Blogs from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia - page 5

So first of all, I tried rice and tororo... basically a mixture of sticky, gooey foods such as okra and ground yagaimo. Definately not my favourite. Yagaimo just tastes like starch, and raw okra is icky tasting (but I don't mind it cooked). That was pretty much the only intersting thing which happened Friday, as well as the rest of the weekend. Two days ago (Monday), was also uneventful, except perhaps at dinner, when otoosan said something very strange. "I was gay." Whaaaat?! Mioka and okaasan immediately cried out "Uso!Uso!" or "He kids/lies!" He later explained to us that earlier he had heard a story about how a famous sports player had shouted "I was gay!" across the field one day. He was married at the time. Otoosan also said something odd while driving to the ... read more

So I went to the nurse's office today... again. I went yesterday to grab a band-aid (remember those scraped up elbows?) This time, Mioka insisted on going when she noticed I had a headache during P.E. Haha, the minute she feels unwell at home, we aren't going to go to school! ^_~ My headache was really only because of my sleep patterns, or lack thereof in this case, over the past weeks (it adds up you know). The nurse took my temperature, which was perfectly normal and led me to one of the beds. It's like a mini hospital in there. To be honest, once I was in my bed I was pretty grateful. I managed to snag an extra hour and half of zzzzs. The nurses were being extra careful today though, because apparently there's ... read more

Today was a rather interesting day. I spent the majority of my free time at school practicing the 30 or so new kanji from my cookbook. (The same as during the weekend.) Naganuma-Sensei was quite impressed, and believes that it will be a good way to learn Japanese and kanji. I also participated in a new elective today. 2nd year music (おんがく)。 Thinking about joining the music class actually filled me with a certain dread, to be perfectly honest. (Look what Mr. Herad did!!!!) I really didn't know what to expect, or if the class would be full of geniuses or anything. Luckily, it isn't. Well perhaps one girl. The music class is different than band in Canada. They learn the theory and history behind different times and genres of music. ie. Music from the Romantic ... read more

It was my first day of Japanese High School today. _ Needless to say, it is VERY different from a normal school at home, let alone Carroll! I think the only similarity was the time schedule, school starts at 8:55 AM, lunch is at 12:55 PM, and the day ends at 3:20 PM. (8時55分から3時20分までです。） Other than that, I think my entire school lide was nearly turned upside down! A list of differences: School uniforms (せいふく) No makeup, but I'm not sure how leniant they are about this. I was told no makeup, yet I saw many third year students with false eyelashes, eyeshadow, liner, blush, etc. Either way, I still plan on wearing foundation, or at least cover up for those large undereye bags left over from jetlag and camping. No piercings, or jewelry, except for ... read more

We went camping in Toya for a few days, and just got back to Nishioka yesterday evening. I HATE bugs. And yet, I think that during those few days, I am now used to them. _ However, they still, and wil probably always, creep me out to a point. The first day was pretty boring. We just drove up and lazed around a cabin, which they called a bungalow. However, on the way up we did buy some pretty good soft serve ice cream. The matcha flavour was actually a bit bitter, and not too sweet! = Dinner was barbeque, something the Takemotos obviously make rarely. Most of the food ended up pretty burnt, and I often felt like doing it myself. At least I remember that the food needs to be flipped! Either way, there ... read more