Getting Lost!!

Hey yall, I just came back I met up with my japanese partner to buy a cell phone!! I met her up at Nishinomiya Kitaguchi and on the way of meeting up with her I saw this very very cute guy he was half black and half japanese! He was soo adorable and he was 5 years old. He thought I was very pretty I told his mom that she better watch it he's going to be a Ladie's Man and he was soo charming. He's swimming and doing karate. I hope he sticks with it! But yea that made me smile his name was Curtis and I was like ooooo but yeah I ended up getting his mom's e-mail they were very very nice! Then I met up my partner but first I had to take care of some business so I paid 1000 yen $10 to make an international call to tell my credit card company that I was in Japan!! Then me and my homegirl went to the Docomo aka the phone company and omg I was soo confused all I know was that I want a cheap ass old phone that works!! That's all I want but I was soo happy to finally get a phone though esp. in Japan so I'll definatly be having that with me at all times!! After that I got on the train by myself I was very happy but then after I got off the station I was LOST omg I was soo lost....yee it was horrible and I had to pay a lot of to take the bus it sucked.. the view was pretty except I had BUG BITES all over my leg it was soo nasty uww but yea yesterday was not cool I was made fun of by these dumb ass japanese boys from HS omg.. I wanted to cuss them out but my japanese words are well limited but other than that I'm very tired from the walk I went to the shop to get water but the lady thought I was drunk! oii well anyways I will show pics. and ahh japanese is getting harder ahh well peace

I scared my host family!!

I scared my host family because I slept walk it was crazy because last night I remember me screaming uncontrollably and I thought I was trapped because my room was pitched black. I felt really bad and then I confessed and told that the I am a sleepwalker eek! Other than that, today was my first day of the P course (primary) course that I had to take for japanese class. We watched this movie Tokoro and it was annoyingly stupid and the teacher thought it was cute too! Uww I hated it but I did get to meet my japanese partner though! She was mad cool a bit shy but mad cool. I'm really trying with japanese esp. using it everyday. Oh I had to walk,take the bus, and subway to school and we were guided by these wonderful japanese women who told us they were lost oh jeeze lost?!! eeh I mean you lived in Japan well Osaka all your life and you're lost great.. my commute is long and expensive. I need a bus and a train pass oii.. the costs of school books, supplies is really adding up! I'm very fortunate to be going to school in japan esp. since it's soo expensive.. oii well anyways so since I am the only black woman on my campus so far what type of attention have I been getting?! Well, I've noticed the japanese fellas are checking me out but that's about it. But this is still the summer session and school hasn't begun yet so we'll see oh and hte pic. is me and my cute japanese partner yeee ;) Oh and one more thing did I tell you I almost lost my housekey.. I was soo scared but I came to realize it was in my purse all along yay! Woo that's little of the money that I can save which is slowly diminishing due to school expenses grrr

