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Benjamin's Diary

NOV 14TH, SUN
1. I was on a air plane all day. it was a very large plane.
2. my host family is very nice and cool but they are very different and short
3. I love my very big room and it is nice to
4. my bed is different thin my bed at home it is very small
5. at my time it is 4:00 in the morning so h am going to bed
NOV 15TH, MON
1. I got up at 1:00 in the morning and 2:00 and 3:00 and 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00 in the morning. I got no sleep so it is bin 46H.R. since I slept it was a long day today
2. I was thinking of my family and teardrops came down I think they call that home sickness I love my family very much and I miss them
3. I got to see my new school it is very big I gave a speech it was very different I think my Japan teacher said there is 500 kid's in my school so it was very scary
4. I am very tired so I am going to bed good night
NOV 16TH, TUE

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It is a beautiful day it's 72 degrees out side it is a wonderful day. I slept like a rock last night. that is a good thing. I needed it. I'm feeling pretty good today. School today was very long but good. P.E. was easy but fun. study time was difficult but I managed. lunch was good my host mother is a good cook. My Japanese friends at school got me some ice cream it was different than American ice cream but it was good. Japanese kid's at my school are very nice and helpful. I like Japanese kid's very much they are very different and interesting I like that. They also have good manners. My English teacher at school gave me a lot of home work so that's it.
NOV 17TH, WED
Today I did not get up. My host mother had to get me up. I am very tired. I do not know why. I had corn soup for breakfast it was O.K. not bad but not good but O.K.. It is very very very very cold today. School today was O.K. 1st subject is math. My math teacher does not speak English. He likes to hit the kid's. This is very different than America. In America teachers are not aloud to touch the students. He talk very fast. 2nd subject is biology. My biology teacher also does not speak any English. He is very quiet and he has very little hair. 3rd is chemistry. Japanese chemistry looks hard. My chemistry teacher is also short and funny. 4th is English. My English teacher is very nice. He speaks beautiful English. Today he let me help him teach class. It was fun!. 5th subject is physicist. WOW!!. Japanese physicist is hard. My physicist teacher is 28 years old. Very young. And he is tall too. 6th History. My history teacher is old short and bold. He also does not speak English. He is a funny man. After history class some of the boys tot me how to count in Japanese. 7th is P.E.. P.E.  Was very fun the boys tot me softball. We had a blast. For lunch I had rice with seaweed shrimp and two egg roll. A diet coca cola. It was good. And for dinner I had "tofu "and "nimono" it's a root. and I had rice and pork. After dinner my host brother and friends play basketball I won 21to 18 YES!!!!!!!!!!!! that's it.(^O^)^
NOV 18TH, THU
Today I got up and had breakfast. Breakfast was corn soup rice green tea Japanese yogurt and a very hot Japanese root I do not know the name. The yogurt was good but the rest was O.K. and then my host bother's and I talk about different kind's of music. Then I went to school .School was O.K. It is cold and wet out side that mean's that P.E. is inside. which mean's Basket ball YES!!!!!!!!!!!!. Lunch was rice pork shrimp green tea octopus yes I said octopus. It was goooood after lunch was art class. At art class I learned how to write my name in Japanese. It was a lot of fun. And then history you remember the old short bold one never mind. Now it is cleaning time. I have to clean the whole school. Just kidding I only have to clean my desk. That's it. You're probably thinking what about dinner. SORRY. For dinner I had sukiyaki and rice that is it.
NOV 19TH, FRI
Hay what's up. Today I have a new English teacher he is Australien he speaks good English but it is funny how he talks. He is nice 6ft tall and funny. After English is P.E. today at P.E. we played softball. I made a homerun for my first time. All 40 boys said SUGOI!!!!. It was a lot of fun.  For those of you who don't no what SUGOI means it means  good beautiful amazing. Now it is history time you remember I'm not going there. Then my English teacher took me to a junior high.  All the kid's wanted to tell me their name WOW!!!!! a lot of names. It was cool and then I met a true English man. he said to me what! the bloody hek an American. We talked  for about one hour. It was so cool to speak English when I got back to my school it was  biology and chemistry time. And then For lunch I had Japanese  pizza mmmmmmm!!!  It was delicious after lunch my host mother got me from school on the way home we talked about car's. I did not recognize any cars. So she told me some name that I had never heard before when we got home I took a quick shower and then we went to a party for me and Dara eat was amazing if I could put the party in one word it wood be W.O.W!! me and Dara both give a speech. And then we got some gifts and then we eat we had many different food's. And then we talk and talk and talk it was very nice. Then we left and went bowling got a professional picture taken then Dai taught me how to speed throw. Then we went home and I taught Dai and Tsukasa coin tricks until 12:00. O.K. one's again that's it. 
