Today 20th, 19th and 18th

Today 20th

Only one month till my birthday and till I leave Japan. It is sad but true. I am enjoying every day I spend here and I now know in my heart that my place is here in Japan after all. I've gotten along with everyone fine, I am doing things I'd never thought I would do. I am living by myself and experiencing independence. The most important lesson I'm learning is that my parents can't be there for me every step of the way. So I am learning many things about saving money, only buying neccesary things in order to survive, and make as many friends as possible to help learn the Japanese language. For me, the language is easier to learn than french as I have an active interest in the culture and language. Though I still want to learn french, it will have to wait till I am done with Japanese. Today I didn't do much. I went to the beach with Seung, and soon we will eat dinner together. His stomach has been upset lately and I'm a bit worried for him since he said in Korean he had a stomach infection. Seung is one of those mysterious guys who you know nothing about until you sit down and talk with him about life. I learnt about his life in Korea, his family, his past girlfriends, and why he's in Japan. He's a pretty deep individual despite our language barrier. We talk in English, some Korean and Japanese. So if we don't know how to explain something in Japanese I go to English. His english isn't too good, but he understands me easily. How? I don't know, he says he can easily understand me and that I'm good at talking with foreigners in English because I'm easier to understand. Anyway, I'm loving my time here as always. I wish to send my love home, and I hope everyone is safe and sound and enjoying life as always. I hpe nothing has changed because I left. I know people miss me, but I will be back soon. I really want to stay longer, so I am looking for a Job to maybe stay and extra bit longer maybe. If I cannot get a job then I will return in a month.

Friday 19th

Yesturday was a nerve wracking day. I had set up to meet with my Pen Pal of 1 year in Uchihara. One problem, I had to go alone. Another problem being I had no idea how to get there. I've seen Yuki before in photos, but never in person so I was very nervous to meet her. But first I woke up and went to school for a special day. We did Syuuji, which is Japanese Calligraphy. I had so much fun, and I eventually got alright at it. I made a few Syuuji for myself and family, I also found out the Kanji for my last name and its meaning. Strangely Bouvier means Beautiful Samurai Island in Japanese, hahaha. Anyway, we finished that up and I rushed to the station. I went into the station to the ticket booth/machine, and everything was in Japanese. I can't read Japanese so I just pushed the number I thought would take me to Uchihara. I went into the station just in time as the train pulled in. Now the difference between transportation in Japan and Canada, is the trains are always on time and never late by a minute. If you are even just a second late to the doors you are screwed. Another difference, is the train is always packed to hell. Except at 11pm. I rushed inside and I saw 3 girls from School. Thank God I thought to myself. I told them where I was going and Yuki, a girl in my class told me to get off at Mito and transfer. She was kind enough to show me where to go. We parted ways and I jumped onto the next train to Uchihara. I arrived at Uchihara in about 9 minutes and walked onto the station which was so tiny. I walked to the entrance of the station and I saw Yuki!!! Hahaha, my penpal. She was so much shorter than I pictured. And cute haha. I gave her a quick wave and she nervously waved back to me. We walked from the station talking about different things, her english was actually pretty good, unlike many Japanese I've talked to already. She kept fanning her face, and I asked what was the matter. "I'm so nervous, sorry! I get very nervous when I first meet a friend". It took awhile to get her out of her shyness. We had Udon at the food court, it was OISHI!!!!! Delicious. We continued talking about various things and then went shopping. She showed me everywhere. Arcades, Department stores, clothing stores book stores, music stores. Every kind of stores. Now I forgot to take my Camera, but the mal is about 6 stories high and well think of Masonville mall as to how wide it is. It is huge. We took Pikura, which is like a photo booth but you can put on cute designs and such. I enjoyed myself emensely. We departed at around 6 to go back home. She was very kind to me in showing me Japanese culture and talking about herself.

Thursday 18th

Thursday was a special day. I went to Oarai, to Aqua world. It is like Marine land in Japan. I saw many different types of fish, birds, and other mammals. We saw a dolphin show, and almost got wet. All my photos are online on facebook. I went with Miki the girl who came to Canada on exchange. Other than that, I can't really explain what else happened.