Well its Golden Week here in Japan!
How it works; Sunday and Monday are days off. Then there is school on Tuesday and Wednesday. But then off Thursday till Sunday. So its not to bad. I am kind of happy to go to school tomorrow so I am not sitting alone in my house just studying. I would rather be at school studying since there is less things to distract me from it.
Yesterday (April 29th) was a great day! Went out with my Host family (host brother and mom all day). We went to a mall in Hofu (I so wish I brought my camera to make a vlog!) There was a huge flea market happening and a lot of festival things going on! So mad at myself for forgetting my camera! We also went to see a movie. My host brother (who is 13) wanted to see Detective Conan: Eleventh Striker. I have been wanting to see that movie for weeks! My host mom was a bit iffy about it since I can't understand Japanese all that well. I said its fine I will be okay! XD
And sure enough I was fine! For some reason its a lot easier to understand anime Japanese then actual conversation (I guess because of the animation helped? XD) I understood the whole thing other then the villains motive. Which I will probably find out when the subs come out in October xD
No worries. I am just happy to have actually seen a Detective Conan in theatres! I was super happy!
Today I pretty much stayed in my room. My host brother watched baseball all day and my host mom and sister were out the most of the day. But I got to get some studying done and I finally sat down and watched the KAT TUN NO MORE PAIN Asia Tour DVD's a student in my class let me borrow for these two days so I haveto give them back to her tomorrow. xD
I dont know if I talked about that incident yet...
So what happened and how I ended up with these beautiful DVD's. I have a major celeb crush on Kamanashi Kazuya since I was ... 14? xD I remember seeing him in the drama Nobuta wa Produce god knows how long ago. And I fell in MAJOR love with him (just celeb crush xD). So what happened was I was sitting in class in between break between 7th and Homeroom at the end of the day. And this group of girls beside me were singing songs like LADY by Sexy Zone. And then they started to sing the theme song to Nobuta wa Produce. The FIRST THING I said was "/GASP!/ Kamanashi Kazuya?!" They looked at me and said "YOU KNOW KAMANASHI KAZUYA?! HOW?!" Told them I watched the Drama. They were SUPER exited! And started to ask me billions of questions like who my favourite members of each group was, favourite songs, what drama was my favourite. Oh it was great xD Then I said hold on a second and pulled out a binder of my Kamanashi Kazuya pictures that a group of 1st years gave me. They were all fan girling xD they then called over another girl and said along the lines "SHE KNOWS KAMANASHI KAZUYA!"
She screamed and ran over to me with binders and books and EVERYTTHING full of KAT TUN and Kamanashi Kazuya (KAT TUN is the band that he is apart of btw)
She told me to see her tomorrow and she wanted me to borrow something.
I came to school and she gave me the KAT TUN NO MORE PAIN Asia Tour DVD set!
Holy crap I was one happy girl! I am actually watching it right now while writing this blog.
And it features a lot of things from the drama WALL FLOWER that came out during this time AND HOLY SHIT ITS BEAUTIFUL ! Vampire themes and just AH!
I am so happy. I am def. going to buy some KAT TUN and ARASHI CD's while I am here in Japan!
Monday 30 April 2012
Wednesday 25 April 2012
April 23rd. Host Family and Other Junk
All is well here now. Its April 23rd now. Monday.
Had a wonderful day at school. I really do enjoy school. Its funny. Its hard to
make friends with the 3rd years and my class (2-3) but the first
years, all they want to do is talk to me in English! I find they are super
adorable though. They are so shy about everything its just so sweet. And its
true. Japanese girls like to say the word “kawaii” a lot. That is all I heard for
the first couple days of school. I honestly hate the word kawaii honestly. Its
just … SOOOO annoying! XD I am not cute yo! I am almost 20 years old! You
little ones are cute I say!
Wow I typed all this without even thinking. I am watching TV right now and there is yummy food on the tv YUM YUM! I think its Udon and Miso? But still it looks super yummy!
Then I saw a fat asian guy on tv stuffing his mouth with that yummy food. YUP! I have now been turned off of food for the day!
