January 13, 2009
Happy New Year from Japan!
Hey everyone! Vacation is over and today is our first day at school since a long time. It’s nice to see everyone again, but to be honest I wouldn’t mind to have an extra week free. I really enjoyed my vacation, especially January 1st.
We didn’t do much at New Years Eve, just watched a lot of boy bands singing on a huge stage. (Boy bands are extremely popular here).
The next day we woke up early to go to my host mom’s father’s grave to clean it. It was a nice experience because it’s really Japanese to do such a thing. After a few hours back at home, we all went to my host grandmother’s house, where the whole family gathered. It was a lot of fun and everyone was very nice to me. The whole day I ate and drink so much that even I was impressed. We also played bingo (haha) and I won a few prizes. I really want to spend more time with my cousins, they are awesome. I felt great after that day, like I was really part of the Yamada family.
Now that my Japanese is improving I can finally talk with my host family more and I'm becoming a lot closer to them. I’m sure it will be sad when I have to go back to Holland. I'm almost at the half-way point of my stay here, time really flies.
I think it will be so different when I go back home. I thought my city was crowed, but it’s nothing compared to Tokyo. There are almost twice as much people here in Tokyo than in my whole country. Yeah, that’s a lot.
Ok the period is almost over. We have a break now. I can’t wait to have some fried chicken at the school caf醇P, its been a long time...
Wessel