Osaka day 2

Hey sup, well my parents and took the bus to Umeda station and we all decided to take a tour of our campus! But on the way, well... we got lost! I felt that my years of japanese were well.. well when I finally came to Japan my japanese felt soo limited I was shocked and I didn't get extreme culture shock either considering that I've been here which kind of suprised me because the first step of culture shock is the honeymoon and let's just say that I passed the honeymoon stage. Remember when I said something regarding to japanese fashion in the past well I take that back!! Well, their fashion is pretty fierce I love the way they dress I must of been in a bad corner or something! Other than, that even though we were lost a little bit I was able to communicate out of the situation heheh me and my skillz. Oh earlier, we were at the bus stop and of course we got on the bus, but there is this one stare we got in Japan. It's not a "I'm staring right at you" stare it's more a stare at you behind you back type of thing. For example, the min. May got off the bus and spoke to one of the bus attendants I swear it was like the whole bus was looking at her. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Makes me wonder esp. when I'm going places! Other than that, we got to our destination Kwansei Gakuin after taking the bus and getting lost I must say the campus is interesting and kind of interesting. While we were walking on campus we saw this japanese guy in dreadlocks my dad was really suprised where as me not so much due to the fact that I've seen japanese men in doo rags and stuff oh and cornrows lol! But other than that, dad got the feel of the campus and my school KGU has a football team which is pretty nice so I'll definatly hit that up. Yes, a japanese university has a football team. I can't wait to see that! After that, we took the bus and the train got lost a little bit of course but we were safe and sound! One thing that made me happy was the fact that dad was pretty comfortable with the environment. He actually likes Osaka and thought the city was pretty friendly. Overall, we checked out the store. I got this nice yellow jacket for 490 yen which is $5 it was nice! I definatly want to start doing as the romans do and dress a more fashionable. Well, after that the next day we packed and boarded the train. May was concerned that I might get lost she was like "What if they can't find you?!" I was like are you serious!! Oh wow, they're going to miss 2 black people and 1 philipina in a sea full of japanese people! I just had to laugh at that. We also got a gift for my host family. I just bought them american candies that's about it you can never go wrong with food and they liked it which was pretty neat! My host mom can speak a little bit of english, but just a little bit that's it! It was wierd because I thought I was going to be shy but I ended up talking a lot and became really outgoing. I was like yes I'm not shy! wooo But other than that I've noticed that Usher seems kinda popular hear because in the shops they were listening to his songs esp. in the subway. It's crazy and wierd to see how our stars american stars are celebrities overseas. Wow, that's pretty neat. Other than that, after my parents left I was speaking to my host mom and I told her that I was in a relationship but instead of saying relationship I said nikutai kankei= sexual relationship.. so when I said that she gave me this wierd look like "eey" and I was like oops oh snap I meant relationship. But yea, I didn't mean to say that..Then I was talking to my little host sister Midori and I asked her Do you like middle school?! Because I didn't kids in middle school are mean! but instead it came out to be Do you like china?! I don't because chinese people are mean and she gave me the strangest look but yea i said chuugoku instead of chuugako yea I know wierd huh how it can mean something so different. Other than that, tommorow I have school I met this one student who was taking the Primary japanese course too and her japanese was really good. I mean really good so I didn't feel to bad but at the same time I'm thinking did she do that on purpose to get here earlier because if so wow... hmm smart but she was pretty nice though! Well, anyways I'm chilling at the apartment and I will take pics. oh and the host family's dog mom peed on the bed.... ewww hahha and I saw that when I first got to my room eww but other than that tommorow is my first day of school so wish me luck peace! and i will keep u informed

