Feb 6th was the first friday of this month.It was wonderful day for us!!!
In Downtown, Flagstaff there are many small stores,
and once a month on first friday they serve us free wine and free some
snacks!!
I have never heard such a tradition, actually I don't know what this is. :D
My american friend said " it's popular in small town ;)"
Anyway!! We got 5 or 4 free wine and beer (maybe) and chocolate!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, I was drunk. I don't remember most of all...
I'm so sorry, but very fun! :)
When I am drunk, somehow I talk a lot in ENGLISH. not Japanese.
So, I love alcohol :P
Tsubasa :)
Our first work is not difficult. It's just repairing and fixing fences.
but, oh this is exciting point. We work in the MIDDLE of DESSERT!!!! and we
also eat lunch, take a nap there. Have you ever been to dessert?? It's the
place doesn't have anything. Actually it has something small tree (sometimes
they pricked us.), but ,,,, Mmmmmm.... completely different from Japan. very
VERY quiet. If you walk there, you can find animal's shit easily. I think
they are many animal in spite of no fresh grass. and also you can see bones.
I'd like to talk about the weather. In Flagstaff, we live, it's cold like
winter, yeah because of winter. Though in our workplace it's like summer.
It's very hot!! We got sunburn!!! :( It takes us about 2 hours to get to the
dessert. Unbelievable!! Don't you think so?? In the distance we can go for
just 2 hours by car there is big difference of the temperature!! On the
first day we visited "Wapuki ruin" I don't know how did they use it, but it
was their house or castle, I think. I cannot explain well, so I wanna show
you picture. (but I cannot) I'm sorry about that... :( Anyway, I really want
to eat Japanese ramen, not instant one. We can speak only English here. ACE
prohibit speaking other languages. I don't need to speak Japanese, because
I'm only Japanese in this house. Nobody can understand. :D Tsubasa.
but, oh this is exciting point. We work in the MIDDLE of DESSERT!!!! and we
also eat lunch, take a nap there. Have you ever been to dessert?? It's the
place doesn't have anything. Actually it has something small tree (sometimes
they pricked us.), but ,,,, Mmmmmm.... completely different from Japan. very
VERY quiet. If you walk there, you can find animal's shit easily. I think
they are many animal in spite of no fresh grass. and also you can see bones.
I'd like to talk about the weather. In Flagstaff, we live, it's cold like
winter, yeah because of winter. Though in our workplace it's like summer.
It's very hot!! We got sunburn!!! :( It takes us about 2 hours to get to the
dessert. Unbelievable!! Don't you think so?? In the distance we can go for
just 2 hours by car there is big difference of the temperature!! On the
first day we visited "Wapuki ruin" I don't know how did they use it, but it
was their house or castle, I think. I cannot explain well, so I wanna show
you picture. (but I cannot) I'm sorry about that... :( Anyway, I really want
to eat Japanese ramen, not instant one. We can speak only English here. ACE
prohibit speaking other languages. I don't need to speak Japanese, because
I'm only Japanese in this house. Nobody can understand. :D Tsubasa.
Now I'm moving to Flagstaff.
I have to...., no, I should speak English here.
We cannot use other language to communicate with each other.
So, everyone talk in English. Yeah, good!!
I am really excited because ...mmm...how can I say...
I have never heard Spanish-English, French-English.
In Japan everyone talked to me in clear English,
yeah...because they are native speaker.
and of course I also speak Japanese-English,
I think this is very interesting!!
When we are talking, I have to guess what they said.
They also have the word they cannot express in English as well.
Santa Monica was like summer, but Flagstaff is very cold.
I came back to "winter"
There is very beautiful mountain which covered with snow!!
While, there is dessert (sorry, I am not sure that this spelling is correct or not)
Our volunteer cordinater is Japanese women,
but in the town I never met Japanese.
Oh, I share the house with 13 people who are from European countries and Korea.
I"m also only Japanese here. Wow!! Good for my English!!
I have to speak English to do everything!!
In fact I cannot talk a lot,
because I cannot find good English word quickly.
Give me time to change my language channel :D
I hope that I can do after 1 week.
Anyway,
My first work will start tomorrow.
It's 4 dyas work.
After that I will get 3 dyas holiday.
Exciting!!!
Tsubasa :)