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Rather eccentric blog of Melissa, an exchange student off to Utsunomiya, Japan. Join her as she blogs about her experiences in the land of the rising sun.
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Right now in Japan, it's GOLDEN WEEK!
yeah you heard me, four days of golden oyasumi (rest) from saturday to tuesday.
So, how did I spend it?
here goes...

SATURDAY;
On saturday I had a prescheduled badminton match between my host family's friends and I. It was rather fun but after it I was ready to drop dead asleep. Two hours of sweaty badminton-y ness ;)
after Badminton I set out by myself to catch three trains from Utsunomiya to HitachiTanga in Ibaraki ken, a different state altogether! It took me quite a while, there was a 15 min train from suzumenomiya to oyama, and then from oyama there was an hour train to Mito, and then from mito there was a forty minute train to Hitachi tanga where my aunt met me. And yes, I did it alone and at night too. I took the first train at about five, and arrived at about seven or so?? I can't remember, I was really mighty sick from badminton :( nevertheless I met my older cousin Aiko as she came home from work, and we ate macdonalds. yum. first time eating jap mac. Went to bed early, head was spinning like crazy.

SUNDAY;
On sunday I went to Mito city with my cousin Eri (whos 15 too) and my aunt, and we went shopping... mad crazy Louis Vuitton store (yeah, 100% real too!) someday shall buy... something... LOL SPLURGE! After that we ate at an italian restaurant, tasty, spaghetti :) my aunt went to church so Eri and I roamed and went purikura. We came home, tita made me sinigang (FILO FOOOOD) and gyudon (beef and rice). SO TASTY. I also had a huge convo or five with my rellies in Aus thru skype. Fun stuff :)

MONDAY;
Today I woke up at seven to talk to my dad on Skype. Was mega tired, but I did it anyway. (grumble). After that I took the express from hitachi tanga to oyama with my aunt, and then the train from oyama to suzumenomiya by myself for fifteen mins. My mom picked me up and then I went to a bbq with my host family friends. BBQ was fun, ate too much, way too much, so tasty.... I love my keitai. Thats all I will say on the matter HAHAH

TUESDAY;
dno whats planned, but I think we're going strawberry picking or maybe even a temple or five billion. Yay. Could even be study day! (H). haha.

SUMMERSONIC
And now we come to my hearts desire. This august, on the ninth and tenth, tehre is a MASSIVE concert on with the COOLEREST bands ever, we're talking LOSTPROPHETS, were talking PANIC, we're talking COLDPLAY for gods sakes, even the SEX PISTOLS aer coming.... cant wait to go. I'm going with tom, thats all I know right now, but more people are joining on. LETS GET THIS ON! hahaha. ;)

Alrighty gonna go. get my purikuras ;)
bye bye :D