Sunday, June 27, 2010
soo...i havent blogged in a really long time! I believe the last time I blogged was last wed. and now it's sunday night! okay...lets see.....where to begin...
so Ashley and I went to go shopping on Wed.! we went to the mall, near from where she lives. It's called Ioponi! Before shopping we had to get money! lol! So my okasan dropped Ashley and me off at the bank so we could transfer our travelers checks. We were like "YES WE FEEL SO INDEPENDENT!" We were so proud of ourselves....until we got to the desk and the lady handed us a form that required your address and telephone number, and you would need to show the clerk your passport....We both looked at each other and were like "NO!!!!"...it was VERY sad! So we walked back to Ashley's house and got her information and luckily she got her money. We went shopping and went to a cute little deli called: Vanilla Deli. We both got fish n' chips ^-^. We then headed home. I was dropped off at my house and we had a good rest the day together! :]
Thursday and Friday were good! School was good! :D I forget which day it was but one of the days we went out to eat dinner at a resturaunt called ookiya...(i think) It was oishi! <3 Friday, Aimi and I went to her friend Nami's house! It was very yummy and it was really fun! There were about 14 of us in a small room! It was awesome! :D I had a lot of fun!
Saturday was fun! I went over to Ashleys early in the morning and we hung out and watch T.V. The program was featuring a segment about different kinds of animal babies! It was so cute!!!! <3333 (i.e. baby: foxes, puppies, monkeys...^-^) kawaii!! We waited for her host sister Maki to get back from Saturday school so then we could go to Ioponi together...So before she came back we went to the post office. Both Ashley and I got SUPER DOUPER AWESOME STAMPS! (Full Metal Alchemist! mwahaha!!) We both sent out our piles of postcards to our friends and family. And apparently in Japan you don't need to lick your stamps b/c there's a dish thingy that you place your stamp in to get it wet and then voila! It's ready to be stuck on....but Ashley and I thought otherwise and continued to manually lick our stamps. hehe. After our adventured we then headed back to her house to get Maki, but when we got there she told us she had to study so she couldn't go...so it was just Ashley and me! We got a lot of presents! It was awesome! We went to the chacacter store! OMG KAWAII! <3 I love it here! I got a lot of gifts for everybody! I felt so happy! After shopping Ashley and I tried to figure out someplace to eat...but alas....there were no restaurants in sight T-T. We wandered and finally found a place to eat. "It was suave" haha! I have become a rice addict. It's crazy! Before I came here I was like "ew rice" but now if anyone even hints about rice I become a little crazy...just a little...haha. >_< After eating we went to the book store and got some manga! Yay manga! <3 It was fun!
We got home and Ashley and I bonded until my otosan came. We got home and then had a nice evening together!
Today (sunday) I got up and had the morning to mosey around. I went on Facebook and talked to my friend David. It made me very happy to be able to talk to my friend! After lunch my otosan and Ashley went to a museum together. It was awesome! and after that we went clothes shopping! I got a YUKATA! <3 :D :D :D and it's PURPLE! ^-^ YIPPEE! :D HAHA! It was expensive but I have it now! After shopping we dropped Ashley off and went back home to get ready for the welcoming party of 10 Americans from Oregon who were going to stay approx. 2 weeks here in Ishigaki. It was a lot of fun! I hung out with Ashley and we both watched the boys be boys...yup. -_- They were like "YES BASKETBALL!! <3" haha!
