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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.