UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

First off, I've realised that growing up I've been lied to by the cartoons I used to watch. For example, I remember every cartoon that involved chickenpox only red dots appeared and itching occured. But WAIT if you thought it starts there you are sooo wrong. Chickenpox doesn't even start as dots. No, no, no darlings. It starts with a slight cold. And you're thinking to yourself at the time 'bah humbug! My immune system is made out of reinforced titanium steel! You give me headaches I fight back with Panadol!!"...so that's all jolly good and well. Then you notice in the mirror one morning that adolence is being very unkind and destroying the skin you've kept clean by washing your face, eating healthy (I'm in Japan! Tell me a way to AVOID eating correctly) and drinking lots of water everyday. Well you think to yourself "STFU acne!! PROACTIVE I CHOOSE YOU!!! ATTACKKKK!!" a few days later you check to see how any blemish could've possibly dodged your hardcore attack. This is when you notice that this isn't adolence...these are tiny blisters. And they triple in size, become red, itch and move to the crown of your head, down your back, chest, arms, legs and tongue!!! Then you say to yourself while in the car on your way to the doctors "my immune system is made of tissue paper."

Did you like the overdramatic and unnecessaryly long story? :P

But hey! What better place to get chickenpox than in Japan, right? Sure no chickenpox wouldve been great too but going to a Japanese doctor clinic, taking Japanese medication and eating Japanese icecream (an extremely important factor if wanting to recover fully ;) ) is all apart of the experience! And no worries, the worst is over and I'm getting better :D its really not that bad. Sure I missed out on pretty much all of Golden Week and can't go to school for another 10 days but I'm making the most of it and that's all you can really do in a situation such as this. So I've kept myself amused by expanding my mind in various ways.

PS I seriously had blisters on my tongue and gums. That part was not fun but nothing terrimasu icecream can't fix ;)

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Before I dive right into this blog however I just want to mention in advance that this entry is only for the things I have done outside of school. Sunday I'll post a new entry dedicated only to school. Otherwise this would become toooo long
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okay...UPDATE STARTS NOWWW

"30/3 otousan took Maimi and I to McDonalds before picking up my uniforms (!!!!). In Japan they have coupons for Maccas even though it's so cheap here. Otousan and I got a Texas Burger Meal. Actually, he chose it for me. Personally I thought it looked like a heart attack waiting to happen but actually it was okay xD"

"2/4 Maimi, Nana and I caught a train and a bus to the shopping centre which is HUGE! and ate takoyaki. Did purikura! Went on an epic mission to find boots and failed but found a music store and played guitar."
NB: Nana is the name of an amazing girl in my homeroom class. She bought us melon fanta spiders too *I love this girl*

"4/4 went to a taiko concert with Maimi. Man it was amazing! Maimis friend was on 6th and they did pretty well. The last act had about 8 or so people including a 7 year old boy who was really genki and played hand symbols. The muscles he had at that age. Wow!"
"went to Harukas house and received her older sisters guitar"
"otousan and okaasan talked to me after dinner and said that they feel like they've known me for a long time even though it's been a week. I feel the same. I have to remind myself that I've been here less than 7 days. I love my family so much."
"planning on getting a Japanese bank account. I laughed to myself when I estimated how much was left in my wallet. I have about $26AUS. Will I survive? Stay tuned...lol. I feel broke."
NB: Haruka is another fantastic girl in my class. We attend the same club, are in the same homeroom and catch the same train ^_^.
Oh, and I did survive I now have a bank account and moneys!! XD

"5/4 watched tv with okaasan. Only in Japan do you see a woman with breasts twice the size of her head break 5 hard pieces of wood and a baseball bat with her rack. It was so disgusting to watch. She didn't even show any signs of pain."
NB: a very WTH O_o moment watching this American woman smashing a baseball bat to splinters with her massive boobs which require a backbrace to support.

"9/4 met Aimi. She's so nice and she hasn't spoken English to me which Is a good thing. But I can understand her Japanese really well. Proud."
NB: Aimi is my older sister who attends Uni and lives away from home. She studied in NZ for two years and her English skills are through the roof!

