So I did update after all

And there I was, happily surprised by the host family allowing me to use the computer for more than one hour, when the host mother asked something about a laptop. The next thing I know, I'm sitting in my room with a laptop borrowed to me for the entire length of my stay.
Did I mention my new host family is awesome? (no I did not).

It would be a pain to explain everything without detail so I'll just keep transcribing my diary until you guys catch up with me.

29/8/09
Saturday (Cont'd)

I actually had access to a computer for some time today, the host father offered me to use theirs after taking me home from the restaurant. But I did'nt make an entry on what I wrote yesterday since, unfortunately, I did'nt bring this notebook. Instead I used the oppurtunity to check my mailbox and answer a few, along with reading some manga. (Bleach was surprisingly not as awful as usual this week, One Piece was awesome as always, with loads of two-page panels, Naruto contained blasphemy).

By the way, as of today I've been here for exactly 3 weeks, that's approximately 7% of my total stay here in Japan. It's either good or bad, depending on the perspective.

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Two songs from FLCL have been played in a row from my cellphone. What are the odds? (Seriously, somebody must clear that out for me, I've got 322 songs on my mobile and 12 of them are from FLCL, what is the chance for two FLCL songs to be played in a row?)

This diary keeping thing is going pretty well for me (so far). This way I might actually be able to write about every single thing I experience over here

Now, half an hour after starting to write, my inspiration is leaving me. I'll probably put down the pen (which is red and has a nice grip) and find something else to do until dinner (which I think is in 1 1/2 hour, but I'm not sure). I might gather the courage to ask if I can borrow the computer. But won't do that until it's at least 6 o'clock so I can say "Konbanwa" without hesitating.

Joakim, signing out for today.

PS. Final Destination just started playing, totally miss those good ol' times dude.DS


30/8/09
Sunday

I'm in bed again (seriously it's a good place to write from). It's about 10.30 in the evening.
To my pleasant surprise, today actually passed quite quickly. That's because yesterday at 9.30, a Norweigan (albeit Chinese-born) guy arrived, so I had someone to talk to.

He is the kind of guy that says "like, dude that's so totally sick" five times per minute, but we get along quite well. I felt pretty proud of myself for mentoring him in how things work around the house and in japan in general. Later on we ended up talking about manga and anime. He did'nt have the same interests as me (for some reason he kept claiming that One Piece sucked, silly man) but at least he watches Bleach. So I gave hime the usual "why we all must hate Ulquiorra"-treatment, he agreed.

It's funny, while showing him around the area, I felt a tinge of nostalgia. I've just been here for three weeks but I feel kind of connected to this place already. I wonder if this will happen a lot during the year.

Oh right, before I forget. Yesterday, a few things happened after I wrote my last entry.

I did'nt get access to the computer at six since there was nobody to ask inside the house. But while walking around aimlessly I met the host mother in the garden. After a minute of not understanding what she meant, I realized she offered me to go up on the roof, I obliged.

The view from the roof was not stunning at all, since most of it was blocked by the trees. There was not much of interest to be found up there, except for a stone with the text ”子ども　わし” (Child I). It was confusing.

After a short while of me doing some unamazed gazing, the host mother came up to join me. She pointed out a walking route between the trees, so the next thing I knew, I was on a walk between the rice fields. It was quite pleasant (but not much to see). After the walk I tried killing time by sitting in my room doing nothing (time survived the attack).
Eventually it was dinnertime and I gladly ate.

When I was done, I was offered to sit by the computer for an hour, I gladly accepted. But I did'nt take that chance to write on my blog since I figured that one hour was not enough time, especially since I would have to go to my house to get this notebook first.

Instead I took my time to write a mail and visit that anime forum that I like so much. I wrote a few posts but did'nt get the chance to see the replies.

I also managed to get MSN up and working, but there was nobody of close relation to me online. But after a while, Erika logged in and I could spend my time chatting with her, though the chat came to an abrubt (is it spelled like that) stop when the newcomer arrived and I was no longer allowed to use the computer.

Tomorrow is the day I leave this place, visit school and move into a new family. It's going to be exciting, but also tiring. If I am lucky, I might actually get some time in front of the computer before I depart (I did), then I could actually get the chance to post all of this (I did'nt).


It's just about 11.15 now I want to go to sleep so tomorrow arrives faster (and so I'm not tired on such an important day).

I missed you today too.

*End of diary*

Though I'm still alive (one more Mirai Nikki reference for the counter!).

So yeah I intended to write about what happened on monday and today (tuesday) too, but It's getting late and I need to sleep well before tomorrow (second day of school, but now it's the real thing). I'll see if I can get the rest up by then.

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