Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Japan Blog 25 (October 24, 2008) yes! 2-7 is back!

wow it's already Friday. Time sure did pass, thank god too. (this is a bit long)



So, this week I was stuck in two different classrooms since my class was in Hawaii. Damn them. I'm really glad they're back though. Andd~ I was given a gift ^_^ The class got me a bracelet ^_^ but to tell you the truth even though Mizuki told me it was from everyone I don't think everyone knew about it 'cause when Ayami saw me wearing it she asked if it was from Hawaii. I said it was from everyone and it didn't quite hit her at first. I really love it though and I'm not big into that stuff. Ugh, and the rain today. Totally insane. It was literary (I just looked up in my dictionary how to spell that. I'm forgetting English >_


So, I was kinda dreading about this week. Only because I really didn't want to go to 2 other classes since my class wasn't here. On Monday and Tuesday I was sent to class 3-7. Ugh, what a bore. The people weren't as in your face as my class was. Like I mean, they were just uninterested in me. Not like I really cared but it made things boring. At lunch me and Pat only ate with this one girl, who was talking to Pat because she knew Thai as well. She was there as an exchange student last year. But yeah. It actually wasn't until Tuesday that I started talking to this one girl. It wasn't even until last period that I did that too 'cause it was English class and we were asked to separate into a group and I just randomly joined her's. She was actually born in Florida but moved back to Japan soon after. She said she wants to go to college in America to work with programs like Unicef and such. That's really awesome. I couldn't understand when she told me her name. It sounded like Ellena but then she saw the kanji on my shoe (Mizuki wrote my name in kanji on my school shoe) and she said the first kanji was the same as her's. So if her name has kanji it's definitely not American. So, in a way I was a little upset that that was my last day. I DID want to meet new people. But oh wells, I suppose. Class 1-6 awaited me.



Wednesday and Thursday was class 1-6. I discovered after walking into the classroom that the girl who comes for every morning for the bus is in that class. She took me to the room, too, since I asked her to. But that was bad. It was like the same as 3-7, no one really cared. I mean, yeah, they all glanced at me but it wasn't until Nora (she belongs to that class) came over to me with her friends. That's when they started talking to me. It was nice. Okay, so maybe I do care just A LITTLE that no one cares that you're there. Only because it just makes you feel sooo awkward being there. The first class was supposed to be English. I was shocked when I saw the teacher put Ponyo in. Ponyo is Hayao Miyazaki's (if you don't know who he is and you're an anime fan, you're an idiot. A BIG idiot.) newest movie. It has a longer name but I only know it as Ponyo. I didn't think it came out of theaters here yet so I was a bit surprised. It is seriously like brand new. After a black body suddenly walked on the screen I realized it was one of those bootleg movies. I've been dying to see that movie though, even though it was the very end of it I'm glad I saw it. So, that made me pretty happy ^_^
Then we were off to the classes where I have in 2-7 where we only speak English. There was one different teacher though. She's African American and actually from Pennsylvania as well, shockingly. She said she lives near Penn State. Well, LIVED. I think she thought I was a new student in the class like Nora was 'cause she wanted me to write a essay about what I thought the differences were in Japan and America. Phew, thank god I'll never be seeing her again. An essay? Cummon. Can't I just tell you? But yeah. The day went by but there was this one girl that stuck out. Her name was Mizuki (wow, now I know 2 Mizuki's) and she seemed like she seriously wanted to be my friend. Like she was helping me by telling me where to go and such and in the second all-speak-English class I got to talk to her a bit more. Then she just got super shy. It was strange. Before the whole becoming shyness thing she was saying about doing Purikura and stuff and then invited me to eat lunch with her. No words were said in lunch. I gave her my keitai address but she never put her's in my phone. I don't know. It was all too strange. Then there was this class. It was kinda like an home economics class but that day we learned about old people. We were given these glasses to wear so that our visions were like blinded, taped our middle and index finger together, and stuck cotton balls in our ears so we had less hearing. Then we had to lead our partners through the classroom while they were blindfolded. I now know how a old person feels. Also in that class these two girls called me cute. More for the tallying. But then I was asked if I would marry them. This is actually the second time I was asked this here. In the beginning I thought it was all a joke but now I'm getting worried it's not. Monday, I found out Nozomi (Pat's host sister who's also in class 3-7 [she never asked me to marry her though]) is 10% lesbian. She told us at lunch. And I asked her at the Rotary camp thing if she minded being at an all girls school (I was complaining then that there were no guys) and she said no. And then the two girls who asked me this, the one states that the other girl was a lesbian. They were both laughing so I'm not sure if it was serious or not. Not that that stuff bothers me but I wish I knew if it's a joke or not so I could give a stupid response back.



