tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68901087162559131692024-03-13T03:38:48.952-05:00Just the BeginningTO WIDEN HORIZONSStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-89555764235833642952012-02-19T22:58:00.002-06:002012-02-21T06:45:56.183-06:00Myths of the Japanese Education System Debunked - Part I<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Before I ever went to Japan I had heard quite a few things about Japanese students. For one thing I had gotten the impression that they were all amazingly intelligent. Perhaps I had taken what I had heard and run with it, but that was the general impression that I had.</div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; "><b>Myth #1: Japanese students are all geniuses</b></div><br /><div style="font-weight: normal; ">The students in Japan are actually a lot like the ones in the U.S., and probably anywhere else. They are all different. Some are extremely quick, others...not so much. Some students excel in some areas and lag behind in others. Then there are those rare students who excel at everything and quickly. But, just like where I'm from, those are not so easy to find. (To be fair, though, they <i>are</i> actually really into rote memorization.)</div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">And, of course, a student's economic situation also comes into play, unfortunately. The area I teach in isn't exactly rolling in money. It's surprising how many students do not have access to the internet outside of school.</div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; "><b>Myth #2: Japanese schools are run by robots</b></div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">When I first moved here to teach I was under the mistaken impression that, technology-wise at least, the classrooms would be the same as the ones I had been in during my own jaunt in middle school.</div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">No.</div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Every classroom in the middle schools I go to is equipped with a chalkboard, chalk, a pull-down screen (for a projector, etc.), a small flatscreen TV, and four fans (though not all of the time). However, there is no computer or projector. Each <em>school</em> has it's own projector and electronic blackboard.</div><br /><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">When I first began teaching here I was asked to give an involved self introduction. At the orientation in Tokyo for JETs we had been shown examples of really awesome self introductions. All in power point. I was dumbfounded by many of my co-workers' reluctance/lack of knowledge to use something as simple as a projector in the classroom. It's like pulling teeth whenever I want to share a video or something with the kids. It's not even that difficult. All that you really need to do is plug in the right cords, all 3 of them.</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">One of the teachers actually gives me a lot of leeway when it comes to planning special classes, which I absolutely love. We were scheduled to give a demonstration lesson. On the day of a demonstration lesson the whole school is sent home early except for one class. Then teachers from far and wide come to the school to watch us teach them English. That particular school does this awesome thing where they separate the first- and third-year classes by ability level and are taught at the same time by two different teachers. I made a video for the students to watch and a writing activity to sum it up. The teacher who was in charge of the whole thing was great and let me do my own thing (with guidance). I heard afterwards that the other teacher said he would never use anything like that again because the technology was too much work.</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Mental face palm.</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-63379172005967056902012-02-15T06:27:00.002-06:002012-02-15T06:48:44.985-06:00My MansionToday I thought I'd talk a little about my apartment.<div><br /></div><div>In Japan an "apartment" is an efficiency, and a "mansion" is a multi-room apartment. Cool, huh? I can now officially say that I live in a mansion!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways, one of the great things about living in a rural area is that the "mansions" cost a lot less than they do in the city. The rent is about US$400 a month, but the Board of Education pays about US$300 of that. And it is the perfect size for one person. The first floor of my building is actually the parking lot. But it also has our mailboxes and the trash collection bin. My mansion is on the second floor. Each floor has 4 mansions.</div><div><br /></div><div>The entrances, like all Japanese living spaces, are half a step below the rest of the space. That's where you leave your shoes, umbrellas, etc. Once you step up, you are in my kitchen. It's actually pretty roomy. To the right is a toilet room. With just the toilet. And luckily it is a western toilet and not a squat toilet. Unfortunately, I don't have a washlet, so my seat isn't heated. I've been wanting to get one, but they're kind of expensive.... On the left is my washroom (senmenjou) with the sink and washer, which leads into my shower/tub room. I really love the tub (it's so deep) but I rarely have time to use it. Actually, during the evening I can hear my upstairs neighbors emptying their tubs after bath time and I can smell the bath salts they use. Lovely!</div><div><br /></div><div>My kitchen, like I said, is actually pretty roomy. I have a gas stove with only two burners, and counter space is limited, so I end up using my dining table for cooking. Most Japanese people won't have ovens (Japanese cooking just doesn't call for them, microwaves have oven settings, and they are huge energy guzzlers), but I mentioned once that I miss being able to cook in an oven and one of the Japanese teachers GAVE ME HIS OVEN. So now I have an oven, and I kind of use it a lot.</div><div><br /></div><div>My kitchen hooks into my living room, which is separated by an accordian wall. This is very convenient for winter and summer when I can contain all of the bought air in the living room where I spend most of my time. My living room has a nice TV (thank you, Board of Education!) which also doubles as my computer screen. I also have a kotatsu, which is an amazing invention. It's basically a low coffee table that has a removable top and a heater attached underneath it. So in the winter you hook up the heater, drape a futon blanket over the table topped with the actual table top and sit under it all day feeling warm and cozy.</div><div><br /></div><div>And, because of my lack of a dryer, my (narrow) balcony is basically just used for laundry.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now most of my apartment is either linoleum or hardwood flooring. My bedroom, which is on the corner of the kitchen and living room, is a traditional Japanese room. It has tatami mats and sliding doors. I do have a bed, though I'd prefer to just sleep on a traditional futon since the frame is rather noisy.</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the bad things about living in Japan is that most houses and apartments (and mansions) aren't built with insulation or central air conditioning/heating. So in the summer it's HOT and in the winter it's COLD. I do have a little wall unit in my living room, but it really adds up on my electric bill, so I try not to use it as often as possible. Lately it's been averaging in the upper 40s, lower 50s in my apartment, so getting in and out of the shower is kind of like torture. But I have a little space heater that I keep in my washroom so that it's not too unbearable.