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.