Okonomiyaki

Hey you guys...so I just had my last dinner with the family and we had Okonomiyaki...I first had it when my Oka-san's sister from China came to visit...we had a blast than so eating t now made my day...
I'm leaving tomorrow at 4 pm...

I said Oyasumi for the last time to the family... And tomorrow will be the last ohaiyo...

Hey you guys!
So I leave tomorrow afternoon to T-CAT...and my flight is at 4:00 pm...I really love Japan! But I really want to go home too.
Japan is really a fun place to visit! It's just amazing here!
Ah~ I have to sit in the plane for a long 10+ hours plus the domestic plane ride back to the states... -_-
Jet leg...
But I have learned a lot of Japanese! I came to Japan knowing only a little (like: konnichiwa, sayonara, etc) and now I can asked and answer some simple questions...I've never taken any Japanese class so I'm pretty proud of myself... 0_0
Tanoshikatta...
Nippon suki desu...
Ja Mata ne...

Tokyo Disney Land!

I went to Tokyo Disney Land which was really really close to my home.
It was really fun! Only me and my Host-sister!
We went on lots of rides! My favorite thing was the 3-D theater thing, it wasn't just 3-D it was like 4-D!!! You could feel what was happening! It felt so real! Water sprayed at the audience, wind blew etc! I had so much fun! My favorites were the Splash mountain and the Space ride...!
It was my first time in Disney Land! I'm so glad I went to it!

Maid Cafe?!

Hey you guys! So a while back I went to a Maid Cafe in Akihabara with my host-sister Karen-chan...it was O_o

Yep...they're so cute! They way they talk is so high pitched it's hard to understand even to native speakers like my sister! All the people in there was so outgoing including the customers! I had a blast around real otaku's!
What encouraged me to to Akihabara was after I watches Densha Otoko with my host sister!
Akihabara was so much fun!
The maid cafe was so expensive though! 1000¥ for a table and you have to order at least 2 items per person...I probably won't go there again...it's not that I dot like it, everything was amazing...but I just can't spend that type of money... -_-

Last day of school...

My last day of school was on the 7th of July, I went to school for 2 weeks only! But I had so much fun! The students gave me farewell presents! So thoughtful of them, we took class photos too! I really miss them!
I almost started crying when I left...I
Loved that class!
They're known to be the loud class of the school. It was so fun being with them! Class 2-F! Yeah!!!

I went to Tsukiji Market with my family last week. It was so fun! We live really close to it but I couldn't believe I've never knew about it...
There were so many different kind of fishes! I was so fun! And Dangerous!!! My host mom said it was like a different world, not Japan anymore. You have to stop for the people there, it was really dangerous!
I had sweet tomogoyaki, very famous at Tsukiji! It was so delicious!
Afterward we ate breakfast at a sushi belt place! It was my first time an it was so much fun! I ate the most...I had 10 plates of sushi, and one plate of jello...

My host mom and I went to Odaiba yesterday via bus. We went out to eat lunch and after walked around for a little bit. We went to the Fuji tv station and there was some sort of like concert festival...there was a concert like with a group called New Vibe or something of that sort...they were—

I feel like I'm getting closer with my host brother...
When I first got to Japan and the family, my host brother didn't seem to like me...he was rather rough, and when I asked him questions he wouldn't answer me...I felt really sad...but 3 weeks into my life in Japan he began to talk to me...it started when I offered to play baseball with him. At first it was really rough baseball...like he would chuck it at me with force but I continued to play. Sometimes it would hurt because it would hit me.
But as we continues the next few days I began to see him smile more and laugh more...I was glad just to see him smile...he laughed a lot when made mistakes, so began to make mistakes on purpose to make him laugh...
And now...I have less than one week
left and we're talking with each other like never before.
Last night we played hide and seek just the two of us...it was so much fun!!!

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So my point is —
If you want to study abroad always stay positive. There's gonna be things that are hard to work out. For me it was my host brother, but I learned to do things with him that he liked (baseball) and that strengthen our bond.
You always change for the family, you never make the family change for you...

Getting lost in Yurakucho...

I live really close to the big cities and have easy access to the big department stores like Ginza, Shibuya, etc...I decided to go walking in Yurakucho...don't ask me why.
It was really fun walking alone in Yurakucho at 6 pm...until I wondered too far an became lost.
I don't know why but when I'm lost I don't panic...I just kept walking.
I knew my little host brother would be home at 7 pm and has no keys so e'll rang the door bell...I kind of panicked, I wanted to ask people around me if they could speak English but I became
So self-conciius about my Japanese that I didn't try...eventually I found a station...
I raced back home, like literally ran!
As soon as I got into the apartment the door bell rang...

Eating Nato...

I tried nato for the first time yesterday.
........ -_-

I didn't taste like how I imagined...

How I imagined it:

Salty

Crunchy like Peanuts

How it really tastes:

Blah...I can't describe the taste...I didn't really like it...I thought I would as it looked really good...but I didn't.
Oto-san ended up eating my noodles for me because I put it on my noodles...

FAIL..

But it looks good doesn't it? So deceiving! T_T

My host sister (Karen) came home really late today...with a sprang ankle from track.
She's like the track star or something.
When I was a school and people asked me who I was living with...when I said Karen-chan all the lights switched on and everyone was like oh my gawd! Karen Tani-san?! What's she like? Is she nice to you? Etc...lol.

I got lost in Ginza...
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It was a fail...I left without breakfast...and ended up lost...i forgot my cell phone also so that was a major FAIL...I walked around the block for at least 1hr...I took my chances and when I finally saw the store I was looking for (FANCL) I was smiling in relief to myself... People probably thought I was crazy smiling in my own little world...

Maintaining weight...

T_T It's absolutely impossible to maintain my weight here in Japan.
The foods are so yummy! And I don't want to stop eating before everyone, it doesn't seem polite too...

Family friend gathering!

So last night we had 4 other family friends come over to our place. They brought food from various places. One person was from Korea but lives in Japan now—they brought gyoza and Koreab fries noodles. One who grew up in Osaka brought meet loafs etc.
I ate Shabu-Shabu! So delicious!
I ate so much...

Me and Toilet

Toilet & I had an incident.
Okay,
So I went shopping with my Host-Sister (Karen) and really really hontoni needed to use the restroom. ~_~
First stall---> Japanese style
Second stall---> Jap. Style.
3rd & 4th---> Jap. Style.
Me: "Isn't there at least one western one?!"
Karen: "Wait, there's someone in the last one."
Me: waiting
Finally opens. Look.
Me: "Yes!" western style! •<>•
Went to use...done look around.
Me: "Crap..."
There were only buttons! Written all in Japanese!
Me: "Okay, calm down you can do this..."
*press - butt washing button...
Me: "nope, not this one..."
*press - nothing happened.
Then finally --- I began pressing every single button... -_-
Finally flushed.
That's Me & Toilet.