Hello everyone! If anyone still actually reads this!
So this week is test week which means I will have a lot of self study time! Last time I had that it wasn't terribly exciting... Just working with a teachr watching your every move ;) And a random chat with Aya-sensei which counted as 'Japanese conversation practice' :P
So yeh it'll probably be kinda similar I guess?
Except we'll be TWO! :D I can't remember if I mentioned it but there are now 3 exchange students in my school!! Me, Kei and Shannon! (From America) And so Kei is taking all the tests :O I'm taking just English (plus a japanese test I did today which was impossible... .__. it was apparently 3kyuu which is the lowest level I'm aiming for by the end of the exchange!!) So yeh, I should kinda be studying English grammar and translating things atm.. ?
Apart from that... I've been writing in my diary everyday :) Which has caused quite a few late nights!! And I have been renting films, anime etc instead of watching on the internet!!
I got out Over drive and Never let me go :) I haven't watched the latter yet though.. it's supposed to be very good.
Anything else.. Oh yeh! Yesterday I met up with Mira in Chiryu and we took purikura and ate bread and taiyaki!!! It was really good!! *-*
And I might meet up with people in Nagoya this Saturday~
um um um um um ummmmmmmmm can't think of anything else??
Even though there are so many things I could say haha :P
That's enough for now I guess ;)
Oh yeh I was thinking of travelling round Germany next year!! There's a Japanfest or something in Dusseldorf and seeing as I have no school (well I think so anyway..) then I could travel round and kill 3 birds with 1 stone! Practice German, visit friends (YFU..) and get to travel and see things!! :D :D :D :D
Dunno if I'll actually do it but it sounds awesome right?? :D
I'd have to work to get the money first though LOL!
Bye byeeeeeeee~ o/
26 Jun 2012
24 Jun 2012
Complaints
Today I'm going to complain for once...
I would like to say that Japan is all amazing and I have no problems but that wouldn't be true..
I mean, it's not a big problem or anything, it just kind of annoys me!
So here it is: How can japanese people find it so easy to point it out to you that you've gained weight??
I'm not too bothered by gaining a bit coz I know that it's normal! It's normal to gain a bit of weight when you're on an exchange!! So I can convince myself it's fine, but when people, who you haven't seen in a while, come up to you and the first thing they say is ' Oh! Naomichan! Futotta?' It kinda gets you depressed.... I can't exactly help having such chubby cheeks anyway.....can I?
So there you are, my random rambling n.1!! xD Atleast it's not anything important huh :P
The only important thing I can complain about is having a hurting back for 3 months and not being taken to a doctor even when I say I want to go... xDDD
Ps: it's almost exactly a third of the exchange now!!! :O 早い！！！
I would like to say that Japan is all amazing and I have no problems but that wouldn't be true..
I mean, it's not a big problem or anything, it just kind of annoys me!
So here it is: How can japanese people find it so easy to point it out to you that you've gained weight??
I'm not too bothered by gaining a bit coz I know that it's normal! It's normal to gain a bit of weight when you're on an exchange!! So I can convince myself it's fine, but when people, who you haven't seen in a while, come up to you and the first thing they say is ' Oh! Naomichan! Futotta?' It kinda gets you depressed.... I can't exactly help having such chubby cheeks anyway.....can I?
So there you are, my random rambling n.1!! xD Atleast it's not anything important huh :P
The only important thing I can complain about is having a hurting back for 3 months and not being taken to a doctor even when I say I want to go... xDDD
Ps: it's almost exactly a third of the exchange now!!! :O 早い！！！
21 Jun 2012
Helloooo! ひさしぶり！
どうしよう。。。
日本語で書こうかな。。。？ 今はね、コクリコを見てるよ～～(^-^)///
で。。。今日は、新しい留学生が来た！ シャノンちゃんて言うの子！
めっちゃ可愛い！！ グルグルグルグルグルこさみ～
I think I'll write in English now!!
So... what's new... A LOT!
But...I can't be bothered to write it anymore coz I'm watching coquelicots!! ^-^
So yeh... :DD I'll write later or another time maybe~~
日本語で書こうかな。。。？ 今はね、コクリコを見てるよ～～(^-^)///
で。。。今日は、新しい留学生が来た！ シャノンちゃんて言うの子！
めっちゃ可愛い！！ グルグルグルグルグルこさみ～
I think I'll write in English now!!
So... what's new... A LOT!
But...I can't be bothered to write it anymore coz I'm watching coquelicots!! ^-^
So yeh... :DD I'll write later or another time maybe~~
2 Jun 2012
Random post..again! (About Golden week)
I know this is reaaally late but I wrote this for the YFU fb page ages ago and thought I might put it up here too.. xD
Golden Week
Golden Week is a Japanese holiday made up of consecutive public holidays such as the Emperor’s birthday, Greenery day and Kodomo no hi which is Children’s day!
Most Japanese families profit from this holiday to do family activities such as travelling abroad or just visiting family!
I’ve been staying with a family, host parents and a host brother who is 8, in Toyota for just over a month now and my host father, who lives in Osaka for his work, came over for Golden Week.
