Day 44: Kiyosumi Park Sunday, April 26, 2009 11:30am: I woke up, held my cellphone, and stayed laying on the bed. I wondered how bad my voice was. I love my electric blanket because I feel like I'm in warm water. 12:00pm: Jon calls and I pick up. My voice sounded awful. I struggled to have a conversation with Jon. Then, I hung up. 12:30pm: I went upstairs, washed my face, and brushed my teeth. I changed my clothes and ate food, ramen. I only want hot liquids right now. 1:00pm: My host family goes out shopping, as I got ready to leave also. I put a mask on my face, since I was coughing a lot. Japanese people feel more comfortable around me when I have a mask and I'm coughing. The mask was pretty ... read more

Day 42: Eileen's Birthday Hangout Friday, April 25, 2009 3:30am: I slept so late because I needed to finish my Human Resource Management and Japanese homework. I decided not to read my history textbook because my prof. will only put our presentaton and paper in our grade. I don't see the point in reading for the rest of the class. 7:00am: I woke up and I really regretted sleeping so little. I got ready. I woke glasses and brought my contacts. I ate breakfast, slice of bread with peanut butter, salad, egg, and apple juice. Yuzuki wanted to play but I was in a hurry. I told Manami that I will be out tonight celebrating Leen's birthday. 7:48am: I brought a sweater and coat, and rushed out the door. I studied my kanji for the quiz ... read more

Day 41: Ice-Skating Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:00am: I woke up to review my Japanese for the test today. I was still a bit tired. I got ready and called Jon for a short bit. I really didn't feel like talking to him lately, but I call because I said I will call twice a day (morning and night). I'm still feeling sad, so I WANT to be alone to regenerate myself. But I know people care, so they don't want me to be alone. I do feel awful. 7:30am: I ate my breakfast, slice of bread with cream cheese, salad, and mashed potatoes (from last night). 7:48am: I put a sweater in my bookbag, in case I would need it. I rushed out the door. I jogged to the train station. (I'm still exercising?!) 8:55am: ... read more

Day 39: Fell Asleep in Class Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:10am: I woke up because I wanted to study. I got ready and called Jon. He thinks I have a Japanese boyfriend or something...which started my day BAD. 7:20am: I hung up. I didn't have time to study. I went upstairs to eat my breakfast (a hamburger, salad, and water). I was so full, that I couldn't eat the egg sandwiche my host mom made me. 7:48am: I rushed out the door and borrowed an umbrella. 9:00am: I made it to my classroom. I talked to William about my homework because I was still confused on something. Then, I helped Frank on his homework. We turned in our worksheets. 9:15am: The class was still pretty empty. Kamio-sensei started the class with reading worksheets. Candy and I ... read more

12:10am: Everyone was worried about Eileen and me. Christie, Christie Smith, Jun, Eileen, and I went to find Club Womb. 1:00am: We finally find Club Womb. The entrance fee is $40. That’s too expensive. Actually, everyone didn’t feel like going clubbing anymore because we took a long time finding the clubs. They wanted to go Karaoke. I decided to separate from them. 1:30am: I enter a club that JT and the others went into. Picture taking is NOT allowed. It was too dark to take picture anyway. The club was packed like the rush hour train! I felt so comfortable in the crowdedness. I danced a little and wow, lots of people are attracted to me! I loved it! Also, JT was very kind about watching over me. When someone came up to me and I ... read more