It's 4：４０ in the morning, Saturday, the day I begin my return home. The day I wake up from the dream I have been living for the past 10 months, and return to the country I use to call home.
This will be my last blog before I get to Australia.
Went with my host sister and Kana-chan ( mums friend from work) to see Avitar which took my mind off my own emotional confusion in favour of traveling to Pandora instead of the reality of Australia. I enjoyed the movie emensely and wish I had been able to see it in 3D as Michelle sugested.
Today I went to school for my last day of Japanese school. Said goodbye to the teachers in the morning, and after eating a promised lunch with my friends, I returned home early to finish packing. It was hard to walk away from the school after explaining to the friends I have come to love, that I will be back as soon as I have done some things in Australia.
Hitamatsu sensei and Kito are coming to the station to see me off at 12. My current host family will also all be there but unfortunatly my other host familys cannot make it. Didn't think it would be over this quickly.
But it was amazing.
I realized as I walked away from the school ,as I read the last few bittersweet lines of this chapter, there is a new one waiting for me when I get home. To always read the same chapter, or to never let it finish makes for a rather boring story don't you agree? So I have decided that although to finish such a wonderful chapter is hard, it's ending so well. I look forward to the next.
It's -0C outside. I'm going to melt. Shall take a break to adjust before writing letters to the addresses I received.
Wondering how it will be to have my "real" family back again. Although my Japanese host familys have accepted me as their family and care for me very much. To be with the people who raised me, who shaped me into the person who was worthy of exchange. It is to these people I owe a great many things.My ability to be loved by so many here is largly because of how loved I am by those in Australia.
Wish you would make the effort of inviting some people around for a small party though.
I should sleep now as I know I won't sleep much on the move. I meant to go to BOOKOFF once more before I go home, but time is slipping so quickly currently. It's like one big collision of feelings so mixed up, that I forget time altogether. I have some left over manga for the flight and I will do my best to think of a good final speech for the JFIE meeting tomorrow evening.
それで留学が終わちゃた。
So now, my exchange is finished.
Thanks to all those who read my blog. I hope you enjoyed it and I will definatly have another "if" I end up in a forign country again ( knowing me, that "if" is actually "when")
べリンダ
Belind
Friday, January 8, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
あけましておめでとう！
Happy New Year everyone ( grandad and grandma thankyou for your email)
I have been busy today celebrating 2010 with the family.
Last night I was up until 4 in the morning, firstly to wait for New Years, secondly to go visit the local shrine and temple so my family could pray( they are Buddhist ) and lastly to make the feast to be had at lunch time.We also ate cup ramen as a midnight snack,it's a tradition I think . I went classy and had cup yaki udon *giggle*
This morning when I woke up at 12 after my late night, I had a shower and instead of breakfast I had the prepared feast of various traditional foods. Things like lenkon and purple potato ( there is a photo of this on my flickr account, my name is "puffcake" I do believe). Also ate motchi, Japanese rice cake.Received "nengajyou" from Misaki (my best friend at school) saying she was glad to be my friend and hopes we will still be friends this year. It's traditional to send these cards to anyone who you have been a burden too or who has really helped you in the past year, to let them know you appreciate them very much.
Was invited to join in the new years prayer at the in house shrine, so I did so for the experience. It was actually a rather pleasant feeling to know that this family would include me in the family blessing. Appart from the religion the consideration was an honour. It's also good I could be included in that without joining the religeon, I think that says something for Buddhism.
Spent the new years doing not much, mostly relaxing and chatting to people. 2010 has started out a good year so far for me and I hope it gets better even though my impending return to down under draws near.
Dinner was at grandmas house with all of mums family including her 3 sisters and their children. Dinner was tasty although I met a boy the same age as me,so I squeamishly did my little introduction thing I am so good at now to an almost non existent reply ( why do I even bother talking to the male of the specie, especially those my age)
Retired to my room early tonight, swapping party for sleep as I am so good at doing. But now I find myself wondering, as "home time" comes near, if I have really changed at all over my time in Japan.Please send me mail if you wish, or comment. But I really beleive I haven't changed that much. What do you think?
Again I wish you all a Happy New Year and hope it's a good year :)
I have been busy today celebrating 2010 with the family.
Last night I was up until 4 in the morning, firstly to wait for New Years, secondly to go visit the local shrine and temple so my family could pray( they are Buddhist ) and lastly to make the feast to be had at lunch time.We also ate cup ramen as a midnight snack,it's a tradition I think . I went classy and had cup yaki udon *giggle*
This morning when I woke up at 12 after my late night, I had a shower and instead of breakfast I had the prepared feast of various traditional foods. Things like lenkon and purple potato ( there is a photo of this on my flickr account, my name is "puffcake" I do believe). Also ate motchi, Japanese rice cake.Received "nengajyou" from Misaki (my best friend at school) saying she was glad to be my friend and hopes we will still be friends this year. It's traditional to send these cards to anyone who you have been a burden too or who has really helped you in the past year, to let them know you appreciate them very much.
Was invited to join in the new years prayer at the in house shrine, so I did so for the experience. It was actually a rather pleasant feeling to know that this family would include me in the family blessing. Appart from the religion the consideration was an honour. It's also good I could be included in that without joining the religeon, I think that says something for Buddhism.
Spent the new years doing not much, mostly relaxing and chatting to people. 2010 has started out a good year so far for me and I hope it gets better even though my impending return to down under draws near.
Dinner was at grandmas house with all of mums family including her 3 sisters and their children. Dinner was tasty although I met a boy the same age as me,so I squeamishly did my little introduction thing I am so good at now to an almost non existent reply ( why do I even bother talking to the male of the specie, especially those my age)
Retired to my room early tonight, swapping party for sleep as I am so good at doing. But now I find myself wondering, as "home time" comes near, if I have really changed at all over my time in Japan.Please send me mail if you wish, or comment. But I really beleive I haven't changed that much. What do you think?
Again I wish you all a Happy New Year and hope it's a good year :)
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