understand how they can wear all those layers.. or maybe it’s just a really lightweight fabric.. Oh, just saw four men in suits walk by.. Yeah, as you can see, they’re everywhere!
Outside entrance of the shrine.
A tree outside of the shrine.
Here, you wash your hands and rinse your mouth with the water and then you enter the shrine. You're supposed to "cleanse" yourself. :>
Inside entrance into the shrine; after cleansing ourselves we went through here.
Well, now that I’ve talked about what happened just now, I’ll talk about earlier this morning. Earlier, we met up with some members of the U.S. Embassy here in Japan, and they talked about what they did as part of the Foreign Services. They talked about their section and highly encouraged us to try for it, or it was what was implied anyways. I did my speech, messed up like twice.. but apparently they were impressed because the other two girls who did their speech didn’t do it in Japanese. Oh my goodness, so scary. Well, I’ll actually type my speech here, because I went through so much pain and agony to memorize it.
おはようござます。
YFUとおきなわへいわしょうがくきんをいただいたがくせいのだいひょうとして、わたくしはアメリカたいしかんにかんしゃのきもちをもしあけたいとおもいます。
わたくしたちとってこれわ、とってもりっぱなけいけんになるとおもいます。
このりゅがくで日本のぶんかをおしえていただくだけでわなく、アメリカのぶんかもおしえたいとおもいます。
このりゅがくはわたくしたちのしょうがいわすれないけいけんになるでしょう。
たいしかんのみなさまにたいへんかんしゃしております。
ありがとうございました。
So, to break it down, basically: On behalf of YFU and Okinawa Scholarship recipients, I would like to thank the U.S. Embassy. This is a great opportunity for us. The reason for us going to Japan is not only to learn a new culture, but to teach others of American culture as well. This is something we will never forget. To the U.S. Embassy of Japan, I give my thanks. Thank you very much.
Yeah, memorized all that on the plane ride to Japan, and rehearsed over and over again. I can’t believe I still messed up my speech though.. Ah, I’m so glad I got to walk around Tokyo a bit, it’s such a beautiful city, but man, is it hot! Well, I guess that’s it..
Oh yes! Goodness, vending machines! I even saw a vending machine for cigarettes.. but, that's not the point! While we were out walking around Tokyo, I saw a vending machine with this advertisement:
and I was totally wondering why the guy in the ad looked so familiar. And then it hit me. He's the actor for L in the Death Note movies. He looks so strange being kind of tan, but it's actually cool that I recognized him!
Oh yes, I never mentioned the hotel I'm staying at. I'm staying at the Keio Hotel in Tokyo and the view from my room is absolutely gorgeous. I can see Tokyo Tower from my room. Haha, well yesterday when we checked in, the YFU Japan staff gave us obento and we brought it up to our room to drink. The hotel is really nice, the minute we walked in.. everything seemed so shiny and sparkly!
Obento.
Japanese toilets have lots of options.. The butt spray is especially really funny. Haha, I actually tried it and it really tickles. XD
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Airplane/Aiport!
So, I’m on the airplane! Yay. It’s really crowded, but it’s awesome because I’m really close to the window (second seat in), and I saw the plane take off, which was really cool. It was super loud at first, but now I’m used the noise, it’s background noise now. I think it’s been about two to three hours since the plane took off? So, about nine to eight more hours on this plane, and then we’ll be out. We already had our snack and lunch/dinner, so we won’t be having food for a while. I hope this plane ride will pass quickly; I’m ready to meet my host family and start going to school. It’s hard to believe that only a couple of days ago I was at school taking my finals. I feel so far away now..
Well, I’ve gotten about.. half of my speech down, and like, the guy behind me just won’t let me move my chair back.. He keeps pushing my chair back up.. that’s so not cool, can’t he understand that I want to relax? Damn economy class seats. Anyways, turbulence on planes are kind of scary.. the plane shakes around and like.. it’s no fun at all, especially when you’re about 30,000 feet(?) in the air and there’s nothing but water and water for miles on end. I’m currently listening to Sung Si Kyung singing “I Believe I Can Fly.” He amazingly has a very soothing voice, and his English sounds flawless when he sings. It’s the song I listen to when I’m feeling stressed out or down. (I listened to this song when I sat down to type my long post only hours ago. (June 10 in the U.S.; June 11 in Japan).
When the captain let us unbuckle our seat beats it felt like all the YFU students were getting up and moving around, and I thought it was really rude to the other people who were sitting on the plane. But, now they’re all sitting together.. which makes me feel kind of sad that I didn’t take the chance to move. I really should be memorizing my speech, but it just so long..
So apparently the plane is going 520 mph and the altitude is 33,000 ft. I’m trying to stay awake because I want to get on Tokyo time as soon as possible, and right now, it is… 6:05 AM in Tokyo, so I’m going to crash at maybe.. nine tonight? The forms on the airplane are so confusing.. I really need someone to help me fill it out, but I’m not sitting next to anyone I know.. Ugh, it’s not that bad, but I think too much stress would like make me really upset and make me start crying.. even though that’s not really a good thing..
I can’t wait to wrap my host parent’s gifts and stuff.. it’s going to be so much fun to see what they think of the gifts I got them.. and I want to see what kind of host brother I have. The YFU paper said I had only one host sibling, but when I called my host mom, she mentioned two names, not one, one boy name and one girl name, and I got nothing for the little girl.. I really want to clear up who’s in my host family so I can buy the last family member a gift. Ugh, I really want to sleep, but I think that’d just throw me off. I really want to sit Mabs, Jess, and Anna, but I don’t want to frustrate the other people around the plane.. Yeah..
Well, I’ve gotten about.. half of my speech down, and like, the guy behind me just won’t let me move my chair back.. He keeps pushing my chair back up.. that’s so not cool, can’t he understand that I want to relax? Damn economy class seats. Anyways, turbulence on planes are kind of scary.. the plane shakes around and like.. it’s no fun at all, especially when you’re about 30,000 feet(?) in the air and there’s nothing but water and water for miles on end. I’m currently listening to Sung Si Kyung singing “I Believe I Can Fly.” He amazingly has a very soothing voice, and his English sounds flawless when he sings. It’s the song I listen to when I’m feeling stressed out or down. (I listened to this song when I sat down to type my long post only hours ago. (June 10 in the U.S.; June 11 in Japan).
When the captain let us unbuckle our seat beats it felt like all the YFU students were getting up and moving around, and I thought it was really rude to the other people who were sitting on the plane. But, now they’re all sitting together.. which makes me feel kind of sad that I didn’t take the chance to move. I really should be memorizing my speech, but it just so long..
So apparently the plane is going 520 mph and the altitude is 33,000 ft. I’m trying to stay awake because I want to get on Tokyo time as soon as possible, and right now, it is… 6:05 AM in Tokyo, so I’m going to crash at maybe.. nine tonight? The forms on the airplane are so confusing.. I really need someone to help me fill it out, but I’m not sitting next to anyone I know.. Ugh, it’s not that bad, but I think too much stress would like make me really upset and make me start crying.. even though that’s not really a good thing..
I can’t wait to wrap my host parent’s gifts and stuff.. it’s going to be so much fun to see what they think of the gifts I got them.. and I want to see what kind of host brother I have. The YFU paper said I had only one host sibling, but when I called my host mom, she mentioned two names, not one, one boy name and one girl name, and I got nothing for the little girl.. I really want to clear up who’s in my host family so I can buy the last family member a gift. Ugh, I really want to sleep, but I think that’d just throw me off. I really want to sit Mabs, Jess, and Anna, but I don’t want to frustrate the other people around the plane.. Yeah..
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