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Day 74 : Home Stay Day 2
Nov. 21st, 2010 04:23 pmWow...it's been quite a while since I've done anything on this thing. Oh well, let's hope I can remember everything...
Let's see...I woke up rather late? Well not too late, just later than I do during school time. Once again I felt a little awkward, but I managed to do fine I think. They gave me so much food to eat for breakfast. I felt like I was at my grandparent's house. It was more food than I had eaten for breakfast in a long time. (To be honest, I hardly eat anything for breakfast.)
Then it was time for tea ceremony. And...everyone started to come to my host family's house. It was at this point that I realized that the tea ceremony was going to be taking place at my host family's temple. o.O It didn't even register with me that my host family had a temple. So...I felt pretty stupid for not knowing that. XD
The tea ceremony was nice. It was very simple, and was just nice to be a part of. I accidentally dropped my sweets on the floor, but I don't think anyone noticed. Hahaha. I ate it anyway. After the tea ceremony, we had a short lecture on Buddhism. It was interesting, though it was short because we were running out of time.
We were then brought to a school to hold a BBQ. (It was supposed to have happened outside, but a typhoon caused problems for that...) So we just ate inside. It was still pretty fun. We got to try our hand at playing Japanese drums. I tried...and wasn't good because the other exchange student doing it with me wasn't on rhythm, which screwed me up as well. And I got to wear matsuri clothing! YAY!
We then got to make pottery. It was fun. Hahaha. But I sucked at it. I tried my best anyway...I had to get help, but I think I eventually made something that resembles a cup. Everyone else seemed to be doing much better than me, but who cared? I was having fun. That's all that matters.
Afterwards, it was time for us to go back. I wasn't at my host family's for very long before they ended taking me out to eat! Yay! I had delicious tonkatsu! I love that stuff. It's amazing for sure! Then we headed for a mall and just kinda browsed around. Nothing special, but nice to do.
Upon returning, we just kinda hung out for a bit. I played Mario Cart with my host brother for a little bit, and watched TV with them as well. It was a nice relaxing time. Oh, and I had more to eat. So much food...
Let's see...I woke up rather late? Well not too late, just later than I do during school time. Once again I felt a little awkward, but I managed to do fine I think. They gave me so much food to eat for breakfast. I felt like I was at my grandparent's house. It was more food than I had eaten for breakfast in a long time. (To be honest, I hardly eat anything for breakfast.)
Then it was time for tea ceremony. And...everyone started to come to my host family's house. It was at this point that I realized that the tea ceremony was going to be taking place at my host family's temple. o.O It didn't even register with me that my host family had a temple. So...I felt pretty stupid for not knowing that. XD
The tea ceremony was nice. It was very simple, and was just nice to be a part of. I accidentally dropped my sweets on the floor, but I don't think anyone noticed. Hahaha. I ate it anyway. After the tea ceremony, we had a short lecture on Buddhism. It was interesting, though it was short because we were running out of time.
We were then brought to a school to hold a BBQ. (It was supposed to have happened outside, but a typhoon caused problems for that...) So we just ate inside. It was still pretty fun. We got to try our hand at playing Japanese drums. I tried...and wasn't good because the other exchange student doing it with me wasn't on rhythm, which screwed me up as well. And I got to wear matsuri clothing! YAY!
We then got to make pottery. It was fun. Hahaha. But I sucked at it. I tried my best anyway...I had to get help, but I think I eventually made something that resembles a cup. Everyone else seemed to be doing much better than me, but who cared? I was having fun. That's all that matters.
Afterwards, it was time for us to go back. I wasn't at my host family's for very long before they ended taking me out to eat! Yay! I had delicious tonkatsu! I love that stuff. It's amazing for sure! Then we headed for a mall and just kinda browsed around. Nothing special, but nice to do.
Upon returning, we just kinda hung out for a bit. I played Mario Cart with my host brother for a little bit, and watched TV with them as well. It was a nice relaxing time. Oh, and I had more to eat. So much food...
