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Monday, November 24, 2008

Disney Sea

Hello Everyone,

Sorry it has been awhile again. Today I went to Disney Sea with my friend, Mai, from work. We had a lot of fun. It rained from the middle of the day but it was okay since a lot of people left after that.

Disney Sea was pretty cool since I'd never been there before. I liked it ALOT more then California Adventure!!! 100 x's better. It had more of the Disney feel to me and it has some pretty fun rides in it. Indiana Jones is in this one and so is Journey to the center of the earth, Tower of Terror, etc. There are different lands like there is an American land which is pretty cool but a change since we were in Japan. We went and saw a Broadway performance while we were there too. It was a Christmas Jazz performance.

I do have to say that the shopping is better in America and I think that some of the food is much better in America. . .like dinner type meals are better in America BUT snacky type foods are better here in Japan. But in America all the lines are very short compared to JApan. . .I had to wait for 2 hours for the Broadway show and even the line for food is extremely long.

If you come to Japan I definetely recommend going to Disney Sea. I haven't been to Land since I'm sure it's very similar but I hope to go before heading back to the States but we'll see. Maybe I'll get to go when my folks come out to see me.

Here are some pics.

Everything was set up for Christmas

my ticket

How cute is the monorail!!!!

I wanted one of these handles

More Christmas decorations. . .tinkerbell

Travel to the center of the earth mountain

A little cute boat.

People

The World :)

Mai

cool area near the Center of the Earth

Me eating a black sesame churro!!!

Mai eating one too

Funny sign for a ride

snake head

thought of Aubs

Us on the train inside Disney Sea

Cool toilet sign

The Titanic

Christmas

Triton's World

Coolllll

Dang it!

at night

The world at night

So I just uploaded all those pictures and for some reason they came in thumbsize and I'm too tired to upload bigger ones.. . sorry. :(

Melody

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Sports Day

Sorry for not posting anything recently. I've been having computer and internet problems but as of now both those issues are nonexistent so here we go :)

About 1 month ago my school had its Sports Day which is like a Sports Festival where all the classes compete against each other But only within their year. It was really interesting to watch. Here are some pictures from it.

IT was a beautiful day

At the beginning most of the races were normal ones.

But they soon became odd ;)

Here the different clubs are racing (if you can see. . . the swimming team is running in speedos, goggles, and a cap)

THere was a tug of war. . . school vs. parents

All the students cheered on their teams.

Each team made a poster too.

Two legged race

This is called "Hurricane" where the 3rd year students had 4 people running with a rod. Once they got to a cone they spun around it and then came back and had to run the rod under their teams feet as they jumped up and then over their heads as they ducked and pass it onto the next group.

Here the 2nd year students had to do like a group/ team 3 legged race. . .interesting. . some of them could run REALLY Fast.

Here the 1st year students are jump roping as a class!!! Soooo. . . 28-32 students!!!!!!!

I liked this part the most. . .the 2nd and 3rd year boys had to make different shapes with their bodies. . .it was really fun to watch.

Well, that is a nice little picture summery of my school's Sports day. Hope you are all doing well this fine Autumn day. Love you all.

Melody

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Major Update. . .

Hey Friends and Family,

I am sorry that it has been ages since I updated. First my internet wasn't working and we had to get it fixed which took about a week and a half and then my computer completely died which really sucked and . . . still sucks!!!!! I love and hate technology. Ya know? Love and hate relationship.

Where to start. . .where to start. . .

I'm not sure if I've told you personally or not but I will be returning home next year in April. I'm really at peace and actually excited about this new change. :) My teaching job here will finish March 26th or something like that, my parents (maybe Anna) will come around April 1st (depending on Wendee's due date ;) ) and will stay for a about 2 weeks. I'm really excited about them coming to Japan. I haven't had any guests come and stay with me which is a bit sad but I understand. BUT I AM thrilled to have guests come and to be able to show them around and what not. After that I will head home 5days to 1 week later. I will want a bit of time to say goodbye and pack up some last stuff. When I told a friend of mine here she began to cry!!!! Wow! I was really surprised. I will miss Japan but I feel ready to come home. . . though the declining economy kind of frightens me. . .when I came to Japan the yen to dollar ratio was 100 yen to 1.45 dollars. ..now it's 100 yen to 1.00007 dollars or something like that. . .basically it's 1 to 1 . . wait I'm going to check today. . .it's not out yet . . I get the currency rates sent to me daily :)

Oh, something new. . my roommate, Charlene, has moved back to Australia. She moved out in September. I've been her roommate since the second month I moved to Japan which seems like forever. I'm happy for her though. . .a little jealous but happy. :) Here are some pics of our last supper. hahahha

Me and Charlene

Michelle and Bernice (Michelle is a friend from Australia who happens to live in Japan too)

Bernice opening her gift from Charlene

Bernice eating her gift from Charlene :)

Well, there were 3 little monkeys living in Japan. . . 1 returned home . . . now there are 2 little monkeys living in Japan.

I hope you are all well and that life is going smoothly and not too fast for you. I'm already getting head spins from how fast this year is going. It's already Fall and it just feels like I was in Oregon for summer vacation. Phew! I love the Fall though. . it's by far my favorite season I've decided. The air is crisp, the mornings are nice and cool and the afternoons are sunny and warm. I love it. It has been a little rainy but nothing like Oregon :) I miss Oregon Autumns. I love that bit of rain and the smell of the leaves and grass after a Autumn rain. Here it's nice too. Especially out in the countryside. Yes, there is a countryside. :)

I hope that you all feel more up to date with what is going on with me :)

Love you all!!!!

Melody

Friday, September 5, 2008

Oh, my goodness!!!

Okay, I was going through my old pictures trying to figure out what to print out and what to send to Aubrey in Paraguay and what to send home. . .and this is an image I chose not to print out but isn't it adorable!!!! I mean . . . look at them!! Look how much they have changed!!! And this is when I realize how important images are. I love these two sooo much and can't believe how old they are becoming. Slow down!!!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Day 6 of the Master Cleanse and More

Hello Friends and Family!

So I am on the 6th day of the Master Cleanse and it's going well. Today was probably the first day I really felt like eating something else but that was because I was surrounded by a room of people eating really yummy Bentos (mmm. . .home made Japanese lunch boxes. . .much better then PB and J ;) ) and I got some really yummy Omiyage (souvenirs) that I'll have to wait to eat but it's worth it!! I actually can't believe it's already the end of day 5. I did do the salt bath again today and it went much better. 1 tbs but I still didn't finish the water. . .it's just TOOOO much water to intake in one sitting. Seriously don't see how people can do that unless they have a HUGE stomach.

Oh, another thing. . .I've gotten Skype so if you want to talk to me for free you should download it :) Let me know if you want to know my Skype id.

Here are some pics from Oregon that I never updated.