After the party we came home and now I'm writing this very confusing blog haha. well it's getting late and I want to finish a manga book that I've begun to read...(not the one I got at Ioponi...another managa about music!) Well hopefully I'll be able to blog again soon! :]
* * * *
[Edit]
So now it's Monday and today was the Oregon people's first day of school! lol they were being swarmed! One guy was in Aimi's class. His name is Andre and he's cool. But yeah....school was cool! I'll try to post again soon. :]
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Videos and Pictures! :]
haha I love it here! <3
Fun Times :D
Takitomi was amazing! Unfortunately Maki couldn't go because she had homework she didn't do. My otosan and Ashley and I went to the dock and got onto a ferry which would take us to Takitomi. It was only about a 10 min. ride. After we got there we went on a glass bottom boat. It was sweet! I saw some little Nemos swimming around. It was awesome! After that we took a van into the heart of the island to a bike rental shop. We got our bikes and then proceeded to bike around the island. Poor Ashley hadn't biked in like 3 yrs so she was slow at first. Meanwhile I was like "PUT THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL!" and I was speeding like a maniac haha xD The island was beautiful! I caught a little hermit crab and named him Bob. He was my Bob. :] We saw water bison and cats haha! I was lucky enough to swim in the ocean! It was so awesome! The water was clear and warm. I was in heaven. Except I was swimming and looking underwater and I saw a hole in the sand so I went in for a closer look and when I did a little orange and white eel was staring up at me with its little black beady eyes. I screamed underwater and swam away as fast as I could. haha xD After swimming we went for more bike riding. After getting semi-lost we finally got back to the bike rental shop and took the van back to the Visitors center and took the ferry back to Ishigaki. After that we went to the Ishigaki Gelatto. It was delicious! Then we dropped Ashley off and I went home. The rest of the day was really nice!
Monday was school again so I saw all my friends again! :] No swimming that day so I was very sad! haha
Tuesday was school again and I had 2 classes of swimming! One class with Aimi and one with Yumi! It was really awesome! It was test day and we had to swim laps for the teachers. Most of the kids swam regular laps to see how many they could do without stopping. The max was 8 laps. But, for me I had to swim the I.M. (Individual Medley) I hadn't swam it for SO long! After I swam it in Aimi's class I was dead! And then for Yumi's I swam it again and I died again! LOL I really need to get back into shape! haha...but even though I was out of shape I beat everyone else by like 1.5 laps. I felt bad xD After the first 4 periods I went home for lunch with Yumi and Ashley was there. The school was having meetings for the last 2 periods so Ashley and I didn't have to go. So we stayed at my house, sang, looked up anime that we used to watch when we were tiny and yeah...It was awesome! :D haha Toonami used to be GREAT...but now it's just sad....T-T I want all my anime shows back! lol
Well, now it's Wed. and it's a shopping day for me and Ashley. I'm very excited! Aimi, Yumi, and Yuto don't have school because in Ishigaki (only in Okinawa) today's considered a holiday because it was the "official" end of WWII. So yeah! I'm excited for today! I'll blog again soon! Until then Ja ne! :D
Monday was school again so I saw all my friends again! :] No swimming that day so I was very sad! haha
Tuesday was school again and I had 2 classes of swimming! One class with Aimi and one with Yumi! It was really awesome! It was test day and we had to swim laps for the teachers. Most of the kids swam regular laps to see how many they could do without stopping. The max was 8 laps. But, for me I had to swim the I.M. (Individual Medley) I hadn't swam it for SO long! After I swam it in Aimi's class I was dead! And then for Yumi's I swam it again and I died again! LOL I really need to get back into shape! haha...but even though I was out of shape I beat everyone else by like 1.5 laps. I felt bad xD After the first 4 periods I went home for lunch with Yumi and Ashley was there. The school was having meetings for the last 2 periods so Ashley and I didn't have to go. So we stayed at my house, sang, looked up anime that we used to watch when we were tiny and yeah...It was awesome! :D haha Toonami used to be GREAT...but now it's just sad....T-T I want all my anime shows back! lol
Well, now it's Wed. and it's a shopping day for me and Ashley. I'm very excited! Aimi, Yumi, and Yuto don't have school because in Ishigaki (only in Okinawa) today's considered a holiday because it was the "official" end of WWII. So yeah! I'm excited for today! I'll blog again soon! Until then Ja ne! :D
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Another long post....-_-' ah! sorry!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
so....i haven't blogged uin a VERY long time! gomennasai! I've been so busy over the past few days! I can't really remember the last thing I posted about....haha....oh dear....I think that I was talking about how I would soon go to a boat race.....SO I'll start from there!
