watch your selves this is going to be a long one

monday at school we had a task where we had to find popular land marks in a diffrent place by asking people where they were it was a lot of fun and a funny thing is they sent the all boys grup (ie my group) to a place that had 8 floors of womens whare. that after class nouthing raly entresting happened
tuesday we had an inerveiw test that day that realy was not hard but after class i went to a labo party in the next distrect wich was awsome we played games and did all the uselal labo stuff then i did that thing where you grab a kid`s arms and spin in a circle so they fly out and they were all realy im pressed with that. after the party a few familys went and had dinner at a farly japanese restuant (you know where you sit on the floor and stuff) first i had nudles then i had ell and that was not the worst thing i had then i had some of this and that then i had fish eggs sushi thing eww but still not the worst thing i had some one  ofered me sushi that had sea urgent that was and is the worst thing i have ever ate it was sooo gross it had the tecture of snot (and i know the texter of snot because i have seneased in my had before) but it was so bad. on a better note that whole night i had i 4  year old little girlfrend she was so cute she sat by me during dinner and kept trying to hold my hand (i let her because i will never see her agin so where the harm) and then with her mother`s aprvle (and not mine for some resone) she ate off of my plate it was a fun night
windsday was the last day of class so we had planed skits the day before and would give them to all the host familys that came to watch then we got certivagets saying that we passed the class and bla bla but most importantly we got are colighapy  and when i prsented my there was such a large amount of clapping (im proly making it up but whats it matter) i was so pruwed then we had a bit of a party thing wich was just a lot of people wundering if they should stand by thire host family or go talk to the other people but it was fun oh and my skit was about what we did on monday. then after that we (me and my host family) went to a japanese bath it was iteresting, hot, and cold. the hot and cold. there was tube of clod water next to a tube of hot water so of couce i had to go from hot to coold to see how long it would take me to get my head under the water by the time i got to my sholders i could not feel my legs the nthere was a realy hot room that was like 80 decreas C that is realy hot (at least i thing it was celces) all in all lot o fun oh i almost foregot that i packed my big sutcase that day also
thersday was the last full day with my host family and my and my host dad went to mnt. fuji and one the way up the trail there was a fork in the road and i said hey lets go right it looks faster and he said no no left is much esayer and there was no way i could went the fight so we went left how do i say this left was sone of the worst ways there was (we went down on the right path it was straght and easy) the left path was back and forth at a steep angle i was tared then after that we went to an ice cave that i had to cral though some of it because of a low ciling so much fun after that on the way home (we took a car wich luckly my host dad found an english radio station (for amiracans in japan it was a milatry base  radio station) wich played the same camshels over and over) now back to the mane sotry, we stoped at a places called moe`s hamberger highway or the sign could read moe`s highway hamburger but it was not as dangerus as it sounds then we got home and i packed my cary on (too erly actualy) but we had a dinner that was so speicshle that the family only has it twice a year (beacuse the mane meat is beef and beef is expincive here) it was like a stur fry done on the table then you just grab what you wont dip it in raw egg and eat it. it was raly good. then after dinner we had cake and took a picture the first time we tried to take one my 3year old little sister (who is potty training) went to the bath room on her mothers lap, but once that was taken care of we took the picture and ate cake then the family gave me a photo album with pictures from all the adeventurs i went on (or at least most of them) then before goring to bed me and my brother played with bayblades and he gave me some as a gift then we went to bed (i got a lot of cool stuf from him that ethier he had extra or they wernt good or he was being nice like bayblades and a deck of yugio cards its been lots of fun
and to days friday and im leaving t\for the next family at 2 50 ithink hope to see you agin when i get there good bye for now 

oh why is it so hard to remeber things

friday i went to labo and it ws a lot of fun if only i could remember more but my brain is full of other things to remember like kawai (Ku_why_E) means cute or `i think im turning japanes i think im turning japanes i relay think so` (song that we sung at karioki) oh well
saderday i went to school with my host brothers wich was tarifying then fun then boaring then fun agin i had to introdoce my self in japanese to first the teachers whith there were like 30-40 teachers then i had to introduce my self to the kids there were like 30 kids then we played a game likehot potato wich was fun then there were to classes that were boring japanese class then some class like geoagraphy or somthing all of that i could not under stand. then we had eniglish class wich i got to help with we did greattings and numbers (and aparntly i get mad when people dont use the right brush strokes for numbers like puting the hat on the 5 last who would have guessed).
sunday was a long day i went with two oter familys (the some ones i went to the planatarium with) on a bus tuer where we went to an obsovatory thent to a nice japanese resturant where they had this cool spinning platform that all the dishes were put on and if you wanted something you just spun the thing tell it was in front of you fun. then the last stop was an aquarium/ sea world eseqe (esk?) place where there were dolfins and sharks and what not but the coolist part was there was a place that you could go ing to nee deep water and tuch sting rays and stuff we only got to do that for a short whail but it  was a lot of fun. and that was my week end oh wow long sotry eh?

