The Museum I went to with Host Mom
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The Sealion balancing a tennis racket
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Me is the "Shark Tunnel." See the Shark above me?
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Me Practiceing Ping Pong with Su
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Su and Asuka
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Flower picture I took for Tammy! It is the imerial flower of Japan.
Hello all!!!
This post is concerning last weekend and week! Yep....a little late....
On Friday, Instead of going to my Donald Trump class, I went with my host mom, Tsuki Chan, and Mama's friend to a museum in Roppongi. We went to the particular museum because I kept taking pictures of random buildings I thought were cool, and it turned out they were all by the same architect, as Mama pointed out. So, she took me to the museum with this same architecture, and it was really beautiful! They also had a Vermeer exhibit going on, which made it extra awesome!
Tsuki-chan, being five, is not really on for museums, but we had a good time anyways. After the museum, we went to Roppongi Hills, which is a really big posh mall that dwarfs any other mall I have ever seen! As Mama seems to like expensive things, we went into a fancy jewelry/accessory shop. It was very cool seeing all the fancy jewelry!
Also, because I love commercialized Christmas, I was happy to see that all the stores now have cool Christmas decorations!!! (Yes, I know, even before thanksgiving! crazy, huh?) Very pretty!!!
The Next day, I went to an Aquarium in Shinagawa with some of my classmates. This aquarium is famous because it has a "Shark Tunnel," which is basically a glass passage way the gives the illusion you are hanging out with a bunch of sharks, manta rays, and giant fish. In addition, they had a really cool dolphin show! We sat in the front where you are likely to get wet (luckily I had my raincoat!!! ) and enjoyed various types of dolphins doing impossible things. This was fun, but there were also a lot of creepy clowns in the audience for no good reason. I did not like that very much, as the dolphins really don't need any support!
After the show, there was a couple who got married right next to the dolphin pool! So, the dolphins did another cool encore performance. It was very cool! (except that the stupid clowns stuck around! :(
The next performance we saw was a sea lion who could do really cool tricks. If anyone needs a Christmas hint for me, I would like a sea lion, please!!! They are so cool, really just a big kitty!
In addition to all the fish, there were also penguins. My camera had died by this point, so I have no pictures! But they were very cute. (how could a penguin not be?)
After the Aquarium, we had some time to kill, so we tried to find a road that used to be a part of the Tokaido road, and remains the same width. Little did I know, but it was quite the expedition to get there, and when we did get there, it was nothing like the picture made it out to be! I was the only one who really thought it was cool...
I had to return home early, because my host family was going out to a big family sushi dinner! I think it was kinda in celebration for my host uncle's birthday, but it was really just an excuse for us all to get together. (My host family and my host mom's family: Mom, Dad, and 2 brothers). It was in a really fancy sushi restaurant where we were in a special room with our own cook right in front of us making the sushi fresh! It was very cool and very fancy!!! I ate sooooo many different raw fish, and have developed a liking to it. I think they (including the cook) were very surprised that ate everything served! It is a good thing I am not picky with what I eat! The chef we really nice too, and very interested in Alaska and the fish there. :)
The previous week I had signed up me and Su for a ping pong tournament, because I thought it would be fun. We tried to practice over the weekend, but we could not find a place to practice. So on Monday, the day of the tournament, we located the ping pong room on campus (yes, it has its own special room.....ping pong, as I have found, is VERY serious here!) and practiced for 3 hours prior to the tournament.
When the tournament began, we were ready to go. However, as we had been just practicing singles together, we found it difficult to transfer our skills to doubles! Every player has to switch on and off, and we kept getting confused about whose turn it was. In the end, out of the 3 games we played, we lost them all!
We were a bit demoralized at losing our games after we had practiced so hard....
However, as they were giving out prizes to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, they called us up for the MVP award! I guess someone had seen us practicing for so long, and decided to give us prizes too. We were very happy!!! We one a cool mirror, a pen, a folder, and a key chain with the date and school name on them. !!!
This week, I was also able to have lunch with Asuka! She took me and Su to a cool Spaghetti restaurant which was delicious! We have made plans for Karaoke next week! I cant wait!!!
Righto, that's about it! Stay tuned for this weekend's fun!!!
This post is concerning last weekend and week! Yep....a little late....
On Friday, Instead of going to my Donald Trump class, I went with my host mom, Tsuki Chan, and Mama's friend to a museum in Roppongi. We went to the particular museum because I kept taking pictures of random buildings I thought were cool, and it turned out they were all by the same architect, as Mama pointed out. So, she took me to the museum with this same architecture, and it was really beautiful! They also had a Vermeer exhibit going on, which made it extra awesome!
