Changing

On the 10th I went to see LUMANARIA, which it a light show in kobe every december. It amazingly pretty. sugoii!
Also went skating, had to rent skates. It was fun. My host sister was funny to watch, not know who to skate very well.

I finished school on the 24th. And went to christmas rotary meeting, which was a buffet lunch so they made me try everything my stomach almost exploded :P Christmas wasn't christmas at all it felt like any other day, I actually forgot it was christmas day. :O Tomorrow the 30th and I will be changing host families, moving to Akashi which is closer to my school. I honestly don't know anything about them at the moment. But I will meet them tomorrow :) when I move in. I will be staying with them for only one month. At the end of January I will move again. I know more about that family, the daughter also go to my school and she going to be an exchange student, she going to New york, America in August.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

November to now

I forgot all about my blog :S so still with the same host family they are christian so I go with them to church every sunday, its not that bad cause there lots of foreigners there so i get a headset that translates the service into english. Now I can actually understand some japanese, which makes thing much easier! I have joined ontai which is dance club, I was part of their performance on the 23rd, but i had only been in the club for about 2 weeks so I only jumped in at the end :p
this week is test before winter break which starts 17th but Closing ceremony on the 24th so that the official last day.
Its getting colder here but no snow :(
some photos of whats been going on.
Had a takoyaki and crepes party with japanese style games, with girl church group.
Obasan( my host grandma) made us maki zushi :) yummy. All japanese food is!
Went to Kyoto and saw the sparkling golden temple :O
with friends from school, they showed me around abit.
went to an annual Rotary thanksgiving party with contrary/folk entertainment which taught me some new dance moves
the turkey tower, which was the only food there that you have on thanksgiving. Though still being a vegetation I didn't have any, but still managed too eat too much, but hey it was thanksgiving. Though it was the 26th of november a over a month behind w/e
Rotex trip to USJ (universal studios Japan) on 5th, which was tons of fun though didn't have time to go on all the rides favorites being spiderman and hollywood dream jet coaster(which is what they call a roller coaster), I plan on going again since its not that far away . This is a photo of us exchange students
Hung out with sherk well got a photo with him, he didn't talk :(
japan is in the christmas spirt with giant Christmas trees this is at usj and it the tallest tree in japan! fake of course. everywhere they playing christmas song. though christmas in more of a love/store holiday, it a tradition to have KFC and cake on christmas. kinda odd.
The TV Christmas tree

I am a terrible blogger

So I have been busy the last month, not really.

I have settled into my new house with host family.

Satomi, Kiyo, Me(presents in hand) Chisato, Mitsuto

(in paddle boat)

went to two castles, Okayamajou and Himeji

sports day with school I took part in carrying big ball and tug-a-war

went bowling :) got a strike yes! but hosts parents kicked my ass.

Had a belated B-day/welcome party from Rotary yesterday,

got an original cake it was delicious:)

Koyasan

My District funny face photo:P

In koyasan with 2 other districts, we stayed in Temple with buddhist monks lived like them for a day. and toured around Koyasan saw many many shrines. :)

Moving

Today I moved to a new host family! They live on the other side of town in Kakogawa-cho. They live in an apartment that is cute tiny. I will sleep in host sister room, she goes to same school, she 15. I changed from a family with two younger brothers to older sister and younger one, english speaking to no english which will help in learning the language. We live next to a prison, thats where the father works. I will have to take the train to school now.

update

I have had 2 rotary lunches, the last one on the 10th, I had a 5-minute speech. The Kobe rotary club has over 100 members! School is different but I am getting use to it I can only that math numbers, english, P.E., home economics ( we get to make a bag:) ) and calligraphy. After school on Monday I go to tea ceremony club which makes my legs numb, on Friday I have flower arrangement club which I quite enjoy. I have found out that on 20 or 21 of this month I will move to my next host family, not sure who it is yet I will know next week. All I know is that my new host sister goes to my school.

Lily-san

Hey

Yesterday,

I had my first Rotary meeting! I did a 3 minute speech in Japanese mostly I didn't know what exactly I was saying, but they said it was good. And it was a district meeting so i got to meet all the other inbound student in the district. I have my next meeting on the 10th but it the kobe club rotary meeting, and i have to do my speech again, only this time it has to be longer, luckily my teacher are here to help me write it! :)

All is well. Lily:)