I feel like I miss so much when I don't post a blog until a week later. Especially since I then begin to forget things. Dammit.
So anyway, yesterday was pretty exciting. I went to the Fukuroda Waterfall. It was amazingly beautiful there. This was the perfect time to go because of all the colors on the trees. The plan in the beginning though was for me, Pat, and Nora to go to Mito for some serious shopping. Nora was telling me how she needs clothes. That was the plan for like 5 minutes Saturday night until Otoo-san came back and is like, you're going to do zanzen tomorrow." Zanzen is a type of meditation. Yeah, I did that too, but I'll get to that later. So I had to call Pat back and then tell them I couldn't go then when Otoo-san says to ask them if they want to go. I felt bad dragging them to do some zanzen. But, that's how they got brought along. I'm actually seriously glad that they came along 'cause with just me and Otoo-san things would have been super awkward.
I had no idea about the waterfall. I thought it was only the zanzen thing and then that morning I overheard Nora and Pat saying how we were going to Mito after all this. I had no idea what was going on that entire day. I like how I'm not asked if I want to do things, OR am I told exactly what I'm doing within the day. So much fun (sarcastic). But the waterfall was fun. I made 2 more videos for YouTube, both were at the waterfall but the one video is just our opinion of a fish on a stick. I think it's amusing haha. Then I just have a video of our trip to the waterfall. When we got to the waterfall I was even more surprised to see my Rotary President there. I like seeing him, he's just so cool. A funny, great guy. But anyway, a few other Rotary people were there as well. THAT'S WHY we went to the waterfall. Because they were going for some odd reason. I'll put the pictures in an album tomorrow. You have to see them, they're soooo pretty ^_^
After that we went to a "apple garden". I think it should be called a orchid, right? I can not express my feelings enough for Japanese apples. They are the best apples I have ever tasted in my life. Just bit into a Japanese apple. Seriously. They are sooo sweet. And there was a pumpkin there. I don't know why we felt the need to take a picture with it. Then we were pumped for Mito after all that. At this time I totally forgot about the zanzen. And when we went to eat lunch, Otoo-san asked us if we'd rather go to Mito or have a "soba making party" at our house. Huh??? What soba party? We weren't even eating soba for dinner! Were we? (When I got home I knew I was right, we weren't.) So, here he was making these plans and I could just see Okaa-san's expression of us coming to the house and she'd have to suddenly stop making whatever she was and she'd have no idea of "visitors". Oh yeah, I can see him not calling her to let her know. So, I got annoyed with him by the end of the day. Sure, he's not my dad so it's not my fault and I can' really say anything to him about it either, but it made me feel like I should have. I felt bad that they got dragged into this, and I really wouldn't have asked them to go but he was right across the table when I called them back.
In the end I had to say it. I knew what everyone else wanted to do. Nora made it clear to me what she wanted to. I said it, we want to go to Mito. He said alright. So, I was happy then that at least we can all do our original plan. Nope. So, we went to the zanzen. Until we got there that's when I remembered that we were going here yet. At this zanzen we had to take our socks off and wear sandals, then put a super super thin robe like monks wore on. That was all cool except for the fact that we then had to go outside. My feet were freezing and because this were old fashioned sandals, meaning that unlike other sandals that shape to your foot, these were the same on both feet. Impossible to walk up a bunch of rocks with these. So we sat in a shrine first while the guy did his chanting and hitting some kind wooden thing. Then we entered a different building and in that building we sat there, perfectly still and quiet, for 25 minutes. 25 minutes. I fell asleep. How could you not? You had to sit with your eyes halfway closed to so, yeah. My head was bobbing up and down supposedly since the guy told me next time not to sleep (he wasn't serious about it) and Otoo-san was mimicking me. After more minutes we then had our shoulder blades smacked with a stick, twice on each side. And I mean SMACKED. It seriously hurt! It supposed to take all the bad things from you. Hey, it had a numbing effect afterward.
After all that we were taken for a little walk around the area. Zanzen was over now. I noticed a area FULL of all these tiny statues away from us. I wish I had a picture, it looked really cool. I asked (well, Nora did for me, her Japanese is amazing) and what all those statues were for was for when a woman wanted to have a baby she would gp to them and pray. Heh, just my luck. I slapped my hands together and said, "I want an Asian baby. Give me a Asian baby, please.". Nora and Pat were laughing at me. haha it was pretty funny. But what about Mito???? We never went and I felt terrible for everyone, especially Nora since she was the one who really wanted to go. It was so obvious that Otoo-san was wasting our time. So, that's why I got annoyed with him in the end. Of course I'm over it now though. Poor Pat though, haha, the car ride was really long and she felt like throwing up the entire time. So funny.
And that was my Sunday. Friday it was raining like crazy. Friday was one of the worst days for school girls. You have the wind, which is not fun to stand out in. All you begin to worry about is making sure your skirt doesn't blow up. Then with that rain, yours shoes and socks and skirt become amazingly wet. My class (including me) were changing into our gym clothes we were just so soaked. This is what sucks about waiting for a bus. Of course it's just as worse for the bike riders. But yeah. Then I noticed Ai got another keitai. She wasn't the first person I've seen with 2 keitai's but I didn't understand. Actually, it makes a lot of sense why she got it. For one thing, it was free. And she only uses it for calling. It's a prepaid. Now I understand why I see people with 2 keitai's.
And I hate thinking about it. But time is seriously moving now. I'm realizing how much I'm going to miss this family. I know I'll definitely see them again at Ai's graduation (I think I'm still going. I hope so) but I don't know. I guess I like the idea of someone my same age in the house. I know I can talk to Ai about anything if I could just figure out the ways to say it (haha) and I've just become so adjusted and it's so welcoming here. I don't want to count down the days, I don't want to become aware. And I'm dreading Christmas. Once Christmas comes... I only have a week left with them. It's killing me. I'm a Fukaya. Not whatever this other family is. The only way I won;t get saddened is if the next house is sooo much more better. But I hardly doubt it's going to be as great as it is here. Ai and Topi didn't even know when I was leaving until I told them and Ai even said that's fast/early (she said "hayai" and that word has a variety of meanings). Yeah. I agree with you, Ai.
Here's my 2 videos. And look forward to the new album tomorrow ^_^
And this is the picture of my purse like I promised ^_^ I love it!!
fish on a stick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6FRa9HhyP0
Fukuroda Waterfall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huASBRZHF-0
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