May 16, 2009
A student post: host grandmother defends her house!
Hello, hello, Ella here. If you don't already know about me, I��m a Finnish girl who loves music and art. Not boring art, like paintings. And this is actually my first time writing on this site!
Well, I haven��t been here for a long time yet, but I have met some really interesting people. One of them is definitely the grandmother of my host family. It��s amazing how she can be really tough, but also kind at the same time. While I was sick for a few days she came to see how I was doing and made me food. She also speaks very clear Japanese so it is easy to understand what she��s saying.
Anyways, that wasn��t so interesting. The one thing that actually made me amazed was when I heard that during the war in 1945 when Allied bombers flew over Tokyo, she was on the balcony of her house with a gun shouting ��Come if you dare!�� It sounds so cool. Women have to defend themselves too! Way to go, granny.
Also, there is this one old traffic policeman. I see him everyday when I go to school. He is always talking to some little kids and he has received many drawings from them. He sounds pretty suspicious. Just joking. He might be a good old man.
I hope I will get to know more people and make lots of friends! : )
See you.
Ella