Festival

This sunday there was a big festival in my town. It was really cool. They had these float type thing that people danced on. It was pretty much like all of these guys dancing like crazy and singing kareoke. Then after there was a firework show. Holy cow japanese fireworks are amazing! And the show went on forever! I really wish we could do them in utah too because it was really the coolest thing i've ever seen!

Masks

Everyone here is being really careful with the "new influenza" Our school festival is coming up, and a couple people have gotten it so now our dance club is required to wear masks. Even when we're dancing we have to wear them! It's kind of hard because it gets in the way when you're breathing heavily, but it was way funny the first day everyone wore them. Just try imagining 40 kids doing hip hop with these masks on

I Speak!

I saw this at the train station. Weird huh!

Today I had my japanese tutor lesson, and it went really well! I had lots of different conversations with my teacher. Then after my lesson I talked with 2 other teachers in japanese. I actually had a conversation where I knew what they were saying and I could respond!! WHOOOO!!!!!!! I was すごく　うれしい！！！
Yay i'm so happy! Hopefully i'll get even better to where I can talk with all of my friends too!

Purikura!

Right now i'm at school! There are 3 classes in a row that I don't go to and all of my homework is done so I thought that I would update my blog!

I just figured out that one of my friends in dance also lives in Tahara. So yesterday after dance me and my friend Rio took the bus back to Toyohashi. Then we decided to go do Purikura! I wish they had Purikura in Utah! It's so much fun! For those of you who have never heard of it... it's a photo booth where you have a green screen behind you so you can pick the background. Then after you take about 6 pictures you go into another booth and edit your pictures. You can put on hearts or masks or color your hair or write things. Trust me it's sooo much fun! Anyways this is our Purikura!

Pups

Oh I forgot to mention my 2 little doggies! Emi and Kuma! I miss them so much! Those cute little puppies! They're actually pretty old, but they're little so they will always be puppies to me :)

I miss coming home to Emi's cute face with her ears pushed back. She is the cutest when she's all excited. Then kuma always jumping up and giving me kisses! Nobody else really lets him so he gives me lots and lots of kisses! Emi is always there when you're sad. She always knows so she comes waddling up to you then she sits on you then looks up at you. It's like her saying …. you can pet me and it'll all be ok!.... My doggies have always been there to comfort me. I love them so much! And I can't wait to come home to them running around and jumping up to greet me!

Missing home

All day today I was thinking about home and all of the things that I miss. I don't want to leave here yet, but I am missing things I used to do at home. I already wrote about my sisters so this one's for mama and daddio!

One thing that I miss the most right now is talking with my mom about my day. Everyday after school she'd ask me... How was school, what did you do.... It wasn't like those usual parent/child … How was it... good. What did you do... nothing. We actually talked about a lot of stuff. I loved it so much that I looked for things I could tell her later. Here, because of the language barrier, I can't really do that. And writing down everything that happens is so hard!

Then there's her cooking! Mmmmm!! Anyone that has had a meal made by Kimiko Osterloh will tell you why I miss it so much. The food here is good, but i'm always nervous before I eat it. At home I was never worried about if I would like it or not. Also she would make lunch for me everyday. I know.. i'm lazy and don't do it myself. But I miss thinking.. I wonder what she made today...

Next is daddio! Believe it or not, I miss his jokes. He always put a smile on my face even in the hardest times. I don't blame him for teasing us so much. I mean he has no boys to fight so he has to be a girl and use words! Hehe! Me and my dad would also have some good talks. Whenever we were talking about a song, school ,or anything else we would talk for hours!

If you know my dad you'll know he's always fixing things. Mr. Fix-it! There's never anything that can't be fixed for him. Once he's started on something, he'll never give up... I think I got that from him :) It makes me happy to see him when he's working so hard to figure something out for me. It's then when I can see how much he cares for me.

So that's my parents for ya. It's so hard living without them, but I know that they're supporting me from all the way across the ocean.
Thanks for everything! Love you mom and dad!

Flower Power!

Last night me and my cousin Saya went to a flower arranging class! It was so much fun! This is my creation! Pretty huh! It brightens my room! I love it! If you ever get the chance to go to a flower arranging class, I highly recommend it!


I love the color of this one!

Long Day!

So i'm at the end of my first week of 2nd semester. It's so different from Skyline! Today i was at school for 12 hours! ... 2 of the hours i was traveling so i guess only 10 .. but still Holy cow! It was a very LONG day!!!

My classes aren't too bad. The english classes are easy, of course, just fun to listen to. But the math. Wow!! They're advanced! At home i thought i was pretty good at math, but nope! ...Well i got most of it but there's one part that i didn't get and i can't figure out how it works! Hopefully i won't be too behind. We also have art class, which seems pretty fun. Right now we're starting on a stained glass thing that looks pretty cool. Then for P.E. we weeded! It was really weird, but we got a lot done and i think tomorrow we're playing volleyball.. yay!

It's hard when i can't understand what's going on, but my friends usually help me out. Tomorrow i'm having my first japanese tutor lesson so hopefully that will help me a lot with my other classes. Well 12 hours of school and dance is pretty exhausting! So i'll end here!

おやすみ!

Michael Jackson

My new dance shoes... I love them!

Yesterday we had try-outs to see who would be in the Michael Jackson dance. That dance is way fun because you can just get into it and goof off! Anyways we just tried out in groups in front of the rest of the class. Then he would cut a couple of people and make new groups. So I made the 1st cut. Then he split us into 2 groups where he had us in formations. The 1st group was the seniors in the front, then the juniors, then the sophomores in back. Well in my group there weren't any seniors so he put one junior in the front, then he put me in the front next to her! I was soooo surprised! But it was way fun! And I can't wait to learn the rest of the dance.