So I woke up and said good-bye to Aimi and Yumi, who had to go to school...haha >_< I got dressed and ready and otosan and I drove to Ashley's house to pick her up. We got there and Ashley was awaiting our arrival! :D So she got in the car and we were off! To Hary (i think that's how you spell it) We got there and found a nice place to sit. We sat and waited for the event to begin. It began and it was awesome! First, before the actual races each team did a dance, they all had elaborate costumes on. It was pretty beast! :] Then the actual races started and Ashley and I cheered on the blue team (ao) onto victory! We watcheda couple more races until we got very hungry. I had originally spied a little boy with a HUGE bag of cotton candy so I was hoping of getting one for myself. Ashley volunteered to go and get some food. She took a while, but she finally came back with the huge cotton candy for me; and for herself she bought shaved ice. We both enjoyed our snacks. After awhile Ashley's host mom and sister came. It was nice to see them. I then decided to get shaved ice because I was so thirsty and hot. So I went and waited in a long line to get shaved ice. When I got back Shiho, Ashley's little host sister , was eating Takoyaki. She offered one to Ashley and one to me....omg I was about to die! xD haha....well I ate it and it was actually good. Oh! if you don't know what takoyaki is, it's a ball of octopus...yummy right? Well after I had finished chewing on that Ashley and I went to get more food. We got my popcorn and as we were headed for the corn dogs and french fries my otosan called telling us a unique boat race was about to begin. Sadly and without our food we went back to watch, but I'm very glad we did. It was awesome! The boaters had to purposely flip when a flag did something weird. It was so cool! After we watched that I went to Ashley's house, my otosan had to stay in case of an emergency. Ashley's house was aweosme! Unforutnately since I had stuffed my face with food at the boat race I wasn't hungry anymore...so I didn't eat anything at Ashley's house even though her okasan insisted >_< Ah! After that Ashley and I went to my house and hanged. We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the original one, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. After that we did ultimate Disney Quizzes! It was INTENSE! :D SHe then had to leave and I had free time. After free time I went to dinner and so on and so forth.
The next couple of days were just school. It was really fun! I love that school! :D My new friends are AWESOME! I finally had swimming! It was awesome!!! :D :D :D I LOVE SWIMMING!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D Everyone was like "you are superman!" or "you are so fast" haha xD Other than that school was school :] One day I went shopping with Aimi and my okasan after school! I got shorts and some AWESOME PURPLE SHOES! <3333
Yesterday Ashley and I went shopping at a mall called Ioponi. It was awesome! I got an adorable Hello Kitty pen :D I got some nice PJ pants that are ACUTALLY long enough haha...and I got some rad postcards! :D Yuto, Yumi, Aimi, my okasan, and I played card games after dinner! It was alot of fun!
Today was Sat. and Aimi had saturday school. I went and met up with Ashley and we hung out together during school. After school we went to Mister Donought! (i know. i know I can't spell...) WELL... It was awesome! After that Ashley and her host sister Maki came over and we did karaoke! :D Shiho and Ashley's okasan came over and did karaoke too! It was so much fun! After they left it was free time. I then watched Aimi's favorite T.V. drama! Man it was intense! After that we watched Japan in the World Soccer Cup thing. That was intense too!
Now I'm typing this and it's 11:21 pm and I should probably go to sleep. Tomorrow I'm going to Takitomi Island with Maki and Ashley!! AH!! I'm so excited!!! I'll try to post again soon!! :D
so....i haven't blogged uin a VERY long time! gomennasai! I've been so busy over the past few days! I can't really remember the last thing I posted about....haha....oh dear....I think that I was talking about how I would soon go to a boat race.....SO I'll start from there!