monday and nouthing elce rlay happend on thos others

so monday we went to askasa wich is the old templey place in japan it was tons of fun. i went shopping and got a lot of suvaniers including a keychain, chopsticks, a robe, and a katana (that last one is more for me) i ate ramen that day it was vary good. the days after not a lot happend had class went exploring found an english book store had more class. time is going relay fast i only have like one mor week with this host family looking forward to the next one cuz i will have people more my age it should be good. oh and i almost forgat the last night we went to the batting cages it was fun but we took bikes and my had was to low a gear, way too low, it did not make for a good bick ride but we fixed it before we went back so all was good
byebye

oh my so far behind

saterday i went to my brother`s baseball game, he piched the whole game, and he did realy good. they won the game and so we had a party that evening. for the party we had food and played the wii and other games (like there were a cupple DSs floting around) we had lots of fun i loved messing with the kids once i figured out what they were saying i would play dumb to see thire reactions. (for the nerds) i played my first japanese pokemon game that night who whould have guessed how important it is to know what people are saying in that game. (it took me 15mins just to start the game)lol
sunday this was a good day me and all the guys from the labo party (wich including me was five people) went to a bunch of places includeing tokyo bay, tokyo tv station, (a) the statue of liberty (i find this prticulary funny because the first time i was the statue of liberty was in japan), akihabara and an einglish book store where i bought my first manga (japanese comics) wich i read in an hour and a half. that was a good day
monday was a nother long one and im running out of time so you will have to wate for it. for a hint i went to askasa (i think thats how its spelled)
byebye

friday so much stuff to write

friday what i was talking about was on friday i went to sing karioki with all the other students. that lasted for about to hours then i and the two other guy students went to a randum store and walked around. now the bad part of the story, do to miss camunaction (and phones not working) my host parents were wating for me at my home station for an hour wating for me. (im going to go on a rant here for a bit if you want to skip it you can) - so the organl plan was for me to call them once i got to the home station well i was much later then i thought so i tried to call erlyer but the phone did not work so i thought ok no big deal i can just explain when i get home simple. but of course since (i prisoom) they have younger kids they are more protective and prone to worry but the point is even if i was lost how would wating at the station closist to home (wich by the way i know by heart how to get home from) help! i understand that they were woried but that rely would not help now would it. and after that the labo party leader called (or my host mom called her) to talk to me about how they were woried and i should try harder to call them (but when the phone does not work how would `trying hard` work) i wish i could tell them that i was a big boy and i know how to get out of being lost iv done it once before i could do it agin but oh well.- but that was some of the most fun i have had so far just going with kids my own age (or at least close anuff) and just exploring
ok this was a rley big post so im going to just do this one by it`s self and post saterday and monday
tell then bye sam

windsday thersday (ya ya i cant spell)

windsday nouthing of to much interist happened realy other then going  shopping for stuff to make chil. thrusday i had class and in the after noon we had to go up to randum people and ask them if we could ask them quetions and if they said yes then we asked them quetions it was vary hard. (just because i hate talking to randum people (even in english)) after class i played with the boys out side for a long time it was fun but it is so hot here i am in a constant sweat its gross but i think iv lost some wait cuz of it. then after that we had a party where all (or most ) of the labo kids and thier moms came and brought food (i made chil for them) it was a lot of fun and i made some plans with the kids my age to go places (next?) sunday it should be lots of fun. then when i got home i tried to exsplain to my host parents that i need a note to go with kids after school to do stuff (that you will here about latter im sure) and that took 25mins alot of time to explane a note oh well
sam

akihabara (and tuesday)

on monday i went to akihabara wich was a lot of fun we first went to a tech store there i had a lot of fun looking at all the new stuff and got to play a 3DS wich was realy cool. then we went to an aname store wich was fun too bad all of it was in japanese. on tuesday i went to school nouthing unusule happened but afterwards i exsplored tanashi (the place where my home is) looking for a used book store because from what i hear there is an english secction in this type of used book store. i found a book store but they were all new and there was no einglish secction : ( oh well i will keep looking. latter after that i went with my host family to buy stuff for me to make chil for a party. there was not anuff beef so we are having pork and beef chil and i did not know wether the tomato stuff i got was exactly right but it will do.
i will try and keep you on the up and up but somtimes i run out of time in the morning sry. thanks and goodbye
sam

friday - sunday oh wow

ok firday i did japanese colligraphy i spent three hours writing dragon first the esay way then the hard way it was a lot of fun (but my hand hurt after that, note i could take a brake but i did not want to). latter that evening i went to the labo club (its kind of an english learning club thing) it was lots of fun helping little kids. after that i got to be with the older kids it was fun and they have a bunch of things plained for me shoud be fun. saterday i went with four litle girls (and thire mouthers) to a since museum (kind of like our exporlation place but smaller) they had a planettaryum wich is realy boaring when you dont know what they are talking about. then in the evening my family watched a ghibli movie with a porchcter (the movie was castle in the sky) it was realy good (we watched hafe on saterday and the other hafe on sun day) then sunday i went and played baseball with my brothers and their teams (they are like a real team) it was fun because with little kids they are amazed at how far i could it the ball. then latter i took a nap then i finshied that movie and all was good.

