Id like to start this post with an apology, as there will be no photos or punctuation! I am not brave enough to try and upload photos on this computer, hopefully i can sort something out later and connect my own laptop. Secondly, this keyboard is whack. It will take ages to find all the punctuation i need, so i will just skip on that, sorry. It also doesnt have english spellcheck, which i heavily rely upon. ok!
My family rocks. they are seriously so funny i love them! the past days i have been laughing so much lol, ketsu dashimashouka?! we eat out a lot, so ive been going to heaps of restaurants and trying all sorts of food. i ate bamboo, yep. didnt know you could, but there you go! sashimi, ramen, yakisoba! i love okayama its a really cool city. it has so much to do! we all get in the car, and the mum says to me `what do you want to do?`, and i say ugghh i dunno! and we go to a cake buffet! karaoke! otera! went to a temple/shrine and i wrote on this board then you throw some money in a big bucket!
today, we are going to tappei`s concert. my family, especially marina the older sister, is in LOVE with hardcore screamo rock. they have it playing on their TV all the time. its hilarious umm the band is maximum hormone or something? its written in katakana but i dont know it sorry!
lol last thing, the engrish here is sooo funny. we went shopping, and they had heaps of shirts with english on them. they said the most random things, like bananas are delicious whether you boil or cook them. and there is this store called LOVE DRUG STORE in big caps and a massive billboard.
so much to say, im having a great time! school starts next week, i think? i saw some of my school mates at mister donut. these girls, they just like stared at me the whole time. i was like ehhh, -waves- ?
ive sent out 4 postcards, olivia ellie hanna and maddy. will start writing letters i think. anyway, thats all i can think of for now!
へええ！
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
とうきょう
OK, it's been a very crazy day! I arrived at Narita airport in Tokyo at 6am with all the other exchange students from around Australia. We have a three day orientation in one of the airport hotels, a nice one too! Just had a lovely, big Japanese banquet type thing for dinner!
We left the airport around 6:30am and it was freezing! The weather here is so bad, it might as well be snowing. Got to the hotel, had a short group work thing before heading into Tokyo. The traffic was pretty bad. It took us about 2.5 hours to travel the 60km into Tokyo.
Tokyo is simply amazing, even on a cloudy, rainy day where you couldn't see much, It is so big! We went straight to a school that is in the city, and really got thrown right into the deep end. We were ushered into this hall with a heap of Japanese students sitting there watching us, before being handed a microphone and being told to introduce ourselves in Japanese! Pretty sure I failed compared to the others, oh well.
At the school we also did other activities with them in the kendo hall (I now have a great activity for Ms Ball to teach us prepositions!), and also some calligraphy in a classroom where I failed epically yet again. I heard numerous gasps as I drew my kanji, I'm not even kidding lol! We all had to wear school 'visitors' slippers, which unfortunately came in only one size - a size that was way too small for my western feet. Ouchies...
We all then went for a week to a nearby garden (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3026.html or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikugi-en), which was simply beautiful. I didn't get many photos as it was raining. Everybody had an umbrella, and in the narrow paths of the garden it sometimes turned into a war of umbrellas.
We returned back to the hotel, much quicker this time as the traffic was easier. And here I am, sitting alone in my hotel room being anti-social! I will get around to photos another time, I'm nearly dead.
Missing everybody,
Alex
PS: there are vending machines everywhere! the one downstairs sells cigarettes haha
We left the airport around 6:30am and it was freezing! The weather here is so bad, it might as well be snowing. Got to the hotel, had a short group work thing before heading into Tokyo. The traffic was pretty bad. It took us about 2.5 hours to travel the 60km into Tokyo.
Tokyo is simply amazing, even on a cloudy, rainy day where you couldn't see much, It is so big! We went straight to a school that is in the city, and really got thrown right into the deep end. We were ushered into this hall with a heap of Japanese students sitting there watching us, before being handed a microphone and being told to introduce ourselves in Japanese! Pretty sure I failed compared to the others, oh well.
At the school we also did other activities with them in the kendo hall (I now have a great activity for Ms Ball to teach us prepositions!), and also some calligraphy in a classroom where I failed epically yet again. I heard numerous gasps as I drew my kanji, I'm not even kidding lol! We all had to wear school 'visitors' slippers, which unfortunately came in only one size - a size that was way too small for my western feet. Ouchies...
We all then went for a week to a nearby garden (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3026.html or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikugi-en), which was simply beautiful. I didn't get many photos as it was raining. Everybody had an umbrella, and in the narrow paths of the garden it sometimes turned into a war of umbrellas.
We returned back to the hotel, much quicker this time as the traffic was easier. And here I am, sitting alone in my hotel room being anti-social! I will get around to photos another time, I'm nearly dead.
Missing everybody,
Alex
PS: there are vending machines everywhere! the one downstairs sells cigarettes haha
Saturday, March 13, 2010
オバイ！
I had my farewell dinner last night at Number 25... farewelled all my fifteen friends!
I'd love to upload a ton of brilliant photos from my new camera, except there really are not any nice photos. Everybody seemed content on pulling dumb faces all night!
This was followed by the french trip party, which I really don't think I can put into words. Whenever I drink I get myself into the most random situations possible.
10 DAYS, can't wait!
photos!
I'd love to upload a ton of brilliant photos from my new camera, except there really are not any nice photos. Everybody seemed content on pulling dumb faces all night!
This was followed by the french trip party, which I really don't think I can put into words. Whenever I drink I get myself into the most random situations possible.
10 DAYS, can't wait!
photos!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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