Wow I typed all this without even thinking. I am watching TV right now and there is yummy food on the tv YUM YUM! I think its Udon and Miso? But still it looks super yummy!
Then I saw a fat asian guy on tv stuffing his mouth with that yummy food. YUP! I have now been turned off of food for the day!
Also also! My host family has a bird and a dog! And they are
just so cute! I was told by my host sister that the dog does not like people
and he will bark. When I got out of the car and saw the dog I was expecting it
to bark at me.
Instead; all it did was stare at me, his head went side ways. He didn’t know how to react to me XD!
It was so cute! My host mom was laughing because the dog didn’t know how to react to me.
Instead; all it did was stare at me, his head went side ways. He didn’t know how to react to me XD!
It was so cute! My host mom was laughing because the dog didn’t know how to react to me.
Nothing really else has happened today. Found out today that
the other exchange student at my school. Lets call her A for short since I
don’t think I put her name anywhere yet. And I don’t think she would want her
name anywhere on the interwebs xD
She actually found me through my blog so I find that funny.
ANYWAYS! Lucky butt gets to go to Tokyo
for the weekend with her program, and the butt gets to go to Tokyo Disney! I am
so jealous! I need to give her money to buy me junk! xD
Well I think that is it. The only complaint is the no
internet and the many many rice fields. Honestly. I am going to make a blog
dedicated to fricken RICE fields while I am here. My teacher told me that this
village is famous for growing shrimp in the rice fields. But I feel like she
was pulling my leg xD
I believe that is it. I will hope to write down more soon.
Woot woot.
Host Family #2 and Rice Fields
Well its been awhile.
Sorry for the very long needed blog. Right now I just moved to a new host family. And sadly. They do not have internet access D=
So I am in a fritz trying to figure out how to get Internet right now. But I guess I probably found out how since I posted this or I am already 3 months in the future at my new host family xD
Anyways. This week was SUPER busy for me. School is still a pain in the butt but I really like it. Just super tired. Wednesday was my Birthday! =D I am now officially 19 years old. Dude. I feel old. My last host family and I went to a Kaiten Sushi (conveyor belt sushi) restaurant on my birthday. Had lots of fun!
Then yesterday I was being moved to my next host family and I got to hang out with another family for a couple hours. There was a mom, dad and they had 3 sons in their 20’s. The one son who was the youngest was 24 I believe and came with us. He lived inVancouver ,
Canada
Sorry for the very long needed blog. Right now I just moved to a new host family. And sadly. They do not have internet access D=
So I am in a fritz trying to figure out how to get Internet right now. But I guess I probably found out how since I posted this or I am already 3 months in the future at my new host family xD
Anyways. This week was SUPER busy for me. School is still a pain in the butt but I really like it. Just super tired. Wednesday was my Birthday! =D I am now officially 19 years old. Dude. I feel old. My last host family and I went to a Kaiten Sushi (conveyor belt sushi) restaurant on my birthday. Had lots of fun!
Then yesterday I was being moved to my next host family and I got to hang out with another family for a couple hours. There was a mom, dad and they had 3 sons in their 20’s. The one son who was the youngest was 24 I believe and came with us. He lived in
They showed me around Yamaguchi City
But that is besides the point; this week I probably ate the most sushi I ever had since I got here! And no one will know what good sushi is until you come toJapan
and have it here! Dear lord the things I really love xD
I love squid, octopus, shrimp, tempura, crab and so much! Its all so yummy!
Now onto some other school like subjects. My week is super busy. I am at school from Monday to Saturday from 8:30AM till 5PM everyday other then Saturday which is a half a day and I believe Wednesday is also around 4PM instead of 5PM.
It’s a lot of work and the students there are super nice!
I actually got to be friend a couple first year students from my school, they are super nice and really adorable XD We were waiting on the train on Saturday after school and they were asking me which Japanese bands I like or who were my favourite members. It was so hard to think of some at the time xD
Then they were pulling pictures they have in their pockets of their favourite idols and showing me, I swear they ALL have pictures of the idols they like on hand 24/7! XD
But this one girl pulled out her book and it had Matsumoto Jun from ARASHI in her book, and he is one of my FAVOURITE members of Arashi, when Im like “AH! Matumoto Jun!” she was so thrilled that I knew who he was! xD
Good day I say!