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I get my apartment cleaned up I'll post picture and videos of what it actually looks like.</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-40058346218849052552012-02-12T04:24:00.003-06:002012-02-12T05:01:45.347-06:00I am indeed a part of your speciesOne of the things I'm sure I've mentioned from my time of studying abroad is that I, as a foreigner, tend to be stared at. Well, if I thought it was bad in the Tokyo area, I hadn't yet experienced the alienation of the countryside.<br /><br />Now that I live in a rural town there are EVEN LESS foreigners. In fact, it is quite possible that I am one of only two western foreigners in this entire city. This, of course, has its ups and its downs.<br /><br />On the down side, people out here are less likely to have seen a foreigner before or are exposed to them very rarely, so they STARE. It doesn't matter what you're doing. You could be grocery shopping, waiting for a bus, walking down the street, picking your nose; you will be stared at. Though, I've noticed that it's somewhat more pronounced at opposite ends of the age spectrum. While I'm walking down the street, older people will be driving by and actually turn their bodies to keep me in sight as they pass, like I'm going to jump out and hitch a ride on the back of their truck. And while children don't drive, they do the next best thing. They'll be running around laughing, they spot me and, oh! They stop dead in their tracks, their faces devoid of expression. I can just hear them thinking, "What the...?" Even babies will stare, as if they already know how I'm different from everyone else.<br /><br />Now, most days this sort of thing is not much of a bother for me. With the kids all you need to do is smile and wave and they run off. But some days, like this past Friday, it really gets under my skin. I had taken the train so I could get up a little later in the morning, and I was waiting for the bus at the train station. There were only two people in this remote little station: myself and this older woman. I had sat my things down on a bench and was standing listening to my mp3 player and she stood just outside of the glass station doors in front of me <span style="font-style: italic;">staring at me</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Blatantly</span>. Annoyingly. At first I thought she might have been checking herself out in the reflection since she kept adjusting the collar of her coat. But then she stepped back to where the door was open and kept on staring.<br /><br />Sigh. Even staring right back didn't do anything. That made me really cranky.<br /><br />On the other hand, it is kind of nice to be recognized. As a public school teacher I am often recognized by students and coworkers when we see each other on the train or in the capital city. In addition to face-time at school, if I participate in any of the local community events I end up on cable TV or in the newspaper. Last month I actually made it onto NHK, which is a prefecture-wide channel. It's kind of cool, but at the same time I get random people coming up to me talking to me as if they know me, so I think I've met them before and just don't remember their faces. So I feel really bad until I finally realize that I <span style="font-style: italic;">have</span> never met them, they just saw me on TV. Or out jogging.<br /><br />A not so good side of being easily recognized, it renders going to the convenience store in your pajama pants out of the question.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-1798175724868769152012-02-02T22:33:00.003-06:002012-02-02T22:51:49.223-06:00Welcome BackWow, I can't believe I've been living in Japan for a year and a half already! Let's get in an update, shall we?<br /><br />I am now an assistant language teacher in Kagawa Prefecture. I am based at my city's Board of Education and I have a very, very busy schedule. Four days I week I assist Japanese teachers of English at one of three junior high schools. I rotate between schools every two to three weeks. On Thursdays, I teach classes at one of ten elementary schools or one of ten kindergartens. Sometimes two. I also teach an hour-long adult English language class on Wednesday evenings. In addition to those duties, I also give lectures, seminars, and arrange English-related community activities.<br /><br />I live in a city that is really just five country towns going under a united name and government. I happen to live in one of the smaller towns on the coast of the Inland Sea. This, of course, has its good points and its bad points. On the one hand, people are very generous and helpful here, I get to have many experiences I wouldn't have had were I based in a city (such as farming potatoes), the view is better, and my living space is much bigger than it would be for the same price in the city. However, I am more likely to be stared at out here, there is absolutely no shopping in the area, and it's a little difficult to go many places without a car (which I don't have).<br /><br />The last time I lived in Japan I joined the kendo club at the university I was attending. This time I decided to start taking koto lessons. The koto is a Japanese harp that is about 6 feet long, low built, with 13 strings, and is of Chinese origin. It is often accompanied by the shakuhachi, or the Japanese wooden flute. In addition to, and because of, this I have also learned how to dress myself in kimono and yukata. But I'll go more into that later.<br /><br />Today, you find me in the middle of winter. And it's COLD. We've actually had snow flurries over the past several days. I really feel bad for the public school students here, though. Unfortunately, the junior high schools do not have central air conditioning/heating, nor do they use heaters. As a result the classrooms are literally freezing. And the students aren't allowed to wear anything over their uniforms (which for the girls is a skirt)! It's almost as equally bad in the hot and humid summer, when they only have oscillating fans in use.<br /><br />As for travelling, I haven't gotten much in since moving here. I hadn't left Japan until a year and 5 months after arriving. But going home for Christmas and New Years was nice. It was nice to see everybody again and get some new clothes. However I am planning a trip to Thailand during Golden Week (spring break) this year. I am very much looking forward to relaxing on the beach. I am also planning a four-week-long trip to India for spring next year, about which I am extremely excited.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-53082251543083974802010-07-21T21:51:00.002-05:002010-07-21T22:09:17.280-05:00Well, after two years I am returning to the Land of the Rising Sun. But this time I'll be on the other side of the desk. I've been accepted by the JET Program to be an Assistant Language Teacher in Kagawa Prefecture that is located on the island of Shikoku.<br /><br />As a result I am catching a flight on Saturday out to Tokyo where I will be attending an orientation for a couple of days before flying out to my prefecture.