"11/4 had some free time to walk around the store by myself so I went looking around on the 4th floor where there were open jewelary stores. A store clerk approached me and we just spoke in Japanese which was awesome. She saw me looking at some rings and then assumed I was getting married and took out 'His-Her' (black and pink) rings which were in their $1000s of Aussie dollars mark and showing me their catologs. I got to try on all these really nice rings so I went along with it. I left with brouchers (one for me, one for my fiancée) and a a happy sales clerk who was really pleased that I thought the rings were beautiful and had lovely meanings engraved into them"

"12/4 got my alien registration card today woot!"

"16/4 HORSE MEAT IS DELICIOUS!!! otousan offered me this meat sashimi which I thought was steak (though it was a bit too dark to be cow. My next guess wouldve been deer). Anyway he told me and I couldn't believe him at first. I asked everyone if he was joking. Nope. Horse meat. Raw horse sashimi. It's sooooo yummy"

"17/4 went to Matsuura to see the Kugas today. In the car I taught Maimi how to play I Spy and she taught me this relations game. Both games were played for an hour each an definitely killed the bordem."
"arrived in Matsuura and tried to remember where the Kugas lived. Okaasan met us on the street and I got out and hugged her and met all the neighbours again. They haven't changed a bit! Except now I'm twice as tall as them all xD"
"boiled fresh sea snails are strange but they're not as bad as I thought they were going to be. Okaasan kuga made this huge dinner of sashimi, fried foods, salad, rice, miso, fruits and just food, food, food to feed you for a week. It was so good."
NB: the Kugas were my host family 2 years ago when I came for 2 weeks.

"24/4 got up an cooked french toast with Maimi. Was delicious."
"went out for yakitori and ate so much! Was the best meal. Thanked 'Ojisan' really loudly in Japanese. He was so happy he gave us a tonne of lollies :D"
NB: Ojisan is not my grandfather. It's just a respectful name to call an elderly man. But he cooks the BEST yakitori around so he derserves all thanks. Lollies were just a bonus on top of an awesome meal :D

"25/4 got to welcome party and chatted with everyone. Was a lot of fun. We all hung out and ate sooo much food! Met some girls (6 sisters) who's mum is German and Dad is Japanese. Did talent show. Didn't play guitar as planned but sang Waltzing Matilda instead. So embarrassing!"

"26/4 on train ride home at daizenji station there was a man smoking a cigerette. He put it out using his shoe and instead of putting it on the ground or throwing it on the tracks he put it in his pocket, probably to put in the bin when he found one. How many people in Aus would do that? I have much respect for that man indeed."

"28/4 got up early to drive to onsen with family and obaachan. Drive was long but so beautiful. So many flowers and greenery. Onsen was very relaxing. We arrived a bit before opening so we were the first ones in. Was sooo nice. Went in the outside onsen with the girls and just looked out over to the mountains and trees. Afterwards went to a soba restuarant which was so yummy! The soba came out on a wooden tray and you dipped the noodles into soyasauce and wasabi."
NB: Onsen is so worth it. Get over the fact that you're naked; everyone else is too and just enjoy the experience :)

"2/5 got up to go strawberry picking with Diane and her LPs. Had a massive BBQ and ate curry, curry udon, Yakisoba, wild boar...everything! After we went strawberry picking. Didn't pick much since everyone got to them before us leaving the nice, white, sick ones but we got a few yummies :). Went for a walk with Diane and we ran into this guy and got talking then sat with his mates who were really cool. They did break dancing for everyone which was sweet as. Oh and one of the guys and another one of the girls had the awesome-est hair. Took stalker photos O_O hehe"

from here it's a lot of talk about chickenpox so I'll skip that stuff.

"4/5 1:40am had a massive craving for some food so broke into the emu jerky. Has a very strange taste..."
NB: I think my medicine makes me hungry. I eat so much at dinner and then after I take my CP meds I get the biggest urge to eat. :P

"6/5 I LOVE EGGPLANT"

okay okay. I know this is a really long blog and it may seem like I have nothing interesting to say except just for a billion mentions of food. I've left it late to write it and I appologise so it's hard to choose what to include and what to leave out. So for that reason I've just gone through my diary I write in every night and picked out some things I thought were amusing and of course a few of the highlights :D But seriously I'm still having the best time of my life here. Japan is amazing and I love it. JAPAN no boring bits ;D I can't believe a month has already passed. Time is moving slowly and passing by quickly all at the same time. I can honestly say that up to this point in time I wouldn't change anything about my time here. This is my journey and I'm going to make the most of it!

I'll post my school blog really soon. It'll be up Sunday so stay tuned darlings.

No regrets. Live for the moment!

K x