Monthly Archives: November 2006

I’m in a really good mood today.  Like, the best I’ve been in for awhile.  There’s been so much stress with changing host families, having new exchange students, and general social stuff.  Last night I told Yudai I was mad … Continue reading →

Well, sorry for not updating sooner, I`ve been really busy, and have little time to check emails and stuff with using the family computer.  I still use my laptop frequently, but it`s playing solitaire for about an hour each day.  … Continue reading →

The internet is now a much smaller part of my life, since no wireless freedom here, and I share the family computer.  Anyways, I`ll recount some of the more important things that happened while I had no time to update. … Continue reading →

Just a post to say I made it to the Toyooka`s house safe, and they`re really nice!  No wireless internet though, so I`m updating from the family computer.  More updated post tomorrow when I have time, sorry!

Originally I was going to name this post ‘Going Home…’ but I realized that it was a bit too confusing and surprising until you actually read what I meant by it. Today was the last day of coming home after … Continue reading →

So, it’s pretty weird with this countdown until I switch host families.  It’s really kind of sad, and I’m pretty nervous about switching.  It’s definitely going to be pretty stressful.  Still excited, but yeah, it’s going to be pretty different. … Continue reading →

Yeah, first thunderstorm in Japan that I’ve seen since coming here.  I actually kind of missed them, Minnesota seems to have its fair share of them.  The bad part is that it happened at the time we were leaving the … Continue reading →

It was awesome, plain and simple.  Going to Tokyo was awesome. Saturday was flying out and Disneyland.  The flight was incredibly short, and was over before I knew it.  The airport process was also fairly painless.  Domestic flights here seem … Continue reading →

So, the cool thing is, I found a way to easily convert my English keyboard into a Japanese one through Microsoft’s built in language tools.  It’s incredibly simple for me to type in ひらがな,  カタカナ, or  感じ.   Very nice feature.  … Continue reading →

So, Sunday was awesome! The Barbecue was was really great, and I had a lot of fun. It was a long drive to Kobe, and mid-way we stopped and waited for the other two families so everyone would be at … Continue reading →