<br /><br />This time around my primary communication will be through a vlog that I will be posting on YouTube. I will be continuing this vlog, but to get the full experience I highly recommend that you watch this:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4OgGPvEqmYStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-69790694390251412502009-09-13T10:24:00.003-05:002009-09-13T10:45:51.891-05:00New DirectionWoohoo!!! I'm no longer unemployed!! ^^<br /><br />Finally, after three months of searching and applying and hearing next to nothing, I've finally managed to secure a job. And I've found that it's amazing how much better I feel about myself and my situation now. As my dad says, nothing makes you appreciate a job more than unemployment.<br /><br />I am now a Gallery Host at a nearby hotel (and a very nice hotel at that). Basically I am responsible for making/changing/canceling reservations, checking people in and out, greeting people at the door, fielding telephone calls/questions/complaints, giving tours, helping with the continental breakfast, preparing hot meals, and making Starbucks coffees and teas. I'm still training at the moment but I'll be on a regular shift by this upcoming weekend, which is exciting. And this is the first time that I've ever had to wear a uniform other than for band....<br /><br />And to make things even better, autumn has come to Texas, or at least to Dallas. I love autumn; it's my favorite season in the year. It's just so colorful and moody.<br /><br />Anyways, from now on I think that the direction I'll be taking in my blog will be focused on my ultimate career goal: creating a school.<br /><br />Many of those who know me will know of my love of learning languages. And I've come to realize that foreign language education in the Texas public school system sucks. So, for many years now, my career goal has been to open sort of a dual language school. The students would learn everything they would learn in a normal public school (hopefully at a higher standard), but in at least two different languages.<br /><br />So, from now on that is what the focus of my blogs will be: foreign language education. Welcome to my new beginning.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-71808644438656593582009-07-07T15:48:00.004-05:002009-07-07T16:36:34.191-05:00Leaving SchoolWow, it's almost been a year from my last post! That's kind of hard to believe...<br /><br />Since I got back from Japan, my life has not been all flowers and sunshine, unfortunately. Especially since the start of my last semester at UT. Since last July I've lost several family members. In January, the night before the semester started, my then boyfriend came straight to my apartment from a three day trip with his parents to dump me. I had such a bad physical reaction to the whole ordeal that it left me nauseated for the rest of the week. Needless to say, I had a really hard time getting to sleep the night before the start of classes. Not only that but that same week Calyn's car got broken into TWICE within four days, just sitting outside of our apartment building. And I could not get into the last Japanese class (I thought) I had to take in order to graduate on time.<br /><br />The next week I started taking medication for an infection that made me nauseated for the rest of the <span style="font-style: italic;">second</span> week of school. And the professor finally added me to his class.<br /><br />The classes I took last semester were Fundamentals of Acting (which was a blast), Readings in Pre-modern Japanese Stories (a whole bunch of translating), Main Current of American Culture to 1865 (cultural history), and Mexican American Modernism. I also joined the Texas Ballroom club which was so much fun! During the semester, my acting and ballroom classes as well as my roommates and friends were the only things keeping me afloat.<br /><br />Two weeks after I was dumped my grandmother died; my last grandparent. I was a pallbearer at her funeral that weekend.<br /><br />During that time my parents also gave me an ultimatum. <span style="font-style: italic;">If</span> I put out five applications a week and made 10 contact in order to secure a job, they would <span style="font-style: italic;">think</span> about letting me stay with them after I graduated. I know my parents were only trying to light a fire beneath my feet so I could have a job lined up, but that on top of classwork and all of the emotional baggage I was carrying around had me drowning.<br /><br />Thankfully, things were starting to look up near the end of the semester. I was almost done with my classes, due to graduate soon, and my parents had taken back their ultimatum. On the flip side I hadn't found a job yet.<br /><br />However, everything hit the fan during the last week of classes. I had turned in all of the paperwork for my coursework overseas in November. I was told that it would all get processed by Spring Break, but it didn't. I was told by my academic advisors that I had all of the credits I would need to graduate on time in May. They finally processed all of my credit the Friday before the last week of classes and I was psyched that I could apply to graduate since the deadline for that was the next Friday.<br /><br />Well, Monday came around and I went up to campus to apply to graduate only to learn that I was missing <span style="font-weight: bold;">one hour </span>of upper-division Japanese credit.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">one hour<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span><span><br />My advisors scrambled around trying to find ways to correct the situation. </span></span></span><span><span><span>They tried having some of the courses re-evaluated, they tried appealing to the Dean to waive the one hour requirement. But by Wednesday nothing had worked and I was really starting to worry. The next day I had three finals, acting at 8:00 AM, a four page translation of a Japanese story due at 9:30 AM, class at 2:00, and an eight page paper due in English at 3:30 that next afternoon. At 5:30 that Wednesday I had halfway finished the translation and I was a page and a half shy on my English paper, when I got a call from my academic advisor.</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span><span>He told me that if I wanted to graduate on time, my last option was to take an upper-division Japanese final the next day for a class I had not taken at UT. At th</span></span></span><span><span><span>at point I broke down and called my parents in hysterics. In the end I elected to take the final (which cost $82) and gamble my graduation date on the off-chance that I could pass a final exam whose contents I did not know, nor would I have had the time to study for. The next day, I performed for my acting final and got good comments, ran to the library to finish up the translation for the Japanese class, which made me a bit late. And then I spent my lunch break finishing my English paper before going to class at 2:00, turned in my paper at 3:30 and went straight to the testing site, where I spent 2 hours trying to pass the Japanese final.</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span><span>The next morning I woke up and found that by some miracle I had made a B on the Japanese final and that I would be able to graduate on time.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaLHfMjI6RFzBFA158kDAMFmA_oHknmmi2klsxGdxaqQqKpm-P9LAt9Se2NJaa3aND6Q7kdWznt6b4LoqP9LhP7VBIO_j9SqxEPo32w4fARP2z3WxFc6ywxMZoXl1dokcUGNqZ6zCLkHv/s1600-h/n7942964_577.