September Diary

1st September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Well we didn’t do much this day it was mostly rest.

2nd September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

I went to see the kids baseball game met their friends and family and had lunch together. After that me and Sayo went to “Kodomo bunka centre” on our way home and the most amusing of it all is that I met some people my age that lived near my house it was so amusing trying to speak in Japanese and trying to understand what they were saying. When we got home I asked the family for some help with my introductory speech for school since I wanted it all to be in Japanese, although it could also be done in English.

3rd September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Well I got up early and head Japanese style breakfast for the first time it was a bit awkward since it seems too heavy for the stomach but actually is what u should do everyday. Then me and Mami-san left for Kokusai high school when we got there I went directly to the “Kokusai bu (room)” and was told that me and Danieru-kun (other Ryuugakusei)where the only ones doing the speech in front of the hole school that sure made me even more nervous then I already was. After that we all went to the school gym where everyone was waiting for us to arrive. Just after the Principal’s and Danieru’s speech it was my turn…I took a deep breath and then went on stage I could hear then calling me “kawaii”(cute) and “kirei” (beautiful)which made me blush through the hole speech and after. Despite what I though was going to happen everything actually went very well, everyone said that my accent was just like a Japanese person and that they were so impressed that my Japanese was so good with only one month of lessons. Daniuru kun said after I left the stage that my face was all red which was funny and embarrassing at the same time. Last me and Danieru kun were asked to take some pictures by some students we also were asked a lot of questions and they showed us our class which led to more pictures and chats. More less about lunch time me and Mami san left school.

4th September
Shin-Kawasaki
9:00pm

I just stayed at home and studied.

5th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

So today was the day I met everyone from my class and some of my teachers. It was such a fun day being the centre of attention and being a bit lost in school since it’s really big compared to my school back home. I met tons of people from school and got some emails.

6th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

I had no school so I went to spend the day with a friend of the family. We went to Shibuya by train had lunch in a restaurant (I had this delicious cury…), after lunch we walked to Harajuku and went to the see The shrine it was so big and so beautiful I was amazed. Next since we were in Harajuku we couldn’t miss the chance to do some shopping and checking out some weird Harajuku trends and people it was hilarious and amusing.

7th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Well today was spent at home with my family since the trains were stopped because of the bad weather.

8th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Rest day just stayed at home.

9th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Went out with my Sayo to La Zona a shopping place in Kawasaki and took purikura, went looking for a mobile phone and had a delicious (oishii) crêpe.

10th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

I went to school and met some more people and teachers and came home early.

11th to 14th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Went to school and stayed late every day to help with preparations for the school festival. On the 14th went Karaoke with some class mates after school (Ryoko and Anne).


15th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Went to school even today to make last preparations for the school festival, also went to see some of my friends bands rehearse “sugoi naa” it was amazing but after the last of my friends band I wasn’t feeling very well and almost fainted, if my friends weren’t there probably I would have. They took me to the infirmary and then my home room teacher (Nagai sensei) took me home since I wasn’t in a state to go home by myself since I had a fever. Anyway I was better when I got home.


16th and 17th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm


The days of the school Festival it was just so unbelievable to see so many people gathering, working and being happy. Me and my classmates all had shifts to stay and work on our classroom. Our theme was “Parque del amigo” which is Spanish for Friend’s Park it was mini game stands. Even helping out was so much fun plus Nagai sensei gave me our class T-Shirt which I were when it was my shift. Also after the 1st day I went with a friend from class “Anne Yano” to the hairdresser and curled my hair.
Apart from the shifts I also went to see a lot of plays, my friends bands and some other classes stuff like haunted room’s of the “sannensei” (3rd year) and “ichinensei” (1st year). It was really scary the 3rd years one and me and my friends screamed a lot. We also took many pictures but there is this one picture that is funny since it was a theme dressing up game in one class. As last day ended we were already cleaning up what we could since the next day would just be cleaning up day. After that everyone went home from all the tiredness.

18th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

The School Festival cleaning up day it was just too tiring.

19th and 20th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

I went out with the host family, looked for a cell phone and had much rest.


21st September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

School assembly in the morning and then went shopping with a friend and classmate (Ema Tanaka) after some shopping we had lunch and then I went home. One last thing this photo was taken in Shibuya this store is so colourful that when you walk near it you can't miss it things in japan are either too hidden or too out there!

22nd and 23rd September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

I just spent the day with the family and bought a cell phone today so now I can contact my friends here in Japan.

24th and 25th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Holidays I went out with the family and also did some studying.



26th to 29th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm

Normal school days and on the 29th after school went out with another ninensei student also named Daniela half Russian and went to hang out in Shibuya after that went home.

29th and 30th September
Shin-Kawasaki
11:00pm
Stayed at home and rest.

August Diary

26th August
Shin Kawasaki (Hatori's house)
9:00 pm

So Today was the day that all of us European scholarship students got sent out to our own families. About 10 people waited at the hotel for their families to come pick them up (like myself), and the rest went alone by plane or by train. It was an awkward experience waiting for someone to pick us up, just like puppies waiting for an owner.
when my family arrived, i was called to meet them, my first impression was that The Hatori's are quite cheerfull and funny and so we got along just fine.
So at 10:00am we left the hotel and went straight to the nearest station. We took the subway and a train straight to kawasaki. When we arrived at the house, they showed me to my room, and I met their oldest daughter (Sayo, 12 years old), after some quick talking we went out to have lunch and buy "furniture" for my room. They showed me how to use chopsticks. After we came home with everything I met the rest of the family (Masami 11 years old and Tamao 10 years old).
I played video games with the kids and had dinner at home because i wasn't feeling well then we went to bed.

27th August
Shin Kawasaki (Hatori's house)
6:00 pm
Today me and Hiro Hatori went to get my alien registration done and so went by bicycle through the town, wich was a lot of fun but 1st we had to go take some photos for the registration and also for school. After lunch i went grocerie shopping with the kids.

28th August
Shin Kawasaki (Hatori's house)
5:00 pm
Just Stayed at home to rest because all the family was tired.

29th August
Shin Kawasaki (Hatori's house)
5:00 pm
Nothing much.


30th August
Shin Kawasaki (Hatori's house)
9:00 pm

The Hatori's and I waked up very early since today was the day i had my interview at Tokyo metropolitan Kokusai High School. We arrived like an hour earlier at the school and so we were showed to a meeting room to wait for a while. About 30 minutes later another guy showed up also for the interview it seemed i wasn't the only one getting interviewed and what is so funny about all this is that he is 16 like me and he comes from Mexico and what was the 1st thing i heard was: "Konnichi wa onamae wa Danieru desu.". To my surprise he had the same name as me the only difference is in a vowel so the interview with the principal went really well and everyone at that school was really welcoming and warm hearted. I then was given a briefing about school life, was introduced to many people and tryed out some recycled uniforms.
After that we went home to get the kids and went back to Shibuya to have lunch and looked around the shops where i also got my subway pass done.

31st August
Shin Kawasaki (Hatori's house)
10:00 pm

Well today was the the day i had to go to school by myself to take measures for my uniform. I can't recount how many times i got lost, well but asking for directions in japanese was so much fun.
At lunch time i came back home and had lunch with the family.
Then me Hiro Hatori and Sayo went to shibuya to do some clothes and manga shopping.
Met some of my host mother's Japanese friends.