I just got back from my exciting day. Today after school my class had a karaoke party. It was set up by Fabio because in about a week many of us are leaving the program to go back home. I was excited for this because recently I have started to get to know everybody in my class. Everyone is cool except for one guy... Hat-san... Thank god he didn't show up though!

So yeah we had about 14 people in this one room set up to sing karaoke for 2 hours. At first everyone was scared. Oddly, I was the first to actually sing... sad thing is it was "Like a Virgin" by Madonna... The girls chose it and no one was brave enough to sing it so I took it. Everyone laughed and took photos of me. However, it wasn't until I requested "Hero" by Enrique Inglesias that I won people over. I sang the song with David however when I sang I made it more sappy and entertaining. People were cheering, smiling, filming us. It was a kodak moment.

Weird thing I notice, was that after I sang that song... everyone became more singing friendly. I broke the ice for everybody. I also noticed after that, that I became the popular one to partner with on singing. People either partnered with me, gave me the mic because I knew the song better, or because the forced me to sing for their entertainment. I was a KARAOKE KING!

The main songs that I won people over with was "Hero", "Bleeding Love", "Glamorious",and "Your Song". I sang all of these with different people: David, Jennifer, and Fabio. "Bleeding Love" got people clapping for David and me. They made us stand up and sing to them. Everyone clapped crazily when we did the rapping parts of the song. Overall, I was entertaining. I will probably get videos of it later because Sara and Kou filmed me singing in about three songs.

After the karaoke we went to Shibuya to meet our other friends. Funny thing is... we came late because Stanley was drunk. During karaoke he drank quite a few beers. Because of that he threw up in the bathroom. Quite gross scene, but it made him feel better.

At Shibuya we met Matt, Steve, and Victoria. We went out to eat and we had a big dinner. It was cool because it was a hang out and talk deal. It was fun and entertaining. Afte we went to Karaoke! So Stanley, David and I were doing karaoke again for the day. This time I got to sing "I'll make love to you" by Boyz II Men. A song that I forgot to request at the other karaoke. It made my night. Only thing we did after Karaoke was we got crepes for Stanley's birthday.


Well that is it!

I had a blast today!

Later Days...!

Today I made a glass bead. I didn't know what to expect. I was worried it may be a little boring, but turned out to be really cool. The only problem I had with it was that I was in a room with no air conditioning. The weather was humid already, but no air con equal a sweaty stinky Sonlay.

When we got inside the room I noticed that we were going to be making these over stoves. I joked at first saying this is a crystal meth lab. It had a bunch of tables with a bunch of burners and rocks... so I had to make a druggy joke.


Later Days...

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Yesterday I went to Kamakura with my class. There isn't much to say, but that it is more like a nature sight-seeing spot. It was really beautiful, but the heat was killing me. I really don't have much commentary about this except that I slept on the bus there and back by myself. Here are some photos to give you an idea of the place.



So yeah I didn't talk to the Taiwanese girls as much as I want. Kou-san sat with her friend on the bus, which left me alone. Bummed me out, but I at least got sleeping room. I did however talk to her at one of the places while she waited for the other girl I want to talk to more, Sara. I was mingling and things were okay until Ben came in. He is a great guy and all, but I don't think he realizes that he is a cock block. Totally made it awkward for her... Damn! So after that I didn't talk to her much, but she did take a photo of me when I didn't realize it. On the bus she showed me this pic of me trying to figure out how to drink from the water fountain. Made me surprised and made me happy because now I am in like 3 photos of her camera.

Later Days...

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