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaLHfMjI6RFzBFA158kDAMFmA_oHknmmi2klsxGdxaqQqKpm-P9LAt9Se2NJaa3aND6Q7kdWznt6b4LoqP9LhP7VBIO_j9SqxEPo32w4fARP2z3WxFc6ywxMZoXl1dokcUGNqZ6zCLkHv/s200/n7942964_577.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355835162726718882" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span><span><br />So I graduated, and am now back at home in Garland, still trying to find a job.</span></span></span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-78366520483459446632008-08-18T12:37:00.002-05:002008-08-18T12:56:45.119-05:00It's hard to believe that it's August. I have been so incredibly busy for the past month that it feels like years have passed between my last post and this one. So let me give you guys an update.<br /><br />Finals were torture. I had two term papers due (one four pages and one ten pages), 3 final presentations (2 of which had to be in Japanese), and 3 final exams (2 of which were in Japanese). Somehow I managed to get it all done without going TOO crazy. And then immediately after my last exam I went to pick up my dad at the airport. A couple of months earlier my dad decided that he wanted to come visit with me. So we arranged it where he would come visit me for my last week and a half in Japan and we would fly home together. But I'll elaborate more on that later.<br /><br />We flew back home on August 1st from Tokyo and got home in one piece. Since then I've been trying to get over my jet-lag and get ready to move back down to Austin. We got home from the airport at 12:30 AM on 8/2 and, of course, I couldn't go to sleep until about 3:30 AM. And then I slept until 5:00 PM! So my sleep schedule has been pretty off lately. I caught up on all of my doctor appointments and yesterday I moved into my new apartment in Austin.<br /><br />こんにちは!これから私は日本語でも書くつもりです。8月1日、テキサスのダラスに着きました。この間荷物を詰めていました。昨日、オーステンに引っ越しました。これからよろしくお願いします!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-87347874281228208512008-07-12T06:26:00.012-05:002008-07-13T03:08:45.058-05:00Meiji ShrineA couple of weekends ago I went with some friends into Tokyo. Unfortunately, due to the amount of school work I had, I was only able to visit one temple and a museum with them before I had to go back to the house. But here are pictures from the Meiji Shrine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDf-R84Om7OMkL_Dr-gd1OFTffVFyK3_ZXtz7HFvefgZWfwOG6MqcXXpSH0UIxtSnUcJz1ASfuD-VEWjfOERluHRb8ZRRrBNKHfblEsI__ZqNroEN84FWu_hH1-nZUd0p_UUpxHDpBkxY/s1600-h/IMG_7699.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDf-R84Om7OMkL_Dr-gd1OFTffVFyK3_ZXtz7HFvefgZWfwOG6MqcXXpSH0UIxtSnUcJz1ASfuD-VEWjfOERluHRb8ZRRrBNKHfblEsI__ZqNroEN84FWu_hH1-nZUd0p_UUpxHDpBkxY/s200/IMG_7699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222101633438005186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVtc4zNu0Lj0AkbsRGrJYh6yTYUgDxTnOvpDq20iZUkPreqK6h4cgodbQb2xnoxEVVskTB4u4-wtauE3kqnMJlkor11D_SEMiuF8KM4yTa9NbdYYJf52tJThw2KlydRqWVEUWqcI0SMBq/s1600-h/IMG_7700.JPG"><img style="cursor: 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I only have 8 more days of school left withStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-73864263086263903812008-06-26T22:24:00.017-05:002008-06-26T23:19:27.837-05:00Flower FestivalMy host-mom took us to a flower festival at a nearby park a couple of weekends ago. 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The tea was bitter, just like everybody says, but I thought it left a rather pleasant after-taste. Oh and the first picture is my host-mom's car.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-65135186580640383682008-06-24T20:56:00.005-05:002008-06-24T21:06:23.152-05:00EnchiladasSo, the other day one of my friends had a get together and he made enchiladas for us. They aren't really the kind that I'm used to, but they made me happy nonetheless. Here are some pictures from the get together with my friends. 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsZE1kA_Jc_ayKZ8mQGchn9r3y9jyoI84loXhHsFu-qnPdRTEB-hTsHym_t7CbHZrGTzApT9BwRnKC7X1DwLghl0bXpwa7Xml6jZ0DsVHtOwd536Tq3-dpoSPbZVSNA9jy4JFy3db_Bw/s1600-h/IMG_7609.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsZE1kA_Jc_ayKZ8mQGchn9r3y9jyoI84loXhHsFu-qnPdRTEB-hTsHym_t7CbHZrGTzApT9BwRnKC7X1DwLghl0bXpwa7Xml6jZ0DsVHtOwd536Tq3-dpoSPbZVSNA9jy4JFy3db_Bw/s200/IMG_7609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215633223004793202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I think he'll be throwing another one soon.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-42567049962012881432008-06-19T22:22:00.002-05:002008-06-19T22:59:16.464-05:00HomeI think I have officially reached the stage of being homesick now. I've been here since September 11th of last year, with a little less than a month of a vacation back home in February. I think the main reason is that my schoolwork has reached an alltime high and I'm getting frantic. And I know for a fact that I'm not the only one.<br /><br />So, one day in class when I found that I could not focus at all on what the teacher was saying, I decided to disctract myself with making a list of things that I've really come to miss since being here. And I thought I'd just share them with you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fruit</span> (fruit is so expensive here)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">People opening doors for each other</span> (if you're walking behind somebody and they go through a door, they don't bother to care if anybody's walking behind them, and more often than not the door is allowed to shut in your face)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Steak</span> (it's so thin and expensive here)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Baked potatoes with fixings</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sauteed mushrooms</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pie </span>(oh my goodness, they have no pie here, and I'm going crazy. Of course, it doesn't help that people don't usually own ovens. Their cake is great, but it's so light that I can eat a whole cake by myself in one sitting)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Walking around campus</span> (at first, funnily enough, I missed walking around UT than I did home)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reading English</span> (I really really really regret the fact that I did not have enough room to bring a couple of novels with me, because finding English books here is like trying to find a four-leaf clover)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Going shopping at the mall at home </span>(I miss walking around window shopping for clothes that FIT me, what can I say?)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Going to the theater</span> (I miss movies, and there are so many movies that I wanted to see, but couldn't because I was over here, and the theater is ridiculously expensive here)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Smoothies</span> (strawberry smoothies...mmmmm...)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Freedom</span> (Hah, unexpected, huh? I don't want a curfew anymore, I don't want to have to curb my social life because I have no real space of my own)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet</span> (yeah...I'm only allowed one hour a day at my homestay, and the school kicks you off after 3 hours so I can't get any decent research done for my term paper at one time)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Breakfast tacos</span> (the sausage just isn't the same here....)