Minna! Hisashiburi!
Ok, before you pick up your chairs to bash me over the head，Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ａｎ ｅｘｃｕｓｅ ｆｏｒ ｎｏｔ ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｃａｔｉｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ａｎｙｏｎｅ． Ｉ ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｇｅｔ ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｒｏｏｍ ｕｎｔｉｌ ｗｅ ｇｅｔ ｏｕｒ ｓｃｈｏｏｌ ＩＤｓ （ｔｈａｔ’ｓ ｎｅｘｔ ｗｅｅｋ．．．Ｉ ｔｈｉｎｋ ｏ＿０）． Ａｌｓｏ，Ｉ ｃａｎ’ｔ ｇｅｔ ｔｈｅ ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ ｔｅｌｅｐｈｏｎｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｌｏｂｂｙ ｔｏ ｗｏｒｋ ｆｏｒ ｓｏｍｅ ｒｅａｓｏｎ （ｅｖｅｎ ｔｈｏｕｇｈ Ｉ ｂｏｕｇｈｔ ａ ｃａｌｌｉｎｇ ｃａｒｄ ｆｏｒ ｉｔ）． Ｉ ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｔｈｉｎｋ ａｎｙｂｏｄｙ ｉｓ ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｗｏｒｋ， ｓｏ Ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄｎ’ｔ ｃａｌｌ． Ｍｅ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｆｏｒｉｅｇｎ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔｓ ａｒｅ ａｔ ａｎ ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ ｃａｆｅ ｒｉｇｈｔ ｎｏｗ because ｗｅ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｆｅｅｌ ｌｉｋｅ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ．(i have no way of spellchecking, so please ignore whatever awful spelling mistakes i make. Plus, I don't know what's up with the font.)
Ｙｅａｈ， ｋ， ｓｏ ｈｏｗ’ｓ ｉｔ ｂｅｅｎ ｙｏｕ ａｓｋ？ Ｗｅｌｌ ｓｔａｒｔｉｎｇ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｎｅ ｒｉｄｅ， ｉｔ ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｗａｓ ｑｕｉｔｅ ｆｉｎｅ． Ｅａｓｙ ｂｒｅｅｚｙ ｃｏｎｓｉｄｅｒｉｎｇ Ｉ’ｍ ｕｓｅ ｔｏ ｐｕｌｌｉｎｇ １６ ｈｏｕｒ ｓｈｉｆｔｓ． Ａｎｄ，ｍｏｍ， ｔｈｅ ｒｏｗ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｂａｃｋ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｎｅ ｗａｓ ｑｕｉｔｅ ｆｉｎｅ． Ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｌｅａｎ ｍｙ ｃｈａｉｒ ｂａｃｋ ａｓ ｆａｒ ａｓ Ｉ ｗａｎｔｅｄ， ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｃｌｏｓｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｂａｔｈｒｏｏｍ． Ｏｎｌｙ ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ ｗａｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｈｕｇｅ ｇｕｙ ｓａｔ ｉｎ ｆｒｏｎｔ ｏｆ ｍｅ， ｓｏ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｉｍｅ ｈｅ ｌｅａｎｅｄ ｂａｃｋ ｍｙ ｋｎｅｅｓ ｇｏｔ ａｎ ｉｍｐｒｉｎｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂａｃｋ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｃｈａｉｒ． （ｏ＿０）
Ｌａｎｄｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ａｒｒｉｖａｌ ｌｏｂｂｙ ａｔ Ｎａｒｉｔａ ｗａｓ ｏｋ， ｔｏｏ． Even ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｗａｓ ｔｈａｔ ｗｈｅｎ Ｉ ｇｏｔ ｏｕｔｓｉｄｅ， Ｉ ｆｏｕｎｄ ｏｕｔ Ｉ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｋｎｅｗ ｔｈｅ Ｔａｋｕｓｈｏｋｕ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ ｗｈｏ ｈａｄ ｃｏｍｅ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｍｅ． It was Reita! He was a foreign exchange student at my school last year. I met him when hｅ came ｔｏ ｍｙ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｃｌａｓｓ ｔｏ ｓｐｅａｋ ｔｏ ｕｓ ｉｎ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ （ｄｏｏｍｏ ａｒｉｇａｔｏｕ， Ｎａｄａｙｏｓｈｉ－ｓｅｎｓｅｉ！）． Ｉ ｒｅｃｏｇｎｉｚｅｄ ｈｉｍ ｒｉｇｈｔ ａｗａｙ when I saw him in the arrival lobby， and that made ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｅａｓｉｅｒ． Ｈｅ helped me ｄｒｏｐ ｏｆｆ ｍｙ ｌｕｇｇａｇｅ ａｔ a ｃｏｕｒｉｅｒ ｗｈｏ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｄｅｌｉｖｅｒ ｉｔ ｔｏ ｍｙ ｄｏｒｍ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｘｔ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ （ｓｏ Ｉ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｃａｒｒｙ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｔｗｏ ｈｕｇｅ ｃａｓｅｓ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｉｎ）． Ｏ， ａｎｄ ｔｈａｔ ｌａｒｇｅｒ ｓｕｉｔｃａｓｅ．．．ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｓｏ ｈｅａｖｙ．．．ｔｈｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ａｉｒｐｏｒｔ ｉｎ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ ｈａｄ ｐｕｔ ａ ｗａｒｎｉｎｇ ｌａｂｅｌ ｏｎ ｉｔ．
Ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａ ２ ｈｏｕｒ ｒｉｄｅ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ Ｔａｋａｏ ｓｔａｔｉｏｎ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｉｎ， ａｎｄ ａ ｌｉｔｔｌｅ ｂｉｔ ｏｆ ｗａｌｋｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｒｉｅｇｎ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ’ｓ ｄｏｒｍ． Ｉ ｇｏｔ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ Ｙｏｋｏｙａｍａ ｓａｎ ａｎｄ ｈｉｓ ｗｉｆｅ ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅｎ Ｉ ｒｅａｌｉｚｅｄ ｔｈａｔ Ｉ’ｍ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ LOADS of Japanese practice in. They don't speak english and neither does just about everyone else, lol! So anyway, I got to my room and slept for the rest of the night. (I think it was probably like 7pm) I randomly woke up at like midnight and went downstairs to search for the international phone, found everything was locked up, and stumbled back upstairs to bed.
