Saturday, June 30, 2012

All of the Fun


Yesterday was the thing where we all had to give speeches in front of teachers, host families, and Japanese students.  Mine was on the difference between American and Japanese concerts, and honestly I didn't try very hard.  You get an A just by participating, and I don't like reading aloud no matter how many people are in the room, so I didn't really like it.  I did, however, like seeing everyone else's things.  It was a good experience.  First was the practice session, during which the teachers all decided how high the microphone needed to be for each person.



This was my lunch for the day.  That Ramune has a picture of the cast of Pretty Cure (a show for little girls) on it, so I bought it because AHAHAHAHA.  Ramune is a lot like Sprite, by the way.


Here are most of the international students sitting down before everyone came in.


And here's about how crowded it got.  All the host families, including mine, were there to see.


This is a picture taken druing Cermet's skit.  I just took one picture of the proceedings so everyone could see what it was like (there will be videos later anyway).  Some people did skits, some people did speeches, some had Powerpoints, and some didn't.  I didn't have a Powerpoint for mine, but it was generally well-received anyway.  There was lots of standing around  and talking after it was all over, and this happened.


Sunglassesssssssss.  Micha, Masa, and Yukiko became cool.  Cooler.


After that, I went to McDonald's with these people.  Hard to tell who's there but it's Evelyn, Sona, Sophie, Lucas, Dominik, and Wesley.  Again, Japanese McDonald's is nice; they play jazz and the employees wear makeup.


MASA.
SUNGLASSES.
MASUNGLASSES.
I don't know whose these were, but they made the rounds.  Also at this point we had gone to Asahi (the place from Sophie's birthday party), where pretty much every other international student was already.


Yukiko was making a face I was trying to capture, but then Alex came and poked her just as the picture took.


Karaoke was offered, this time by a circle of which I'm not usually a part.  Because it was karaoke, I jumped on it.  Always karaoke.  All the time.  Once again, I was a big hit.  If you've never heard me do "Satsugai" from Detroit Metal City, you're in for something.  At one point, two other groups of international students showed up to the karaoke place.  Pretty much everyone that actually goes anywhere with friends here was in the buidling, so I made the rounds and spent my time in all three different rooms.


Jenna and Micah had already left the building when everyone else was paying, so here's me spying on them!


Jenna was probably the goofiest the whole night (everyone but me had some alcohol), so since she lives near me I escorted her home.  I didn't actually know where I was once she got there, but it turns out I was wa,y way closer than I thought, so it worked out fine.

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