If you're an exchange student, you probably know them by heart. Personally, I always enjoy answering them as they make me feel like I'm doing something important by being in Japan.
Here they are; frequently asked questions and there frequently answered answers:
1.) What's your favorite Japanese food?
I loooooooooooooooove Japanese. Really really love. I'm talking marriage here, so to choose one favorite is difficult. However, I do particularly like okonamiyaki. And sushi. And crab, though I guess we have crab in America.
2.) What's your least favorite Japanese food?
duh. Natto of course. Fermented (read: moldy) beans that are stringy, sticky, and smelly. Not to mention they taste bad.
3.) And the wierdest?
Maybe raw eel? Delicious.
4.) What are foods you miss from home?
Burritos. In fact, I miss it so much that I attempted to make it for my family using homemade tortillas, canned kidney beans, and improvised sauces. It's a good thing they don't know what they're supposed to taste like... I also miss tuna salad sandwiches (though I'm sure I could make it here) and eating fruits on a regular basis. Here, fruits are so expensive they are usually just dessert and an apple may cost as much as $2.oo.
5.) What's the best thing about being an exchange student?
I'm always learning and it's always interesting. And it's opened a lot of doors for me that I would have never known about otherwise. And it's pretty much awesome.
6.) What's the worst thing about being an exchange student?
Because I'm in Japan, everyone can tell right away that I'm foreign, so when I buy things at the stores or when I bump into strangers, everyone talks down to me. Sometimes I want to scream, "I'm foreign, not stupid!" I don't want the store owners to talk slowly to me because they don't expect me to know the language. And I don't want people to offer me brochures in English or stumble through English when they talk to me. I don't appreciate people ordering food for me at restraunts, and I wish they would at least give me a chance.
7.) Are you homesick?
Not really. Sometimes I remember that my siblings are all getting a year older without me and that makes me sad and sometimes I miss the little things, but I really haven't gotten "homesick."
Oh yeah, I just got my hair cut. I remind myself of my little brother (Christian). I didn't know our hair color was so similar. What do you think? The one with me in orange is the day I got it cut (it was styled and everything), the one with the white sweater is normal, and the one with the flowery shirt is with wet hair, taken this morning.
Here they are; frequently asked questions and there frequently answered answers:
1.) What's your favorite Japanese food?
I loooooooooooooooove Japanese. Really really love. I'm talking marriage here, so to choose one favorite is difficult. However, I do particularly like okonamiyaki. And sushi. And crab, though I guess we have crab in America.
2.) What's your least favorite Japanese food?
duh. Natto of course. Fermented (read: moldy) beans that are stringy, sticky, and smelly. Not to mention they taste bad.
3.) And the wierdest?
Maybe raw eel? Delicious.
4.) What are foods you miss from home?
Burritos. In fact, I miss it so much that I attempted to make it for my family using homemade tortillas, canned kidney beans, and improvised sauces. It's a good thing they don't know what they're supposed to taste like... I also miss tuna salad sandwiches (though I'm sure I could make it here) and eating fruits on a regular basis. Here, fruits are so expensive they are usually just dessert and an apple may cost as much as $2.oo.
5.) What's the best thing about being an exchange student?
I'm always learning and it's always interesting. And it's opened a lot of doors for me that I would have never known about otherwise. And it's pretty much awesome.
6.) What's the worst thing about being an exchange student?
Because I'm in Japan, everyone can tell right away that I'm foreign, so when I buy things at the stores or when I bump into strangers, everyone talks down to me. Sometimes I want to scream, "I'm foreign, not stupid!" I don't want the store owners to talk slowly to me because they don't expect me to know the language. And I don't want people to offer me brochures in English or stumble through English when they talk to me. I don't appreciate people ordering food for me at restraunts, and I wish they would at least give me a chance.
7.) Are you homesick?
Not really. Sometimes I remember that my siblings are all getting a year older without me and that makes me sad and sometimes I miss the little things, but I really haven't gotten "homesick."
Oh yeah, I just got my hair cut. I remind myself of my little brother (Christian). I didn't know our hair color was so similar. What do you think? The one with me in orange is the day I got it cut (it was styled and everything), the one with the white sweater is normal, and the one with the flowery shirt is with wet hair, taken this morning.
2 comments:
gorgeous dahling, simply gorgeous.
I love it!! I couldn't imagine it when you talked about it, but it's great!!
xoxox
Thank you, thank you. I like it, though it's growing much faster than I anticipated.
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