L.T's Oriental Odyssey

im such a bad blogger :(

2008-11-11T04:15:00.000-08:00

im soo lazy i never post anything

its horrible! im not a responsible blogger at all!

but i put photos up on facebook so i think thats enough... :(

well here i go..

Just recently, I joined the jazz band club at my school. I have started to learn to play the trumpet, which is harder than I thought! But I am able to play some notes. And i'm excited to also play jazz violin. I decided to join since I like jazz and it would give me something to do and as a result I would make some good friends. We meet everyday after school till 6:20 pm and on Saturdays from 9am-4pm. Since we spend so much time together we have become friends! Its hard work, but so fun~~~

oh yes a while back i went to my host sisters dance recital thing at her college in tokyo

and i have some videos of some of the dances. hip hop of course.

Today I went to my monthly Rotary meeting. (i go twice a month) and the club gave me cute flowers and a gift! (because my birthday is this week, november 13th!!) The club president had bought me a disk drive for my computer! Just what I needed!
I think the japanese tradition of gift giving is really kind!

And finally, this Saturday and Sunday I had my first Japanese sleepover. But, it was'nt really different than my sleepovers back home. Haha. Except that on Sunday we went karaoke-ing. Was my first karaoke experience!!

p.s. photos of the load of makeup at my sleepover.. the sleepover kids, and some of my friends during work class. literally. we had to weed this time. :o

whoaa vacation oVERR

2008-10-13T04:29:00.000-07:00

hello....

dude my 5 day break was totally awesomee! this is what i did

first day; arrive at tokyo station at 3pm,, went to tokyo nat'll museum,, ate in asakusa
2nd day; went to see ponyo at movie theater,, little shopping
3rd day; went to go see a La Cirque Du Soleil perfomance (wiki it)
4th day; went to disney land from 6-11 pm
5th day; went shopping in harajuku from 11am-6pm
totally tired from all that excitement!!!!
harajuku was definetly the most awesomeee,,, white ppl everywhere though :pp
it was so crowded but the shopping was AMAZZINNNGGGG
japanese were soooo stylinnn and some dressed up in weird costumes
like maid outfits or anime characters... typical nerdss

but the circus show as TIIIGHT acrobats, tightropists the works

one acrobat fell though,, as he was trying to fly to the next bar

but PHEW PHEW their was a net underneathh

schoool tomorrow.. sigh ..

i love and miss youuu guys <333

sorry for the pause.

2008-10-05T06:00:00.000-07:00

heey. its lisa!
sorry its been a while since i last updated..
well today i went for dinner at a sushi go round.. and i took a video!
its not that interesting. but im in it for a bit! :D

<333>

sorry about the end of the video.. its me eating.. sigh.

miss you lisa

yo!

2008-09-12T04:49:00.001-07:00

ay! yo! how are ya doing? i:m doing great.!!

just thought id share some photos and videos with you

i got a cellphone, the photo on the top

its the coolest! ive never had such a phone

my last one was pretty dull. (sorry adel u got stuck with it ;p)

the rotary paid the money for it, so i go to pick any one i liked!! ;D

the two pictures below, are photos from my hostbrothers atheltic day they had at school

all the students prepare and train for this special day!

it was hot, but fun cheering for all the kids

especially the ones that arent really good at running

like the chubby ones that are in last place

i would yello COME ON YOU CAN DO IT! MAKE US PROUD for those folks

ppl around me thought i was crazy

i was really into the long relay race too

i would cheer pretty loud, and when a kid would drop the baton,

i accidentally said STUPID! really loud... the kids parents were probably around. LOL LOL]

then the photo under it is a yakitori restaurant (fried chicken) LOL that we went after

it was pretty good

but a group of drunk guys were at the table infront of us and were pretty noisy

ah well

the food was tasty..

my incidents on the bus:

well i always have to ride the bus
and i didnt know
so i sat anywhere that was open
but one day
a third year girl confronted me and said
their are different sections for different year students
and said so you cant sit here
i was so crushed
noo more like angry
soo now i always sit in the right spot and give that bitchy girl my most intimidating stare
hahahahahha
and one time their was no open seats so i had to sit next to this weirdo girl
then the on the way home she asked if she could sit next to me
and the next day that weirdo said i couldnt sit next to her
WHAT is up with that?!?!?!
wahhh i got dissed by some weirdo nerd girllllll waaaahh
that is the worst!!

HA HA...

well i have made some good friends.. let me name them for you

meguri-shes funny. shes likes to talk to me in funny english. like my `name is meguri. how are you. stuff` like that lol

noyuri- tall girl, likes to sing a lot, is funny too, best friends with meguri

mi-chan- one of my good friends. she can speak english so we talk often.
hana- nice, sweet friend, works at some supermarket, is smart,
shotan- chinese girl that came to my school for a 3 year study progam. she is really nice to me. she often goes after school with me to buy food at the bakery down the street. ;D
mesaki- super nicee. she gives me candy. and helps me with my japanse hw! yay

yeah thats bout it!

gtg i miss you guys every day~

lisa.

not again!

