BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

​BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!
That is the sound I wake up to everyday.  Waking up was the most difficult part. The night before I asked my buddy what time she normally gets up and her reply was 5:30am. 😱. I am a person who has never woken up that early just for school. I am sure you guys can imagine how hard it was for me to wake up the next morning. 

Lucky I had gotten up by 5, still half asleep, I got ready for school. I came out and was greeted with a smile☺and a Ohayo from my Okasaan. Placed before me was breakfast and I can tell you this. It was Oshiiii ! After breakfast, my okasaan handed me a cute bento. It was my first time getting bento. I was really excited for lunch to come.

Leaving the house around 6ish, we headed to the car Okasaan was going to drop us the train station. After 10 mins drive we had successfully arrived at the station. We then headed to aiko-ishida where we had to walk for 15 MINS just to get to school. My routine everyday was......

A 10 min drive, 30 mins train and 15 min walk everyday. 

This is the reason why I had to wake up everyday at 5 in the morning. Even though most of the time I was half asleep, I had my buddy and friends to accompany me and try and keep me more alive while walking. 
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First day of SCHOOL On SATURDAY. What can I say. It is completely different to the school that I have been attending for 5 years. For starters, we had school on SATURDAY. Arriving at school, I had to walk up flight of steps, to the very top just to get to my buddy classroom. My buddy first gave me a tour of the school then took me to the LOCKER ROOM. Following from that we headed to the cafeteria (yes they have a cafeteria and not only 1 but 2) where I met her friends Issa, Mitsuki, Takuma and Yuta. The first thing I notice is that they all walk in with books in their hands, studying before school even started. I doubt you would find someone in New Zealand doing that. I had gotten into conversations with them such as they likes and dislikes, what clubs they do and hobbies. 

Mitsuki (in the front), Issa, Takuma (by the door), Yuta (hiding behind Takuma)

They were very welcoming and funny .
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The first day consisted of us heading to the library where we introduced ourselves to some teachers and made some name tags. We were also given a tour of the school (my second time) then we headed to a 4th grade class where we had English with them. They were honestly so cute 😍 During this class we had a quiz where we had to guess the company based on the slogans. Finishing of the lesson, the class thanked the teacher and finally it was lunch time. This is something that I was looking forward to. 

AWWWWWW! Is the first thing that I said as soon as I opened my BENTO. My Okasaan is so cute. She made me such as cute bento.😍😍😍 As soon as I opened it, I was greeted by a winking girl. The bento was not only cute but it was really delicious. Thank you so much okasaan
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​Following our lunch, we were given free time so we decided to go and walk around. Yes we got a few stares her and there. However, they were not shy at all. They would come up to us, greet us and ask for our names. Slowly we were getting eased into Jishukan and the environment around us began to feel like home. We knew that these two weeks in Jisukan was not going to be hard because there was so many people who would be helping us and making us feel more comfortable. 

Overall, with the lack of sleep and the tiredness, Our first day at Jishukan was fun and memorable. 
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