Wednesday, I woke up at like 6am and went downstairs at 7am to use the phone. Mrs. Yokoyama explained I needed a calling card which I could find at the 7/11 (yep, they got them here, but no slurpees! T_T posers! ) I went out to the 7/11 which was near the Takao train station (i remembered the way from walking with Reita the night before. Plus, I have awesome navigational skills...was that someone laughing just now?) I bought a sandwhich, some cup o noodles, and asked the guy at the counter about the card. (amerika ni denwa o shitaindesu kedo kaado ga irimasu). He showed me what they had, and I bought one and went back to the dorm. I tried to use it, but the phone (as I said) didn't work. I went back up stairs, ate my breakfast, came back down and got my luggage (came at like 9something), unpacked a bit, then went back at like 9 something), unpacked a bit, then went back down at 10am to meet the other students in the lobby.
We went over and did some stuff in the international office. Stuff would include having the school rules explained to us, eating lunch, and signing some papers. Then the four of us exchange students (me, a guy from Eypet, a guy from Spain, and a girl from China) went out with Reita and Yukari san to shop and...er...do some legal stuff.
I'd go into more detail or go on to explaining about today, but my hour is almost up.
Lots of love to my family! Everything is going ok! I will write again hopefully soon!
p.s. Mom, I got the email from Kojima san.
Ｙｅａｈ， ｋ， ｓｏ ｈｏｗ’ｓ ｉｔ ｂｅｅｎ ｙｏｕ ａｓｋ？ Ｗｅｌｌ ｓｔａｒｔｉｎｇ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｎｅ ｒｉｄｅ， ｉｔ ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｗａｓ ｑｕｉｔｅ ｆｉｎｅ． Ｅａｓｙ ｂｒｅｅｚｙ ｃｏｎｓｉｄｅｒｉｎｇ Ｉ’ｍ ｕｓｅ ｔｏ ｐｕｌｌｉｎｇ １６ ｈｏｕｒ ｓｈｉｆｔｓ． Ａｎｄ，ｍｏｍ， ｔｈｅ ｒｏｗ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｂａｃｋ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｎｅ ｗａｓ ｑｕｉｔｅ ｆｉｎｅ． Ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｌｅａｎ ｍｙ ｃｈａｉｒ ｂａｃｋ ａｓ ｆａｒ ａｓ Ｉ ｗａｎｔｅｄ， ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｃｌｏｓｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｂａｔｈｒｏｏｍ． Ｏｎｌｙ ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ ｗａｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｈｕｇｅ ｇｕｙ ｓａｔ ｉｎ ｆｒｏｎｔ ｏｆ ｍｅ， ｓｏ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｉｍｅ ｈｅ ｌｅａｎｅｄ ｂａｃｋ ｍｙ ｋｎｅｅｓ ｇｏｔ ａｎ ｉｍｐｒｉｎｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂａｃｋ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｃｈａｉｒ． （ｏ＿０）
Ｌａｎｄｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ａｒｒｉｖａｌ ｌｏｂｂｙ ａｔ Ｎａｒｉｔａ ｗａｓ ｏｋ， ｔｏｏ． Even ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｗａｓ ｔｈａｔ ｗｈｅｎ Ｉ ｇｏｔ ｏｕｔｓｉｄｅ， Ｉ ｆｏｕｎｄ ｏｕｔ Ｉ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｋｎｅｗ ｔｈｅ Ｔａｋｕｓｈｏｋｕ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ ｗｈｏ ｈａｄ ｃｏｍｅ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｍｅ． It was Reita! He was a foreign exchange student at my school last year. I met him when hｅ came ｔｏ ｍｙ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｃｌａｓｓ ｔｏ ｓｐｅａｋ ｔｏ ｕｓ ｉｎ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ （ｄｏｏｍｏ ａｒｉｇａｔｏｕ， Ｎａｄａｙｏｓｈｉ－ｓｅｎｓｅｉ！）． Ｉ ｒｅｃｏｇｎｉｚｅｄ ｈｉｍ ｒｉｇｈｔ ａｗａｙ when I saw him in the arrival lobby， and that made ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｅａｓｉｅｒ． Ｈｅ helped me ｄｒｏｐ ｏｆｆ ｍｙ ｌｕｇｇａｇｅ ａｔ a ｃｏｕｒｉｅｒ ｗｈｏ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｄｅｌｉｖｅｒ ｉｔ ｔｏ ｍｙ ｄｏｒｍ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｘｔ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ （ｓｏ Ｉ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｃａｒｒｙ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｔｗｏ ｈｕｇｅ ｃａｓｅｓ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｉｎ）． Ｏ， ａｎｄ ｔｈａｔ ｌａｒｇｅｒ ｓｕｉｔｃａｓｅ．．．ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｓｏ ｈｅａｖｙ．．．ｔｈｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ａｉｒｐｏｒｔ ｉｎ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ ｈａｄ ｐｕｔ ａ ｗａｒｎｉｎｇ ｌａｂｅｌ ｏｎ ｉｔ．
Ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａ ２ ｈｏｕｒ ｒｉｄｅ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ Ｔａｋａｏ ｓｔａｔｉｏｎ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｉｎ， ａｎｄ ａ ｌｉｔｔｌｅ ｂｉｔ ｏｆ ｗａｌｋｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｒｉｅｇｎ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ’ｓ ｄｏｒｍ． Ｉ ｇｏｔ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ Ｙｏｋｏｙａｍａ ｓａｎ ａｎｄ ｈｉｓ ｗｉｆｅ ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅｎ Ｉ ｒｅａｌｉｚｅｄ ｔｈａｔ Ｉ’ｍ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ LOADS of Japanese practice in. They don't speak english and neither does just about everyone else, lol! So anyway, I got to my room and slept for the rest of the night. (I think it was probably like 7pm) I randomly woke up at like midnight and went downstairs to search for the international phone, found everything was locked up, and stumbled back upstairs to bed.
Wednesday, I woke up at like 6am and went downstairs at 7am to use the phone. Mrs. Yokoyama explained I needed a calling card which I could find at the 7/11 (yep, they got them here, but no slurpees! T_T posers! ) I went out to the 7/11 which was near the Takao train station (i remembered the way from walking with Reita the night before. Plus, I have awesome navigational skills...was that someone laughing just now?) I bought a sandwhich, some cup o noodles, and asked the guy at the counter about the card. (amerika ni denwa o shitaindesu kedo kaado ga irimasu). He showed me what they had, and I bought one and went back to the dorm. I tried to use it, but the phone (as I said) didn't work. I went back up stairs, ate my breakfast, came back down and got my luggage (came at like 9something), unpacked a bit, then went back at like 9 something), unpacked a bit, then went back down at 10am to meet the other students in the lobby.
We went over and did some stuff in the international office. Stuff would include having the school rules explained to us, eating lunch, and signing some papers. Then the four of us exchange students (me, a guy from Eypet, a guy from Spain, and a girl from China) went out with Reita and Yukari san to shop and...er...do some legal stuff.
I'd go into more detail or go on to explaining about today, but my hour is almost up.
Lots of love to my family! Everything is going ok! I will write again hopefully soon!
p.s. Mom, I got the email from Kojima san.
posted by melissa @ 3:02 AM
2 Comments:
At Thu Sep 15, 03:32:00 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Okay The whole beginginging(big sp XD!) was in squares...and than some was in english which was really weird.
Anyway i was so worried about you cause there was like no word of you being in Tokyo so I was like "I hope nothing happened" Mmhm.. and i did the stupidest thing XD! I tried calling your phone and than i remembered.."Baka..shes not in the united states anymore" Hehe ^_^; Yes i'm weird i know...Uhnn..I'm off...bai bai boo!
~Philly ~Kyah~
At Sat Sep 17, 10:39:00 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Hi it's mom again -- Sorry about DAI and that your first day at school was not as much fun as we had hoped it would be. Good news about Reita, though. I was hoping you would meet at least one person you already knew.
Hope your phone get's fixed soon. Unfortunately since international phones are not widespread in Japan, you probably cannot even walk to the street corner and fight with the locals to use their pay phone like Michelle used to do in Germany. Ah well ... Hopefully we will talk with you soon. If not, when you have your computer hooked up we will call you on your computer through net phone pc2pc. Meanwhile, hope classes are better on Monday. Love you, Mom
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