2008-09-06T06:58:00.000-07:00

hello everyone! lisa reporting from Japan^

guess what? another EMBARRASSING thing happened today!

i:m still embarrassed right now~

well i was going to go to the bathroom to wash my hands, brush my teeth and do that routine

but i noticed the lights were on in the bathroom

and i was like thats fishy

cause nobody leaves lights on...

and i thought, oh well, i probably just left them on

because i couldnt hear anything at all in the bathroom, so case is clear!

i very slowly open the door, just to be sure!

very very very slowly, even though i was pretty sure no one was in ther

but i was wrong!

aaaaaaaaaaaaahh my host brother was taking a shower

(u must knw, jpnese baths are different.. their is a tub, and a tiled area where u shower urself b4 u get in the bathtub..)

gah and he was in that tiled area sitting on a stool

THANK GOD HE DIDNT SEE ME! i WOULD OF DIED!

he didnt even look my way or turn his head. THANK GOODNESS> i was so lucky

i quickly ran away, leaving the bathroom door slightly open

i ran away to the kitchen, trying to regain myself

my host mom asked: is anything wrong

i said: no no no, of couse not. :p

AND THEN

on the way back to my room, i have to climb stairs

and i bump my head HARD on the railing...

i:m glad i didnt lose consiousness..

(im scared my host bro knows i opened the door! he probably thinks i:m some pervert!) gahh... :`(

i didnt see his tralala at all i swear! i:m noooooo pervert!

wat kind of person leaves the bathroom door OPEN? he probably just wanted me to see him naked. JK JK JK JKJK

wat a coincidence.. this always happens to me. i remember i accidentally opened the bathroom door on alex`s mom. lol

uhhhh

2008-09-04T02:13:00.000-07:00

school uniform...

this boy was funny lookin so i took a photo of him
hmm. what have i done lately..
oh yeah. i had ANOTHER 2 speeches infront of the rotarian ppl
one at the weekly meeting

and another at the welcoming party they held for me. (all of my future host families were their)

i had to play my violin for them. but i think i did superr good :D for once.

the food at the party was good, and everybody drank a lot. it was my duty too walk around the table refill ppls glasses with beer

sounds weird but i guess its a jpnese thing...

got my laptop yay. it;s tiny though. but portability is a plus

school is good

i spend at least an hr everyday in the library..b/c they dont want me to take an english course

use that time to practice my kanji and ocasionally sleep :D

today we had P.E. we had to run 1 km. i was 2nd place in the whole class! yay

i ran with my friend hana, shes really nice

then after that we had `rosaku` literally work class

we had to go out and weed our classes garden. (each class has their own)

it was soooooo hoooottt! but i worked hard! all the other lazy preppy girls just pretended like they were working

stupid stupid.

and then the bus. the bus driver forgot to stop at my stop, i got so freaked out! but thankfully, he turned around and went back for me. it was scaarry

thats bout it

miss everybody so much
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dude

2008-08-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

haunted house, i went in all by myself!

me and host mom at the festival, infront of a haunted house

latern festival!

me and host dad infront of the same latern carriage thing in the pic. above

video of the latern festival, yeah boi

-lisa

finally

2008-08-25T20:50:00.000-07:00

hello !!!

<-- my room what a mess!

so you guys are in school now? how sadd.

I start school tomorrow...

I`m sorry i didnt post earlier, have been rather busy

i toured the school yesterday, it was so big. their are 4 floors and i know i:m gonna be totally lost tomorrow.

and tomorrow i have to give my introduction speech in the school chapel.

<-- my `grandma:s` garden

(ignore the horrible punctuation.. japanese keyboard doesn:t have all the keys)

went to bball, my brother is the team manager. we won! best in the nation 2nd time in a row!!!!

we are called the Honmaru Team, on the first row.

thats the stadium

well today i:m going to get my cellphone, yukata (summer kimono), and school uniformzz

and tonight we have practice for the festival tomorrow

we have to learn this special dance! lisa dancing? uh oh

mannnnnn i wish i had more time to type but i must go!

love ya,

lisa

a video of the Honmaru Team!

2008-08-12T20:19:00.000-07:00

(hi ? okay phew. I had to struggle how to figure how to change the language from hindi to English. because before all was FREAKIN out because all i could type in was नमस्ते सलाम !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

phew. well anywayz i'm getting CRAZY NERVOUS about leaving

i talked to my 1st host mom
and she said i'm gonna have to introduce myself in front of the WHOLE SCHOOL
that basically means infront of 3000 people :O
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as you guys well know
i'm clumsy and not really the best public speaker
gah
noo

on the plus side
i get to go to some sweet festivals when i get there
and i'm gonna get one of those super-cool high tech gadgety TIIGHT japanese cell phones
the family said they're gonna get me one yay

luckily its a family with 3 children
so i won't be too lonely
and the boy in the family is in 3rd grade and in on the basketball team
(they have bball teams in 3rd grade?)
and that team happens to be the TOP IN THE NATION [dang]
soo were gonna go to one of the games
: )

well 9 mo' days to go~

maybe these phones are a little too much to ask for? :p