Day 10!
Wow! I cant believe its... Only day Ten. Actually I can't decided whether to feel like it's been forever or like it was yesterday I got off the plane. Either way, I'm definitely a changed person! I've been having a lot of fun, but I don't want school to start getting hard :/ and I don't want to start getting tired of my host family. I like being here a lot, and I definitely would not rather be in Texas working my butt off studying and such, but I'm gonna have to start studying hard sometime soon. I've been studying Japanese and stuff every day, but just living here is enough studying and honestly I learn more when I apply what I've learned to words. Honestly, nothing's really a challenge right now, still just getting settled in, but I want to learn Japanese fast and I don't think I can do that if I don't start studying hard!
So today was Thursday, and on Thursdays I have all Japanese classes; all of my classes are with the regular classes, no ep classes. I had juudo, math, home Ec, hr and English. Honestly kinda a boring day, and everything was kinda a blur, but I still enjoyed it. Judo was awesome but I'm super sore!! Even the most basic steps are super Important and difficult! It hurt a lot to be falling everywhere, but of course, no pain, no gain!! My class is really good at it too. They may look small, but they really are super strong judo masters. Don't mess with Japanese people. Judo was a lot of fun, but it's definitely not my sport. My whole body is sore x( after judo was math, which of course I didn't understand at all, and then after that was Kateika (home Ec) with Sarah, conor and 1nensei6kumi (10th grade class 6) it was kinda boring and stressful, having to translate so much Japanese the whole time. At least lunch was right after! After lunch we had home room, and we talked about the plan for the bunkasai culture festival. Apparently I have to dance, sing, and design the shirt. -_- I'm not even a real student here and they're making me do so much stuff. But I guess I'm glad to help, and they need all the help they can get! I'm doing the dance for "I am the best" by 2ne1. It should be really fun and really EMBARASSING. Oh well. I still want to Sing x( after that I had English with 1-1, and when I walked in, I realized that the whole class was made up of really buff/sports guys who looked like full grown adults. It took me a bit to realize that I was about to have a full year of English class with the sports course, the one and only class completely filled with athletic, rowdy, energetic guys. At the moment I wanted so badly to run back to my home room, but I decided to stay and help them with.. Whatever they needed help with. I mean there had to be a reason that mr. Ogawa put me in the class. When mr. Ogawa finally came, he introduced me and had me teach the pronunciation to the Beatles's song "obladi oblada" to the students for their bunkasai performance. It was really weird. One, I hate the song (I don't like the Beatles in general) and i don't like having the responsibility of teaching like that. But they got into it and it was really fun for them I think. Somehow I got dragged in to singing with them in a few weeks -_- oh well. That song is gonna be stuck in my head forever.
After that very weird experience I went back to my own classroom and we practiced our own song, I will follow him. It's very gospel based. All my classmates are really bad singers, but what I think is so awesome is that none of them are unashamed even though they know it. That song is fun, it's just kinda annoying. I saw the sheet of all the songs that are being performed by each class, and 11 kumi is doing michi by exile! So jealous!!!! I love that song... I'm gonna try and go to their practice one day ;P
after school ended I went to talk to mr. Ogawa and Hamai sensei, and then I went home. I pretty much have done nothing since then except study and such... My host brother just got back from his week of studying thing, but I'm not used to him being here and he scares/freaks me out a lot... Intimidating. Ill get used to it soon though. He studied so much it isn't funny... It's crazy! When he got back, he talked angrily at everyone then started studying. Right then and there. Didn't even eat! I guess he's really determined to get into a good university, but I think it's been making him really agitated. I think he's aiming for Kyoto university. He's nice to me, but when I'm around him I always feel like he's gonna yell at me for some reason... I think I'll get over it though. I just need to pray about it and everything will be fine! I'm super excited for school tomorrow, crossing my fingers that everything goes well! :) gnite~
Today's prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank you for always being Strong when I'm weak. You always make the right choices, and you are always leading me down the path that you have set for me. I thank you for loving me so much despite all the things I say and do, and I pray that you reveal your plan to me everyday. Amen!
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