But that is besides the point; this week I probably ate the most sushi I ever had since I got here! And no one will know what good sushi is until you come to
I love squid, octopus, shrimp, tempura, crab and so much! Its all so yummy!
Now onto some other school like subjects. My week is super busy. I am at school from Monday to Saturday from 8:30AM till 5PM everyday other then Saturday which is a half a day and I believe Wednesday is also around 4PM instead of 5PM.
It’s a lot of work and the students there are super nice!
I actually got to be friend a couple first year students from my school, they are super nice and really adorable XD We were waiting on the train on Saturday after school and they were asking me which Japanese bands I like or who were my favourite members. It was so hard to think of some at the time xD
Then they were pulling pictures they have in their pockets of their favourite idols and showing me, I swear they ALL have pictures of the idols they like on hand 24/7! XD
But this one girl pulled out her book and it had Matsumoto Jun from ARASHI in her book, and he is one of my FAVOURITE members of Arashi, when Im like “AH! Matumoto Jun!” she was so thrilled that I knew who he was! xD
Good day I say!
Well now I am with my new host family (so you know, I am
writing this in parts, so every day could be different. This might be a story
from 2 weeks ago! XD You will never know!)
But yes. I am with my new host family right now. I really like them! But I hate where I am living. I am out in the middle of NO where, I am in a small village between Honfu (or Hofu or something) City andYamaguchi City
But yes. I am with my new host family right now. I really like them! But I hate where I am living. I am out in the middle of NO where, I am in a small village between Honfu (or Hofu or something) City and
Great. Not to impressed there honestly. And I have NO
internet AT ALL! No WI
I am a girl built on technology! Without my computer I will surely die!
Plus I do voice work… and not to long ago I pretty much signed a contract with a big named video company to do voice work for them. And if I don’t have internet… oh f*ck there goes my chances of a debut of professional work down the drain! =_= I also do voice work for another big named voice actor who does videos based on a webcomic and he is like tumblr famous xD
But anyways. Its hard for me to get lines to him if I don’t have internet! My LIFE is the internet! D=
I know I should be enjoying my time here inJapan . I AM! I am learning so much!
But Voice Acting is kinda my future career… and I am getting screwed over while
I am here…
Its frustrating me. =_=
I am a girl built on technology! Without my computer I will surely die!
Plus I do voice work… and not to long ago I pretty much signed a contract with a big named video company to do voice work for them. And if I don’t have internet… oh f*ck there goes my chances of a debut of professional work down the drain! =_= I also do voice work for another big named voice actor who does videos based on a webcomic and he is like tumblr famous xD
But anyways. Its hard for me to get lines to him if I don’t have internet! My LIFE is the internet! D=
I know I should be enjoying my time here in
Its frustrating me. =_=
UPDATE: I FOUND INTERNET IN THE HOUSE! WOOOT WI FI LIVES
EVEN IN THE STICKS XD
Monday 9 April 2012
And So My First Day Of School
Well I really hate this new Blogger thing going on. But anyways
lets not talk about Blogspot/Blogger being stupid and changing everything.
WELL its been awhile hasn't it?! Well today was my first day of school at Xavier High School!
Had a great time! Met another exchange student from Australia at my school so its nice to have another English speaker.
So we had to do speeches today. Oh my gosh that was such a day!
I got up at 6AM, at breakfast, got dressed, left for the train at 6:30AM for the 7:05AM departure; got to the train station at 7:45AM, walked again and didn't get to the school till 8:15. Oh gosh that is a long trip. But its alright after I got there xD
I didn't have my uniform yet so I was just in jeans and junk.
