Well the other night i was sitting at my new desk in my new host family`s house and the whole room started to shake. I though, ok this is not good, and it kept going! I was paranoid and just sat there holding onto the desk.. it wasn`t that bad though haha and when it stopped i opened my bedroom door and my whole host family cracked up laughing at my apparently startled face!
They are so lovely and live a bit further into the heart of Fukushima. I have a younger sister and a younger brother and Marina who is my age. Yesterday they took me shopping and to see Maiko! Maiko are Geisha, the dancing kind and i got to have my photo taken with them. They came from Kyoto and after the photo time they performed a traditional Japanese dance and it was so beautiful, the way they do their head and eye thing is amazing!
Today i got handed a map of how to get to school. That should be interesting seeing that i get lost walking around Marion. Marina goes to school super early because of her club so i have to get there by myself. I will just look for the oter tachibana students and follow them if they are heading in the same direction as my map states. After my host mum gave me the map though we went for a practice. It was good, it is a long way though. We also stopped in at this official place so i could register as an alien...
My knees and back are pretty bad after a week and a bit of sitting at these low Japanese tables, it is really painful. I feel so awkward and like the biggest yetti ever but yesterday i saw another foreigner! There was about a trillion people in the elevator and this guy came in and when the doors shut it was silent as we went up and all i could see was a sea of black hair and then me and this guy poking out the top like giants haha.
Food is getting hard to cope with, it certainly is a very different culture! It is good to slurp and burp and make eating sounds which, according to sayumi are `Shaki Shaki` sounds. I get angry at home at my sister if she makes just the slightest noise when we eat but oh my goodness, this place is crazy and i just had to keep looking around at things that wouldn`t make me feel sick and i hate myself for having such a delicate nature haha.
But i do love the awkwardness, i always try to fight the grin that comes onto my face when i am in the most awkward of situations! I smile even though it isn`t funny at all haha.
Well there is a little comparison between Japan and Australia. Thanks a trillion for your comments i absolutely love reading them!
Melissa xx
9 comments:
well welll well...you and a map? that should work haha, im glad you had a practice haha. Hope you enjoy school, should be fun!
Slurp...slurp, by for now Alien
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Haha Melissa it sounds so much fun... I hope you are coping well with everything. I bet it gets better and better with every day. I should write you an email and tell you everything there.
And btw, I have a new blogadress, same blog though:
http://emchanting.blogspot.com
heya!
oi man, that blog sounds like my life at the moment. i feel like such a giant!!! like really really big! and i saw another foreigner and i immediately smiled at her but she fully barred me, i was like what!?!? won:t us gaijin stick together?? also, i keep on laughing at awkward moments too, just becos in my head i:mlike this is so random and would never happen in australia. i dunno its trange. but im loving it, too bad about the food aye. i love all the food so far apart from natto and tarako. bleh! anyways, i have a new blog up.
peace x
Hi, sounds as though you are fitting in really well. Love to your host family, heaps of love. Nanna, granddad, David and auntoi jane
hi melissa guess what??? i got a letter from the onkaparinga council today and you have won a youth recognition award!! how good is that. the ceremony is at the noarlunga arts centre on monday april 16th. Dad Amelia and I are going to go and we will video it for you. Your photo is on a power point presentation and they say a few words about you. you will get a certifcate too. When do you start school? will e-mail you tomorrow. keep smiling beautiful girl love mum
hahaha hey Melissa that sounds fun as, the earthquake thing was so funny i bet you looked heaps scared. i cant wait to see how you go gettin to skool the first day especially with that map should be a good experience for you hey! o and that is really good to hear about ur mums comment WELL DONE Mel very proud lol.
looking forward to your next update xoxo Love you Love Luke
Wow, reading your blog is like reading about my first time in Japan, dare I say 25 years ago. There is an advantage to being tall though in Japan - you can breathe in a crowded train when standing. Now if you want to try some REAL food, then try their chocolate almonds, pocky, cakes... Yummy!! I wrote your school report yesterday. Now, about that oral summative....... All the girls in the Senior School are about to be jabbed with an injection. Poor Rachel! Earthquakes? Get used to them kiddo.
Supermodel Sensei x
Hi Melissa,
Sounds like you are having the time of your life! Sophia, Patrick, Sandy and I have been enjoying reading about your adventures. Hope school went well and you were able to turn the map upside down and find your way home again!!
Take care and ENJOY Lots of love Helen
well, thats going to be interesting. at least youll get a chance to work on your direction and map reading skills. lol haha. hope you are having a ball at school, and i hope you get there some time lol. Love Rach xoxo
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