In Osaka

Well, before I got to Osaka I had to take this loong and I mean 11 hours to get there. The food was actually pretty good considering it was on the plane like we had chicken and pasta with a HOT roll, and a salad with a fruit cup. Yeah, I know we rode with EVA airlines they're doing it big, but the downside to it was that I got really sick. Like, really sick I felt my stomach was doing flip flops constantly it was not a good feeling at all. But when we got off the plane it was a relief. I was like we landed I was excited but still sick to my stomach. Dad was really happy to finally be going to Japan for the first time. I was soo proud of him. Even though, he didn't show it he was still happy. Well, anyways we got off the plane and we had to go through the check in. There were 2 lines Japanese immigration and foreigners immigration. You know what line we went to, but then I saw a lot of other asians. I was like whoa because I thought they were japanese, but supposedly there were a lot of koreans and chinese people. There was this one korean lady that try to cut in line but she got caught. Her response was classic she was like "Well, I didnt think we would get caught we all look alike!" I had to laugh at that because that was funny. In the line, I saw a bunch of white guys too, but I also say a couple of black people too. But when I saw them it was like this strange instant connection like we looked at each other gave each other the nod it was this "Hey I see you cool and you see me cool" vibe. It made me realize wow I can see why asians hang out with each other a lot in America. Due to that comfort due to the whole "Hey you're asian I'm asian let's hang". Because seeing another black person in Japan is like "Heey you're black I'm black let's hang." Where as in America, if you see another black person it's like "hey let's hang" it's more like What the hell are you wearing?! What are you looking at?! Or a fight is about to pop off! hahahha But yeah, I did see a few blacks here in Osaka and yes again there are black people in japan!! But yeah, while I was on the plane my family was like "Can you understand them?!" I was like "No, they're speaking chinese!" and they were like "Well, you're just making excuses because you don't understand" hahahha I had to laugh at that one! But yeah, my parents were like Brittany there's english how are you going to learn japanese. I was like "We're at the airport wait until we get outside the airport!" Sure enough, we got outside all japanese! But yeah, I was observing the fashion sense and it's wierd so far I find there's about 2 extremes in Osaka it's either loud colors and got daamn she got good taste or mostly just greyish beigish tones that are drabby and that hides a woman's silhoutte. In Tokyo, of course it's different where fashion and looking good is key! But anyways, I can tell dad was intrigued and taking this all in but I was soo happy for him because this was his first time in Japan and he was taking it all in! But at the same time, I was soo sick that I felt my stomach was doing cartwheels like a thousand times. But yeah, I did assist on the interpretation between japanese and english and they were impressed! When we got to the hotel this french guy helped us and this japanese guy helped us. Dad was like "Can I tip I feel bad for not tipping!" and I was like "NO don't tip because they'll be offended!" In Japan, you don't tip because good service is expected! If you tip in Japan it's a serious offense because basically you're implying that service sucks and I feel bad!! <--- I wish we had that attitude in America! The service was great and friendly, but I just went straight to sleep because I was soo sick and my stomach was giving my problems. So I didn't eat anything either. Well anyways, I'm out got serious jet lag and it's 4 am. I will take pics. peace!

Pre departure

Well, this is my last official night in Las Vegas. I'm pretty nervous, anxious, and well I can't get any sleep... :/ Other than that, this will mostly be the last time I'll be able to see or maybe talk to my friends in a year. Anyways, since I'll be gone for a year and due to popular demand yes yah girl Brittany made a blog. I will definatly give you the details and the in's and out's of Japan. Yes, there is a downside to this country so don't get it twisted that it's all picture perfect because it's not! :p But yeah, I'm going to miss my funny goofy family. I'm going to miss my daddy's sense of humor, may's tough love, Jackie's whitty sense of humor and Steph's competitiveness and her great debating skills hahah! Well, I'm going to be living with family for a year and I'll have a little sister name Midori which means green.. I hope that name is common because you know how kids are and kids love to find an opportunity to tease and prey on the weak! Oh well, it's better than Cupcake, or Escalade hahahhaa. <---- Those names need to stop though seriously! Other than that, I'm a bit scared since I'm going to be starting fresh and have to make new friends and meet new people. I hope it is true what they say about Osaka known to be the most friendliest city all of Japan. Oh well, I'll take my friend Keoni's word for it :D. All I know is that this is going to be funny too because dad and May are going to escort me there this is dad's first time going to Japan hahah this is going to be funny. I will post pictures. As a matter of fact, I have a picture of my cute little host sister Midori well she's 13 but nonetheless adorable.. I wonder if she's thinking about dating if so I will protect best believe that! I'm also going to miss my honey of 1 and 7 months my first boyfriend a lot. I'm also going to miss other stuff if you know what I mean.. hahaha but I'm also going to miss talking to him and hearing his voice! I'm also going to miss his presence too and his skinny frail body. For some reason I seem to have a fetish for skinny kinda short blasians (blacks mixed with asians) or blacks. Like men that are skinnier than me I find it very attractive! Yeah, I know wierd...like my honey weighs 130 and I weigh 150 it's true I can pick him up but I bet some you ladies are like "Uww he can't protect me!" Well, back to the subject well I hope this year I get good grades like always, have fun of course, but with this blogs I'll definatly type about the culture and stuff. Well, peace and much love - Brittany