Monday, December 3, 2007

It's Cold!!! T_T

It is getting colder here in Japan. Now, I have to calculate scraping ice of my car and the tendencies of the Japanese to drive much slower even without any snow on the ground into my morning schedule. It is hard enough to get out of bed then have to worry about scraping ice off my car. T_T!!!

Winter is HERE!
November 23rd (Thanksgiving in America), the snow didn’t stop falling down the whole day. Causing my feet to become frozen because if you have known me for the last 2 years you know that I love wearing my adidas sandals even in the winter. On this day, I wish I was wearing other shoes than my sandals. My feet turned into feet popsicles!!! They were cold!!! We haven’t had snow since. It was kind of weird because the snow fell early. Even the Japanese were surprised by it.

My car before I went to school.
My car when I left school.

Sendai (Nov. 25th)

Jiin-sama and I went to Sendai for Namie Amuro’s concert and to get a digital artist’s signature for Jiin-sama’s friend. It was really fun. The whole day it really didn’t feel like we were going to go to a concert, but once we were there it was marvelous. Well, other than the scary dude that was sitting to the right of me. He was very creepy! We were in a small-ish concert hall and on the 2nd floor, but they were really good seats. The dude brought his really expensive bulky binoculars. Now, that is normal, but the weird part was that he brought a tripod. He was a chubby business man probably mid-forties. He was wearing his business suit, tie, but no jacket and a baseball cap. He used the baseball cap to block any light that would come between his eyes and his binoculars, but how tightly he was holding the binoculars to his face he really didn’t need to have a baseball cap. He sat there the whole concert. He didn’t clap or move really. It was really creepy like I said before and it made me feel sorry for idols who have psycho people come to his/her concerts. Ahhhh, but anyways it was really fun. Namie puts on a wonderful performance. Afterwards, Jiin-sama and I went and ate Japanese pizza! We also had Mr. Donuts for dessert! Overall, it was really fun!!! HRS!


Thanksgiving in Monou (Nov.26th)

Apparently we are having all the big holidays in Monou, which I don’t mind. Alex doesn’t either. It was really fun to have a thanksgiving dinner and not be up for 24 hours preparing it unlike last years. Before we had our wonderful dinner. Jiin-sama and I went to the British café I have always wanted to go to. It was lucky we went there at that time because it is only open on the weekends for lunch. We had hot cocoa it was yummy! The best part was we saw SHEEP. Yeppers, SHEEP… they were really cute!!! The café was cute too. I really liked seeing the British flags everywhere because it reminded me of someone I know that I am not going to mention, but I think you know who I am talking about…hee hee!!!! Anyways, the Thanksgiving dinner was awesome!! Thanks everyone and Thank you Akira for cooking the TURKEY!!!
Da Sheep!!!
Da Turkey!!!


JLPT (Dec. 2nd)
I woke up early and I wasn’t really tired. I guess when I am nervous about things I always wake up early because I freak out if I am going to be late or not! I was going to meet Kent on the train, so we could go together, but unfortunately natured called him upon that day to make him stay home. I was kind of upset about that! I was more freaked out that I have to go take this test on my own. Thanks to my navigator she drew me a map and I didn’t get lost. In the back of my mind, I was hoping to get lost then I couldn’t be able to take this test! Saw some familiar faces and I got there on time. The test was super hard. 1st part: Kanji, Words etc. ~ I haven’t seen some kanji or even heard of those words, so I didn’t do well on that. T_T 2nd Part: Listening ~ I thought I would do okay on this, but you can only listen to it once and lets just say I didn’t do well!!! 3rd part: Reading/Grammar ~ The most difficult part T_T I was guessing at the end because I didn’t have enough time to finish. This test was really hard, but then again I am not that smart! I hope my guessing was right, but even if it was I don’t think I passed, but I took it! I have finally taken this test! I know what it is like and I don’t like it! I don’t think this test really tests your Japanese ability. I think it tests you on how well you take a Japanese test. In the real world, you can ask questions when you don’t understand something you can’t do on a standardized test. It is over and I am free. Like some Brit said, “ It was on a Sunday, which sucks and clearly isn’t endorsed by God!”

Mini Godzilla attacking the JLPT


THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TO GET MY SISTER FOR CHRISTMAS YOU JUST TELL ME!!!
^_^ ~I AM GOING HOME TO AMERICA...IN 15 DAYS!~ BANZAI!!!