So I woke up and said good-bye to Aimi and Yumi, who had to go to school...haha >_< I got dressed and ready and otosan and I drove to Ashley's house to pick her up. We got there and Ashley was awaiting our arrival! :D So she got in the car and we were off! To Hary (i think that's how you spell it) We got there and found a nice place to sit. We sat and waited for the event to begin. It began and it was awesome! First, before the actual races each team did a dance, they all had elaborate costumes on. It was pretty beast! :] Then the actual races started and Ashley and I cheered on the blue team (ao) onto victory! We watcheda couple more races until we got very hungry. I had originally spied a little boy with a HUGE bag of cotton candy so I was hoping of getting one for myself. Ashley volunteered to go and get some food. She took a while, but she finally came back with the huge cotton candy for me; and for herself she bought shaved ice. We both enjoyed our snacks. After awhile Ashley's host mom and sister came. It was nice to see them. I then decided to get shaved ice because I was so thirsty and hot. So I went and waited in a long line to get shaved ice. When I got back Shiho, Ashley's little host sister , was eating Takoyaki. She offered one to Ashley and one to me....omg I was about to die! xD haha....well I ate it and it was actually good. Oh! if you don't know what takoyaki is, it's a ball of octopus...yummy right? Well after I had finished chewing on that Ashley and I went to get more food. We got my popcorn and as we were headed for the corn dogs and french fries my otosan called telling us a unique boat race was about to begin. Sadly and without our food we went back to watch, but I'm very glad we did. It was awesome! The boaters had to purposely flip when a flag did something weird. It was so cool! After we watched that I went to Ashley's house, my otosan had to stay in case of an emergency. Ashley's house was aweosme! Unforutnately since I had stuffed my face with food at the boat race I wasn't hungry anymore...so I didn't eat anything at Ashley's house even though her okasan insisted >_< Ah! After that Ashley and I went to my house and hanged. We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the original one, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. After that we did ultimate Disney Quizzes! It was INTENSE! :D SHe then had to leave and I had free time. After free time I went to dinner and so on and so forth.
The next couple of days were just school. It was really fun! I love that school! :D My new friends are AWESOME! I finally had swimming! It was awesome!!! :D :D :D I LOVE SWIMMING!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D Everyone was like "you are superman!" or "you are so fast" haha xD Other than that school was school :] One day I went shopping with Aimi and my okasan after school! I got shorts and some AWESOME PURPLE SHOES! <3333
Yesterday Ashley and I went shopping at a mall called Ioponi. It was awesome! I got an adorable Hello Kitty pen :D I got some nice PJ pants that are ACUTALLY long enough haha...and I got some rad postcards! :D Yuto, Yumi, Aimi, my okasan, and I played card games after dinner! It was alot of fun!
Today was Sat. and Aimi had saturday school. I went and met up with Ashley and we hung out together during school. After school we went to Mister Donought! (i know. i know I can't spell...) WELL... It was awesome! After that Ashley and her host sister Maki came over and we did karaoke! :D Shiho and Ashley's okasan came over and did karaoke too! It was so much fun! After they left it was free time. I then watched Aimi's favorite T.V. drama! Man it was intense! After that we watched Japan in the World Soccer Cup thing. That was intense too!
Now I'm typing this and it's 11:21 pm and I should probably go to sleep. Tomorrow I'm going to Takitomi Island with Maki and Ashley!! AH!! I'm so excited!!! I'll try to post again soon!! :D
Monday, June 14, 2010
first day of school
This morning I awoke at 7:00 am for school. Aimi popped her head in and said hello, good morning! :D I woke up and headed to breakfast. I got bread, some mango juice (i think), and some yogurt with some cube things in it, haha I don't know what I ate! I then said good-bye to Aimi who had to go to school early. Yumi and I got ready and then we both headed to school on our bicycles. I now know that I am not that good at riding in narrow spaces. I crashed into the wall twice! xD We got to school and met the teachers. Ashley and I had to introduce ourselves. She was awesome! I was..okay xD haha I stank! After that I went with Yumi to her homeroom. People were eyeballing me! LOL We got to homeroom and we sat. The day went like this, first we had homeroom, then geography, math, home economics, lunch, english, japanese. For lunch we got to come home and eat. I didn't like the lunch today xD ah! I felt bad! Englisdh class was cool, I had to stand infront of the class and get questions asked to me...and I could ask them questions too. Someone asked me if I had a boyfriends LOL She was so cute! :D I met a lot of new people! They are so kawaii!!! I LOVE IT!! :D :D :D :D They make me so happy! I know need to learn their names >-< haha I feel bad!
I left school by myself because Yumi had to stay after for English. I was tired. I got home and went into my room to cool down...i fell asleep for 30 minutes! I didn't mean to at all! lol! I then got up and I found that my okasan's mother was there. She was so cute!!! After that I hung around the house. I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! LOL We had dinner and then played cards!
I love it here!
Tomorrow I don't have to go to school because I am going to watch a boat race! I'm so excited!, but I'll miss seeing my new friends! :( But I'll see them on Wed! :D Oyasuminasai!
