ねこ 耳 を 作った

Bout time i posted hey!



Really there is not that much to post on today folks.Its been school holidays but Remi still goes to school for 3 hours a day >.<>

(this blog includes captions for the kanji in my headlines for you all, so try to remember some as i wont be using them next time.)

学校 (school)

Made a whole bunch of cat ears last week at school which kept me from studying so you will all be pleased to know i am back on the books this week and studing madly as usuall.I go to school with Remi every day though its not compulery for me to go.

ぶかつ (clubs)

Went to ESS (english speeking society) today, and watched what they have prepared of their play "Peter Pan" naturally i am interested, it being one of my faverite movies. The idea of Neverland has always apealed to me. The students have put together fine little play i must say, and i helped with pronouciation today which was greatly appreciated it seemed.

手紙 (mail)

Mum i received your package,wearing one of the skirts now and its very cool. Looking forward to giving the presents but i dont usually give them untill the end of the stay with the family. So it might be a while.

旅 (trips)

Went to the zoo for the second time on the weekend with Michelle. its was very fun and i didnt have to pay for anything (for mums satisfaction, thankyou Michelle) also went for a short walk through Central Nagoya and its neighboring parts. Went to Animate, baisicly an anime merch and manga store.

天気 (weather)

Its actually become cooler over the past few days depite the warning that it would become much hotter as we move into the heart of summer here. there have been floods down south which are freequent in the looming wet season.

日記 (diary)

Been keeping my japanese diary as before, its getting strange and i am making less mistakes which i like.Still many mistakes but i am trying and i might be improving a tiny bit. but still language is a problem. >.<

とくべつ　旅行　(special travel)

Thanks to many people including my real and host mothers and Hiramatsu sensei, i will be going with Michelle tomorrow to Koga, a small village around 2 hours out of Nagoya that was once a ninja village. how exciting. i hope to see naruto,kenshin and a bunch of the other famous ninjas.

keep tuned for my report of the day.

体 (body)

I think i am gaining weight, and i am growing my finger nails a little. my top of my head has returned to its natural hair colour, slightly browner that i remember as i have aged since i last saw it, but still a line of red circles my head like a sunken crown.

sorry for anyone who has been wanting to know my address, Remi saw it on my blog and requested that i remove it,so if you havent got it already please request by mail or talk to someone who has.

busy helping Remi and her mother get forms ready for Remi's exchange to Australia. the forms are all in english and its troublesome.

さいしょ の お祭り

Ｍy first festival

As i have told you all it is currently festival season, and it was only a matter of time until i attended a festival.

Yesterdays festival was at the aquarium.I went with 4 other friends including Naoko and Chiharu.

Earlier in the day i left home at 9:30 to meet with Naoko(almost forgetting my train ticket too, but i planned for time to relax,so that was spent running back to the apartment)Naoko and Chiharu wore their yukatas but Ayumi and the other girl wore normal clothes.We had takoyaki for lunch.

ペンギン
At the aquarium the first thing we went to see were the penguins, they had a rather small inside enclosure with to many penguins packed in, i wanted to break the glass and set them free to roam the aquarium.

イルカ

Second was the dolphin show,very impressive with the jumps and the interaction with the trainers. i told everyone about the Hitchikers Guide, of which they had no knowledge, and how from the many beach fronts of Ballina and the side of a jetski you can see the dolphins play.they were impressed.

シチャ

We got our photo taken with a killer whale statue and then roamed around looking at various fishes.In the kids section we all enjoyed the touch pool and made origami fish to stick to a wall full of them.
Found a foreign boy that the girls were all squeeing over, so i when to chat to him, he was from Germany and here visiting his Japanese host brother.My friends enjoyed that very much and even tried some of their English on him.
お祭り
At 4 we left the aquarium and headed up a street heavily lined with market stalls of all kinds,some sold colourful masks,drinks,watermelon,light devises(you know the flashy colour ones kids like) and of course many foods.We perused the markets for a while and i brought a drink in a frog flask that later leaked CC Lemon all through my bag.o.oWe got a good spot just in time to see the colourful brilliantly decorated floats move down the street,i think there is a float per temple and the members of the temple walk out in front pulling it along.On the floats are people playing shamisen and behind them are taiko drummers which i enjoyed very much.
花火
The fireworks were spectacular, so many styles and colours i had never seen used before in Aus.They even had tako (octopus) shaped and smiley faces, hearts even. I have a few recordings of them for you all when i get a camera lead :).seriously the fireworks here are much better and bigger and louder than those at home.

We left before the grand finally of the fireworks as at that point everyone rushes to get on trains and such. Thanks to my friends knowledge we all got home happily and not squashed. :P.

The festival experience was truly amazing and i do hope i will be able to go to more festivals in the future and maybe even come back for another year of it during or after uni.Today its school holidays, however the students have school, i decided to stay home and study today to have some me time but shall be going to school tomorrow probably to make cat ears.