On Tuesday I had a sports festival and then school on Wednesday so holidays officially started on Thursday even if I had Monday off school.
In my case, I went to Nagoya to the morning market (Fresh fish, seaweed, flowers and such..) with my family and then we went to the JUMP shop, the Pokémon centre and the Ghibli shop! It was very busy because it was the holidays and there was also an event featuring Pokémon games and a show! We also went to a store called Book Off which sells second hand books, DVD’s and CD’s! I ended up buying Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Japanese for only 45 yen because we had a 60 yen off coupon and it was only 105 yen in the first place! 45 yen is approximately 50 cents!
On Friday (Greenery Day) my host mother and I made charaben (bento/ picnic with a character!) We had to start making them at 4 in the morning and finished at 7. We then drove to the sea and met the host father’s colleague and we went digging for clams! It seems like it’s a popular activity at this time of the year because there were many people in line to get to the sea! We had a picnic at the park and then for dinner had clam soup at the grandparents’ house!
Saturday is Children’s day so many people put up <<koinobori>> which are carp shaped flags. The black one represents the father, the red carp is the mother and the last carp is the son. (Children’s day is also known as Boy’s day)
We are going to visit the paternal grandparents this time!
On Sunday I am going to <<hanami>> (with a Chinese exchange student who is also in my school) which means viewing flowers and is usually used when talking about the sakura viewing time in April!
That’s the summary of my Golden Week!
Golden Week
Golden Week is a Japanese holiday made up of consecutive public holidays such as the Emperor’s birthday, Greenery day and Kodomo no hi which is Children’s day!
Most Japanese families profit from this holiday to do family activities such as travelling abroad or just visiting family!
I’ve been staying with a family, host parents and a host brother who is 8, in Toyota for just over a month now and my host father, who lives in Osaka for his work, came over for Golden Week.
On Tuesday I had a sports festival and then school on Wednesday so holidays officially started on Thursday even if I had Monday off school.
In my case, I went to Nagoya to the morning market (Fresh fish, seaweed, flowers and such..) with my family and then we went to the JUMP shop, the Pokémon centre and the Ghibli shop! It was very busy because it was the holidays and there was also an event featuring Pokémon games and a show! We also went to a store called Book Off which sells second hand books, DVD’s and CD’s! I ended up buying Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Japanese for only 45 yen because we had a 60 yen off coupon and it was only 105 yen in the first place! 45 yen is approximately 50 cents!
On Friday (Greenery Day) my host mother and I made charaben (bento/ picnic with a character!) We had to start making them at 4 in the morning and finished at 7. We then drove to the sea and met the host father’s colleague and we went digging for clams! It seems like it’s a popular activity at this time of the year because there were many people in line to get to the sea! We had a picnic at the park and then for dinner had clam soup at the grandparents’ house!
Saturday is Children’s day so many people put up <<koinobori>> which are carp shaped flags. The black one represents the father, the red carp is the mother and the last carp is the son. (Children’s day is also known as Boy’s day)
We are going to visit the paternal grandparents this time!
On Sunday I am going to <<hanami>> (with a Chinese exchange student who is also in my school) which means viewing flowers and is usually used when talking about the sakura viewing time in April!
That’s the summary of my Golden Week!
BBQ
So today I went to Aya's house for a BBQ!! It was really fun!! We also went to the Okazaki kouen (park) and drank maccha (green tea) and ate sweets!! I had something called Ajisai <3 Delicious!!
We also walked around town a lot :) Aya is amazing at explaining things when I don't understand!!! :D
We went to 2 libraries and we fed melon pan to the fish in the river!! (koi)
We also played games and did origami and stuff and she gave me 2 books :) a guide on okazaki and also a guide to drawing manga!!! ^___^
So yeh it was really fun :))
おわり！
Doesn't it seem like I'm getting really lazy with my posts?? :P Kekekeke
We also walked around town a lot :) Aya is amazing at explaining things when I don't understand!!! :D
We went to 2 libraries and we fed melon pan to the fish in the river!! (koi)
We also played games and did origami and stuff and she gave me 2 books :) a guide on okazaki and also a guide to drawing manga!!! ^___^
So yeh it was really fun :))
おわり！
Doesn't it seem like I'm getting really lazy with my posts?? :P Kekekeke
AEON
Yesterday I went to AEON with Izu!! :) It was really fun and the building is ENORMOUS!!!
I'm getting really good at starting to write posts bit never finishing them!!! xDD
So this was last Saturday!! We went to the cinema and watched Dark Shadows and then we did purikura and went shopping!! I bought some clothes from Honeys! :) I LOVE Honeys!! <3 <3
And...... I can't remember anything else!! :P
But yeh it was fun ^___^
I'm getting really good at starting to write posts bit never finishing them!!! xDD
So this was last Saturday!! We went to the cinema and watched Dark Shadows and then we did purikura and went shopping!! I bought some clothes from Honeys! :) I LOVE Honeys!! <3 <3
And...... I can't remember anything else!! :P
But yeh it was fun ^___^
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