#antizio

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Jag tror det ska finnas en dvd spelare här...inte för att jag har använt den på några år xD

Hahaha brukar vara så! Tror våran dvd här hemma är vårat xbox typ.. men vill titta inne på rummet för... reasons???

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Update for the first time in forever.

So uhm yeah.

I was planning on making a update like every week and see where that got me, like everything else in my life. Or something. But life keeps going on and maybe I’ll actually manage to do something here. I’ll keep trying at least.

So to start things: I’ve installed pokemon go and hopefully it’ll make me get out a bit more, because I need those pokemons in my phone. (Also because for the first time I have a proper phone and internet so yeah. Go me.)

So I’ve been to Rycom again with some friends, and bought some stuff that were pretty cool. Like a muffler to keep me warm cause my throat getting cold makes it hard to breath and even worse when I try to move, like move up the stairs or something.

I also went to a barbecue with some Japanese students from the tourism class, a class I randomly stumbled upon because I talked to another exchange student Em, who I don’t think I’ve really talked to before, so we went to the library. While we were there she told me she were going to a tourism class for like the first time so I just went with her because she invited me. So we ended up being invited back, because why not. (The class is in English so). So we kept coming back and they invited us to the barbecue they were planning. So we went. And it was pretty cool. Like one of the guys comes from Hokkaido and his parents had sent him the Hokkaido style food. So I naturally had to bring some Swedish delicacy, like turkisk peppar, which wasn’t that liked, but also after eight, which was more appriciated. I also tried to eat stomach, which was pretty chewy and not very good. But oh well. So yeah I had a pretty good time there. There were also some pretty funny discussions about sex and relationships. I probably lost the finer details because I’m not that good at Japanese...yet.

So next highlight was this. So a friend of mine, Akari, who I met at peraperadan asked me out of the blue if I wanted to go to a concert with her, like the next day. So I was like why not? That’s how I ended up watching this band Def Tech like out of the blue. They were really cool and would defiantly see them again if given the chance, though since this is just one year in Okinawa I’m not sure that will happen. After that we went to Rycom for a tendon dinner.

Small things. I’ve been to like 7 peraperadan which means I get some “money”. That is a home made 100-dollars. It looks nothing like a real 100 dollar bill, but collect 300 and you can “buy” something from the teacher. So we’ll see where that goes.

Also the local cat, Michelle, has managed to sneak into my room twice and I do want to feed her and take her to the vet because she has these wounds on her the she keeps licking open. She’s apparently allergic to some bugs around here so that why, but she’s just so gosh darn adorable. I know I know, feeding here is irresponsible so I don’t do it. And she isn’t that much into like cuddling but whatever. She’s a cat so whatever attention is good attention I guess.

I still have some things to write about, but those things might not get posted until after the New Year because I don’t really want to spoil things. Even though I’m sure that nobody reads my blog for spoilers on new years television in Okinawa. I don’t wanna risk anything with that. But yeah. I’m gonna be on television. Stay tuned if you wanna find out how I did it (I was free and lucky. That’s all to how I did it).

But yeah. Hopefully the next part will come out soon enough and not in like months like this one. As for my next post it’s probably going to cover the international festival and the visit to a elementary school. And maybe some more school in general. Maybe. Unless I fail at life and listening comprehension cause that shit’s hard. Maybe I should have gone B1 instead of B2. Oh well. Until next time. Because now I need to go to bed. Go figure.

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First week

So I left Sweden early morning on the 24:th with a tearful farewell to my parents and sister, I did have company by a classmate who were heading for the same place as me, but different ways. So at London we separated with me going to Tokyo and him to Hong Kong, and then both of us to Naha. I probably was a bit luckier as I didn’t have as long time to wait for the next plane in either places.

I actually found a Harry Potter store on Heathrow which was kinda funny, and had some pretty disgusting noodles for breakfast. So onto the flight for Tokyo, which became late because of some baggage och passenger or something, and the flight was pretty boring, tried to sleep but couldn’t sleep very well, and it was so tight, somebody wanna donate so I can take first class back home? So I watched the third season of Broadchurch instead.

Arriving in Tokyo we were like an hour late, which made me kinda nervous because my plane should have left in an hour I wouldn’t have had time to do anything. Luckily they were waiting for me at the airport and having booked me on a later flight and went with me through the whole process which made my life so much easier since I had to check out my luggage and check it back in. So then I had to navigate Haneda airport to my flight, which was also kinda interesting. I think it’s much bigger then I realize. But I got on the right plane, even if that was also a bit late, and arrived safe and sound in Naha, where I found the pick up crew for the Ryudai.

Also it was so hot and humid and I had a sweater and a tanktop. When I left Sweden I was also wearing a jacket, so it was quite a shock. When arriving at the International house we were given a pack of papers about different things, like life on campus and applying for residence card and so on, and we also got introduced to our tutors, well those of us who were lucky to already be assigned out tutors. My tutor didn’t have that much time, but she took me for a short shopping to buy some food and some necessities like toilet paper. During the night I had trouble sleeping since I missed my family and hadn’t figured out how the air con worked. So it was a pretty miserable night.

The next day (26:th) I met Yudai (who was one of the exchange students to sweden last year and who knows my tutor) and met up with my tutor to go for some proper shopping at San-A. Luckily of the the previous Swedish student had left some things so I didn’t have to buy nearly as much new stuff, because my kitchen was pretty much fully equipped. But like pillow and some other stuff needed to be bought. And food. And an adapter for my computer, because the one I bought didn’t work for some reason. Then in the evening we met up with Yudai and classmate to go out eating. And it felt kinda strange cause everything seems to be pork everywhere. I prefer chicken or fish or something vegetarian. Oh well. Still had problems falling asleep and missed my family.

