Well half the reason was because i never have energy, but still heres your blog youve been waiting for.....
Its the end of May, already its bee 4 months even though it doesnt feel like that at all! Definately going way to quick.....a bit upsetting...
But ive done so much this month and been to many places, so its been good! At the start of May i went to Tokyo from Saturday the 8th to Monday the 10th. I went with 2 other people, a young girl from rotary and a Korean guy who is friends with my first host dad, it was good because they were looking forward to this as much as me haha. It was an early morning Saturday as i had to catch the train from where i lived to the airport, then catch a 9'oclock plane to Tokyo. We arrived at about 11ish, then went straight to DISNEY SEA!! we left our suitcases in lockers they have there. I was soooooo excited for this weekend i felt like a kid again!! We stayed at Disney Sea until about 8o'clock that night. During the afternoon we went on various rides, some casual, some a bit extreme haha
I really loved the atmosphere and pretty sure i had a smile on my face the whole day.
Then we got back to the hotel at about 9 at night and went to bed straight away, we were extremely exhausted and had to be up early the next morning for DISNEY LAND!!
Sunday - I got up at 7:30, quickly had breakfast at the free buffet then went back to my room, got ready and we arrived at Disney Land at about 9:30 - we then spent the rest of the day there until around 7PM. Disney LAnd was definately better and way more fun! For some reason, even though it was crowded, the longest we waited for in line for rides was 50 minutes or less. Therefore we had plenty of time for the rides, and even went on a couple twice, it was so much fun, yet exhausting! One of my favourite rides was called "Splash mountain" where a group of people sit in this log looking boat, go through a nice river with disney characters either side of the river singing songs and making you feel happy/relxed, then you get to the end where you slide down this steep waterfall/rapids looking slope and water splashed everywhere!! luckily, i was sitting at the front of the boat, so i had the best experience, and got saturated when the boat fell! Unfortunately i dont have photos of it (or any from Disney Sea) because the memroy card wont work on this computer....
There was also a roll-coaster type ride called "Space mountain" where you can see anything and youre thrown around the pitch black room with holographic space scenery around you.....was quite cool.
During lunch time, around 12ish, there was a Disney parade going through the main area! i just stood there watching them dance and sing and taking photos of it - definately a good memory!!
I also bought alot of souvenirs for my friends, and myself of course. I think i was shopping for about 3 hours in the big souvenir street they had as you walk in the front gates...
I was so exhausted Sunday night, and slept on the plane back to Sapporo Monday morning, therefore i didnt have school that day. But all in all, an awesome weekend!!!!
Acouple weeks ago i went with my school counsellor and 3 other foreign students from my school to Maruyama Zoo (Maruyama is like an area in Sapporo, kind of like a suberb...) and it was really cool, BECAUSE i saw sooo many animals for the first time. I saw giraffes, hippos, lions/tigers upclose, different kinds of monkeys (hilarious), different kinds of bireds, all different kinds of big cats, deers, different types of BEARS! (including polar bears), wolves, penguins and seals AND they had a kangaroo pen, i was pretty suprised by that! But it was so funny because 2 of the males were fighting, it got pretty intense, all the Japanese were crowsing around the pen taking photos and i was like yeah AUSSIE PRIDE! haha
This little baby on its mums back was so cute, and it was so crazy swinging around everywhere like it just had a can of red bull!! haha
While we were at the zoo there were also a few primary schools there as an excursion. i kind of felt sorry for these kids wearing this uniform because it was embarrassing haha little tiny shorts, a bow, suspenders and a brown top hat with a ribbon sticking out!!
Because i have a level 3 Japanese ability exam on July 4th, everyday i have to study a vocabulary book, which may sound bad, but i actually remember it easy and ive learned alot of vocab so its a good thing! Also last week i was sitting at the table from 12 lunch time to 6 that night reading!! i was lacking so much energy....(actually i fell asleep in the chair for 2 hours but still) haha
My friend from Townsville sent me a new pokemon game a couple weeks ago so lately ive been playing it before i go to bed hahah just thought i would include that in this blog.
Sakura FINALLY bloomed!!!! its the end of spring and it finally got warm enough for sakura to bloom everywhere around sapporo, it really is amazing and the best thing spring has to offer!! Except they never last long and changed to normal leaves after a week, but i got plenty of photos!!
For some reason they look edible, and that if you eat them it tastes like strawberry........umm...ok anyway.....
Last week on Tuesday and Wednesday i went to school for only 1 hours (that being a school japanese lesson) then went back home, and Thursday and Friday i had no school at all, it was wonderful!! haha Reason being that the teachers at my school helped out at a Track and Field carnival all week, so therefore they wouldnt have been at school to teach classes.
On Thursday i went to Sapporo dome, which is i big DOME where ther are baseball and soccer matches, it is pretty epic i think! we did a tour, and so walked onto the field...
...as well as seeing the locker rooms and areas that the baseball/soccer players use during the game, it was really interesting. My host mum got free tickets to see baseball games next week. Sapporos baseball team is call THE FIGHTERS and we are watching them play other teams this Tuesday and Wednesday night. For some reason i think i will enjoy watching it, baseball looks as though it could be really interesting...but i will let you know how i thought of it after i watch the matches!
Friday was a VERY good day. My host mums friend works at a TV station, as so me and my mum were lucky enough to walk INSIDE into the studio (this by the way is the most well known station in Japan) and i met some famous Japanese tv presenters AND i watched BEHIND the cameras as they were filming a morning show on set! it was so good and gave me a glimpse of what making movies would be like!! the show was live, and they were all so friendly and were really good at their job. I got to know what these kinds of people do during commercials and how everything works.I also met the producer of the station (which by the way is called 'UHB'). While the show was going i was taken out of the studio and through the corridors seeing different rooms such as the make up room where tv presenters were getting their hair done and things like that, i also went into the sound room where directors are sitting at desks with a million buttons infront of them, running what people would see on tv, eg. switching between different cameras and such (its kind of hard to explain sorry!)I also sat in their chairs! haha
But honestly it was so surreal and a REALLY cool experience to watch a group of proffessional people do something like this, and yes i was tempted to run infront of the cameras but i didnt.....
OH, and i got photos with them >>>>>
Well nothing as of yet is planned for June, but im sure things will happen and plans will be made, so until then - its study time!!!
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