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Osaka with YFU (Summary) |
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I went to Osaka the summer before my freshman year at NYU. I spent six weeks with a host family, who I got along with, but didn't give me much freedom. I would have loved to have TrekShare then because I wrote, basically, a novel everynight before bed on this thing |
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June 26 |
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an email home from japan
June 26
i just got home from school. today i spent the whole day with the EP
(exchange program) students, walter, thomas, and john. (mom- they don:t go to st. andrews, momoyama (my school) sends kids there) but thomas goes to camp alpine sometimes bc he lives i |
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June 27 |
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june 27
one funny thing here is that all regular cokes in the vending machines have been replaced by c2, that new low carb drink. obviously thats odd because all i eat is toast for breakfast, and rice, noodles, and often potatoes for lunch or dinner. so much for low carbs! also, |
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Jun 28/July 1 |
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june 28
today was pretty boring since i don:t have school. i asked to go on a
walk at about 9:45 (after we had breakfast and cleaned my room...which was already very clean, but we put my suitcase in the attic so its much bigger now.) my host mom told me not to |
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July 3-5 |
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july 3
today was really cool. i went with my host mom and maiko (her niece) to a friend of my host grandma:s house who is also a traditional Japanese tea ceremony teacher. i wore a yukata (summer kimono) and participated in the ceremony. it was really neat. there are sorts of |
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July 10 and 12 |
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july 10:
hey people.
so thursday i didn't really do anything, so i didn't write...friday i went to natsuko's school...minami senior high school, all girls except for like, 10 boys (out of 450 students). it was fine, but its public so it was REALLY hot and nowhere near as nice as momoyama. the |
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July 15 and 18 |
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july 15
hello hello.
ok. let's see. tuesday...in the morning i went on a bike ride for an hour, since that is as long as i can be gone. but, since natsu and the mom were out, i had to use the grandma's bike which was way too short, so that was pretty |
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July 20, 21, and 24 |
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july 20
hey there. not much to say...i've not been too busy the past few days. monday my host mom let me sleep late since sunday was so busy. but i had to pee at 9:30 and as the bathroom is downstairs, it's hard to go back to sleep because they assume |
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July 25, 27 and 28 |
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july 25
today was cool. um, i went to the osaka dome with my host dad and sister by subway and we got there at like 11:30 and went to the guest ticket area. they told us to come back at 12 so i had a melon soda. then we went again |
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July 29-August 1 |
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July 29
Hey.
I feel bad for writing such a depressing email earlier. Yeah, I'm more than ready to get home, but once I get out, I really enjoy it here, and although I'm lonely, I feel very independent when out.
This morning my host grandmother was gone, and my host dad was here, |
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