NOV 20TH, SAT
Today I got up at 9:00 it was cool to sleep in. For breakfast I had corn soup again and fruit and rice and Japanese cereal green tea and toast it was good. Then we went to Dai's baseball practice it was amazing. Dai is really good at baseball. Then we went to lunch. Lunch was good we went to Nabeshima restaurant it was good. Then we drove to Shiroyama park I took two roll of film it was very beautiful. Then we drove home and got ready for my party my host family had a party for me. They invited 18 people. It was a lot of fun I stayed up until 1:00 learning  Japanese. It was fun. I'm very tired so  Guess what. That's it.
NOV 21ST, SUN
Today I went to Sakurajima  and Kagoshima city and Kagoshimajingu. And saw the Tsubame train. And then  we went shopping and took picture and got picture taken and got gifts and ate a lot of Japanese food. It was a very very very very very very long day. So bye bye (^_^)/~ 
NOV 22ND, MON
Today I got up and brrrrrr it was very samui. Samui means cold speaking of cold I think maybe I'm catching a cold we don't realize the value of health until we lose it. Anyways for breakfast I had Japanese coffee it was very different than American coffee. After breakfast I went to school. School today was good. I learned a little bit of karate. It was cool!!!!. Then it was English time. My English teacher let me help teach class. It was interesting because English is a difficult language to learn but we had fun. After English I was talking with some Japanese friends about Japanese and American culture I learned that Japanese people are very respectful people and traditional people. I like that. After we talked it was time for history then lunch. For lunch I had rice octopus fried shrimp and 903 to drink it's a Japanese drink. After lunch was math biology chemistry and then home. At home I got cleaned up and went shopping after shopping we went to a another party for me. We had a good time first for dinner I had chicken pork beef two different salad noodles about six different fruits and a Japanese vegetable soup with about ten different vegetable in it. I got asked what was my favorite food was. I said spaghetti. So my host father's friend's wife made me Japanese spaghetti with in 15 minute. Where talking major W.O.W!!. And to top it off they invited a English teacher we talked and talked and then she wanted me to teach her kid's a  8 year old and a 12 years old boy and a 16 years old girl to speak English we had a lot of fun. Then the kid's wanted to teach me Japanese W.O.W!!!. Good times. We talk until about 1:00 and went home. Tomorrow is a holiday. That means that I can sleep and sleep and sleeeeeeeeep YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. And that was my day. that it.
NOV 23RD, TUE
Today was a good day because I got to sleep inn yes!!!. First for breakfast I had pink Japanese jello and some other stuff. After breakfast I went shopping. We went to about 10 different shops. And I got some small gift for my family. After shopping we went to lunch we had KFC. Then we went home and my host brother's tot me some Japanese song's WOW!!!!!. difficult but it was fun. Then my host mother took me and Tsukasa shopping again we shopped until 6:00. Then we got home and I sat down and that's all I remember. I slept about two hours my host mother had to get me up. And then I took a long hot beautiful shower. I think that showers are a little bit of heaven. Anyways then me and my brother went on a long bike ride throw Kokubu city it was really cool. On the way home from the bike ride we rented a movie. When we got back  we ate dinner. For dinner we had American spaghetti it was oishii. That means delicious. Then we just hang out for about two hours. After hanging out we watched the movie that we rented it was called the day after tomorrow. It was a good movie. When the movie was over I cleaned my room and red a little bit and went to bed that it. Bye bye. For those of you who don't know what bye bye means in Japanese it means bye bye. So bye bye. 
NOV 24TH, WED
Today when I got up and it clicked but I only have two days left I do not want to go. Anyways for breakfast I had food. It was good food too. After breakfast I went to school.
First was math second was chemistry third was English fourth was history. I'm really going to miss that man. Fifth was lunch for lunch I had food it was good. Sixth was biology seventh was P.E.. P.E. was good. I didn't make no homerun but my team won!!!!!. good times. After P.E. I went home and some homework that my English teacher gave me. After my homework me and Tsukasa went on another bike ride through Kokubu city. We saw just about everything there is to see in Kokubu. It was a really good time. When we got home we had dinner for dinner I had food. Just kidding. For dinner we had vegetable soup fried pork and stew it was OK. After dinner we talked and watched a little television by then it was 11:45 so I went to bed that was my day so sayonara.
