A bluetooth earphone mic arrived. I ordered it because I couldn't use the lined earphone mic the shop staff gave me as bonus.
My books I sent by myself arrived via sea mail. I'm glad. I jogged a bit longer today and got quite tired. My body condition became not good again. I thought I need two days to feel better, so I shouldn't force myself to do a too much thing.
I found one channel broadcasts some Japanese TV programs. It seemed strange to watch national channel's drama which has commercials. Although I don't watch the drama in Japan, I watched it because of its English subtitles!
The classes started from today. I couldn't find the classroom and got late a bit, but the lecturer arrived at the same time. I was lucky, but I'll leave home earlier from now on.
I asked the teachers to let me record the classes by my voice recorder. I totally don't have even a little confidence to understand the classes.
I really wanted to take a rest today, but my sister recommended that I bought used textbooks today before they were gone. In the afternoon, I went to my school, pulling a roller backpack. Despite of the books' old looking, they were not cheap, unlike in Japan. I knew that books are big, heavy and expensive in western countries, I was surprised at the weight and price of my math book.
My new speaker has been delivered. Because I don't commute to school on trains here and can't use my old iPod anymore, I'm glad to reuse it as part of the speaker.
In the evening, host mother gave me salad, papaya and a Chinese bun. She is so generous. After I cooked dinner, prepared for tomorrow's lunch box and washed dishes, I realized I didn't really have time to enjoy music with the speaker. Umm...
I don't know why, but there are two guys living in the next room. One is the previous resident in my room. They don't cook and go out for every meal. Host mother told me that they sometimes forget to lock the front door after they leave home around at midnight. It's dangerous.
I couldn't do jogging today...
To meet a friend again is fun. My friend took me to a town today. We hadn't seen for a while and finally could meet in America!
The guy who lives next room came back from Hong Kong. I practiced guitar, minding about the sound to the next room. My new cell phone uses up its battery so quickly as I already heard from the shop staff.
Today was my saddest day in these several years. I attended the second orientation for the international students. Everyone there spoke so fast and I couldnt understand what they said and what the school staff explained. The staff was a Japanese-American retired school councelor. He told us he just was helping the orientation and had an urgent schedule after it so that he wanted to finish it earlier. He seemed not to want to explain about the school system properly. I thought the orientation I attended by mistake was much better. Without the information of the previous orientation, I couldn't understand his explanation at all. I somehow turned in a document to him. There was a Japanese girl in the same classroom and she looked very "American" and spoke so fast to me in English. It astonished me and I couldn't really answer. I felt so miserable and came home soon.
In the evening, I became so sick. I have a pain in the part of lympa. My whole body seems to be collapsing. I want to take a rest.
My host parents took me to a bigger town and helped me get a cell phone. They showed me a Chinese district in the town and gave a dim sum lunch for me. Because my body condition was not good, I got a terrible carsick and became a terrible state when we came home. I couldn't even get out of their car for a while in the garage. I think I got exhausted because going out with them was for the first time and my fatigue made my car sick worse. But, anyway I enjoyed shopping and lunch with them. They are really generous and nice people.
Street names are in two languages. I like it.
After the evening, the loud sound of a movie downstairs troubled me a lot. It was exactly like earth tremor. I saw the wooden door quivering. They also like to watch TV in a very loud volume. Probably, it's a Hong Kong custom and so I basically shouldn't say anything to them.
I went to the international student office at school, a bank and a supermarket. It was too much for me to walk around under the strong sun. I feel sick.
I just thought I made efforts to make room in my mind so far and so I could do everything properly today. Room in mind is like money in savings. Your efforts are paid off.
I found a lovely bed sheets set at Target. Both of my current sheets sets are far from my taste and the box sheets' rubber bands don't properly work. They always made me feel down. I should get the one.