Anyway, school! I've been going to school for just over a week now an I guess there is a lot to say so I'll break it into sections (*^o^*)
Biking to and from school:
あぶない is generally my most frequently used word when bike riding. It means dangerous.
It takes about 40 minutes to get from home to school, probably about two thirds of which is on the road. It's not quite as scary as I expected it to be, but still quite scary, especially considering my bike riding skills kind of suck. It is kind of fun though. I am always disgusting and hot when I get to school (so happy it is Autumn, Japanese summer was painful) but at least my classroom has air conditioning!
Surprisingly enough, I have yet to crash (badly- I sort of crashed into a pole, but I didn't fall, so I figure that's not really considered a crash).
Literally EVERYONE bike rides to school here, it's amazing. Everyone bike rides in general, from kids to really really elderly people.
Bike riding through the typhoon was kind of unpleasant; my rain coat didn't do much to expel the aggressive rain drowning my face. See below:
Uniform:
Not much to say here expect that my uniform is kind of adorable, so much nicer than my Australian uniform...
Food:
Everyday I have a bentou, which is basically a Japanese lunchbox consisting of rice, vegetables/salad, some kind of meat and maybe some omelette.
Also at school there is a kind of small tuckshop which just sells bread type products. For example, bread with chicken inside. Also it sells really yummy mini donuts! My school also has vending machines for drinks (they are literally everywhere in Japan) which are unbelievably cheap (a drink generally costs 100-150 yen in Japan, maybe $1.50-$2.00.)
Lessons:
Not much to say here except that I understand soooo little. I understand science the most probably, because they are doing quite basic science (not that I actually know the topic they are studying, I just understand the equations). Modern Japanese is super boring so far, just a matter of copying from a text book to your note book. I like music and English the most by far. Music is fun, especially since the other exchange student is in it (we are together for music, calligraphy, all english classes and home economics), but also because it isn't hard to understand. They sing a little bit at the beginning of the lesson (although no one actually sings) and then play guitar, which I suck at but it's fun.
As for English, I have one General English lesson with my class, two English expression lessons with the other exchange student's class, and OP 1, 2 and 3 (with the first, second and third grade respectively). I love the OP classes because they are completely in English and taught by a native English speaker predominantly so they are one of the rare occassions I can understand what is being said.
Japanese:
On that note, let's move on to Japanese! It's really hard at times, manageable at others. I see slight improvements in my Japanese (massive improvements in my ability to speak naturally but minor in the actual Japanese I know). I'm sure the improvement will come (hopefully quickly, because I have a Japanese speaking contest in October in front of my whole school and I kind of don't want to embarass myself....)
School festival/ sports day:
So this week is our school culture festival and sports day. For the culture festival my class is doing a haunted house! I will update about these once they have happened!
Okay, so there we go! If there is anything you want me to write about let me know in the comments! (Also, I apologise if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes- I am using an iPad keypad AND a program with no spell or grammar check...)
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