Tests!

This week was mid-term tests……AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! We came to school for 2 periods and took 2 tests then went home and studied for the next day’s tests. I really don’t think I have ever studied so hard in my life! It was like studying a completely new thing because I basically had to memorize the questions in Japanese and the answers.
So I got my tests back and well… 本当に　やばい! …. I didn’t do too well. 　

My scores ranged from 13% to 98% so it was all over the place

I don't think i've ever gotten so low on a test before. AND i studied my butt off! But i know it's okay because i'm still learning japanese.....also i don't think i was the worst in the class. I'm pretty sure some kids scored lower than i did. I'm actually impressed with how much i studied for it. I don't think i've ever worked so hard.

Break!

My dance club has a couple of boys and they do all of the break dancing. So a couple of days ago they had a battle with this group from Korea! It was the coolest thing ever! First the group from Korea had a little performance… It was sort of weird… no, it was really weird. They did this one dance and in the middle they all came into the crowd and said あいしてる　あいしてる　(I love you) to everyone. Anyways after that they battled! I loved it! I love break dancing! It’s so cool!!!!!!

This is one of the senpai from the 3rd year (senior)

2nd senpai

This one is my age

Pretty awesome huh!!

Aquarium

There are a couple of girls in a foreign exchange program that live by me. They’re from Spain, Italy, and Vietnam, but they all speak English. So we all went to this place (I don’t remember the name) and went to a museum for pearls. We also got to watch some pearl divers. It was actually pretty cool they showed how they make them and everything. Well after that we went to an aquarium. It was so cool because the lady we went with got us a “behind the scenes tour” So we got to walk around where the workers go and saw the fish up close. The guy even let us touch one of the huge ones I don’t remember what it was called but it was awesome! Oh and then he took us to the roof where they have the show birds and I got to hold it!! It was kind of scary but I’m so happy I got to do it!

Typhoon

There was a typhoon yesterday! It came right into the Aichi prefecture, which is my area. So school was canceled! I’ve never experienced a typhoon before so I didn’t know what to expect. It came when I was about to go to sleep. The wind was so loud! In Japan they have an extra cover type thing you put on the doors and windows when typhoons come. So they made lots of noise shaking. The wind was so strong it sounded like it was going to blow the whole wall down! It was really hard for me to go to sleep but finally I slept. Then the next day I stayed inside all day. I sort of wish I would have gone outside to feel how strong the wind was, but I didn’t. Nothing was really damaged at my house, but some old places were completely destroyed.

ぶんかさい

I helped put this up! Boy was it heavy!

This weekend was our school festival. I'm pretty sure it's one of the biggest things they do. They have it every year and they start getting ready for it months ahead of time. It's really amazing how much work is put into it. Well this year with the new influenza going around my school decided that they would only let parents come to the festival. It was really sad because this was the seniors last performance and their friends couldn't come to see them. Even still i think we all had a good time.

Anyways first was the opening. My class did a funny dance where all the girls and guys were in the school uniform skirts and we had pom poms. The song was by a famous Japanese girl band. Then lots of other classes performed their skits. Here in japan, or at least at my school, people really go out there when they're performing. They aren't dumb and shy because it's embarrassing. That's what makes it so funny!

After the opening we all went to do whatever our classes decided. Some classes had fun things set up in classrooms and the rest had shops with food or other things. My class decided to sell tropical juice and ....... cucumbers. .... i know it's a little strange. But they were amazingly delicious! Me and couple of other girls made this sign and we stood in front of our tent holding it and yelling きゅり　うってます！It was pretty funny!

Then my dance club performed on this stage that they made. The background was a picture of the little mermaid made out of bottle caps! It was AMAZING! It was tons of fun! The first day we didn't dance too well, and I'm sad because that's the day i got the video of :( ... oh well. The second day rocked! Everyone had tons of energy and all of the boys breaking were amazing! Oh and the second day the whole dance team wanted to do their hair crazy for the performance and my hair has a lot of volume so it was huge!

So after all that fun was over we all sat down as it started to get dark and had a little thing for the seniors. This festival was their last before they had to buckle up and study their butts off. So everyone was crying and it was just great! Then we watched a couple of videos and slide shows and at the very end there were fireworks! This really was the funnest day ever! It's really the best to have something you've been planning forever work out perfectly!

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