Blogs from Ibaraki, Japan, Asia - page 3

So this weekend was SOOOO much fun. Saturday, I was at the Speech contest the whole day, but it was actually a blast. We got to talk to people the whole time and then listen to some pretty interesting speeches and talk to more people and eat. Tons of fun. After the speech contest, I went to dinner with Marie and her Aunt at a REALLY nice Japanese restaurant. The one where you have your own room and there are at least 10 courses! So much food. Luckily each plate was pretty small. But ti was sooo much fun! Even with the special event (making it half off) was still over $20. Sunday, I spent the whole day at the festival with Tabo for most of the time, and met up with Pumpkin (Mikako) and Mayu ... read more

So this weekend was the BEST!!! On Friday, I went out to eat with Yuka, Aimi and Hunter to a bar b que place (Japanese bar b que, not American). It was so good. And I finally got some salad which I had been craving for weeks now. (there is no real ranch here, all the ranch here is mayonnaise, yuck!) But I found a sesame seed dressing which is AMAZING!!!!! So yummy! Then we watched a scary movie, in Japanese. Not scary at all, I actually ended up laughing through most of it. On Saturday, I was planning on just staying in, but around 11, I heard a language which I did not know and voices I've never heard, so I went out of my room, and it was Akemi and her family. They were ... read more

So the weekend was really quiet and kinda boring. Friday night, went with Hunter, Phillip, Takaaki, Aimi and Yuka to Kabasushi. It's the first sushi place I've been to since being here. It's funny, even the crappy sushi in Japan is better than the expensive sushi in America. Anyways, it's a place where the sushi moves on a conveyor belt and/or you can order it and it comes on a really neat train. I forgot my camera, so I didn't get a picture of anything, but I will be going again. It's only a dollar a plate!!! So cheap!!! Saturday and Sunday I didn't really do much. Studied, revised a prof's paper, and went on a few walks. The weather was amazing this weekend!... read more

So yesterday, Hunter, Yuka, Akemi and I went downtown and got our alien registration cards (well Hunter and I got ours, the other two don't need them). Everyone was saying that they had to wait forever at City Hall, but we went in, handed our papers in and after like 2 min, we got our cards. Then the 4 of us went to soft bank. We were there for almost 3 hrs, but Hunter and I are now the only people in the group who have cell phones!! They are nice too. We have been having fun playing with them and getting numbers (Japanese phones are a million times better than American phones. You don't have to type in numbers when you want to add a contact, you send them the number through infared!!! It's so ... read more

So, Friday, a few people saved a kitten, not even 3 weeks old, from being run over and starvation, so everyone in the dorm has been helping to keep her alive. Mainly Phillip, Shu He and I have been taking care of her. I named her Chu (or Chu-Chan) because she kept kissing my nose. I was the one who got her to start eating. She is doing soooo much better now, and she is going to a new home this evening, I am sad to see her go, but glad someone is going to take care of her, and they are going to be in Mito, so we will be able to visit often. Saturday was Diana's birthday, so a few people got her out of the dorm to go shopping, while the rest set ... read more