Day 43: Host Family Meets Ate Reci & Aimi Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:00am: Club Womb didn't have enough people yet. 2:00am: Club Womb was PACKED! I was having fun, but only techno/trance was being played. I'm not going back to Club Womb because I prefer Hip Hop songs. 4:00am: Kyle, Jordan, Christie Smith, and I got our stuff from the locker and left Club Womb. Leen, Other Christie, and Dan weren't in the club. We were super worried because they didn't tell us that they left. 4:30am: We found out that the other 3 slept at an internet cafe. In [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Extra: Unknown Sadness I think it's important to write my feelings, so people studying abroad in the future will know how I feel after 40 days. Japan is fun, but I am sad in a confused way. I know this because I... 1. can't sleep 2. don't have an appetite 3. want to be alone Maybe it's because I 1. struggle daily with the different manners 2. can't read 3. can't confidently talk I resulted to 1. exercising 2. listening to my favorite DJ's music mixes online (DJ Flipside from B96 Chicago) 3. spending time with my host family 4. texting [View Full Entry]

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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, [View Full Entry]

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Day 40: Waxing Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:00am: I got ready and studied for my vocabulary quiz. I also called Jon. 7:30am: I ate breakfast, 2 sausage links, lettuce, and a slice of bread and water. 7:48am: I left in a hurry and borrowed an umbrella. 8:03am: The train came late but I was still okay. I continued to study for my vocabulary quiz. 8:10am: The other train was also late. 9:00am: I made it to Yotsuya. All the trains were being late, so a man was standing outside passing out cards that explained that the trains were late today (to [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Day 38: Bonding with Candy Monday, April 20, 2009 5:00am: I woke up, got ready, and did my homework sheets. I went upstairs once to ask my host mom for help. I couldn't read some of the kanji in my worksheets. 7:30am: I finally finished my worksheets and went upstairs to eat my breakfast (granola cereal, 2 small sausages, and a small crossant bread, and apple juice). 7:50am: I rushed out the door. I thought it was going to be cold, but I was wrong. The weather was TOO HOT for a sweater...and I had a sweater and coat on! 9:00am: [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Day 36: Dance Club! Saturday, April 18, 2009 12:00pm: I woke up. I was so tired this week that I was glad to have slept a very long time. I washed myself up, changed clothes, and ate breakfast, slice of bread, egg, and salad, and apple juice. Manami asked it was okay to eat cream cheese everyday. I said I LOVE cream cheese so I'm fine. I also like peanut butter, just in case. She asked if I was going out today, I said I'm going to the club today. I don't know what time I will leave though. Manami said [View Full Entry]

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Day 35: The Weekend Begins! Friday, April 17, 2009 6:30am: I woke up, got ready, and ate breakfast (salad, egg, and slice of bread with cream cheese, and water). I also washed the dishes. 8:00am: The train came. It was late today by 3 minutes! But on my transfer…the 8:09am train was on time. 9:00am: I made it to class. 9:15am: Class started with Yagi-sensei. We learned how to describe things “That bag is pretty and big,” and how to describe things “Red bag, Blue bag, which one is bigger?” “Which sport do you like?” 10:45am [View Full Entry]

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