Wonderful Trip to Japan

Hello!! How is everyone?!
This might be a long one.

I started this trip on July 7th, 2008. When we landed at Narita, Japan. I was soo excited and filled with excitement and over joyed. Our teacher, Tachibana sensei invited us to the wonderful adventure. Which I enjoyed very much. I am traveling along with three other girls and eight other boys. So far we shopped around a lot, went to lots of tourism places. I enjoyed staying with the girls in the hostel, host family homes, and hotel. Thanks for being there. I'll miss you all!!

The frist tourism attraction I went to was the Nara Park. Everyone enjoyed their time with friendlyt deers and flourishing greeneries. Then we rested in the hotel. I've always loved parks. Listening to the birds chirping and deers bugging you to feed them. Buy they are soo adorable. We got to pet them too. We also visited some temples. We also visited a Buddah temple. My teacher begged me to craw through the hole that's the same size as the Buddah statue's nose. But, I was feeling kinda afraid that I might get stuck. x.x I love listening to history stories but, there is soo much to remember. We also met some middle school students outside the main temple and talked to them. Even helped them with their assignment. They were trying to speak english, I hope their english improves soon. Gambatte to them!!

We went to Osaka as well, there, we got to eat a really delicious okonomiyaki!! ^_^; I love the waitor. He drew a cute lil picture on mine, and I almost cried because he's so kind. ^_^; Actually, I was moved because it was so cute. I wish I could stay at Osaka a lil longer. I couldn't even finish the okonomiyaki! I wanna learn how to make it some day.

Next attraction we went on was, the Iga Ueno Ninja City Tour. This is one of my favorite places so far. We got to watch a show and tour around the museum. They even showed us a ninja house. It was so amazing. I love the swining door to a secret room. That was fun.

Sensei's friend guided us to the Nishijun Fabric Shuutenkaku Museum. There, was the first floor for a kimono fashion show. Upstairs was a shopping area. They had a lot of old traditional stuff. Sooo beautiful. That's where I bought a few hankerchiefs. I also took pictures of the Kimono model girls.
They're all soo beautiful.

Next day, we went to Akita. Here, we spent a couple days with a host family. Their homes were very traiditional and made with lots of bamboo wood and etc. One night, we even played with small fireworks. They were sooo fun. I wish we can do that here. In Akita, we got to visit the samurai houses and even tried on kimonos. They were so heavy. XD but we got pictures. I can't wait to get them from my friends next next week. We even got to play ground golf. My friend got a hole in one. That was soo amazing. XD I wish we have that here. On the last night, we spent time at a sports club house, and we hand a party. But, before that, we went to watch and try out archery and girls tried on kimonos. I think we were gonna do flower arrangement but I guess we didn't have time. It was the most fun time I've ever had.

Next day, was a raining day. I thought we weren't gonna go anywhere. But, we recieved a message from sensei. We decided to go to the Osen. [aka hot springs] That was the BEST decision ever! Because up till this point, I was wonder when we were going to go. *excitement* We also ate lunch. That was delicious. The view from the osen was soooo amazing. I wish I can go again. When we're leaving Akita, our host family gave us some presents. They were so adorable. I wonder if I'll find a chance to use those book marks. The boys got a better present. hahah.

Now, we are leaving to Nikko. I'm soo excited.

After Nikko, we went to Tokyo. For a free day, we went to Akihabara!!! AHHHH!!! I shoulda changed all my cash. But I'll be super poor at the end. Just kidding!! There was a lot of stuff there, it was sooo amazing. I love it!! Really makes you feel like you dont wanna leave. It looked like a miniture New York!! There was soo much to take in. That was my most favorite place. I bought a couple souviners for my friends and family. I hope they like it! But, in Tokyo, the weather was soooo humid and hot!! And the hot sun was shining like crazy. Which made me sweat like crazy. But, I would love to go back some day. Even for a few days. I'll bring my friends there too!!

In Harajuku, we went around and looked at a couple stuffs. They had a stand that sold a buncha varieties of crepes!!! I was shocked but it looked delicious too!! The best part of Japan is their coffee!! SOO good!! One of my friends and I went to a super cute store called the Kitty Land. I swore I've been thre before. Anyway, it's a buncha fun, lots and lots of cute stuff. Even Miyazaki stuff too. They also have some expensive stuffs.

