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Asia » Japan » Aichi » Kariya August 6th 2007

hmmm lets see im not sure what to say im coming home in 3 days on thursdays and im kinda excited but i know i will miss japan. On my last day i'll be in tokyo and im going to harajuku so i can do a lot of shopping hopefully. I tried to get as a many little gifts as I could so if you dont like whatever i give out to you then sorry. or if i dont have enough gifts for everyone dont cry about it cause im sure you wouldnt like it anyways. well anyways see you all in a few days... read more

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Kariya July 25th 2007

I'm starting to get a little homesick but not much. I miss being able to do my own daily routine and what not. Two days ago I went and played ping pong. Holy, they take ping pong like a serious sport everyone has there own racket that cost a lot of money and they have cases for them. So we went and played and i learned a new grip and it looks crazy and they trained me well so now i'm super good. Also I went shopping with some people that I just met and it was a lot of fun. I got two pairs of pants for only 80$ it was a cheap store but they had a lot of good stuff. And we did one of those like picture booth things where you can ... read more

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Kariya July 21st 2007

Ahhh I think I forgot to say last entry that there was an earthquake. Yes we felt it and the building started to sway but I thought I was just dizzy and about to pass out, but we were far enough away so that it wasn't a bad thing. I have too much to write and too little time. Everything is sooo small in Japan, the food are in small portions drink cans are tiny the glasses in our cupboard are small and the cars are tiny, they are all like the smart cars basically even the mini vans are compacted into small box shapes, but it looks very neat. The food is amazing and I love all the stuff my host mom makes for me. During the summer they drink a lot of ocha which ... read more

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Kariya July 16th 2007

So surprisingly the Japanese don't use the computer as a form of entertainment as we do in North America. So I probably won't be able to put in many entries so don't be expecting much. At the edmonton airport they took away my body spray cause it exceeded the limit of volume for liquids so i was pretty upset. The flight to Vancouver was very fast because we had personal TVs but I wasnt able to finish blades of glory. I had a 4 hour lay over in vancouver and it was hell. I desperately wanted to talk to someone and have a friend with me. Finally my flight took off and it was fun for the first 10 minutes. I sat next to a Japanese man who couldn't speak english very well and he helped ... read more




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