Tsuki-chan, being five, is not really on for museums, but we had a good time anyways. After the museum, we went to Roppongi Hills, which is a really big posh mall that dwarfs any other mall I have ever seen! As Mama seems to like expensive things, we went into a fancy jewelry/accessory shop. It was very cool seeing all the fancy jewelry!
Also, because I love commercialized Christmas, I was happy to see that all the stores now have cool Christmas decorations!!! (Yes, I know, even before thanksgiving! crazy, huh?) Very pretty!!!
The Next day, I went to an Aquarium in Shinagawa with some of my classmates. This aquarium is famous because it has a "Shark Tunnel," which is basically a glass passage way the gives the illusion you are hanging out with a bunch of sharks, manta rays, and giant fish. In addition, they had a really cool dolphin show! We sat in the front where you are likely to get wet (luckily I had my raincoat!!! ) and enjoyed various types of dolphins doing impossible things. This was fun, but there were also a lot of creepy clowns in the audience for no good reason. I did not like that very much, as the dolphins really don't need any support!
After the show, there was a couple who got married right next to the dolphin pool! So, the dolphins did another cool encore performance. It was very cool! (except that the stupid clowns stuck around! :(
The next performance we saw was a sea lion who could do really cool tricks. If anyone needs a Christmas hint for me, I would like a sea lion, please!!! They are so cool, really just a big kitty!
In addition to all the fish, there were also penguins. My camera had died by this point, so I have no pictures! But they were very cute. (how could a penguin not be?)
After the Aquarium, we had some time to kill, so we tried to find a road that used to be a part of the Tokaido road, and remains the same width. Little did I know, but it was quite the expedition to get there, and when we did get there, it was nothing like the picture made it out to be! I was the only one who really thought it was cool...
I had to return home early, because my host family was going out to a big family sushi dinner! I think it was kinda in celebration for my host uncle's birthday, but it was really just an excuse for us all to get together. (My host family and my host mom's family: Mom, Dad, and 2 brothers). It was in a really fancy sushi restaurant where we were in a special room with our own cook right in front of us making the sushi fresh! It was very cool and very fancy!!! I ate sooooo many different raw fish, and have developed a liking to it. I think they (including the cook) were very surprised that ate everything served! It is a good thing I am not picky with what I eat! The chef we really nice too, and very interested in Alaska and the fish there. :)
The previous week I had signed up me and Su for a ping pong tournament, because I thought it would be fun. We tried to practice over the weekend, but we could not find a place to practice. So on Monday, the day of the tournament, we located the ping pong room on campus (yes, it has its own special room.....ping pong, as I have found, is VERY serious here!) and practiced for 3 hours prior to the tournament.
When the tournament began, we were ready to go. However, as we had been just practicing singles together, we found it difficult to transfer our skills to doubles! Every player has to switch on and off, and we kept getting confused about whose turn it was. In the end, out of the 3 games we played, we lost them all!
We were a bit demoralized at losing our games after we had practiced so hard....
However, as they were giving out prizes to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, they called us up for the MVP award! I guess someone had seen us practicing for so long, and decided to give us prizes too. We were very happy!!! We one a cool mirror, a pen, a folder, and a key chain with the date and school name on them. !!!
This week, I was also able to have lunch with Asuka! She took me and Su to a cool Spaghetti restaurant which was delicious! We have made plans for Karaoke next week! I cant wait!!!
Righto, that's about it! Stay tuned for this weekend's fun!!!
3 comments:
M! Your flower is lovely and indeed I have never seen one just like it! I know I am more impressed with flowers and such than you are. The exercise was to remember to look at things in nature around you there that make Japan unique. I hope you will remember to keep looking and, perhaps, photographing the wonders of nature.
Okay, I just love the shark! It is a very cool place. I hate that your camera died. Mine always dies at the worst time (like right before Allie gets to talk to Spiderman)! Maybe you should slip some extra batteries into your handbag. I take my extra battery pack when we're going somewhere cool.
I am putting Sea Lion for M on my christmas shopping list right this minute. If I don't get him for you I will pass the suggestion along.
AAAAAAAAAAAGH, Maddy, your blog is so cool as always!!! I keep checking in to read it like it's some kind of weekly TV drama... lol
Your museum trip sounds awesome! It's really cool that you were picking out buildings all designed by one person without even realizing it! Can you post any of those building pics so I can see?
When does your term end, by the way? You get some kind of Winter Break, right?
~Ilsa (in case my username is impossible to identify me by... which it rather is, I think. lol)
I wanted a picture of the clowns...
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