Grade Report

Okay, so, I have my grades for the two terms I’ve been here. Ya~y. Then after that are the results for the mock college exam.
5 (Excellent), 4 (Superior), 3 (Average), 2 (Passable), 1 (Impassable)
Subject — 2nd Term Grade — 3rd Term Grade
Japanese — 2 — 2
World History B — 2 — 2
Biology I — 2 [...]

New Host

Okay, so, I’ve moved safely to my new hosts, the Hoshino’s.
My new host mom and dad (Yayoi and Kouji… Though just “okaasan” and “otousan”, haha) are both 47, my host sister who’s at Kyoai is Saki, a used-to-be second year student in the English course. Then there’s a younger brother, Yoshitaka (Yoshi), who’s 15 [...]

守りたい この笑顔を

Just a short little update on how I am, I guess?
I’ve gotten some more finals back, as well as the results for the optional test that was taken by students all over Japan and my rankings in that. I don’t have them here to look at at the moment, so when I do I’ll type [...]

喜びも痛みも

(Written March 8th)
Yesterday I went to Keyaki with Victoria and one of her classmates who I know from the dorms, Azusa. It turned out that for the most part she wanted to have a chance to speak English, so both Victoria and I were sort of miffed, though it was really fun anyway.
We ate lunch, [...]

May 20th

Apparently that’s the day I’m supposed to go back.
What happened to saying I’ll be able to be here for 10 months since the very beginning? I got here on August 28th. And, tell me if my counting is wrong, that would make it around June 28th.
Yeah, exactly.
As far as I’m concerned, May 20th is not [...]