クリスマスは忙しかったです。最近 日本を本当に楽しんでいます。

It's been such a long time since I posted has it not?
I have been seriously busy enjoying my last few weeks of Japan and just haven't had time to write my poor little bloggy.
Quick recap of what I have been upto.
Christmas
-Up early to play Santa.All presents wrapped+delivered.
-Went to school and gave cat ears to friends
-Wore reindeer antlers and tinsel as scarf.
-Host sisters got a Wii- Belinda got lollies,soap,a scarf,a "special daughter" bell, Hello Kitty Calender.
(least my gifts I can take back to Australia easily though I think Grandma would have brought the Wii for me if I had let her 0.0, I gave her the hanten I made in home economics and she's wearing it thisevening)
-Many a party I did attend.
Movies with Remi
-She was late after almost not showing up
-Almost became a maid(and not a good one at that)while getting free net out the front of Nagoya Station
-watched 2012 and Twilight
-got home late
Osu Kannon with Maiko
-Chatted with Kenta-kun
-ate Custard-cream-crepe
-also ate Kebab from another friends shop.
-Brought Evangelion merch,gothic skirt,temple merch.
-Maiko-chan is one awesome girl with awesome gothic style, we MUST import her
Lunch with Remi and mum
-Lunch was Katsucurry
-Went to vegi market
-Clothes store,mum brought me a jumper.it's bright yellow
-Took prikua (those little cute photos) with Remi
-Decided to stay for dinner.it was sushi
-Got home a moment ago.

So that's a quick recount. If any of you have questions would to please write to my email.
No mum, I still haven't sent a box home but tomorrow is "house cleaning day" so I'm sure I will find a few extra things to send home in that time.
I'm on holidays untill the 4th and am looking forward to New Years or "Sho gatsu" in Japanese. It's like Christmas in Aus in that the family gathers and eats expensive food they only eat once a year.
Wishing you all a Happy New Years and I hope you find good company to welcome the new year with.
Much love.

I know it been a while since I posted,but as I have been keeping in touch with many of you through packages and post, I have not felt the need to blog as much lately.

You have all heard that my birthday went well and more of you sent cards than I expcted.
Thankyou to,G & G,Granny, Chris and Les,Michelle and the Ricardi crew.
I also received presents from mum,dad,mainge,Milo and Darkenss, which was nice.

You have all heard that I had 3 cakes, 2 at school (chocolate and white chocolate) given to me by my classmates. My third cake was one Agui grandma gave as a present,it was snoopy in space themed and my favrrite kind,icecream.
(two grandma's,the one who lives with us,hostdads mum, and the one who lives across the road and still tends the feilds, she's alot like Granny fyi. she just got back from a trip to Korea aka Agui grandma)

You all know we had takoyaki for dinner,I ate to much and had to sleep it off under the piano(which is where my host sister sleeps sometimes) for a few minutes.

Since that I have been enjoying days at school lasting only 3 hours due to large amounts of tests results being marked and handed back.

Cooked for my family for 2 days while my host mother went to Korea with Agui grandma.

Wrote some hiku and was comended by my classamates even thought it was in english. This was for my modern Japanese class

" the winter rain falls,
dreery mist is a blanket.
city sleeps beneath".

"cold winter beast
Playful nips become bites
Soon it's upon us"

I'v written my final speech to the school and my classamates.Now to memorize it.

Am writing Christmas cards to my in school friends after writing all yours( hope you get them by the way).

Soon I will be on Christmas holidays.

Been invited shopping after christmas with Maiko-chan

Hopeing to see a movie with Remi-chan sometime.

Probably catch up with a whole bunch of you online. so untill then I hope you enjoyed my blog and I will see you all soon ( with the exception of Justin who does infact live in America)

Quick thought on leaving.
I don't want to leave Japan, I have become to acustom to life here and the lifestyle.I have become acustom to eating foods that none of you would attempt to eat, to eating rice almost every meal, to using chopsticks,removing my shoes at the front door, wearing a seifuku ( cute school uniform) and speaking Japanese on a daily baisis. I am use to 3 trains every morning and 7 classes every day with one break for lunch. Acustom to attending clubs after school and comunicating across classrooms with cute print letters.
However I really miss you all and I know Christmas will be harder because of this. I have had so many familys in the past 9 months (5 in total) that it makes me realize just how wonderful my own family are. My real family. I also really want to feel the reverse culture shock when I get back to Australia too. To hear your accents and see what forigners see in your Australian style.

Untill my next post, be happy and take care.

何もない

Wow only 3 days untill my birthday.
This year has gone so quickly it's amazing.
On my birthday I will be online so you will be able to chat to me and call me for free via skype from 8-9 am in the morning and in the afternoon after about 7:45. Please take these opportunitys instead of calling my mobile directly if you can. I shall text you all in the morning and hopefully chat to you all.
Today I rested and cleaned my room.

試験が終わりましたから、ぜひ、お楽しみ下さる。

Hello everyone
I know it's been quite a long time since I blogged,and this as you know,if you have been reading my blog often, was because I was studying for my Japanese language proficiency test.

Well ladys and gentlemen,it's over.
終わりました!!!

The examination is over and done with.
For the verdict on whether I passed or not you will have to wait until I get the results back in January ,but my verdict is that if I passed it was not by much.

試験
The first section was really good,kanji and vocab,the second was listening in which the first half I stuffed up I think and the second part I did fairly well. The third part,which I was almost late for after eating my lunch to slowly,was woefully difficult and I got maybe half the questions right and am worried about the final bit which was the long answer,I read it fine but was not to sure about my chosen answers.

お母さん
My host mother has been so wonderful these past few days and this morning in the leadup to my exam. She got her class to write letters of encouragement for me which cheered me up and cheered me on. This morning she lent me her bottle of frankincense which calmed me down,this combined with the lavender I picked and prepared from the garden yesterday,was enough to keep me calm even sitting in the room before the exam. Thismorning she gave me her "ki" "気" which is hard to explain but it's like energy, Cam and Doug would know about this having done karate and such. To give someone else your "ki" is rare but so special.she also made me lunch today which is always a pleasure to eat and I am always thankful.
他の家族
Other helpful host family include grandma(not the one living with us ,the one that lives down the street and brings me sweet Japanese treats as she knows I like them) lent me her Panarana card,and no dad is not a ticket to the card racing, which allowed me to travel on all trains, overland, underground, skyline,whatever it took to get there.
.Of corse I must thank my Australian family too, Grandma and Grandad, the Ricardi crew, mum dad,mainge milo darkenss and bitch,also to Granny for her wonderful letters lately.
友達
There was a good side to doing the test though, I managed to make 4 friends today,two of them Italians who didn't speak much English so we spoke in Japanese, and on girl named Jenna who took level 2 who was from...you never would have guessedt..Australia!!!
I became really good friends with a lady named Sheyla (pronounced shay-la) who has hair the same colour as Michelle and is from Brazil. Her and I talked the whole way back to Nagoya and she is a nice person,she likes anime and chemistry and wants to go back to University as she didn't go after finishing school. Hope to chat to her again before I go home.
楽しい事ばかりが残っています
From now untill I go home all that is left to do is enjoy the positive things like birthday and Christmas. Guys thankyou for your birthday cards,I shall open them in 4 days and text you all with thanks. :)
明日の予定
Tomorrow my host sister has exams and I am a warn out little examine,so I shall stay home and sleep I do think. Didn't sleep much last night so I need some rest.Also I shall tidy my room as it reflects my mental state before the exam. Hope you are all well, I have returned to being well after my exam sickness but my head still hurts a little.
Be happy and take care.
Belinda