I left school by myself because Yumi had to stay after for English. I was tired. I got home and went into my room to cool down...i fell asleep for 30 minutes! I didn't mean to at all! lol! I then got up and I found that my okasan's mother was there. She was so cute!!! After that I hung around the house. I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! LOL We had dinner and then played cards!
I love it here!
Tomorrow I don't have to go to school because I am going to watch a boat race! I'm so excited!, but I'll miss seeing my new friends! :( But I'll see them on Wed! :D Oyasuminasai!
Ishigaki!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Yesterday I arrived in Ishigaki! I slept basically for the entire flight! Poor Ashley! The airplane was so empty. It was crazy! haha. We got to the tiny Ishigaki Aiprort and departed the plane onto a bus which drove us about 2 minutes away to the main airport where I saw my host family above the door waving a sig, my father, and two sisters, Aimi and Yumi. It was aweosme! Ashley and I were both freaking out! :D We had to wait awhile for our luggage but it eventually came! :] We both greeted our host families and took pictures together! It was awesome! THen we parted and I went with my host family to their house. It's so cute! I love it! We got there and I met my host mom! :D After giving her a big hug I entered the house and there was a sign welcoming me! I was so happy! I quickly put my things away and then it was off to a community concert! It was all music and it was spectacular! The composer like triple-de pecs...i don't remember excatly what it's called haha. Well, after that I arrived home and I met my host brother Yuka, who was being beast at a tennis match while I had first arrived. He got 2nd! :D
We then had dinner and after that we watched some video tapes of Yuka's tennis match! :] He really was good! After that I went to bed...I was SO tired....
Today I woke up around 10:00 am. I was SO tired! I went in to talk to my host family and their friends were there. Two Americans who have lived in Japan for 30 yrs! They were there to help Yumi with ther English Speech! :] They were really nice! I was given breakfast and it was toast and it was very good! :] After that Aimi had to go take an examiniation so Yumi and Aimi left. My host dad, mom, and Yuka went shopping. IT was so aweosme!! We went to a comic rental shop...it had manga, songs, movies...etc!! I looked at the #1 aritist and of course...who other than the one and only Lady Gaga -_-....haha THen we shopped somemore and we finally ate lunch at....McDonalds!! LOL It was so funny! I loved it! Japanese McDonald's portions are SO much smaller than us Americans' portions...it's not even funny! After that we went home some friends of the American couple came over from Tokyo. They were really nice/cute! After that Yumi and I went swimming! It was so fun! We rode our bicycles there! :] It was so neat! After that we went home we played cards and then went out to dinner! It was super aweosme!! :] I haven't been brave for trying foods before but now I'm al for it! :] It's awesome to try new foods...wow I can't believe what I'm saying ...*cough* typing *cough* We then headed for home and relaxed. I was able to take a Japanese shower which was ultra cool! I was able to talk to my mom and she was able to see my family! IT was great!
Now it's time for bed! I'm tired and I have school tomorrow! >-< haha help! LOL Well....oyasuminasai!
Yesterday I arrived in Ishigaki! I slept basically for the entire flight! Poor Ashley! The airplane was so empty. It was crazy! haha. We got to the tiny Ishigaki Aiprort and departed the plane onto a bus which drove us about 2 minutes away to the main airport where I saw my host family above the door waving a sig, my father, and two sisters, Aimi and Yumi. It was aweosme! Ashley and I were both freaking out! :D We had to wait awhile for our luggage but it eventually came! :] We both greeted our host families and took pictures together! It was awesome! THen we parted and I went with my host family to their house. It's so cute! I love it! We got there and I met my host mom! :D After giving her a big hug I entered the house and there was a sign welcoming me! I was so happy! I quickly put my things away and then it was off to a community concert! It was all music and it was spectacular! The composer like triple-de pecs...i don't remember excatly what it's called haha. Well, after that I arrived home and I met my host brother Yuka, who was being beast at a tennis match while I had first arrived. He got 2nd! :D
We then had dinner and after that we watched some video tapes of Yuka's tennis match! :] He really was good! After that I went to bed...I was SO tired....