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pancakes, IHOP</span> (sob, pancakes!)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Waffles</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Frasier</span> (I love that show)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meeting up with friends</span> (and when I say friends, I mean REAL friends, the ones that talk to me and listen to all my complaining, sorry for that, by the way, guys)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pizza</span> ( a nice greasy, cheese and mushroom pizza with a deep pan crust...oh, yeah, none of this chicken teriyaki, mayonnaise, corn, and seaweed stuff)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shopping for furniture</span> (not necessarily to buy)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Butter pecan ice cream</span> (ice cream over here is expensive like no other)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pecan pie</span> (need I say more?)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wide open spaces</span> (oh, how rare they are in Tokyo)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Singing while I drive</span> (I can't sing to myself here, the walls are so thin everybody would hear)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Going to the office and visiting with everyone</span> (I miss going to lunch with you guys! I'll have to drop in on you guys when I get back)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The farm</span> (I really miss going down there with the family to visit...well, more family. To think all of my second cousins are probably all big now)<br /><br />I'm sure there's more, but the bell rang, and I didn't have time to finish. And now I return to research on English language education in Japan.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-50171179067958567402008-06-15T19:53:00.002-05:002008-06-15T20:03:12.260-05:00LearningSo here are a couple of things that I've learned from my host-sisters.<br /><br />In China, if you go to a restaurant it is considered rude to eat everything on the plate. I was very confused about this, but apparently what you don't eat, the people who work at the restaurant will eat once you've left. I found this out one night as we were eating dinner and watching a TV show about restaurants in China. My previous host-sister, Haru-chan, had held several jobs while living in Japan and apparently she had told my host-mom that she was so surprised when nobody left anything on the plates here.<br /><br />And in Taiwan, women refrain from eating ice cream both the week before and the week of their menstrual cycle, because, apparently it prevents you from getting cramps. Maybe I should test out that theory...Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-14546356796016751712008-06-08T00:59:00.003-05:002008-06-08T01:15:35.510-05:00Sorry about the wait. I've been super busy with school work and mid-terms are still going on for me.<br /><br />But I gotta say that I cannot wait to get back to the states. The atmosphere has been a bit sour in my home stay for the past week or so, and I cannot figure out why. At this point I am very much looking forward to getting into my new apartment in August and not having to answer to anybody.<br /><br />If anybody is looking to study abroad here, please be aware of a few things about host-families. While the home-stay is the cheapest and probably the most convenient option for the program I'm in, it does have its drawbacks. For instance, most of the people I've spoken to who stay with host families have a curfew. Mine happens to be 10:00 pm, which is fine during the week, but if you want to go out and hang out with friends on the weekends it gets really cumbersome. I can't tell you how many times I've had to turn down invitations to go out and do something because of my curfew. And it's not that I don't understand why the curfew exists, my host-dad has to leave for work really early in the morning and they can't have me coming home and making a ton of noise really late. But it gets very annoying. I've been able to sleep over at friends' apartments sometimes, but it's not always possible.<br /><br />And the showers. You can't keep the water running the whole time you're in the shower. And the part that really gets me is that they don't want you to stay in the shower for more than 30 minutes. But if you're like me, you tend to like to wash your face and brush your teeth and stuff during shower-time. And since my hair is thicker than most peoples' rinsing out shampoo and conditioner takes a lot of time. However, I have to say that if I had lived in an apartment I probably would not have been as likely to try bathing after a shower, which is a really nice perk in a home stay.<br /><br />A friend of mine said that a person she knew had tried a home stay. He got to the house fine and his new host-parents handed him a booklet of rules that he was supposed to follow. He took one look at the booklet and walked back out the door. And most of the rules she mentioned, I found, were exactly like the ones I'm expected to follow. Fortunately my host-parents had had a little more tact about it.<br /><br />And I don't know about anybody else's host-parents, but mine tend to treat me like a child, but that could very well be my own fault.<br /><br />However, living with a host-family can be very very rewarding. And I think that my host-family has been particularly generous. But, honestly, I am very much looking forward to not having to answer to anybody and living the way I want to.<br /><br />I miss you, Texas!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-33846284382365133492008-05-24T06:40:00.002-05:002008-05-24T07:09:07.013-05:00Sorry!Wow, I feel really bad about neglecting this site. Lately I've been ridiculously busy with school. However, I think I do have time for a good rant.<br /><br />This past Monday I got a major culture shock. I had had to skip kendo practice that last half of the week before because of homework, so I had been really looking forward to going that Monday. Well, I went and at the beginning of practice, I was just about to do an exercise and I caught my toe on my hakama while I was moving forward....again.<br /><br />But this time was much much worse. I couldn't even finish the exercise. It was so embarrassing. I hobbled off to the side and sat down, removed my armor and tried to swallow the tears that were coming. Of course the girls were pretty concerned and they brought me some ice. I had to sit out the whole practice, icing my toe, which very rapidly got swollen. There was a teacher there, as well. He's pretty young, though. From what I understand, he graduated from the school I go to a couple of years ago. He was kind enough to ask me how I was when he saw me sitting near the windows. When I lifted the ice to show him my toe (which was red because of the ice) he rummaged through his bag and gave me a couple of strips of this felt stuff with blue jelly on the underside to put between the ice and my foot. He even put them on for me, when he saw I blankly I was staring at them.