Japan.Tanoshii.2010-2011
My name is Josh. I am from the United States. But I have been presented with the opportunity to be a Rotary Exchange Student. I will be spending the next year of my life in Maebashi, Japan. This is the Blog that I will use to share my experiences and stories.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Funnest Day So Far
So today I went to school, which is getting funner each day, because I am talking more and more with my class mates. And school was only a half day today since it was saturday. After school me and Jo took the train to Takasaki and met two other exchange students. One from New York and one from Australia. We all got lunch and sat around and talked for a while and then we went to the arcade. After that I caught the train home and now im just chillin. great day
The Porcelain Throne
Fun Fact: My toilet has 20 buttons, 2 knobs, sprays your butt, and is heated and flushes by itself
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
First day of school
So, I had my first day of school today. It was a rather eventful day altogether actually, even though school was only a half day. Anyway, heres how it all went:
So, woke up and got all showered and what not. then i headed off to school. when I got to school I met the other girl from Rotary who is at my school. She is from Nebraska and her name is Amber.. So me and her got introduced to all the teachers, and we had to give a short speech in fron of all of them in japanese ( i already had one prepared. Takafumi helped me). So after that I went to my class, and there i gave the same speech. As soon as I walked into class, everyone went crazy. Like, literally, everyone was suuuuupppppppeeeerrrrr excited. So then it was time for their morning service (Im at a christian school). After that, I had to give my speech again to the WHOLE school. All day everyone was saying hi to me and I felt famous. It was wierd. Unfortunately i was not with my cass today because they were all testing. But I did get to hang out with the other Rotary student, and the one other exchange student at Kyoai who is from Denmark, her name is Jo, and she speaks like perfect English. She has been there since April. We all just hng around and talked.
After school Jo came with me to my host moms house, because my host mom is actually her counselor for the exchange program she is here through. So us three went out to eat and had a big lunch. After lunch my host mom thought it was time for me to learn how to use the train, and see more of Maebashi. So my host mom dropped me and Jo off at the train station and we rode it to downtown Maebashi. From there me and Jo went to the mall, which is HUGE! We just chilled there for a while, and then we walked over to this awesome guitar store that has tons of Gibsons and Fenders. After that we went back to the train station and it was time for me to ride the train by myself, since Jo lives in downtown Maebashi, back to the station that is close to my house. So i got my ticket and off I went. I made it back with no problems at all.
Later tonight me and my host mom went somewhere to get flowers (i dont know why) from someone. The persons daughter is a senior at Kyoai, so me, my host mom, the lady, and the ladies daughter that goes to Kyoai all sat around and talked for a while. Apparently everyone thinks im "cool", and that I look like Zac Effron from High School Musical.
So overall, pretty great day. Lookin forward to tomorrow very much
So, woke up and got all showered and what not. then i headed off to school. when I got to school I met the other girl from Rotary who is at my school. She is from Nebraska and her name is Amber.. So me and her got introduced to all the teachers, and we had to give a short speech in fron of all of them in japanese ( i already had one prepared. Takafumi helped me). So after that I went to my class, and there i gave the same speech. As soon as I walked into class, everyone went crazy. Like, literally, everyone was suuuuupppppppeeeerrrrr excited. So then it was time for their morning service (Im at a christian school). After that, I had to give my speech again to the WHOLE school. All day everyone was saying hi to me and I felt famous. It was wierd. Unfortunately i was not with my cass today because they were all testing. But I did get to hang out with the other Rotary student, and the one other exchange student at Kyoai who is from Denmark, her name is Jo, and she speaks like perfect English. She has been there since April. We all just hng around and talked.
After school Jo came with me to my host moms house, because my host mom is actually her counselor for the exchange program she is here through. So us three went out to eat and had a big lunch. After lunch my host mom thought it was time for me to learn how to use the train, and see more of Maebashi. So my host mom dropped me and Jo off at the train station and we rode it to downtown Maebashi. From there me and Jo went to the mall, which is HUGE! We just chilled there for a while, and then we walked over to this awesome guitar store that has tons of Gibsons and Fenders. After that we went back to the train station and it was time for me to ride the train by myself, since Jo lives in downtown Maebashi, back to the station that is close to my house. So i got my ticket and off I went. I made it back with no problems at all.
Later tonight me and my host mom went somewhere to get flowers (i dont know why) from someone. The persons daughter is a senior at Kyoai, so me, my host mom, the lady, and the ladies daughter that goes to Kyoai all sat around and talked for a while. Apparently everyone thinks im "cool", and that I look like Zac Effron from High School Musical.
So overall, pretty great day. Lookin forward to tomorrow very much
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