Today I woke up around 10:00 am. I was SO tired! I went in to talk to my host family and their friends were there. Two Americans who have lived in Japan for 30 yrs! They were there to help Yumi with ther English Speech! :] They were really nice! I was given breakfast and it was toast and it was very good! :] After that Aimi had to go take an examiniation so Yumi and Aimi left. My host dad, mom, and Yuka went shopping. IT was so aweosme!! We went to a comic rental shop...it had manga, songs, movies...etc!! I looked at the #1 aritist and of course...who other than the one and only Lady Gaga -_-....haha THen we shopped somemore and we finally ate lunch at....McDonalds!! LOL It was so funny! I loved it! Japanese McDonald's portions are SO much smaller than us Americans' portions...it's not even funny! After that we went home some friends of the American couple came over from Tokyo. They were really nice/cute! After that Yumi and I went swimming! It was so fun! We rode our bicycles there! :] It was so neat! After that we went home we played cards and then went out to dinner! It was super aweosme!! :] I haven't been brave for trying foods before but now I'm al for it! :] It's awesome to try new foods...wow I can't believe what I'm saying ...*cough* typing *cough* We then headed for home and relaxed. I was able to take a Japanese shower which was ultra cool! I was able to talk to my mom and she was able to see my family! IT was great!
Now it's time for bed! I'm tired and I have school tomorrow! >-< haha help! LOL Well....oyasuminasai!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Ishigaki here I come!
I wrote this yesterday...sorry I was never able to post it
Saturday, June 12, 2010
So right now I am sitting in the airport with Ashley! :] This morning I woke up and Jordan, Juliana, and I went for a walk. It was really nice! We went to thuis cute park and did radio exercises with some random people. It was a lot of fun! Then we went back to the hotel and ate breakfast. I had a little conversation with a japanese woman who wanted to toast her bread in the same toaster as me. She was so cute!
After that went upstairs and packed. It was fun. haha xD Then I went down to the lobby with my luggage and waited there until we had to leave. It took awhile because some people forgot to hand back in their room keys...it was kinda of annoying. xD Well, after that we boarded our designated bus and headed for Haneda Airport. I was on bus 2. Yay! haha. So we drove for about 40 minutes and once we got there I left with a group of about 12 and we waited for our plans. Of course EVERYONE else was on a plane, but poor Ashley and me, we had a different flight. The other group left before us, leaving Ashley and me to wait it out alone. It was finally our turn to check in so we did so and now we are sitting in our plan's boarding area awaiting our flight to Ishigaki! I can't believe this day has come! It seemed to have taken FOREVER, but it's FINALLY here! It's amazing! :] I do have to admit I'm nervous, but I'm every excited at the same time! :D Well, I should get off the computer now haha.....I'm staring at this cute convenient store to my right whifch has a lot of little goodies! LOL okay until later! :]
P.S. All the Japanese people are so kawaii! :]
Saturday, June 12, 2010
So right now I am sitting in the airport with Ashley! :] This morning I woke up and Jordan, Juliana, and I went for a walk. It was really nice! We went to thuis cute park and did radio exercises with some random people. It was a lot of fun! Then we went back to the hotel and ate breakfast. I had a little conversation with a japanese woman who wanted to toast her bread in the same toaster as me. She was so cute!
After that went upstairs and packed. It was fun. haha xD Then I went down to the lobby with my luggage and waited there until we had to leave. It took awhile because some people forgot to hand back in their room keys...it was kinda of annoying. xD Well, after that we boarded our designated bus and headed for Haneda Airport. I was on bus 2. Yay! haha. So we drove for about 40 minutes and once we got there I left with a group of about 12 and we waited for our plans. Of course EVERYONE else was on a plane, but poor Ashley and me, we had a different flight. The other group left before us, leaving Ashley and me to wait it out alone. It was finally our turn to check in so we did so and now we are sitting in our plan's boarding area awaiting our flight to Ishigaki! I can't believe this day has come! It seemed to have taken FOREVER, but it's FINALLY here! It's amazing! :] I do have to admit I'm nervous, but I'm every excited at the same time! :D Well, I should get off the computer now haha.....I'm staring at this cute convenient store to my right whifch has a lot of little goodies! LOL okay until later! :]
P.S. All the Japanese people are so kawaii! :]
About Me
- Eem
- Hey! My name is Emily (a.k.a. Eem) and I was lucky enough to receive the JUSSE Scholarship, through YFU, to go to Japan for six weeks this summer. I will try to blog frequently about my overseas adventures! :)