Tokyo Disneyland Adventure +

Tokyo Disneyland Adventure (July 5-6, 2008):

Met everyone @ Jiin様’s place to drive to go to Furukawa as a Happy Little Family on their Family trip to the place where dreams come true: Disneyland. We got on the Shinkansen @ 7:46 and headed to Tokyo on our 2 hour journey from the countryside to the big city. We arrived @ Disneyland before noon, so Jiin様 was really happy about that! Jiin様 was our team leader and I was the cheer/spirit leader!!! We had a fun time riding rides, eating food we haven’t eaten in a looooong time (ex. turkey legs, churros, etc.), and talking to the foreigners dressed up as Disney characters....I mean....Talking to Disney characters that looked like foreigners who were dressed up, but they are real just like Santa Claus! Since this is Japan, Disneyland closes @ 10 p.m. T_T !! We rode about 7 rides, watched the electrical parade, and were crazy. I believed everyone had a wonderful time. I know I did!! ^_^ We said that our new goal is to go to every Disney theme park in the world. I will have to come back to Tokyo to go to Disney Sea, but next time I will drag mi Bubba with me!!!
Our hotel room was awesome. It was a $300/ a night room. We all enjoyed it. I wish I could live there. If I were placed there I would’ve probably re-contracted!!!!! Actually, I would’ve definitely re-contracted. Hee Hee.

Other Events:
Wednesday, July 3rd:
I went and did mi laundry in Yamoto. I am going to miss that place. When I went shopping for mi scones. Mr. Tanbo was shopping too. I just thought I was funny!!!Tuesday, July 1st:
Mi Goodbye Party for mi sign language circle. We had it in Matsuyama near the station, so I just wanted. It was nice a lot of people showed up for the party just being for me. It was really nice. I got some flowers, a fan, an adidas bag, etc. I was really happy and sad @ the same time. I am going to miss everyone!

Monday, June 30th:
I have learned that once I get mi fighting spirit back I can punch a bear! A real live bear and it will run away in fear of mi mighty punch! I also learned that I CAN shave with a credit card (once you break it into a razor blade shape and sharpen it on a rock). I will make sure I will carry mi credit cards with me just in case I get stuck on a tropical island because I am going to be caring a lot about mi appearance. I must remain silky smooth at all times!! Who needs to gather fresh water from the rain, learn to properly catch a fish, or any other survival techniques??? Where did I get all this valuable knowledge?? Well, from the New Movie, “Hana Yori Dango Final”!!! It was very entertaining. Jiin様 and I enjoyed it A LOT!! It was Lame, Corny, and AWESOME all rolled into a 2.5-hour movie!!! Just watch it and you can make your own opinions. One day in the future we will watch it @ Jiin様’s house on her father’s big screen, have some snacks, and we all make fun of it properly!!! I LOVE JAPANESE MOVIES especially this one!! Hee hee hee hee heheeheheheheeeeeeee!!!

Before the AWESOME movie:
It was mi last day teaching 1*2年生, so I played games with them. I enjoyed it! Other than the fact I was a freakin’ jungle gym! There were all soooo cute and I don’t think they realize what it means to say goodbye. Some of mi kids said the cutest things to me like, “Be happy when you go back to America,” “We will always be friends,” “Don’t forget about us,” “Always stay in Japan,” etc. It was really cute especially when a 6-7 year old kid says it to you!!! It is even cute when they ask me if I am going to come back next year! ^_^

After school, I printed pictures for mi sign language goodbye present I am making them. Jiin様 and I headed to the mall in 石巻 to go see our movie @ 8:30, eat dinner, etc. We ate Bibinba, in which I burnt mi finger T_T!!! Took some sticky pictures, got snacks for our movie, and some movie popcorn! I told Jiin様 that she was going to be holding it because I had a feeling if it was in mi lap that I would eat the whole thing. Lucky me, she did hold it! She almost ate the whole large popcorn, which really isn’t that large for America, but in Japan...OMG!!! I was sooo proud of little Jiin様!!! Yes, I was!! HRS!
After the movie, we headed back home. It was sooo fun. Blasting music with the windows down driving next to the millions of rice fields!!! It really felt like High School, when Andrea and I would get out of a late movie @ the Warren theater. We would be sooo happy with the movie that we would take a nice relaxing drive through Reflection Ridge! I really love that feeling! YEAH!!!

Kent’s BBQ*Karaoke (June 28, 2008):
We all headed to Kent’s for his birthday BBQ and later we did a 2-hour session of Karaoke! It was really fun! We ate some yummy meat and veggies. Played Frisbee, Danced various styles of dancing, and hung out with English speakers, etc. Kent didn’t really enjoy that Jiin様 and I were singing JPOP and he definitely didn’t enjoy me singing ballads. T_T Well, :P to you Kent! Like they always say, “ When in Rome, Do the Romans!!!” :P !!!