Outbound Updates-Logan, Christina, Elaina, Alexis

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ALEXIS ALTIER-
heres what i sent to siggy, but. i changed host families yesterday :) they are the Iwamoto family ,and are very nice. its the mom, dad, and i have two little sisters (age 6 and 2) and also the grandpa..... they live in sendai city, so its closer to my school (wake up later, horrah!)

As of now, my host family is the Otomo family (Satoko-chan's house) its my host mom and dad, the grandparents from my mom's side, and miyuki (host sister, 23) who live in the house. my host brother, masahiro (20) is in college in tokyo, so he lives there but occasionally visits. and of course, 'toko is in the states now :)
this upcoming week my school class trip to Kyoto is coming up, so ill be there for a week. upon return, we have monday and tuesday off,,,thats when im moving in with my next host family. at the last rotary meeting i went to i met my new host mom and one of the children, she seems very nice, so im not worried about moving. i will miss the otomo's though,,,,we have planned that some saturdays i can ride the train back to their house to visit after school. yeah, we have school saturdays (only until about 12:30, so its not bad)
monday-wednesday we get off school at 3, but i practice piano until 3:30 or 4:00, but sometimes just go straight to the bus with my friends. thursday and friday school gets off at 4, but on thursdays i decided to do sado- (traditional tea ceremony) practice, and dont get home until about 7:30. my address is :
6-2-19 Iinozaka
Natori, Miyagi
Japan

my counselor i see at rotary meetings, which are usually every other week, but sometimes they have me go to every week. i also am required every month to fill out a form similar to the quarterly report forms and fax to the counselor (regarding school, people im with, any problems, etc etc)

ahhh school, i think i have too much fun. before i came here, along with my other studies i had studied this slang book (VERY helpful for high school life, i suggest a slang book to anyone studying a foreign language if they can find one!) and since maybe 6th grade ive gone online and downloaded japanese music and movies, and looked up pop culture stuff...so everyone thinks thats pretty cool that i know stuff and we can even talk about older music and movies.
i also continue to study,,,and alot of kanji (chinese characters) i knew about up to japanese 2nd grade level of kanji and a bunch of really random ones prior to coming over, and ive been studying super hard because i love seeing a character that i couldnt read the day before,,its a good and fun feeling of more comprehension and makes me always want to know more and more.
my friends and i always do fun stuff together too,,,,which is easy to plan because we all live near or in Sendai, a nice big city full of things to do!!!!!!
i love it so much here, and dont want to come home! dont make me come home!!!!!
CHRISTINA MADEJ-
Hi Vicki, Im really sorry about the delay. Right now there is a 2 week break from school, and i went straight to the south of france for a week with a rotary family; and im still not home Im staying at their house for a bit and i dont know how to work these keyboards! Well, for the report at the moment i am not sure of the number of my host club, ill send it to you later. My email is cmadej09@yahoo.com. I receive about 80£ a month from my club. My host dad is the president of my club and for that its mandatory i attend the weekly rotary meetings with him every wednesday night, 7 to 11pm. its not bad, but my situation isnt exactly amazing. my host parents are in my eyes, ridiculously strict. it may be because im used to being completely free from my parents to do as i please i dont know. but if i really really want to go out with my friends, i have to literally think of a strategy. my host parents want to know at least a week in advance where im going, and they want to meet my friends, ask them a thousand questions, meet their parents, wont allow me in a car with anyone but them and rotarians. its bizarre and pathetic. but luckily, the family im with for this week is amazing. ive had a much needed break and i move from my first family on november 27th, and also move to the city, THANK GOD. and my host rotary club loves me and its going good. but they are also really strict. 7 australians got sent home from my district because of taking topless pictures in paris and they winded up on facebook in south africa hahah. gotta love the internet. but theres no second chances here with this french rotary. one wrong move and your considered dishonourable and get sent home on the next plane. my coordinator or whatever he's called loves me. he is normally very strict with the exchange students, but we get along very well. I am going on the euro trip in april (hopefully), and i am also going to Brighton, England for a bit and I'm staying in Paris for a couple weekends.. La Chance!#% But the language is going a lot better for me, school is amazing.. its like a little college. There's dorms, the food is gross, but there's a lot of free time. I have about 4 to 5 hours a day of no class. It's weird, and I never no what to do with myself, but with the free time I've made a lot of friends.. its just difficult for me to see them outside of school. And also, congratttts Vicki on making the outbound chair. I know you'll be amazing with it, keep up the good work and keep district 6650 amazing as always. I miss the overnighters. Bisous,Christina.
LOGAN HARSH-
Hey

Sorry its taken me a while to send my report but I have been experiencing laptop issues in the last two weeks so this was the first time I was able to send it!! My host districts number is district 2240! Ive recieved all three stipends wich are around 80 dollars each. I am still with my host family and I dont know when im switching due to other exchange students issues! (one is planning on going home and the other just got here) I have no problems because Prague is great and my host family is as well! I have at least 60 new friends and I know them all personally! (Like we all hang out) its a big group be we have more fun that way. My host club is great. They are an international club so they have roatarians from all over who live in Prague! Every week they have an ambassador from a different country or some other important people! Its very interesting but I only go to one meeting a month because they meet for lunch on fridays when im in school! School is actually pretty cool! Everyone speaks english and the teachers are very good! The tuition at the school yearly is around 18000 dollars, so there are some $RICH$ kids here! I am learning the language at a slow but steady pace! Czech is one of the hardest languages to learn for foreigners in Europe! Its very similar to Russian and Slovenian! Weird but it sounds cool. Again im sorry for the time it took to get this to you but I hope I answered all your questions! I swear itll be on time next time! :)

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Logan