Got there; left my host sister cues she had to go another route into the school, got dressed into my uniform. Met up with the other exchange student, went into the teachers office together to do a small introduction. Then went back to a room to wait, then was taken to our classes, I am in 2-3 which is the equivalent to Grade 11 in Canada. Woopie. LOL! So if you go on an exchange, you will most likely be put into a grade below grade 12 since the older students are always busy studying and really dont have time to talk or interact with an exchange student I find. Now where was I... Alright, so got shown to my class, then I had to do another small introduction. Sat in class for a bit listening to my sensei (which I could barely understand XD). Talking about the schedule for tomorrow since the other students have exams tomorrow, I don't. But I might take the English exam just for kicks. Then we had to go to another school assembly (my school has maybe less then 200 students) So we all sat in this smaller gym sized area, then I had to give my long speech in front of them. Not to bad.
Then we were told we had to give the speech again... this time to future student's parents, future students and the graduating class plus all the teachers this time... and it was just so nerve racking! I was so nervous! I totally screwed up XD But a lot of other junk happened, lunch was fun. OH!! OH OH! First thing in the morning (before all that jazz and we were in the classes') The whole school had to clean up the school (cleaning windows, sweeping floors, cleaning desks' and so on) which was really different from Canadian school XD !
They don't have janitors in Japanese schools, students do the cleaning. Lunch was fun. Went to the class next door to chill with the other exchange student and a group of other students. I wish my Japanese was a lot more advanced then right now... but all I can do is study and hope for the best! And try! XD Hm... I think that is it really... Nothing much else to say. Welp I am off; so here is a picture of me in my uniform xD
Got there; left my host sister cues she had to go another route into the school, got dressed into my uniform. Met up with the other exchange student, went into the teachers office together to do a small introduction. Then went back to a room to wait, then was taken to our classes, I am in 2-3 which is the equivalent to Grade 11 in Canada. Woopie. LOL! So if you go on an exchange, you will most likely be put into a grade below grade 12 since the older students are always busy studying and really dont have time to talk or interact with an exchange student I find. Now where was I... Alright, so got shown to my class, then I had to do another small introduction. Sat in class for a bit listening to my sensei (which I could barely understand XD). Talking about the schedule for tomorrow since the other students have exams tomorrow, I don't. But I might take the English exam just for kicks. Then we had to go to another school assembly (my school has maybe less then 200 students) So we all sat in this smaller gym sized area, then I had to give my long speech in front of them. Not to bad.
Then we were told we had to give the speech again... this time to future student's parents, future students and the graduating class plus all the teachers this time... and it was just so nerve racking! I was so nervous! I totally screwed up XD But a lot of other junk happened, lunch was fun. OH!! OH OH! First thing in the morning (before all that jazz and we were in the classes') The whole school had to clean up the school (cleaning windows, sweeping floors, cleaning desks' and so on) which was really different from Canadian school XD !
They don't have janitors in Japanese schools, students do the cleaning. Lunch was fun. Went to the class next door to chill with the other exchange student and a group of other students. I wish my Japanese was a lot more advanced then right now... but all I can do is study and hope for the best! And try! XD Hm... I think that is it really... Nothing much else to say. Welp I am off; so here is a picture of me in my uniform xD
Tuesday 3 April 2012
So finally getting something done
So if you guys dont know I have VLOGS so make sure you check them out!: www.youtube.com/user/haleyinjapan
anyways.
So; alot has happened since I last updated! I went to stay with another family for 3 days because I was super sick and my host family couldn't host me for a couple days because they got super busy with their shop and I was sick. So to make sure my health was improving I went to live with a elderly couple. They were SUPER nice!
Hm... I went to a lot of places. I got to check out Xavier Memorial Church, Sesshutei Garden and Rurikoji Temple and the Five Storied Pagoda. It was a lot of fun! I also made a friend!
Her name is Junko; the woman on the right is who I stayed with and Junko is on the left.
At first; it was SUPER awkward. She is 21 can you believe that?!
ANYWAYS! So we were just sitting under the kotatsu (its a Japanese table with a blanket and really warm heat!) XD And she was asking me a lot of questions in English! Like about Canada. Then she asked me if I liked American TV, and I said of course!
