Elizabeth Harvey
Konnichiwa. I am a USC student living in Hirakata City under a full exchange. I am 19 years old and an International Studies major. I am studying away at Japanese and absorbing Kansai dialect. Yayness!fizzylizzy
Travel Blog Posts
January 6th 2005
Well, our wonderful friend Miki invited Crystal, Fei and I to her cozy apartment to meet her mother a few weeks ago. It was a very long train ride to get there...but we had so much fun! Miki is one of the nicest girls in the whole world and so is her mom! Her mom even likes Japanese boy bands like the Kinki Kids and TM Revolution especially. She is so cool. When we got there we saw that here mom had prepared sooo much food including a traditional Oden stew that is eaten in the winter. For dessert, her mom had made a cheesecake from scratch and there was also ice cream with STRAWBERRIES! It was a lovely feast. After lunch we got to look at pictures of Miki when she was little which Miki ... read more
December 31st 2004
So I had to say goodbye to my wonderful one semester friends: Crystal, Dan, Kim, Davide and all you other Seminar House Two people I will miss you! Today I went to the Japanese Hospital. I have Strep Throat. Yuck. But I have to say that the hospital was very friendly and the doctors and nurses quite nice! Not at all like a scary American hospital. They gave me some medicine and said I should be better in the course of a few days. I am so happy to see the light at the end of the tunnel of this evil sickness. (and not because I wont recover! lol) Happy New Year everyone! Oh yes, and for any of my travelling friends on my travelblog list..please be safe especially if you are in Southeast Asia!!... read more
November 27th 2004
Well, this post is a little (a lot) late. Two holidays have passed since the last time I posted. Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are behind us! How quickly does the time go! Here is a brief summary on how I celebrated my American holidays in Japan. Halloween: A bunch of Gaijin dressed up and went to midnight Karaoke. I was a little girl in PJ's. It was a little scary walking around Makino area in pajamas and pigtails..a few of the ojiisan (old men) were looking at me a little too long *shudder* But the evening was so much fun. I have a couple pics stolen from Dave ^_^ A list of everyone's costumes: Becca- Reindeer Fei-Tigger Crystal-Sexy School Girl Jesse-Vampire Me-Little girl Angela-Minnie Mouse Marie-Dark Angel Dan, Dave, and everyone else without a costume- Ninja ... read more
October 19th 2004
Finally! Here are the pictures from the Danjiri festival I went to back in September. Danjiri are these big wooden floats carved by each neighborhood and pulled by the men of the neighborhood. These floats can get up to some high speeds and since someone rides on top it can be very dangerous!... read more
October 18th 2004
So a bunch of us went to this club in Osaka called "Sam and Dave III." It was totally Hip Hop and exactly like something you'd find at Myrtle Beach. There were many Japanese girls and many MANY American Marines! _ But a huge group of us had so much fun. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves........ read more
October 17th 2004
Well last night (or this morning?) was a blast! A bunch of us from both home stay and seminar house went to Kyoto and found the all you can eat pizza place. Now of course pizza in Japan is very different. It is always thin crust and they don't put tomato sauce on it. Also they have some interesting toppings like mayonaise, tuna, and corn... I tried the tuna pizza...but nah..I wasn't really into it so I ended up sticking to the hawaiian pizza which was fantastic. Afterward, we met up with Yohei and the boys for some serious karaoke at Shouen bowl. Nothing like hearing cute Japanese boys sing Slipknot and Usher's "Yeah." Oh some serious fun. My songs of the evening were: "Fighter"- Christina Aguilera "Fallin'"- Alicia Keys "Bring Me To Life"- Evanescence "Tuxedo ... read more
October 15th 2004
Soooo! Today was the ultra-scary KANJI midterm and I think.........................................................................................................I passed!!!!!!!! Yayness! Phew! Sorry, too much coffee and not enough sleep plus test stress =bouncing off the walls! Today's pictures are from a local theme park called Hirakata Park or "Hirapa." I've talked about it before in my e-mails but just to remind everyone it is the one with the the rip-off keebler elves. It was a really fantastic day! On to other news! Marko from Serbia has been teaching me Serbian and it is so much fun! He said to me "I have never seen someone not of my country speak my language." So of course this became a challenge to me. Yeah I know, I'm supposed to be studying Japanese only....but darnit I'm getting good at both! So... Here are some of the words ... read more
October 14th 2004
Hello Hello! Today was Turkish dance and chorus practice. I took my spoken midterm easy easy....but tomorrow is written which means "bleh" and another all-nighter. Oh well...anyway! Here are some pictures that Marko took at the club where we saw David Morales. It was so much fun! Dancing till 5 am and seeing Crystal shake her stuff was so fun. I am looking forward to the hip hop club as well! 2 more days!!!... read more
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