On that late afternoon, we walked a little furture and there were a buncha J Rocker bands there. My friends and I took a couple pictures too. *love* The Japanese guys are just SOO handsome. *hearts* As we walked along, we went to a shopping area and there is a J Rock cafe, and a manga/music/DVD/costume/ figure and etc. That's where I bought a few things here and there. I was gonna buy the school uniform from Bleach but It costed about $200 USD+ !! x.x That's a lot, so I didn't. We did find their cds rather inexpensive and aforadable. and their mangas too. But I've already have lots of mangas. I did buy one or two detective conan ones at some train stations. After that, we went up to the 6th floor and ate really relly good shabu shabu!! I just love how the boys ate so much. xD So amusing. Yes, I ate shabu shabu during summer! I still can't find other reasons besides it is delicious no matter what day/year/month!

It was also just about our last night together as a group, and that's when I was feeling all worn out and ready to head home. *laughs* I was enjoying my trip very much, and my friends as well.
Thank you everyone. I'll miss everyone !! Best Friends Forever!

ALERT 1 - Non Precipitation Advisory

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY

Issued: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:12 PM PDT

Expires: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:30 AM PDT

O_O

Happy Father's Day!! :D

Interesting article

There's this interesting article I found online.
Read on

^_^

Speech

aaaaaaaaaah! i can't believe im taking a speech class.
I wanna die! naw jk.
when I look @ the chapters in the textbook im like @_@
and it's a 4 week class so I have to cram in a lot of reading.
sigh. oh well.

The House of Blues

ミヤビ
日本のかぶきロークです。

水曜日に、私とあたしの友だち　は　いしょうに　ロークコンサトで　いきました。ロークコンサトの ばしょ　は　ホースノバルスです。あたしだち　は　どきどき　と　ときめき　の　かんじです。天気　は　あついかた、でもへきです。いぱいの人　が　いました。ホースノバルスのひだりで　テディーベアのてん　は　いました。　まてのときに、友だち　は　テディーベア　のてんに行きました。かわいい　の　テディーベア　をかだ。新の友だち　は　あいました。いい　と　おもしろいの人いました。それじゃ、わたしの　ロークコンサトで　はじめてだ、うれしかた。

コンサト　はじめて　の　とき、みなは　へやに　はいりました。ロークコンサトは　二時間でした。カムラ　を　もてだめでした、ミヤヴィのしゃしんを　とれないから。あだし、ミヤビ　は　かこいとハンサム　の人とおもいます。友だち　はもともいます。　わだしは　”日本　プライド” のソング 　を　だいすきです。かこいのソングとおもいます。友だち　は　”ぶうむ　は　ぶうむ　は”のソング　と　”２１せいき東京ブルス”のソング　を　すきです。ミヤヴィ　は　いろいろ　ソング　を　かきました。しょうらいに　わたし　は　もっと 、もっと、ロークコンサトで　いきます、たのしだから。友だち　は　ありがとうといました。それも、ミヤビ　の　シーディー　を　たかいです。　なつやすみに、日本に　かてとおもいます。　

　　　　　。おわり。

Yesterday I went to the e of Blues with my friends.
We went to see the Miyavi concert!!!!!! OMG!!!! it was soooooo muuuch fuuuun!!!!
I'm listening to the songs right now. They're sooooo superly awesome!!
When we arrived, we had to wait in line to get into the concert. I'm glad we came early. Anyway, i had a great time, thank you Kayrie and Stefanie and their parents!! For letting me go! <3333>

Mother's Day

Hope you all have a great Mother's Day!!
^___^ Happy Mother's Day!!
Mom and I went out today, and went out to lunch.
Then we went to sprouts and we got some veges to cook @ home for dinner.
I made a pasta and cooked some fish.
After we went to Sprouts, we went to White Cup to have some frozen yogurt.
and I payed =P for the frozen yogurt! XD

how was everyone's mother's day!?

BONZAII!!!!!

