Day 54 : Home Stay Day 1
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This weekend was a home stay! Wow! It was so much fun! :D I learned so much...did so much. It's an experience I wouldn't trade for the world.
So Friday started off with me being nervous beyond belief. I mean, after all, I was going to be living in someone else's house. I didn't want to do anything stupid. I didn't want to come off as a stupid, ignorant American. All these thoughts flooded my mind, though I think I managed to keep calm better than I had anticipated. Anyway, upon meeting up with my host grandfather, I immediately went into my shy shell. I hardly said anything, and when I did say something, it was very short.
When we arrived at their house...OMG. They're house was a Buddhist temple! How crazy??? I didn't learn until the next day that my host grandfather is the priest of the temple. So...amazing. And the rest of their house was huge. So I met the rest of their family at this point. I had a host grandmother, mother, father, brother, and sister. Ack! I was so nervous at this point. I don't think I said much at all. I was just unable to formulate sentences in Japanese well. It was embarrassing. But, OMG, they're daughter was so cute! She was just energetic and fun. She seemed to have taken a liking to me right away. I'm not good with kids, though...so...
And the room they gave me was so awesome! It was like a freaking hotel room. Like seriously, everything about it was great. It was Western style, though, which took me by surprise. I was expecting only Japanese. But...it was a great bed to sleep in. So comfortable. I slept well that night. Very well.
This weekend was a home stay! Wow! It was so much fun! :D I learned so much...did so much. It's an experience I wouldn't trade for the world.
So Friday started off with me being nervous beyond belief. I mean, after all, I was going to be living in someone else's house. I didn't want to do anything stupid. I didn't want to come off as a stupid, ignorant American. All these thoughts flooded my mind, though I think I managed to keep calm better than I had anticipated. Anyway, upon meeting up with my host grandfather, I immediately went into my shy shell. I hardly said anything, and when I did say something, it was very short.
When we arrived at their house...OMG. They're house was a Buddhist temple! How crazy??? I didn't learn until the next day that my host grandfather is the priest of the temple. So...amazing. And the rest of their house was huge. So I met the rest of their family at this point. I had a host grandmother, mother, father, brother, and sister. Ack! I was so nervous at this point. I don't think I said much at all. I was just unable to formulate sentences in Japanese well. It was embarrassing. But, OMG, they're daughter was so cute! She was just energetic and fun. She seemed to have taken a liking to me right away. I'm not good with kids, though...so...
And the room they gave me was so awesome! It was like a freaking hotel room. Like seriously, everything about it was great. It was Western style, though, which took me by surprise. I was expecting only Japanese. But...it was a great bed to sleep in. So comfortable. I slept well that night. Very well.