<br /><br />At any rate, practice went on as usual, but towards the end I had to think about how I was going to get down 2 flights of stairs, walk over to the next building and get up to the third floor where the locker room was. Because I was in some serious pain. I was sitting with my back to the windows, which were open because it gets hot when you're moving around a lot in all that armor. But even the wind coming from the open windows was making my leg spasm with the pain. And, of course, it didn't help that everybody was stomping, and with every shake, the pain flared up. The teacher asked me how I was going to get home, and offered me a ride as far as the nearest station. But, unfortunately, I had ridden my bike to school that day, and I was a bit reluctant to impose on him. At any rate, that meant I would have to cross the station, get on the bus, and then walk all the way to the house from the bus stop. It never seemed so far before, but I didn't think I'd be able to make it with that toe.<br /><br />So when practice ended I sort of sat there, wondering what to do. Then my guy friend, Daisuke, came up to me and offered to help me up to the locker room. So he helped me up and helped me hobble to the dojo entrance. But as we were walking one of the guys yelled out "don't touch me!" in English. I know for a fact it wasn't a first-year because Daisuke is a second-year and therefore their superior, and I knew the second-years wouldn't do that to him. So, it was either a third- or fourth-year. And it made me inordinately angry. Daisuke was the only one who offered to help me and they were making fun of him for it. Sometimes I wonder how it is that they still have the mentality of a middle school student (no offense to middle school students).<br /><br />Once we gain the entrance the second-year girls tell Daisuke that they'll help me from there. So Daisuke waited with me until the girls got ready to go and then I had to get up and put my flip-flops on. Unfortunately, I was only able to put one on. Then two girls got on either side of me and helped me hobble through to the stair landing just outside the dojo. There were a few of us, since they were obliged to carry my armor, so we were blocking the stairs for the most part. But the three of us had moved very awkwardly, and they were discussing how to get me down the stairs since the three of us couldn't get down there together. So one of the girls said something along the lines of "maybe somebody should carry her, maybe a guy..."<br /><br />And that's when one of the fourth-year guys came up behind us, on his way back to the boys' locker room. He asked what was wrong. "What? She hurt her foot?" And then he brushed past one of the girls that was helping me and went right on down the stairs, not even bothering to apologize to the girl he had brushed aside.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped.<br /><br />I don't think I have ever been so shabbily treated by a man...except that time that my ex yelled at me. And I had never had such an urge to <span style="font-style: italic;">spit</span> on anybody as I did that night.<br /><br />In the end the girls put me on the back of the thinnest girl in the club (which is saying something because this is Japan) and she <span style="font-style: italic;">ran</span> with me down the stairs, over to the next building, into the elevator, and into the locker room. And I know for a fact that I weigh more then she does. Once I got changed (that was interesting) and back downstairs, one of the third-year girls brought me my bike. Thankfully once I got on my bike I was fine, since I don't really put pressure on my toe while I'm pedaling. But, unfortunately, that day I had chosen to wear a white skirt...and it started to rain while I was a quarter of the way home.<br /><br />But apparently most Japanese guys are not very gentlemanly at all. They don't hold doors open for women here, or even, it seems, offer to assist someone who obviously cannot walk down stairs by themselves. And it's at times like those when I really just want to go home.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-56965751139942374982008-05-14T23:10:00.000-05:002008-05-13T21:06:46.141-05:00More MoneySo for my birthday I invited a few people to go eat sushi for lunch with me. After kendo practice we met up at a famous sushi chain restuarant (Kappa Sushi) and squeezed into a booth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQso4OCaBwM5T-l9Cm5q1JXAS-qof0Wbs_N3VIJznXSLaoDJjghuVIVgiuDY9gB7wf2UuZWtC0c08XIreFjT8P-jGfq2NRFHMUKrjdRCzRL2Fb8mX05rObVk0QcHtNG6zDJXuaXumrtmg/s1600-h/IMG_7403.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQso4OCaBwM5T-l9Cm5q1JXAS-qof0Wbs_N3VIJznXSLaoDJjghuVIVgiuDY9gB7wf2UuZWtC0c08XIreFjT8P-jGfq2NRFHMUKrjdRCzRL2Fb8mX05rObVk0QcHtNG6zDJXuaXumrtmg/s200/IMG_7403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198238250628517954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUe1klcT8df9OngMjtaUKRsT6Z-Zki6Pk1g-kRy2pWI8kGih-h0Zg3F6bRcvv1Uy6HtSmRF-oe2SfI0vG-g2y_BgO2wVeGaB66lQ78bjBivpm-6FF-d0o-UMWA5H_wxg1lzNLNQcCYtI/s1600-h/IMG_7404.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUe1klcT8df9OngMjtaUKRsT6Z-Zki6Pk1g-kRy2pWI8kGih-h0Zg3F6bRcvv1Uy6HtSmRF-oe2SfI0vG-g2y_BgO2wVeGaB66lQ78bjBivpm-6FF-d0o-UMWA5H_wxg1lzNLNQcCYtI/s200/IMG_7404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198238259218452562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4y5tXrvx3QNAfGFN4VM9L9tsbX6xMXLW7BQ-kSI_5A5uKW6q2d4YJSySISR87FDBfT9srgx-oOVZOvjLS7Nb7AWrP2LRBTNPrMx0kzfuSwljxoUxtKiAa5WitlIYKSPzF_XHwqGEHkI/s1600-h/IMG_7405.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4y5tXrvx3QNAfGFN4VM9L9tsbX6xMXLW7BQ-kSI_5A5uKW6q2d4YJSySISR87FDBfT9srgx-oOVZOvjLS7Nb7AWrP2LRBTNPrMx0kzfuSwljxoUxtKiAa5WitlIYKSPzF_XHwqGEHkI/s200/IMG_7405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198238267808387170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9t4trIoN4yid_akicCDw4xWupiG5n6JAvqSrwTyiZXV9ZwUHm2PA7t34TiwvN_r9dVrCwVRa_MtkKNvmXlRtdxbgj_b4GBGQU3iU8jZMuvBStKVVARotD9AxYI2lGE7aeORfVAx9r92w/s1600-h/IMG_7406.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9t4trIoN4yid_akicCDw4xWupiG5n6JAvqSrwTyiZXV9ZwUHm2PA7t34TiwvN_r9dVrCwVRa_MtkKNvmXlRtdxbgj_b4GBGQU3iU8jZMuvBStKVVARotD9AxYI2lGE7aeORfVAx9r92w/s200/IMG_7406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198238272103354482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After we had finished eating we started talking about driver's licenses and such. (In Japan it costs about 3,000 US dollars to obtain a driver's license.) And then my Japanese friends asked to see the American money I had in my wallet. 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B3Doczfyk38lh4eWu-sqYjR9710054tu4YHazwskyLoBneL1Tnv0iF-JDOofBKo3hmDVOM64acr1nQWTT5BGL4SXDqHMVW_2H-I557Bm1uL73ERfm6SDSQ0jXn0Xr2TYZYwO6XMrZvo/s200/IMG_7411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198235935641145234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Awesome, huh?<br /><br />Of course, when I went home later we went over to my host-aunt's house (okaasan was still in the hospital) and we had...guess...SUSHI and cake. But it was nice.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-50701057516029772882008-05-11T00:01:00.000-05:002008-05-11T03:16:32.960-05:00SpringSo it is officially spring now. The trees are a gorgeous green, flowers are blooming everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE. 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them.