December 15th -21st, 2012

Saturday December 15th, 2012
Christmas Party at AZOO!! :) Went with Tasha, and others from Education Network.
It was fun :) Had onigiri (from a store) for the 1st time!!
We put up the tree and wore santa outfits :P! and the kids were fun. I got to MC :)
A group from APU came and preformed.. it was the double dutch team... so good :)!!! :O!!!! I didnt know they existed!!! haha..
Took pictures!



Sunday December 16th, 2012
Day two of Christmas Parties ( i was not planning on attending, but ... Roger said he would not attend.. thus... WHAAA :( missing church!! :((((((( ) . ... At least now there are enough.. and it was fun!! We got to go to Kamegawa exchange in the morning, then Azoo in the afternoon... Today was a bit rough and VERRYY tireeing! tsukareta(i am tired)
At Kamegawa, we had lots of fun and we got to plat a game similar to capture the flag, i love how the kids have so much energy!!!

Took lots of pictures

We worked together with the parents, it was really cool to see the parents learning and enjoying English ( some more than the kids :P) This was Kaorisan's last exchange :(((
[[[[[[[[[[It makes me miss my little buddies back at home (i think about Alexander, Isha, Yana, and Calvin <3) ]]]]]]]]]]]
After, we walked around downtown and got food, ate in a park and  hung out. Jo seemed upset :/ he was doing his own thing.. made me worried ( a japanese guy in our group who speaks perfect english because he went to an international school)
At AZOO, I got to talk and work together with wonderful teachers, and had fun with soooo many kids today!!! <3!!!!!! We took pics together and also ... i got to teach them a game of duck-duck-goose!! The kids really liked it! :)!! Today was really fun!

When we arrived back at APU, had to write my essay SUPER fast!!! :O!! YABAIYO!!! (It was difficult but... SUBMITTED!!!:)!!! )


Monday December 17th, 2012
WORK, SCHOOL, NAP... CLASS.

Tuesday December 18th, 2012

DAY FULL OF CLASSES!!!! DID NOT SLEEP, Had to correct papers (since english is my native language, and submit for Business Exchange evaluation) Japanese quiz, INternational Marketing report and presentation due today!oh and Lecture review was due too!! ! Yabai!! (WHAAA)
After class, had to get letters off and written!!
Then ... Education Network Meeting... Got Kaorisan's card signed!! And had last meeting, and said hi to Business exhchange members (i could not participate because i could not be in two meetings at once).
Tonight we began planning events for next semester and recruitment and other exchange possibilities (ie. Junior and Senior high students?? :O!!)

Wedsday December 19th, 2012
JAPANESE WEEK PRACTICE!!! could not go downtown :/ (missed Kaorisan's surprise goodbye party :((((((( !!! so sad!! )
Got to get to know Mizuki and Maichan <3!!!
Dress rehersal = Got to wear Yukata for the fist time :)!! and geta ( the shoes that are wooden and traditional... they are sooooo smaalllll :O!!! )
Came home... cooked dinner.. aand... ZZZZZZzzzzZZ!!! Wait.. LIEESS>. i had to do homework... lots ... Japanese... Essays... ... whaaa!!!!

Thursday December 20th, 2012
JAPANESE WEEK PRACTICE!!! :O
SOOO LOONGGGGGGGGG from 10am-2:00 then again....
COOK FAST! for KaoriOnesan! <3
Made.... HISPANIC CHICKEN :)!!! Turned out really nice!!!!! (as my friend Monica says :) )
(((( MOMMY THANKS FOR THE RECIPIE!!! Sorry i called you when you were trying to sleep :/ thanks Papito for asking for me!!  <3!!! TQM!!!! :* )
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She liked it a lot, it just took a while :P!!!  (We did not have time to make carrot cake..( she was going to show me!!) so we post-poned it till when she returns for graduation)
We hung out then.. had to go to practice again at 6th period (4:00-9:40pm) WHAAA SO LONGG!!!
Dress Rehersal ( i think i am getting the hang of puting on the Yukata :)!!! <3
Mai helped everyone put theirs on <3 so kind!!!
Talked alot with Mizukichan!!

Friday December 21st, 2012

Japanese WEEK PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!!!
(SOO FUN <3!!! An expirience i can not forget. i am so thankful for everyone in our group!!!! SO thankfull, I can not put into words how great it felt to dance with everyone and after the hard work encourage eachother !!! <3!!!!!! )

It was so cool and embarrasing... because after we greeted people and i stick out wayyy to much.. (its because i am not asian :/ :P!) It was soo good to see that a lot of my friends came to watch <3!!! Feel very loved!! WHAAA :')!!!  I am thankful that Chica did not let me QUIT so easily!! 

---- Seriously .. i dont know how many times i tried to get out of it.... (SO MANY) ... And.. she kept "misunderstanding" and explaining how everything was ok (every excuse i used or told her that i could not do.. ) ... and .. she said its ok .. dont worry... she arranged a partner and everything.. (after that .. i could not get out even if i wanted to ... it would be extreemly rude and it would leave him with out a partner :/ whaaa .. but... it was really fun!!!! And i got lucky because Jang (janjan) is an excelent dancer and fun spirited so ... it was not stressfull but .. really felt fun and i felt very blessed to have him as a partner!! (even though.. he rarely showed up to practicee.. whaaaXP!!!!!! .. but it ended up really nice!!! soo.. YOKKATA!!! :)!!