The 27:th I set up internet in my room and Rina (my tutor) gave me a tour around the campus and we filled in the necessary papers (somewhat) in preperations for the next day. Talked to my friend T and I cried for a while, because I missed my family and friends like crazy. Then I talked to my sister and dad and cried some more. Slept better this night since I had talked to friends and family and I’d learned how to use the aircon.

28:th (Thursday) we went to the Nishihara town office to register for residence card and National Health Insurance. I also got my student card. Talked to some more exchange students because why not. Also most of out conversation is in English, because I’m not that comfortable with Japanese. So yeah. That will hopefully change soon enough.

29:th (Friday) orientation with even more information and introduction from the police. I’m thinking about singing up for the peraperadan where I’ll be able to interact with Japanese students that wanna practice English. Had lunch with some of the exchange students which was pretty funny. The the afternoon it was also a briefing of class registration and learned what people would be in my class.

So on Saturday I didn’t do that much other then say in my apartment and study kanji, also talked to mum for the first time since I left. Today I went to San-A and did some shopping. Also I’ve grown more and more used to the weather so I’ve pretty much stopped using the air con even if it’s 30 degrees Celsius outside and pretty humid, or maybe it’s just gotten a bit colder and less humid. I also saw the small park 南上原糸蒲公園 and that had some pretty good sight over town.

So school starts tomorrow. Wish me luck.

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The weekend

Last weekend was a long weekend since monday was a national holiday (aka sports day) and Okinawa had a festival with the worlds largest tug of war.

Well Saturday we went to the bigger San-A in Nishihara with my friends from Micronesia, Shinsuke and the guy from Serbia who’s name I can’t spell. I actually found some decent nail polish, although I want to go to a salon and get acrylic nails, which I couldn’t do at home with work and all. Have to fins a place first. There are some local places but idk if they do acrylic. After that we all got out to a local izakaya where I tried all sorts of stranger things, like enoki mushrooms, clams, some strange root, potatoes with strange fish thing, raw horsemeat, baby octopuses.It was really funny and interesting.

Sunday was the largest tug of war (綱引き) but before that we went to eat some local Okinawa soba, that you could have with either belly pork, or pig feet and it was tasty. The tug of war was the next thing on the agenda. It was pretty cool how they organized everything, even though our side was pretty bad at pulling in time. So we lost but we still got to cut the rope and take a keepsake with us. It’s supposed to bring good luck for the upcoming year. We then went on to the festival which I think was a beer festival, but they had other things as well, I tried shaved ice which was soo good. There were some fireworks and the walk back to Shinsuke so he could drive us back to the dorms.

Come Monday everybody was to tired to follow me to the beach with Akari, a person I met at the peraperadan who offered to take me to the ocean. So it was just the two of us off to the sunset beach, and the beaches in Okinawa are so beautiful, with it’s white sand and warm light blue ocean. I would definitely recommend a visit. Since American village was right next to the beach we went around there and checked out different stores, like a Christmas store, they even had advent calendars. There was also this shop with home made jewellery, and I had to stop myself from buying dolphin wind chimes, because those would be so easy to take home with me. It was then of to Rycom, the largest shopping mall I’ve ever seen, to buy a yoga mat, which I’ve been missing, and some things from the hokkaido fair, and since Akari comes from Hokkaido it was pretty fitting. I also tried Omutaco, which is something between omurice and tacorice. So yeah, local food has been pretty awesome so far.

And that was my long weekend.

Life has now returned to normal, kinda. I’m still having some trouble with which classes I should take because my school has pretty strict rules about what I can and can’t take that will go towards my credits. So yeah. Well I’ll have to be done by friday. well most things have to be done by Friday. Will have to visit the bank to pay liability insurance and then everything should be done. I hope. Or something. Oh well should probably go out now and fix the things so I can return to the information about jasso.

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The first school week is coming to an end so I should probably do something about that, like recap it or something. I still have tomorrow, Friday, but I’m not sure if I wanna take the lessons on Friday. Well I’ll still go tomorrow and see what they’re gonna be like, cause I still have another week until I have to register so that’s good.

Mondays first lesson was history of Okinawa 2, which means it’s about before it became part of Japan, I’ll probably take it cause it seems interesting. Then there was also Japanese conversation, which felt kinda hard because I’m so hesitant to speak, and I know I should speak more to practice but I’m just caught in a bad circle kinda.

Tuesday was just grammar, but that felt like the hardest part so I might just go down to grammar B1, I’m not sure yet. I felt so bad when she said that we should know it, and I’m so unsure about it, maybe I’ve managed, maybe I’ve not.

Wednesday was like completely full with kanji, so many kanji to learn, around 1500 words in total. Japanese culture which seemed to be more discussion and small presentation every lesson, while Okinawan culture is more listening to the teacher, but both offered some field studies, like tea ceremony or clothing. So that will be something to look forward. Last I had a completely voluntary ‘lesson’ which is for people that want to practice English, well for exchange students it’s more about meeting other Japanese students, since we don’t have many other ways of interacting with them. So I mad a new friend and we’re going swimming this Monday. So I would say it was a success.

So today was reading and listening. And yeah. idk anymore.

The weather is still to hot even if it has rained today, I’ve tried Okinawa soba and that was so good.