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-80584644018623548872008-05-09T00:45:00.010-05:002008-05-09T03:00:57.525-05:00Kid's DayIn Japan May 5th is a national holiday to celebrate children. Originally it only celebrated boys, but for some reason, despite the fact that girls also acquired their own holiday (March 3rd), they changed it from boy's day to kid's day. However, they still fly the carp flags to celebrate male children. On that day my host-dad took us to a nearby river where they had strung out a few long lines of these carp flags. 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Japanese homework.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2aj5_fFSm1RwtP9IPxwP_1jrll52HrMnA9M88B8lkHKD0RmarwfhTfHczDlza3_yfBK-s0j0r01caYuniiGfYvUFZLe5Tlp6L7ZzCQf8BbOT6frHY1NwlPfvBeR7tWsFo5zYBx-Gmvo/s1600-h/IMG_7561.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2aj5_fFSm1RwtP9IPxwP_1jrll52HrMnA9M88B8lkHKD0RmarwfhTfHczDlza3_yfBK-s0j0r01caYuniiGfYvUFZLe5Tlp6L7ZzCQf8BbOT6frHY1NwlPfvBeR7tWsFo5zYBx-Gmvo/s200/IMG_7561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198273508134813154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thanks to those of you who have continued to look at this blog!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-52983834424883015012008-05-07T19:29:00.005-05:002008-05-08T07:55:09.544-05:00NomikaiHere are some of the pictures I took during the Kendo camp. 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMmakXia1Ymq7-s19VYxb8k0xAFDi9LbYCGzCDn6TXiNmOUl2Ultv9U_qN1oaaTvhPs6JsmCbXoHz4jodtLKi9I27gS5h4GkM_BORFXCbsozBJyJuzQuo2zQvZLQbxelezuX-lDkfHoQ/s1600-h/IMG_7438.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMmakXia1Ymq7-s19VYxb8k0xAFDi9LbYCGzCDn6TXiNmOUl2Ultv9U_qN1oaaTvhPs6JsmCbXoHz4jodtLKi9I27gS5h4GkM_BORFXCbsozBJyJuzQuo2zQvZLQbxelezuX-lDkfHoQ/s200/IMG_7438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197799369395375810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR5Pa9eV6TtMA7ZAJJwN4q22F_2x6Dacm82YZQOrJCCZ7nZZQuNw71O8bMkCeEyC2F3CECSAT-rfaFWXOxdD3u-iUGzFJW2cEcI4UuZE225Fk0A8k2zuCn33tGQZxP7zl7y87J0N_v-Q/s1600-h/IMG_7456.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR5Pa9eV6TtMA7ZAJJwN4q22F_2x6Dacm82YZQOrJCCZ7nZZQuNw71O8bMkCeEyC2F3CECSAT-rfaFWXOxdD3u-iUGzFJW2cEcI4UuZE225Fk0A8k2zuCn33tGQZxP7zl7y87J0N_v-Q/s200/IMG_7456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197800198324064018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The videos are taking a bit, so I'll do those in another post.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-43518276604079334002008-04-29T23:17:00.002-05:002008-05-02T02:53:07.366-05:00Kendo CampKendo camp...ugh.<br /><br />Kendo camp started last Wednesday at the start of practice (6:00 pm). So it was a very long day for me. I got up at 6:15 like usual to get to school on time. I had school during the day and then I had practice from 6:00 until about 8:00. After practice we had to quickly get changed and head down to the gym showers. THAT was an interesting experience. They stuck me with the fourth-year girls to shower. The shower room only had 3 actual shower heads in stalls, but nobody actually claimed a stall, since there were 4 of us. (I assumed that all of the other fourth-year girls live close enough to shower at their own homes.) So we were all switching back and fourth between showers, kind of like musical...showers.<br /><br />After showering (we had to hurry since all of the other girls had to shower after us), we went back up to the locker rooms to eat dinner. Dinner consisted of a bento, as all of our meals did, ordered from some bento company. After eating we headed down to the school bus stop to meet up with everyone so we could go into Machida to go bowling. Keep in mind that we took the 10 pm bus on a Wednesday. We get to Machida, go to the bowling place (forgot the name of it already) and go up to the 7th floor where we get the entire room to ourselves. Of course there are probably more than 50 of us, so...it was a bit crowded.<br /><br />But let me explain a little bit about the groups. We had 5 girls and 5 boys in our group. Shibata-senpai (male, 4th year, captain), Mina (female, 4th year), me, Ai (female, 3rd year), Yuki (male 4/3 year?), San-chan (male, 2nd year), Mei (female, 2nd year), Tomi (female, 1st year), Shu-chan (male, 1st year), and this other male freshman that I cannot remember the name of at the moment. Each group would do different activities together every night. Of course the first night EVERYBODY went bowling, and they actually split us up and mish-mashed the groups together to bowl.<br /><br />So during the first game I was bowling with people who weren't in my group. Among these people was the enigmatic Masuda-senpai. And everybody turned out to be incredible bowlers; it was rather embarrassing. I kept getting gutterball after gutterball. But I ended up not being last, so it was all good.<br /><br />After 3 games of bowling it was about 2:00 am on Thursday, and the other guys were talking about going to karaoke after returning the bowling shoes. Luckily Mina was returning to school to do some homework, so we went back together and I slept for about 3 hours until I had to get up at 6:00 am to get ready for kendo practice at 7:00. I think I was one of the very few who actually slept at all. Consequently kendo practice didn't go <span style="font-style: italic;">quite</span> as well as it usually does.<br /><br />Then I had school during the day. I think most people slept through their classes after practice. But, of course, I can't really do that since I'm here to...study abroad. So I spent all day studying and doing homework. Then we had practice again at 6:00 in the evening, so we did that. Afterwards, my group didn't have to rush through to the showers since we were going to an onsen after dinner. We ate dinner in the locker rooms and then headed down to the room where the boys were supposed to sleep. Other groups went about their separate ways, and we combined with another group and played cards in the room until the boys arrived to drive us to the onsen. We played card games and then we played bingo. I won first prize, too. ^^ I got a Tommy Hilfiger duffle bag.<br /><br />Afterwards I had my second trip to an onsen. This one didn't quite have the prestige of the Dogo onsen, but it was pretty nice. And it's been getting easier and easier to deal with the...communal nakedness, if you will. I guess it helps that nobody else really thinks about it.<br /><br />After a wonderful time in the onsen, we returned to campus and I think I helped people put together a Lilo & Stitch jigsaw puzzle. Then I slept for about 2 hours until practice at 7:00 that morning. And I actually got hit in the throat during that practice. Consequently that school day was torcher. Fortunately it was a Friday, and I only had two classes. Unfortunately, though, I was unable to sleep during the day. And then we had another practice that night at 6:00.<br /><br />And that night my group combined with Masuda-senpai's group for nomikai, which is basically sitting around, drinking alcohol, eating snacks, playing games, and talking. Of course we also had a few comical impressions performed once the alcohol had been out for a while. I'd post the videos on here, but I'm a little bit afraid to ask the performer for permission....<br /><br />Then the next morning we had practice at 9:00 am and then it was over. Wow, it's already been almost a week since it ended and I'm still recovering from it.