And I know I mentioned how we have to clean the classrooms. And that we clean the halls and stuff. Yeah. Well, I guess I should say this: we clean basically the entire school, we all have different jobs is all. Students are even sent to sweep the road of the school. But, Wednesday I was sent to help clean the bathroom. I did NOT think we also cleaned the bathroom. I looked at Mizuki shocked. The bathroom? The BATHROOM? Yeah. They hosed down the bathroom floor and then they all went with scrubbing brooms and scrubbed the bathroom floor. I didn't have to do that thank god, I ran the sweeper outside the bathroom door but still. That's crazy. And the building where all the ichi nensei (first year student) go, it's incredibly dirty. If I was Nora and was stuck in that building I think I'd go crazy. Sitting in there those two days made me feel like I went to a crappy school. Sure I understand it's an old building but that was terrible. They could at least do SOMETHING with it.



Thursday I felt sick. I slept in basically all my classes, well tried. Third period I couldn't because the Health teacher wouldn't let me. He's a really funny guy, all the students like him. I like him. It's just that personally that he has that he'll poke you with something if you're sleeping. That's what he did to me. I attempted at slumber but then he hit this white stick over my head. He's actually the only teacher who seems to care what I do in class haha. But I felt sick. Uck. And remember when I felt sick before? I figured out how it happened. SLEEPING. It's true. I felt sick again when I woke up from that sleep. It's actually the third time it's happened. So now I can't sleep no matter what or else I feel terrible all day. That totally sucks. How the hell can you get sick from sleeping? I am somehow. Mizuki was acting really strange that day. Wednesday I also found out she's in Sado (Tea Ceremony) Club too, which is cool 'cause now I know someone else in there except Pat and Nora. But she was acting strange. Like, she seemed like such a loner but yet soo many people talked to her. It made no sense to me. The last two classes of that day were either art or music. I was going to go to art but I thought it would be easier to sleep in music. So, I went there. In the beginning that was impossible. We were learning to play the guitar, which is awesome. I always wanted to learn. A girl next to me taught me a little but I forgot it already :( But then I got to sleep most of the time. This girl came up to me twice in the day asking if I liked Hannah Montana or The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on the Disney Channel. She says she really likes Hannah Montana. There you go, Ashley. I found you a Japanese fan.



I'm standing at the bus stop after school that day waiting for the bus as usual and this older lady goes walking pass. This short lady "glares" up at me on her way pass and growls something at me. I have no idea what the hell she said but I wouldn't doubt that she cursed me off. 'Cause after she passed me some guy that was near me looked up at me. What the hell was her problem? I curse you off too.



Tonpi twisted her ankle on Wednesday and Koudai got into a motorcycle accident that day as well. It wasn't a very good day for my parents here but Koudai is alright, thank goodness. But at the moment Okaa-san and Tonpi are at the hospital. They're going to be there for two days. I'm not exactly sure why two days, but it involves Koudai I know that. So, me, Ai, and Otoo-san are only here. Well, really only me and Ai. Otoo-san is usually never here and he already told me he won't be much. So, here is today. haha and I felt like an idiot when I had to ask Mizuki (from my class, 2-7) to introduce me to some guys. Yeah, I'm going crazy. You can't live with girls surrounding you. Damn Ai, you're lucky. I showed her the piece of paper I wrote it on and she started laughing saying "kawaii" in between. She's gunna help me though. She then showed it to Sayaka who just smiled this like really warm smile. "Kawaii" came out of her mouth too. Sayaka said she'd ask someone. She was all serious about this though. When we went to clean she started asking me questions about height and hair style. haha Thanks Sayaka.



Since Otoo-san was out today me and Ai were in the house alone. We actually talked. wow. We talked. It was great. And I gave her a lemon Warhead. Watching her eat it: PRICELESS. She wasn't expecting that much sour to hit her. She was almost screaming in pain. I asked her about the boy thing too and she was trying to think of people. We'll see what happens now ^_^ I gotta study hells more now though.



Tomorrow I'm going on a train for the first time. ALONE. I've never been on a train before. I'm gunna get lost. I have to meet Ayami at a station 20 minutes away on train and then we're going to some other place who knows how far away just to go to some school festival. Some school called Seisho High School. She said I don't have to wear my uniform, YES! I really think that's stupid that they do. But I'm finally getting out and with some friends. We were gunna try for karaoke but why we're going here instead I have no idea and it's just the two of us, too. So yeah. I hope I don't get lost. I just have to count the stops. I was told she's at the 5th stop. Damn. "Lost Foreigner" posters will be everywhere haha.

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