I'm finally writing a post! Just a tip: if you become an exchange student, and go to Japan. Don't break the rules. Do not use the internet in your room without permission. Especially if your email-equipped mobile is in your host parent's name. Because it will suck. Let's just say, I've learnt my lesson. Well, I've got my phone back. And I won't be doing a stupid thing like that again.
Since my last post all those many moons ago, I have been very busy. I believe I mentioned joining the school band. If not, well, I joined the school band. Which is not like my school band. It is hard. As in, normally, practise after school from 3.40 to 6.00 every day and on saturday from 9 to 3. Plus an optional practise before school. Well, that's normal. We had a concert a fortnight ago saturday. So for all of June, we practised like a... um... a lot, anyway. As in, practise after school until 7, practise on saturday cut back to 12 and on sunday a 9-4 practise at the school we were doing the concert with. So we did the concert at the Yokosuka City Cultural Hall (横須賀市文化会館), and it was the joint concert of my school, Yokohama So-gakukan High School (横浜創学館高等学校) and North Kawasaki City Public High School (県立川崎市北高校).
I thought we did really well. I only noticed one mistake; when my school played a song called 'Songs of Old Kentucky', the flutes (my section @_@) came in a bar late. Like 3 seconds late. And it wasn't very conspicuous. We were supposed to lead a round and instead just blended in to the following oboe section. We also caught up by the next phase of the piece. That was a bit bad, but overall we did awesome. But, of course, when we listened to the tape, they were all going,
"I'M SO SORRY!! I'LL DO BETTER NEXT TIME!!"
Even the teacher was like, "Well, we did crap." I tried not to slap them. They did so good. I don't understand. (T-T) <-My phone has a bunch of these in it.
Basically, band is all I've done for the last month. Other than that, I go to English club each week, and after the concert, I had one day's grace of a holiday and went to the bazaar at my host sister's preschool. It was cute.
This weekend just gone, I went camping with my host family and their friends at a place called Kannogawa (神之川). It was my first time camping, even if we stayed in a cabinny thing, not a tent. But it was fun. It was down near this beautiful river and I had a great time.
This week is exam week. They're all finished now though. They look okay except for biology, traditional Japanese and Japanese history. Unlike so many of my friends I had to do ALL my exams. Tomorrow, no school, just band. From a disgustingly early 7.30, to 1pm. And then we have to do something in the evening from 6 to 8. I'm SO EXCITED. (+_+) I'm still waiting for someone to make a punctuation for sarcasm. I charge that to you, LAURA. I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU. You'll never escape! WAHAHAHAHA!
I'm thinkin about talking to Jenny Craig. I have lost 26 kilos in three months. It's a Christmas miracle. But if you want to lose 26 kilos, don't become an exchange student to Japan. Anorexia is a lot cheaper. (^_-)〜☆
That's all I have for now. I'd like emails. I'm at the happyーtoーgetーspam stage.
It's amccarthy (at) softbank (dot) ne (dot) jp.
Love Aidan