NOV 25TH, THU
Today was goooood day. I got up and WOW!!!!!! it was c c co co col col cold(>_<). After I got over the c co col cold I got ready for school. Today school was great!!! 1st was English I got to teach class for about a half of one hour. It was scary. But it went good we tried to memorize sentences it was fun. After English was biology and chemistry. Then art art art class I learned the Japanese alphabet. It was easy to say but difficult to write. But I lived. When art was over it was lunch time YES!!!!. For lunch some of my class mates took me to a cafeteria I had beef curry. It was oishii. Then even better they paid for it as a sayonara gift WOW!!!. And even better on the way out I saw my host mother in the back. I learned that she is a cook there WOW!!!!. I have been with my host family for two weeks and I did not know that. Anyways after we got back it was time for history after history was math. Math was good it was a little fun to. After math is P.E.. In P.E. we played softball again we didn't when but it was fun. Then my host mother got me and we went shopping. On the way home from shopping my mother got me a snack. when we got home me and my brothers road are bikes and rented a movie when we got back we ate dinner for dinner we had some kind  of fish rice tofu and 903 to drink I was surprised it was good. After dinner we watched a movie it was called airplane 45 by then it was 12:00 so I went to bed. That's it.
NOV 26TH, FRI
Today is my last day at my school I am disappointed that I can not stay longer. It a very sad day first at school was English since it was my last day my English teacher wanted me to help teach. It went really well. we tot on different expression we learned happy sad worried angry delighted surprised frightened nervous impatient proud disappointed hurt jealous curious embarrassed relieved puzzled fed up shocked and grateful I think that's all of them. Then it was time for history. I'm really really really going to miss that man. he is soooooooo funny. Anyways then it was lunch time for lunch my English teacher took me to joyful. I had shrimp rice soup and french fries. It was really good. When we got back it was time for old Japanese history it was very difficult but fun. After old Japanese history was biology it was O.K.. After biology was P.E.. P.E. today was karate I learned a lot. After karate it was time to give a sayonara speech it went really well after I give my speech my class said a speech to me. I just about cried after all of that every body wanted a picture with me and my e-mail address WOW!!!!. I must have given 30 people my address when I left every body said "sayonara" hope to see you again. When I got home I got cleaned up and went to another party we went to a Italian restaurant and then bowling we also got are pictures taken WOW!!!! what a night. When we got home we hang out for about two hours by then it was 1:00 so we went to bed. That it.
NOV 27TH, SAT
Today is my last day so we did a lot of stuff. I got up at 9:30am it was soooo cool to sleep in. After I got cleaned up, I had breakfast. For breakfast I had some kind of Japanese pastry. It was really good. After breakfast my host brothers and I rode our bikes through town and then we went and did kareoke for about five hours. It was soooo fun. Afterwards, we went home and ate dinner. For dinner, I had Japanese beef stew and some kind of fish. It was okay. After dinner my host mother and I packed and packed and packed. Then I took my host father's video camera and took a tour of my house and then we hung out for about 2 hours by then it was 12:00am. So I went to bed. That's it.
NOV 28TH, SUN
Today is the day that I go home. Yes! But at the same time NO! I got up at 8:00am and took a long Hot shower. It was sooo nice. Then I ate a quick breakfast. Then I packed my carry on. We went to the airport. On the way to the airport, my host brothers taught me two Japanese rap songs. We had soooo much fun. When we got to the airport my host mother started crying. I wanted to but waited until I got home. Anyways, when we got inside everybody was there. We got a lot of pictures and lots of hugs and lots of good byes. It was a very emotional time. Then MNCC had to tell us it's time to go. So that was the beginning of a long, long, long, long, long, trip home. It went really good. We were ahead of schedule the whole trip. We saw Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo, pokeyman air planes, beautiful clouds, and many amazing thing, when we got home I wonted to kiss the ground and I would have to if it wasn't carpeted. I knew we were home because just about everybody was rude, Anyways, then Kyle and Amy and Emily went home while I waited for my family. Come to fined out they were there. They were just in a different area but we found them so me and Dara went home. On the way home my family took me to the spaghetti factory. Then we went home and talked and then I slept for a little bit, And went to church. After church I went home and talked a little more. Then I went to bed I slept like a rock, I slept until 10:00am it was sooooo wonderful, That was my trip.

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