She started listing shows like GLEE and ER (which I do enjoy) then she said "how about Criminal Minds?" Oh my gosh. You dont know HOW happy I was to hear that! I said "OF COURSE!" She looked super exited; told me to hold on and came back with the First Season Box set of Criminal Minds! She asked if I wanted to watch. I said of course!! But I told her I didn't know Japanese well; she said not to worry xD She played it in English and put Japanese sub's at the bottom! We sat and watched it for a good 2 hours. She also started asking why I wanted to go to Japan and stuff. And how Yamaguchi is "hick town" and "country" which is kinda true XD BUT ANYWAYS! Then the conversation of ANIME came up! Oh gosh. The minute she found out I like anime. she was like "YOU LIKE ANIME?!? What about Astro Boy? Black Jack? EH!" She was so happy xD I knew all those to so it was fun!
We talked a bit more then went to the book store. We looked through the manga a bit and then I picked up a manga by PEACH PIT (I cant remember) she asked "Ah Peach Pit!" Me: "Yea I really like them! Like:" And in unison we both say "Rozen Maiden" It was so funny! We both started to laugh!
I really connected with Junko a lot; I am so sad that I had to leave the same day! She lived next door to where I was staying.
I had great fun!
Hm. Now back to more information!
woot woot!
This past Sunday I went to Mine, Yamaguchi. Its really popular tourist spot. It has HUGE mountains and fields with Onyx rock and lots of caves!
I had a lot of fun!
We also went to visit Wa-chan's (host mom's nick name)mom in the oldie folks home. And we ran into this display! They told me that they only displayed this for 2 days and I was super lucky I could see it!
The dolls were so beautiful!
And a picture with my host mom Wa-chan and my host dad Yu-chan.
I really love this host family.
I dont know what else has happened xD but thats about it for now! See you guys next time!
~ Haley
anyways.
So; alot has happened since I last updated! I went to stay with another family for 3 days because I was super sick and my host family couldn't host me for a couple days because they got super busy with their shop and I was sick. So to make sure my health was improving I went to live with a elderly couple. They were SUPER nice!
Hm... I went to a lot of places. I got to check out Xavier Memorial Church, Sesshutei Garden and Rurikoji Temple and the Five Storied Pagoda. It was a lot of fun! I also made a friend!
Her name is Junko; the woman on the right is who I stayed with and Junko is on the left.
At first; it was SUPER awkward. She is 21 can you believe that?!
She started listing shows like GLEE and ER (which I do enjoy) then she said "how about Criminal Minds?" Oh my gosh. You dont know HOW happy I was to hear that! I said "OF COURSE!" She looked super exited; told me to hold on and came back with the First Season Box set of Criminal Minds! She asked if I wanted to watch. I said of course!! But I told her I didn't know Japanese well; she said not to worry xD She played it in English and put Japanese sub's at the bottom! We sat and watched it for a good 2 hours. She also started asking why I wanted to go to Japan and stuff. And how Yamaguchi is "hick town" and "country" which is kinda true XD BUT ANYWAYS! Then the conversation of ANIME came up! Oh gosh. The minute she found out I like anime. she was like "YOU LIKE ANIME?!? What about Astro Boy? Black Jack? EH!" She was so happy xD I knew all those to so it was fun!
We talked a bit more then went to the book store. We looked through the manga a bit and then I picked up a manga by PEACH PIT (I cant remember) she asked "Ah Peach Pit!" Me: "Yea I really like them! Like:" And in unison we both say "Rozen Maiden" It was so funny! We both started to laugh!
I really connected with Junko a lot; I am so sad that I had to leave the same day! She lived next door to where I was staying.
I had great fun!
Hm. Now back to more information!
woot woot!
This past Sunday I went to Mine, Yamaguchi. Its really popular tourist spot. It has HUGE mountains and fields with Onyx rock and lots of caves!
I had a lot of fun!
We also went to visit Wa-chan's (host mom's nick name)mom in the oldie folks home. And we ran into this display! They told me that they only displayed this for 2 days and I was super lucky I could see it!
The dolls were so beautiful!
And a picture with my host mom Wa-chan and my host dad Yu-chan.
I really love this host family.
I dont know what else has happened xD but thats about it for now! See you guys next time!
~ Haley
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