First day back!

I just posted three posts in the last 12 hours! Trying to catch up guys, sorry!

So read them all when you get a chance!

Monday, March 24

I totally wasn't ready to go back to school this morning. 

For breakfast we had bagels. Miya's and Yuko's had cheese on them and mine was plain. Bagels don't exist in Japan. These were ones we bought from Costco. I wanted jam on my bagel but I couldn't open the jar. Yuko couldn't either, so she told me to choose something different and she'd have Ken open it later. So I decided to try the Anerican honey.

As I thought, it wasn't as sweet as Japanese honey. And it was thicker. It was funny because Yuko thought the American honey was sweeter and less thick. Weird.

Miya felt too sick to eat breakfast so she just slept in the other room while I ate and Yuko tended to her.

But as I got dressed I heard her leaving and Yuko saying goodbye so I guess she went to school anyway.

I walked out and Miya was standing out there with her fellow classmates. I was shouting "Miya!", trying to get her attention to say goodbye to her, when this girl came up to me and was like "Keito!" I waved to her and said "ohayou!" And then I realized she'd known my name when I don't even know who she is!

Then she said that we always pass each other and made a motion like she was playing a DS. Omg it was Kahokaho! I was like "ah, I forget your name, hold on..." And she was all like "Ah sorry, I don't understand English!"

I sat there, trying to remember her name and she was all like "daijobu!" And then finally I was like "Kaho!" And she was all "sou sou!" (Yes, that's right!)

Haha she was cute! I'm glad I finally met her in person lol.

At the train station, I ran into Esteban so we rode to school together. Then as we were walking to Nanzan, Emma joined us.

Ah the first day back is always so stressful because I want to talk to everyone about all the places they went as well as tell everyone about everything I did! But I managed to tell every person I correspond with from time to time about my trip to the host club! The guys thought it was weird and the hosts looked girly, but the girls thought it was awesome, thought the hosts were hot, and were super jealous of me, haha!

Also, Emma got me omiyage!! I love her! She is seriously the best! Also, she reads my blog from time to time too, so she's currently winning in terms of cool people at Nanzan.

It's from Miyajima where she went over break! She also invited me on a day trip last Saturday to see the snow monkeys in Nagano, but I'd already told Yuko I'd go to the Chugakkou. Ah well, she had fun there, but said she felt pretty rushed and wished she'd done more than just a day.

(The deer at Miyajima tried to eat it lol)

And inside was...

(Rilakkuma socks since she knows how much I love Rilakkuma!!)

(Look at the Miyajima sticker!)

Ah it was so nice!! 

Then we had class, unforch. I asked Mutsukawa sensei when to use "hontou" and when to use "hontou da" because I've heard both and he was all "you never say hontou da!" So I was like oh, ok.

But next period with Kondo sensei, I pointed out something on a worksheet we had and she was like, "eh? Hontou da!" And I pointed at her, turned to my classmates, and shouted "She said 'hontou da!'" Haha. She was surprised when I said Mutsukawa sensei had said you don't say hontou da. Thankfully she explained to me that:

Hontou = really?

Hontou da = you're right!

Ahh, got it now! I love Kondo sensei.

We had our test this morning and I made stupid mistakes that I wouldn't have made had I had more time to study. Rawr.

When Kondo sensei arrived, before second period started, she gave us all omiyage from Kyuushuu! It was so nice! It was Kuma chan cookies!

There were two different pictures and I got the cuter one. :)

(My cookie)

(Mine and Chris's)

They were really delicious!

When class ended, I ran to the cafeteria with the other 300 folks. Aaaaand I got misokatsudon!! Yeeeeessss, I'd missed it so much!

I accidentally spilled my miso soup all over my tray, like a boss. And to make it worse, the Japanese guy at the table next to me totally noticed!

My chopsticks had soup all over them, so I rummaged through my backpack to find a tissue to wipe them off with. I couldn't find one, so I gave up and was turning back around when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked up, and the Japanese guy next to me was holding out a pack of tissues!! Omg! 

I thanked him and took one. Ahhh what a nice guy!

Then it was time for calligraphy. It was kind of boring today... And mine sucked. Sensei kept coming over and telling me ways to fix my kanji, so finally when she came over and didn't offer any criticism, I decided I was done.

I don't like how it looks, but this was the best one I wrote.

And then my favorite class! 

The okashi today was so pretty!! So were the decorations! Ooohhh I love spring!

(Pretty flowers!)

(Today's okashi)

(So colorful! I really wished we could have eaten more than one. It was so, so good!)

(I was surprised when the inside was finally something other than anman. It was just as sweet, though!)

We got to make the tea again today! This time I did it perfectly, and didn't need sensei to help me at all.

(My teacup. It was so pretty with sakura!)

(Other side of my teacup)

After class, I headed to Lawson's to buy some bread because I was hungry. And I got a bear sticker! I've been wanting to try the pancake things with cream in the middle so I got them.

Then I went to the computer lab to answer some emails.

When I finished I headed home. The sunset was so pretty!

The pancake things turned out to be really soft, like actual pancakes. And they tasted like pancakes too! That's when I realized, they had syrup inside!!!

Omg they were so so good!!!! Ahhhh!!! I could've eaten a ton of them!

It was so warm tonight! In the 50s! It made for a really nice bike ride home. :)

When I got home, Miya was resting in the room next to the living room. She'd been coughing a lot yesterday, I was worried is catch whatever she had. And now it seems like it's worse, ugh. 

I did my homework in the living room and them Yuko said dinner was ready, so I went into the kitchen. Miya didn't want to eat, so Yuko turned off the living room light and let her sleep.

Yuko talked to me during dinner about my family back home and about how in Japan, company workers all get the same vacation (Golden week), so it's hard to go on family trips because everyone travels then, and then they have no time otherwise. That sucks.

After dinner, since Yuko had turned off the living room light, I brought my homework into the kitchen to do at the kitchen table like I always used to do as a kid.

But Yuko was all like, "oh, are you going to do your homework here?"

I was like "yeah..."

And she said "oh, we don't usually do work here"

So I got banished to my room again... That kind of pissed me off because it felt like she was trying to get rid of me. But I was probably just making too big a deal out of it.

Anyway, she came in and told me I could shower whenever because Ken was going to be late, so I showered then. I was really tired but I had so much homework, so I did it and them went to bed nice and early at 9:30, yay!