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SO much has happened to me in this past week! First of all, I met this crazy dumb lady on the train. I was riding the train minding my own business and studying my japanese like always. Then she asked me where was I from? This was all in japanese of course so I told her I'm from America. Then she followed me outside and was like "Why are you in the military why do you kill people!" I told her that I'm not in the military and that I'm a international student!! So she told me I was lying and accused me of being in the military. I argued with her and told her that I was in international student. SO I finally walked away, but I should gone back and maybe gave her a peace of my mind! I e-mailed dad about this situation immediately, and then he responded telling me I did the right thing and that she's just a crazy lady. He also advised me to also keep my guard up! He also told me that usually the stereotype for african americans being in Japan is because they're usually in the military. That makes a lot of sense so in a way I think I experienced a form of racism but I'm offended because that just shows that there are people out there that don't believe that blacks can be smart enough to study in Japan without being in the military. Well, I hate to break your heart but I am living proof and I'm studying at a great university and I did it through hardwork. But yea that lady was such an idiot because military people would not say ryugakusei nor would they be here because they live in OKINAWA shows how much that japanese old lady knows about her own damn country! Other than that, I feel like everything is going great and I'm soo happy and blessed! My japanese is improving and I'm starting to understand more and read the street signs! Over the past weekend I went to a couple of great events! I went to the cooking communication event where we basically cook and meet other people. The event was full of japanese students which was great. I also met this one sweet japaense guy at first I thought he was really really cocky but it turns out he's nice because he gave me his e-mail and told me if I needed anything just e-mail him aww and same with the other guy but I also saw another black person like me. Of course, seeing a black person here there's this instant connection like yeah we're here yay!! So that's always good! We made an italian dessert and chocolate rice crispy treats it was soo delicious! I was like in heaven with the treats, but the one thing I don't really understand is that Japan has soo many bakeries where they make great pasteries but yet they microwave cookies ewww I admit it I miss american cookies because they're soo soft and straight from the oven! Dang I want some american cookies right now! Then on sunday I went shopping with the fellas!<--- Ladies never go shopping with a buncha guys because yeah they don't understand haahha! IT was very fun but I can tell they were like man I'm tired! But I did buy some very cheap fashionable outfits! On friday I went to Joyce's bday party it was the bomb we went to the Gyu Kaku place the all you can eat beef and woo I ate a bowl of rice but then I get full and I was the first to throw in the towel. My gift to Joyce was helping her pay her dinner bill! So of course she didn't have to pay anything and it was $26. I was very very satisfied. Lately, I've just been studying alot due to my courses they weren't joking in they said the japanese intensive courses are that intense and fast so I feel that everything is going by soo fast. I just want to slow down and enjoy it all. I went to the global lounge yesterday and to my suprise there's a lot of japanese students there even though it's geared towards international students hence the name global lounge! But yeah, I met some really sweet people do so basically my method is sit next to a random person that is ALONE and then basically you'll find something to talk about. So it was pretty good and I've also been getting some admirers... oh snap hahah but it's all good because I'm just focused on school and of course having fun in ther process well I decided that I'm going to make more time to update my blog like at least everyday or every other day because memories can be forgotten and plus I want to write everything down while it happened! Well, love yall peace Brittany