Right now Im on the shinkansen to hachinohe. We said goodbye to junko-san, sawabe-san, and otou-san aka fuda-san but i prefer to call him otousan. It feels pretty natural to speak japanese and the expressions come like second nature.I teared up a bit when I said
Draft I was typing up on my phone while on the shinkansen but wasn't able to finish since the internet kept cutting in and out. Will finish later on.
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When we arrived in Hachinohe the weather was very cold! My host sister attends a Catholic school, St. Ursula, which is about an hour away from their home. After school Sara, Riko, Kathy, and I went to purikura at the mall for a while then we went to karaoke with a bigger group of friends. There weren't many English songs that I could find like backstreet boys so I was a bit disappointed but they were a lively bunch and it was pretty fun. Afterwards Sara and I did a duet purikura at Lavie which came out pretty cute and I must admit I look really foreign compared to the natives even though I'm Asian haha! We had Oden which consisted of fish, tofu, daikon, and squid I believe? Afterwards we dressed up in fuzzy PJs and took photos. Since my mouth still consists of those darn canker sores and my Japanese is limited it takes a while to communicate. My host mom imitates me at times which is funny so I guess I sound funny in Japanese. I didn't bring my Tablet which has a dictionary so that was pretty dumb of me. I fell asleep around 11:00PM and I was seriously pooped out, I tried to stay up to write in my journal but I was just drained which is funny since back at home I would be up until 4:00AM.
Woke up what would be considered late, 7:00AM and I'm pretty tired which I'm not sure why. I kind of miss Sendai but it's okay. We'll meet again one day! Okaasan drove Sara and I half way to school then we caught a bus the rest of the way. We had first period which was reading or studying period I believe? Michael read and I just drew in his journal afterwards everybody met up in the meeting room and then we were taken to the computer lab and this is pretty much what we're doing now. I'm nervous for lunch since I don't want to eat anything really and I skipped out on breakfast because of my mouth. I'll talk to you guys soon, hopefully? Mata ne!