Hope you are all well and thank you to all who are reading my blog.
belinda

話す

quick updatemus.
from now on untill the school holidays school is 4 hours a day. this is due to the hot weather.

today was the speech contests :) in english 12 chosen students from diffrent classes perfom a speech in english. i was very suprised, the chosen students english was very good!
after the speeches i made a breif speech in english about what i liked about japan and ohka, i only wrote what i can say myself in japanese. so it was not tough.
after my speech there was still time to me and yoshi amused the students a little, however at a request to see my taekwondo, i think my kick accidently flashed panties ..not to worry, its an all girls school :)

the next few weeks are full of fun things, on thusday there is harry potter with remi, monday is the aquarium with friends and the following sunday is yukata day followed the next sunday by the anime summit. so exciting and it should be very enjoyable.

momo got a haircut the other night, or should i say a fur cut, she is looking very stylish in her summer coat.have milo and jj had a furcut lately? if someone has pictures of them, send them to me, especially milo. i miss that mut.

horse riding was nice but i only watched as it costs alot to get a pass to actually ride the horses.nevertheless a trip to the country was refreshing and we listened to michael jackson the whole way. :)

minges birthday soon, what do you want mainge?

still noone has taken the time to write me mail in reply to my blogs or anything. not even on the interet. either that or all those who care are busy. *sigh* i take the time when i can to write you all these posts so you know what i am upto.

its about to rain soon. summer brings many good things despite the heat, icecream, lemonaid,festivals.

today i realised that i can have a conversation partly,for a short time in japanese, after the speech contest yoshi (yoshizawa sensei) and i amused the crouds of school girls, he asked me questions in english and i would answer in japanese. i really am the school pet, but its fun and people really like me.

had a duster fight with ayumi after class,it was fun. lol. dont tell jfie please.

love you all and i hope you are well. look forward to hearing from you and i will get my new address for you asap.
belinda

たなばた

new post
well lets start by telling you all that it is currently the wetseason here, just like in Australia they have a few months of every year that are rainy and very humid. i dislike humidity but growing up in places like Townsville and Buderum i am use to a little humidity.the teacher from America isnt so lucky.
学校
the students at school are finally finished their exams so i should be back to normal classes again soon. i made a few pairs of cat ears while the students had exams which was nice. i also met up with the first host familys daughter and had a chat, in japanese, with her. she is nice and i hope to chat with her again.
there was another case of influenza in the same building as the home economics room, i risked the flu to make my cat ears but thanks to my b and t cells i am alive and well. gotta love my immune system.
大学
went to a university fair with Remi(host sister) and i checked out many universitys that offer psycology and art. yesterday i went to the Zokei university open day,its an arts only school in Nagoya that looks good. i made a ring and a teabowl, both are not finished yet but when they are the uni will call Misaki ( my friend) and we will pick them up.
生活
daily life in japan in great now, this family is small but it means there is room for a Belinda in it. my room is on the first of two floors which is really the basement level of a condominium. but its a flush condaminum, much like my house at home with much expensive stuff in a small space, neatly arranged and clean. my chores are to keep my room tidy, something that i am getting very good at.On Remi`s birthday Michael Jackson died and so that somehow connects them in japan, she brought his cd and has been listening to it everywhere, home, car. i know all the words so it will be my job to teach the family them.we celebrated tanabate(blog name) its otherwise known as the star festival and there is the ore-hime and hikoboshi (star princess and prince) and the children make wishes and hang them on a bamboo branch :) its a cute little tradition and i would like to take it to Australia.
活動
appart from my trip to the uni yesterday i have not been anywhere much, we went out for dinner last night, something i was verry happy about. i like going out. i am able to ride the subway by myself now and figure out how to get places even if it means changing trains. next weekend Remi and i are going to watch Harry Potter. yay! and they following week the yukata day thenthe world cosplay summit the following, i have made teachers and host family aware that i intend to go.
他
unless you dont all know, Kawaru( in my earlyer posts) was hit by a car and died. i know this becuase i watched it happen. first time seeing something die before my eyes and i cryed of corse. it freaked me out alot. :( first friend i lost while in Japan. very sad.
have bounced back now though and life looks good today as we get reading to go horse riding then to book off after that.
日本語
i still cant speak japanese and japanese lessons have been slack lataly due to tests.i have stopped stressing about it though. i am making the most of my time with friends and being happy, i write my diary in japanese every evening and i complete the texts sent to me by jfie when i can. i read manga and i can actually understand most of it now.

ながい 時間 が かかった

hello ladys and gentlemen,

writing to you from my new host familys house. its a rather large condominuim in the middle of the city and its very nice.

there are 4 members in this family, remi, her mother and momo. and now me!!!momo is the dog. :Phopefully i will be here for 3 months but still undecided.
next yeah remi will be an echange sudent to aus, we dont know where yet but shes really looking forward to it and i would love it if she came to my house.she likes horses and she wants to become a surgen as she had an operation when she was 4.
both my host mother and sister are studing english so i will become a sensei.

how are you all in aus?
how is the weather? its warm here, has been lately and its not even summer yet. been using my japanese fan. oh and many festivals comming up soonish.
japanese is coming along okay i guess, the 3 month thing is a lie!!!!!! i have been writing diarys every day for the past 2 weeks and they seem to be hepling with my written. still spoken is a problem though.

school is going well though , my classmates are taken a liking to me i think which is good. they remind me of my 8th grade class`s boys. obsessed with boy bits and girl bits. *giggle* especially ayumi. going to the aquarium on the 20th of this month with friends. yay.

mummy i used a little to much money this week. had to spend to much on replacement tickets when my chikatetsu and meitetsu ticket ran out it was abou $15 a day just to get to school, did this for 4 days :( you do the math. appart from that i have been carful with my money.

i should go now, more mail later, this family will probably let me use the computer once a week and when exams are over i will use it at school.

love you all, be happy.