Guess what?! I fixed my laptop!!! w000t
awesomeness !! :D:D:D:D:D

hehehe I just reformated the C drive so yeah.. XD now i have no anime lol
but that's ok :\

I was taking a nap earlier, and I was wondering: How do you take picture of infinite happiness?
Sometimes we're sad, sometimes we're happy, I think it's the days we're the most happy.

post me your answers in the comments section.. I wanna see how many answers I can get.

uh,, well first you have to experience it.. ^^
infinite happiness might kill you
you can't have an infinite amount of anything

baseball game

just to bookmark xd
baseball game

Danger Danger

My laptop is doomed!!!
It won't boot up the normal windows.. D:
sigh.. it keeps restarting! I hope my online friend can help meh!
I neeed helllp! D: I need a new firewall program.
*Raaaagh, I give up!!!* Just gonna haveta find someone
to come over and help meh!

Which means I might loose my anime and junk! sigh.. stupid windows.. D:

on other note!
I'm going to the Cherry Blossom Festival tomorrow!!
With my friends of course! :D

anyway, since im going to Japan this summer.
I went to Wells Fargo and singed up for an ATM card.
Then I can use in Japan. yaay! :D I can't wait to get it in
the mail.

Spring Break

Balboa Park
Hello!!!!
long time no chat.
how are you peoples doing?

Today, me and my friend went to Balboa park by train.
I road the Sprinter with Stefanie and we rode all the way to Oceanside.
The Sprinter was kinda small, but it's a local train so yeah. The seats didn't have cushions on it though. But I guess because the ride isn't that long.
Then we rode the Coaster from Oceanside to San Diego. That ride was a long ride but nice, we sat on the 3rd level. Cuz it's fun. lol. Then we road the bus to Balboa Park. The weather was sooo nice, cuz it was close to the ocean so it wasn't hot. :D
We passed by the Horton Plaza..when we were riding one of the busses, and we were all like: oooooh I wanna go shopping! lol
But too bad Spring Break is only 1 week. D:
In Balboa Park we went to the Japanese garden.
then we ate at the little tea shop, they sell udon, Japanese snacks and drinks.
Then we walked to the gift shop! That was neat, they had things from different International countries. I got a lil something for my Japanese sensei. ^_^

whoo New Sprinter

New Sprinter?!?!!?!!?
Oceanside to Escondido
Escondido to Oceanside
(First news) :D Every 30 mins
Stops @ Palomar! (Our school of course)
Now my friend can come to school/home by train! :D
And I can visit her by train lol ^^

何で日本と日本語を好きですか？

I really love the way the Japanese people do things. The way their homes look and the way they try to keep their streets as clean as possible. I really love their food too. It's amazing. some people may not really want to eat Sashimi, but when I went to Japan and watched my parents chewing and swallowing a peace of raw fish, knowing that I love to try new things, took my own shot at it. My taste buds cried for more and more. Simply delicious. XD From that day on, I always wanted to eat it raw instead of cooked.

Another thing that Japan is famous for is something every teen spends their whole break on is... ya guessed it, video games!! I looove their art and how much time they put into making them. Making it the worldwide consumers etching for more. XD

I also love how childrens look, they're so sooo adorable. ^_^ Japan is pretty fun place to be, just if you're walking, you have to watch out for the cars in the tiny roads.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktna2IRx4fU

such awesome game!! I'm playing the first one right now!
it's really fun! :D

SNOW YET AGAIN!

EDIT!: HAR HAR HAR!!
it's snowing again!!! on that moutain!! xD
except this time, THERE'S MORE SNOW!!!
yeah~~

O_O
do I really wanna type in here?
XD I know there's sooo much to say.
but I don't really know how to express.
sigh!

school's going alright. ^_^
I managed to get up now,
now that classes starts later.

im having more energy than I had before.
ugh it's raining really bad outside now.
and im at school!!! it's soo cold.. x.x

oh well -_-; Dad's coming over this weekend
yaaaay! O.o; ohh I just can't wait to go home.
maybe I should go now.

just a lil peak at our planet

Just wanted to add: HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! YEAR 2008!!! ^_^

Global Warming

Global Warming refers to the rise in the Earth's temperature resulting from an increase in heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. In recent days, the Earth has been having strange weathers happenings such as hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. It is a fact that global warming is caused by us humans by burning fossile fuels such as coal, oil, greenhouse gas, natual gas, and cutting down forests. The global warming we are experiencing is not a natural condition.