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-40262280008066869062008-04-25T00:02:00.007-05:002008-04-25T00:24:23.713-05:00Sorry I haven't been updating in a while. Things have been super busy with school and the kendo camp. I've had about 5 hours of sleep in the past two days, so I'm very grateful for the weekend so I don't have to kill myself to do my homework. But I'll write about some of that stuff a bit later. I wanted to give you guys a special treat! ^^ My travel companion from my tour of southern Japan had started to make little comic strips of our adventures together while we were on the last leg of our journey. 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(unfortunately)<br /><br />I'll post more the day after tomorrow. Enjoy!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-28951778578172140862008-04-20T03:37:00.002-05:002008-04-20T19:12:32.026-05:00Okaasan IIAlright, my host-mom came home yesterday. YAY! And I was a bit too harsh on my host-dad, he did do some cleaning since we were getting our new host-student on Thursday. She got here just fine, although I think, since we ate dinner at our host-aunt's house with a total of 8 people, that she was a bit overwhelmed. And my host-mom came back home yesterday, looking as healthy as ever. Apparently they couldn't find anything wrong with her. But we're making her take it easy, and I think it's driving her a bit crazy.<br /><br />At any rate, I had a horrible first day of school this past Tuesday. I thought it was Monday and on Mondays I don't have to be at school until third period. Unfortunately on Tuesdays, I have a speaking and core Japanese class first and second period. Perfect, right? I miss the most important class I'm taking on the first day of school! Ugh. So I had to e-mail the teachers and apologize and ask for work and stuff. One of them still hasn't gotten back to me. But five of my classes this semester are only in Japanese. The teachers only use Japanese. We're not allowed to talk to each other in English. The homework instructions and SYLLABUS are all in Japanese. Not to mention the textbooks, which are also all in Japanese.<br /><br />It's actually really great, since that's kind of the reason I came to Japan. But after all day of that sort of thing, I get extremely tired. Kendo is a nice outlet, though, even though nobody speaks English to me in there. But I had 10 PAGES of Japanese homework after missing the first day of my core class. Thankfully a lot of the classes I'm taking are only once or twice a week, or I would die.<br /><br />Coming up this week is a Kendo camp sort of thing. We'll all be sleeping (separated by gender of course) in the building that our locker rooms are in for 3 days. I don't really know a lot about it, but we have practice at 7:30 in the morning, I think is what somebody told me. And I have a HUGE bruise on my elbow from the armor. Since the armor I wear is new, it's pretty stiff, and so the stomach armor is kind of a bit wide-spread. So every time I would bring my arms down or give someone a faito punch, my elbow would hit the armor. It's a lot better now, but I have to squeeze the armor together while somebody else ties it in order for it not to be so in the way.<br /><br />Anyway, I better get back to all of my homework.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-74621477600056745152008-04-14T20:58:00.002-05:002008-04-14T21:43:22.981-05:00OkaasanSo, I asked my host-dad the other day and he said that my host-mom is fine, but she's staying at the hospital until at least this coming Thursday. That seems like an awfully long time to me. And then he said that they were running tests on her. But when he first said it I freaked out because in Japanese the word for these medical tests sounds like a Japanized way of saying "cancer." So I still don't know what's really going on.<br /><br />But the house is slowly falling into decay in her absence. My host-dad apparently does not have the ability or the inclination to do housework of almost any kind. Most of the rooms are fine, maybe gathering some dust and debris on the floor, but the kitchen looks rather like a disaster zone. He doesn't really wash the dishes and newspapers are everywhere. Not to mention the packaged snacks that my host-mom usually put out for tea time. The laundry is piling up in the washing machine, and I seriously doubt that he squeegees the floor when he's finished showering.<br /><br />And he can't cook, either, it seems. So we've been having lunch and dinners next door at his older sister's house. The food is good, but, honestly, not nearly as good as my host-mom's. And they absolutely STUFFED us on my birthday. They threw me a small birthday party. I had gone out with friends for sushi for lunch and when I got home we went next door to have...sushi...and cake. Lots of it. And then they talked and talked and talked. And most of it I couldn't understand. And they sang the happy birthday song to me...which was a bit awkward, because a couple of them didn't really know the words all that well (the ENGLISH happy birthday song).<br /><br />But when I came back home last night after kendo, the house was all dark, which was odd. I've never come home to a dark house. Besides he had left a couple of hours before I had so that he could go visit my host-mom in the hospital. Well, I walk inside and Hachi RUNS for the door. Haha, she had spent the whole day inside. So I go around the house turning on lights and closing the gates over the glass doors and windows. I ate my McDonald's (the shrimp burger is actually REALLY good!) and then did the dishes that had accumulated in the sink. He told me this morning that he'd probably be late again tonight, so I think I'll do some sweeping and vacuuming.<br /><br />And when he came home, he asked if his sister had come over (because the gates had been closed) and he seemed surprised when I told him that I'd closed them.<br /><br />...I AM an adult, you know. I think I can manage to walk around the outside of the house and close metal gates without being asked...<br /><br />And Hachi, I can tell, really misses her. She was unusually friendly when she came back in after I let her out.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-7372537996367201282008-04-11T08:06:00.006-05:002008-04-11T08:35:07.044-05:00Well, things have been rather odd lately. My host-mom is currently in the hospital. She had some sort of episode during tea time this morning, which was rather scary. 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Japanese mothers really go all out for these kinds of things it seems. I'll post some of the videos next time.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692009802612854663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890108716255913169.post-10828137434506430892008-04-07T06:46:00.007-05:002008-04-07T23:47:46.451-05:00Sakura FestivalThis past Sunday my host-mom, host-aunt, host-sister, host-sister-in-law, and myself went to the Sagamihara Sakura Festival. Thankfully it took place just before all of this rain came, so we were able to see a lot of blossoms. There are a couple of streets in this city that are just lined with cherry trees. It's really quite beautiful. I actually pass one of them on my way to and from school. Not to mention my school's campus is pretty much surrounded by cherry trees. For the past two weeks the streets and sidewalks have been littered with cherry blossom petals. It's a bit ridiculous, almost. 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