SORRY!!!!

Okay….so sorry about the long time no writing.  So my first plan for this blog post was to type, a piece I wrote during one of my classes that I couldn’t understand.  I’ve read it about a million times and have decided I might add some of it in, but it’s sad and though I’ve had my issues I want to talk about something upbeat!  Okay, so here we go.

                Okay so it has almost been 2 months since I have arrived in Japan.  Yes you read right! It’s hard to believe time seems to be flying, I was supposed to be changing host families today Oct. 7, 2012, but my next family bumped the date back!  My next host family has a daughter my age and a daughter who recently graduated from the school I’m going to.  The next family is soo sweet I am very lucky to be having many nice families!  So I’ve gone through some major homesickness, BUT I’ve finally have started not feeling it as much!
                So I love Japan, and yes I have had my moments where I just want to be home in America! I went to the zoo with my host family and saw a lot of animals!! I will be switching host families on the 21 and will be attending a wedding the Saturday before!  In Japan, though everyone is soo kind and very helpful!  I have started to become a “normal” Student! The teachers have started treating me just like any other student…finally!  I still LOVE my Math 1 class; the teacher is super nice, funny and helps me a lot!  I’m very grateful for this and every other conversation I’ve had with my teachers because they have been super nice, and patient with me!  I was in my health class the other day and the teacher told me to study, so I studied all my material and stopped, because there is only so much you can study! So I started drawing and writing French words!   Well the teacher decided to see what I was studying and he comes over to my desk and sees my drawing of a soccer goal (it was terrible just bored) and he freaks out! He starts speaking rapid Japanese that I didn’t understand!!  After the teacher finally left my desk one of girls had finally translated one of the sentences and he had said something about him being a really good soccer player!  That was exciting because I thought maybe just maybe sometime we will be able to just have a little soccer match! J

Okay so that was it for blog section…next, I’m going to write some things.  So when something random or odd happens instead of writing a whole blog post or dairy entry I just jot down a note with the date! So I don’t know how many I actually have but here are some!  ( I tend to use “you” I don’t know why..I just do!)

·         Being talked to by random school girls on the train “very cute”

·         Understanding something someone says…Surprisingly!

·         The awkward moment in class when the teacher has finished teaching and its dead silent, and he makes an announcement…and you give him a questioning look and he just smiles at you and other girls notice the smile! J

·         Guys playing with their hair (not a bad thing just not what you see in the New York) and this includes teachers! J

·         Being said “Hi” to by a random school guy in a train station!

·         Getting a 100 on an English test (for the first time here in Japan!)

·         People texting during class, but there phone is in their lap and then they look up laughing…yeah just a bit obvious! :P

·         Being included in class, like you are just a normal student!! J <3

Next week is Exam week luckily for me I only have to take English reading, Grammar, and Math 1, and forgot plus my Japanese tutors are giving me tests too!! :) Wish me luck!! 

Okay so that is it for now!! Hope you enjoyed sorry it was short and I’ve not posted in a while! I’ll try to write soon!
Sarah A. Cook