“Global warming is tipping other regions of the world into drought in different ways. Higher temperatures bake moisture out of soil faster, causing dry regions that live at the margins to cross the line into full-blown crisis. Meanwhile, El Niño events--the warm pooling of Pacific waters that periodically drives worldwide climate patterns and has been occurring more frequently in global-warming years--further inhibit precipitation in dry areas of Africa and East Asia.”Global Warming Heats Up Sunday, Mar. 26, 2006 By Jeffrey Kluger.

Global warming is heating up our planet because hurricanes from warm waters, which gain wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour. For a hurricane to occur, the ocean surface must be at least 80 degrees F. Higher temperatures cause water to evaporate faster, causing watershortages, which puts crops and livestock at risk. Also, warmer climets will have more heavier rainfalls and more flooding. Ocean waters are heating up, which puts stress on marine ecosystems and sea life, also melting the iceburgs in the north poles, from pollution, overfishing and habitat destruction.

Wildfires come from hot, dry conditions, which can easily spark a small flame that turns into huge wildfiles. Recent warmer seasons and milder winters fuels the fires literally. This will also raise more tree-eating beetles who dries out tress making dry wood that help fuel forest fires. Because milder winters allows the beetles to survive in regions where they could not before. Fires also destory our nation's most treatured resources, the forests.

Because of these wildfires, abnormal warmer conditions, and water shortages in certain parts of the world, put lives of popullation, livestock and crops at risk. “Summer droughts could hit important grain-producing and grazing regions especially hard. Losses in grain production mean higher food prices here in the U.S. and less food going to impoverished nations overseas.” Bloomfield, Janine Ph.D. Environmental Defense. "A Time to Reap," 1999. U.S. Geological Society. Definitions of Drought. Water shortages could also increase temperature and longer warmer seasons which will likely reduce water supplies in arid places like Colorado, Nevada and California because in chemical action, snow would fall as rain. Meaning, reducing snowpack and earlier, quicker melts in the spring make for lower stream flows in the summer, when water can be in short supply.

There still a chance where we can step in and do our best to lessen the fuel of global warming, such as saving energy, reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases, which Governments, individuals, and businesses can all help out. For example, governments can adopt a range of options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including, increasing energy efficiency standards, encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. Also, eliminating subsidies that encourage the use of coal and oil by making them artificially cheap. Protecting and restoring forests, which serve as important storehouses of carbon.

Individuals can help out by reducing the need for fossil fuels and often save money by driving less and driving more fuel-efficient and less-polluting cars. Using energy-efficient appliances at home, insulating homes to keep from using too much air conditions or heaters. Also use less electricity in general. Businesses such as Wal-mart, Google, and etc. can increase efficiency and save substantial sums by doing the same things on a lager scale. And utilities can avoid building expensive new power plants by encouraging and helping customers to adopt efficiency measures.

With one small step, we all can contribute to our environment and save our Earth for the better future. Our environment is both important to us, and the animals that struggle to survive on the same planet, and sky.

Over the weekend

Heylo there!
Over the weekend, I bought some gifts for my nephews, then today, we went to meet them at a buffet restaurant. Then we ate, and talked until we can't eat anymore. Then we planned on going to my cousin Joyce's house. Their new home is so beautiful, well besides all the traces of children living there. haha. But they painted their entrance walls Red, wow they're so brave. I would never think about it.. It was as red as a red rose.. wowzers. But I love the upstairs area, it's really nice too. After we went to Joyce's house, my aunty, uncle, mom and I went to have some coffee/tea at Starbucks! That was yummy, I miss those mixed coffees! ^____^; yumm.. After that, we went to Von's to look around, my aunt and uncle needed to buy a few things. xD Then we all went home. The End lol! (Owari)

Snow in San Marcos

that is all.

XD

Heya everyone!

How are you?!
I'm doing great I guess. X.x I finished a few projects.. two more that's almost finished!
I'm so relieved..but the semester's not over yet! D:
My Japanese teacher offered a trip to Japan from January 4th to 20th, 2008!
But it costs a lot of money!! x.x arggh I wanna go w/ my friends and stuff :\
I know I've been there but.. yeah. Going w/ your friends is just another adventure I guess.

Yaaay I have no school on Monday...but I still have homework and stuff :\.
I'm so bored.. >.<
oh well im going to go.. byez.