Pikachu, I choose you~

Sorry I haven’t updated lately. Don't know if I metioned this earlier, but I’m talking the JLPT N3 (Japanese language proficiency test) and have been busy studying for that… along with other everyday stuff. This will just be a short post.

Yesterday, Helle, me, and a few other exchange students went to see Harry Potter 7 (part 1). I thought it was actually pretty well done, though that could be because I don't really remember the book :P.

Helle and I dressed up as PIKACHUS!!! We ended up changing in the movie theater washroom (we were worried they wouldn't let us in if we were dressed up as pikachus when buying the tickets). Coming out of the bathroom stall, I think we kinda scared the couple girls in there. A gaijin lady also walked in, and just laughed at us (but in a good way).

There wasn't that many ppl in the theater, since it was kinda early and the movie was in English, so it wasn't that weird. However walking out of the movie after, and through the mall… well it was quite amusing to see everyones expressions :P.

We hung out at the eki (station) for a bit, and took pictures. A big group of Japanese ppl (I think they were tourists)  came up to us and asked to take a picture with us!! It was awesome. Also all the little kids kept looking/ pointing and yelling pikachu. IT was so cute!! Half the people who walked by looked at us like we were so cute, and the other half  gave us the “WTF?! Crazy gaijin” look ;). There also a couple guys who took a video of us walking by, hehe.

We went to take purikura, and played a couple games at the arcade such as air hockey and some shooting game. Got even weirder looks, but it was a lot of fun.

I had to take the bus home, and ended up not having enough time to change, so I took the bus home dressed as pikachu… which was a bit awkward since I was alone :P.

Walking home after getting of the bus, some random tourists took a picture with me. It was quite a shock to my host family, when a human sized pikachu walked through their door, mwahaha.

Have the JLPT on the 5^th. So not ready…. Wish me luck >.<

Nagoya

Last week, I went to Nagoya for a week to stay with a different host family. It was awesome! My host family was super nice, and I miss them. It was mom, dad, my host sis was in 1^st year high school and host brother was in 4^th year elementary school. I played Pokemon and wii with my host bro the first day, which was a lot of fun XD.

On Monday it was the first day at school, and we took the train to school, which was cool, but super crowded. The school was amazing. I stood out even more, because not only was I a foreigner, but wearing a different uniform. Everyone was really nice, and seemed to be even more open than ppl at my school here. It could be because it was a bigger school (almost twice the size), there were way more guys, or the school was just more… “yanki”, meaning the kids were a bit more rebellious/not super studious.

I was in my host sis’s class, which was a bit weird cause they were all 15, but everyone was really nice. My host sis is in the light music club, which is pretty much a whole bunch of ppl playing the guitar, bass, drums or keyboard. It was cool, at the end of the day, lots of ppl pulled out amps and guitars and sat in their classes practicing.

Next day I had PE, which was one of the super strict things compared to my school in kanazawa. They had to run the length of the gym 40 times, and do push-ups, sit-ups, etc as a warm up, then we played volleyball. The gym teachers kept saying I could rest if I wanted, but I was able to finish with everyone (and pass a lot of ppl ;). Soccer has paid off, haha.

Wednesday was a holiday, so I went to Nagoya Castle with my host dad, which was really cool. Way bigger than Kanazawa Castle. We went out and had unagi (eel) after which was really good!

Friday, was my last day. I was really sad to say goodbye to everyone. Even tho I was only there a week, I made lots of friends, and I really wish I could have stayed at the school. I hung out after with my host sis and a friend went to take purikura. 

Oni (japanese troll/demon...thing)

On the way to the station, we saw this super creepy guy who looked just like a oni! He even had fangs! O.O He kinda growled at us when we walked by, and watched us (probably me >.<) walk down the street for a couple of blocks. It was kinda scary. We went to downtown Nagoya, which was awesome. However, there were a couple old, creepy guys who were like “ aww, gaijin in a school uniform… kawaii!” but in a super creepy way. I probably fit some fetish O.o….

I unfortunately caught a cold… I maybe cause I wore my skirt short when I was there, lol. I really miss everyone. I got along super well with my host family, and we talked a lot! My host sis wanted to go on exchange to Canada or Italy or France, so we stayed up one night (my host mom, host sis and me) talking about dif exchange programs and countries and whatnot. They also included me a lot more with chores and stuff, which made me really happy cause I felt like part of the family. It was an awesome week, tho it was kinda nice to be back in Kanazawa and see my host family here again :D.