January 19th-24th,2013

January 19th, 2013
Saturday:
ITSUKUSHIMI!!! (NEW YEAR CELEBRATION)
.. GUess what!!! ..
I heard a knock at my door.. it was Monika.. this meant......... ......................I woke up late :(!!
WHAA!!!!
WEnt there about an hour late :( .. but got to hang with the kids. There were SOO many people ( other groups were there too ( taiko and aurauma = japanese performing arts clubs) )
We made .. MOCHI .. Michitsuki
and.. they made miso soup.. and other delicous japanese traditonal food!
We got to play games too!!
SO interesting!!! SO many!!
At the end.. the kids, and others there had SUMO contest outside!!! HAHa !! it was very entertaining to watch!!
I walked with Monika and Sam to the bus stop, because they wanted to go back , but the bus was really late:/ .. But.. i got to exercise, i ran back because we took too long and everyone was leaving.
The teachers at itsukushimi are so kind!! I lovee my kids so much!! <3!!
i did not feel well, and went back home by car, with Rina.

Took a nap in Dea's room!! :)

But.. later i realized.. i lost my card!! :( ... WHAa!!
Later i went downtown to look for it (near FFF meeting place) ..
No luck ...
Then .. I needed to get groceries so .. i walked for about an hour or more to downtown to get groceries..
Feeling really bad today. But.. ...
When I was walking,
I got to see the ocean and the lights, with the open field and palm trees (yes.. palm trees.. i dont understand.. it is COLD!) .. It was SOOOOO beautiful!! God really knows romance and how to capture the heart. It made me smile so much!! I am very thankful for that walk. <3!!
Groceries, then, kaerimashita ( went back home) .
WHaa head ache... Found a note on my door, Jan was looking for me. ( vietnamese girl on my floor)
She had talked to me the other day about Baito (part-time job) ... she said i could start soon.... Cherry let me use her phone to call ( i do not have a cell phone (ketaidenwa) ) .
--Whaa.. feeling so much tornado emotions inside... :( ..
too much.
Keep questioning alot of things, especially friendships :/ whaa.
Studied Management with Enna, then .. fell asleep.

January 20th, 2013
Sunday:
Woke up early and found out that ... I BROKE MY GLASSES !!:(
Whaaa!! it feels like things are falling apart :( .. 1st my ID card.. now .. Glasses :(!
I have church, reports, and Baito today (part time job)
WHa!!! ..
SO .. now.. just have to trust.
Skyped with my Mommy, and told her.. she seemed a bit disappointed :( .. but ..very proactive at the same time. Its strange, thought everything feels like it is falling apart and i keep messing up.. i have this strange feeling, God's got it. So i give it to him. And i have this strange feeling to clean up my clothes... and.. as i am folding them .. i find my ID CARD!! <3 Praise the LORD@!!!
I also think I can fix my glasses... but I need .. super glue.

I was thinking about not going to church ( because of all the craziness) .. but.. i have and know that i need to trust that God will work everything out ( it really feels like.. i have to give up right now and just let him do what he will ) .

Church was really nice, and.. Praise the LORD! I met someone that i met the 1st of December at .. BEPPU TOWER ( when we sang) .. MEIchan!! :) /. <3!!! It was so good to see her!! she was one of the ones in my singing group, and that helped me when I didn't know the words.
We had elections for church today... it went well i think, Tim had to translate for me again :/ Whaa!! i am so annoying :( .

On the way home, we got to stop by the supermarket, and Jeong went with me to find super glue!! ( i could not see :( . and.. WE FOUND IT !! Again .. Praise the LORD!!!
(SO MANY TODAY!! .. so many things that are difficult..but so many things that God continues to show his strength  through <3 )

Home, food, Coop-(to buy bus ticket), TO KANAWA ( the areawhere the job is)
Studying Kanji on the bus.
Made it the stop .. now.. walk to ...
BAITO!!! ..
Whaa..Guess what...
Diana ( one of the 1st girls i met.. ) .. and  Runa ( I met at Japanese week)  were there, they were working too!!!! :O!!! So cool!!! <3!
Work was a lot more difficult than I had expected.. My head hurts from all the katakana ( Japanese writing system .. well one of them.. ) .. Whaa!!! I am so slow and clumsy.. and forgetful :( 
Now I have a glimpse of what everyone talks about, and tells me how I do not understand.. mm.. so deune ( i agree now :P)
The place is really nice!!!! It is so cute and the owner is the chef and he makes everything fresh!! <3. They make the desserts fresh too!! and coffee ( from the beans) .. whaa!! so nice!! I am excited!! It is a lot of work, and confusing when it gets busy, but .. it seems really nice! (it is funny because i had wanted to visit that coffee shop when I had passed it before, but didn't because I didn't have the guts to enter.
The manager is really kind, but quiet. Runa and Diana are really kind too!! They put up with me so much!.. whaa!! hopefully next time will be better.

The cafe place has lights outside at night that are on, and you can see the ocean and other parts of Beppu ( the view is really nice), they also play really nice music!!
After we finishes, we punched out, and closed shop. The manager drove us back home ( since the buses had stopped) . :) whaaa.. tired!!!

January 21, 2013
Monday:
JAPANESE QUIZ!! ...
STUDY!!!! ...
Managememt EXAM!! :O!! (YABAI)


January 22nd, 2013
Tuesday:
BUSSYYY DAY!
Classes, FINAL!! (for INternational Marketinng--with presentation too... and report submission, group meeting for Japanese Skit, Education Network meeting (fun :).
--Its really cool how our group is getting so much bigger :) even more, when there are so many that get along really nicely with the kids :) --
I am really thankful to be given the opportunity from God to be in this group! Litterally, at 1st i contacted them (way back in sept) and the leader (Kaorisan) responded, but... then i could not find the meeting place, but a month later... Rina invited me to go with her.. then .. after several avoided attempts.. i finally went :) .. ---
GO HOME AND STUDYYY

January 23rd, 2013
Wednesday:
Wake up early, get work done, take shower, cook and go down town for Business Exchange meeting with hotel Nogami Honken. Afterwards, Patrick and I went to Fresh ONE (finally) ~!... they did not have the oatmeal that i was looking for, but they had RAISIN BRAN :)!!! (In American Sizes :)!! We had photo competition and took lots of pictures :)

We caught the bus back, but then I had to go to my Japanese class group (for the skit) meeting. I was late :(.. but .. Nyndia was very understanding <3. We did not get much done, but we decided on the plot, story, etc :) .. Praise the LORD!!  A miracle... we finished early and I got to go to bible study!!!!! (Last one of the fall semester)

Some of the girls in my bible study group brought us omiage. :) Its funny, because ... Patrick and I were talking about "tokyo banana" .. and .. the girl brought us a tokyo banana. :O God PROVIDES :)!! SO COOL! ... Tokyo banana is a cake shapped banana that is filled with banana custard cream. They also have designs on them.

Went home, and got to talk to Kayla a bit :) I did not know she was an artist too!!! <3!!!
Kitchen duty tonight :/ .. did not expect it.. (its funny that the one day i would rather not do it.. it ended up being the day I had it :P!)
Cooked Rice :)


January 24th, 2013
Thursday:
After class, our group (for our Japanese skit) have a meeting in the library.
Korean Week! Got to go see show :)
LOTS OF PICTURES :)
LAST GBL meeting !!
--we has google tests.. (so confusing!! :P)