Day 9!
Wow, time is starting to fly! I can barely remember what I did today I'm so tired lol... I have to make this kinda short cause I need to sleep ;) so today started off as another regular school day (with a little less of the depression), and nothing very eventful happened in the morning other than the fact that it was the first morning I was legitimately tired, not depressed. We had our first real algebra and physics classes (which went off on a lot tangents), and I really like my teachers! I'm glad that I can speak a lot of English here too, without it I think id be really stressed and tired. Tomorrow is my first day of real Japanese classes, but I pretty much just hang around with Sarah and Conor all day. I'm just happy that they're there. It would be really hard without them! I keep wondering about how Keigo felt when he came to Texas... He had no Japanese speaking friends so it was probably really hard for him...
So apparently we have to prepare for bunkasai (culture festival) this week and next week, and I have to be in my class's song! I really wanted to do my own song in English, but I guess it's not happening. I can ask though... I think it'd be a lot of fun! I think my class is doing something from sisters act.
So after school Sarah, conor, hiro (Sarah's host brother) all went out to the mall! One stop away from our school is tennouji, which has some of the best shopping centers in osaka. it also has the tallest building in Japan right next door! We went to q's mall together, and had a lot of fun shopping, choosing the ugliest clothes we could find to put on each other, eating really good deserts, making multipens, playing taikonotatsujin, etc :) it was so awesome! It felt really good to be out and about, and I was really happy that I could hang out with people who spoke English! It's really hard to live here and have to learn a new language without a little connection back to your own ;) it was the most fun I've had so far. Conor's host sister and her friend joined us when we got there. Everyone was there from maybe 12:30 till 4, and then conor's host sister nanae said that she had to study for a test and needed to go home. At that time conor went home with his sister and her friend while Sarah, hiro and I walked around a little bit more. Sarah had fun throwing shuriken at styrofoam targets ;) By maybe 4:20 I was alone in Japan :D I planned to meet my friend (that I met Sunday lol) at 6:30, so I had a lot of time to spare. I just did some shopping that I needed to get done, explored outside, and made sure I knew where we were gonna meet. I played a lot of games in two hours ;/ it felt like forever! Even wrote a poem about subway life and love:
Tick Tok
Click, click, click
Peep, pep peep
Korokoro, badum badum,
Trainstation. 6pm.
They dont care. Standing alone, they pass by. They notice, but they don't really look. A quick glance is all they give, and with the rumbling beneath, they're gone. Ever direction, every way, every height, every size, shape color, all colliding in a hecticly beautiful way, tributaries converging at a rocky waterfall. Little girls walk along alone, tired grandpas struggle by, couples grip hands tightly, the occasional foreigner grumbles at the sight of the crowds. The river flows on. That homeless man keeps screaming at the air, the sun sets and the fluorescent lights flicker. Still standing, still waiting, not moving. A fast paced word flies before my one track mind. All the time what's on my mind is... You.
Ok that was cheesy now that i actually reread it :/ haha it was fun though and it passed the time. Right when I was writing the end I looked up and there was my friend! I was really nervous about not being able to meet my him at the right place, but then I realized that he was coming out from the same place I did when i cameO.o
We went into harukas, the tallest building in Japan (I just love saying that!), and we just went around exploring, looking at all the exorbitantly priced items, squishing into jam packed elevators, riding the escalators backwards, shopping for stuff :) I helped him find a really nice wallet (which was actually quite cheap for its beautiful look and size), and we had a big adventure trying to find an ATM after finding out that he couldn't use his card to pay :3 funny how you can meet someone for the first time and feel like you've known them forever. Friendship at first sight? I know that's super cheesy and cliché but it's kinda what happened... It was like a where have you been all my life kinda days. Afterwards we tried to find a restaurant in harukas, but they were all SUPER Expensive. We decided to go to Q's mall instead for okonomiyaki!!!! It was so good!!! We had this cross between Takoyaki and okonomiyaki which was REALly good, and also a Hokkaido yakisoba okonomiyaki which was also amaazing. Probably one of the best things about being here is the food.
It was really awesome to get to hear my friend's story and why God had led him here, and what I learned is that God has a plan for each and everyone of us, and everyday he's telling is what road to go down. God is always telling you what's right for you, but if you ignore his instructions you're sacrificing parts of your life, your future, your dreams, your walk with him! My friend is relatively new to Japan, only been here a few months, but by his story it's obvious that God really has everything set up for him! I mean, he got to Japan, and the first week after applying to jobs and visiting church, he had a job and a place to live just like that. When things like that happen, you know that God is looking out for you, no doubt! I was really happy that Got to spend time with him :3 i can't wait for Sunday!!!
After we said goodbye (in the best goodbye spot ever) I headed home. This was the point I realized we could have ridden the same train, but he decided to go somewhere else to find a present. At least I got to see him anyways! It was a lot of fun. After that I rode the train back (almost got on the wrong train) and got home super fast. When you know where you're going and you're in a safe area, night really isn't scary. I made it home fine, and the rest of night was pretty boring. I'm just super happy about meeting my friends! Thank God for keeping me safe the whole time.
Today's prayer: God, you work in the most crazy ways! Through people, through music, whatever it is, you can do it! I thank you for revealing your plan for me everyday, and I pray that I can live your light that you shine everyday. I love you!
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