生活

生活 means lifestyle, and although I haven't started school yet, which obviously will dominate my lifestyle, I thought I'd post some initial points.

So everyday after school my host sister goes to the nursery that my host mum and older sister work at to help out. I've been going there with her and it is sooooo fun! The kids are really confused by me, ranging from staring, pointing at my eyes and saying 'blue' and crying. They are so cute though and I am starting to become friends with a few of them. But it's hard, because they speak to me and just expect me to understand, and the idea of someone not understanding their language is so foreign that they are really confused. I'm obviously not about to post a picture of someone's kid on the internet without their permission so I can't show any pictures of the nursery but rest assured, you will see them in all their cuteness when I return.

I abslolutely love my house and my room, despite the act that right now it is raining so I am being ruthlessly attacked by mosquitoes. I don't know why, every window has mosquito screens, but I'm about to sleep now and have covered myself in mosquito repellant so hopefully it will work.

I have my school uniform, which is very cute. I'm excited to go to school because of quite a few reasons, which I'll post about in the future.

And with that おやすみ！

食べ物

食べ物 means food. So far in Japan, I have had the most amazing food! My host sister is amazing at cooking, because she cooks every night, and for the rest of my time her I will be cooking with her! Anyway, please enjoy my pictures of Japanese food!

My very varied breakfast at the hotel:


おいしい snacks:


Ice-cream:


Tempura vegetables udon:


Dinner on the first night:


Dinner of bibimbap that I made with my host sister:

Flying out tonight...

Brittany was pressuring me to post on here, so here I am posting. Obviously, I did not leave in March and am now leaving in August, and am no longer going for a year, but going for five and a half months. I missed out on the cherry blossoms but I also missed out on (most of) the disgusting hot and humid Japanese summer, so it pretty much evens out.  I've decided to be happy with that turn of events and am now just really excited and nervous. I fly out at 1am tomorrow morning, have an hour stopover in Hong Kong and then arrive in Japan at about 2pm tomorrow. I'll spend a night in Tokyo, go to Nagoya for two nights and then meet my family.

My suitcase is kind of over-full and overweight at the moment, I'm just hoping the airline isn't too strict about baggage weight (and carry-on size- eeek!).

I really don't have much to say, cause the crux of this blog is to actually be in Japan, so I'll start posting in earnest once I arrive and am settled. Ja ne!