ghibli museum

yeterday i went to the ghibli museum. for you who dont know what that is it is a museum about the anemations of ghibli ( I think ) movies like panyo. it was vary intresting and im glad i got to go. i also bought some of my first suvaniers: a plush totaro and a plush nekobusu (or cat bus) i will try to keep you up to date on the things i buy (i also got a cute tihngy key chain (you can see when i get back) ) after that we went to a sushi restrant it was vary cool and diffrent. i have a new favoret food and that is their sweet potato fries they are so good. the last intresting thing was at the restuant after you have so many plates you have a chance to get a prize and we got two that night i got one and yui (my three year old sister) got the other, they were just cellphone tassle things. well that was about it i will keep thies going hopefuly. thanks for viewing
Sam

so so

so yesterday nouthing too intresting happened i learened how to say what time it is not that bad, then we walked to a timple (ish) thing and took lots of pictures then though a park where all the homeless  people were sleeping looked at some people made of rocks and metel (i cant spell statues) all in all a so so day. oh and we had hambuger like things for dinner. that is all. thank you and good bye

Its been lots of fun.

 Last night the kids helped me with the harigana (alphabet) that was fun. The food is good but last night we had a thing called nato (I think) it was beans in a snot like substance I tried it, and it tasted like beans and chees then agin and it just kept getting worse and worse (it was bad) but other then that it has all been vary good. Class was funny yester day we were separated in to our different classes and the test was 3 – 4 parts the first two were match the English to the japanes word and the third was fill in the blank. I did the first one good (I think) I could answer one on number 2 (then I just did straight line to the others) then I did not answer the thired one at all (I acutely wrote `I have no clue`) and some how I got placed it the intermedat class (the 4^th question was for if you had studied Japanese) I told them i did not know any Japanese I got to stay in the biginger class. All and all good

so im a bit behind

today is tuesday and im going to talk about sunday and monday, ok? on sunday we went to a base ball game it was rely rely big lots of people. it was hard for me to pay atintion to the game because i was vary tired between that and trying to do the cheers right it was vary hard to watch the game. derring the 7th ining they do not just stretch but they have thes ballon things that are long and then big on the end, they blow up thes ballons and then let them go flying though the air (this is what i ment when on face book  i said backwards flyingpiens monsters >.< i am vary funny i know) then monday i had my first day of class it was nice seeing people who spoke english but also some advice if you do not know japanes do not sit in the front row you might get called on to go first and not have a clue what is going on (i wanted to cry and be sik all at the same time) then we were going to introdce our selves in japanes he said three mineats i got up and talked for a while (not knowing what i needed to do) then after that they said now just go and read the sintenses on the board and put your name and want not in the right spot. thats all i had to do. it was tarable but im ok. later that after noon we had a choice of study or enjoy class i chose enjoy we sang the alfabet (or the katakana) to the tune of jiggle bells it was lots of fun. then  i the way home the labo party leader of the family took me though stors and good places to shop for suvaners so i we some shopping in my futer and that was about it for that day that and i went a bought milk with my brother and sisster. see you guys soon hopefully

might no work to well

first off guys i might not be able to post regularly but i will try (no wireless inter net) but here is what has happened so far. flight from kansas got pushed back so far that i missed the flight to japan out of chicago spent the night there got on the 13 hour plan trip did not sleep at all so i stayed up from 5am to 8am the next day (all in centrel time) then sat on a bus for i think 1 and 1/2 hours did not sleep. then we walked to a bilding that by the time i got there if i stood still too long it felt like somthing was melting though my feet but then i got to meet my host family and they are awsome after that we walked twice the distance then the the other walk and i need to memorize all the turns i made so far i have been enjoying my self here it is a lot of fun. dont know the next time we can talk but i will when i can. Sam

how this will work

all right for all the people who decided to watch my blog as my trip unfolds. this is me i will be posting updates just like this one and will be showing pictures of my adventures. not only will my trip be here but my friend Freddy the 4 - H er's will be here soon. this is all for now i will keep you up to date when ever i can.
Sam DeVore