北谷 みはま American Village!~

So, I've been slacking again. :( Its been about one full week since I've posted anything. Problem is, I just haven't had the time to update lately. Research, circles, and homework is starting to finally catch up with me. So, don't have nearly the amount of time that I used to have a few weeks ago.
That being said, my weekdays are pretty much spent only doing research reading and heading to my circles. Only at night can I finally relax (and at that point, don't really want to type anything up LOL).

Anyway, this past Saturday, I went (by bike) over to 北谷 which is also known as 'American Village' (for a good reason...I think its the first time I've seen that many Americans in a LONG time). Its basically a big shopping area selling many 'American' things. (So, you guessed it, not very much for me...since Hawai`i isn't really America...HAHAHA).
We went there by bike which was quite a journey in and of itself but allowed for some awesome picture taking opportunities!

Check out that picture up above! I thought it looked really cool! And here, to the right, is a Ferris Wheel. Supposedly, if you ride it and have a significant other, you'll break up. (not very romantic at all...)
Anyway, Chatan (American Village) wasn't all that interesting other than it being a pretty decent place to go shopping. Much rather go to こくさいどおり but oh well, have to go everywhere at least once right? ^-^



Well, its now Turkey day in America, so Happy Turkey Day (all right...Thanksgiving). Which means that tomorrow officially begins the Christmas Season in America!
LUCKILY, we've already been having Christmas over here for about the past month (since after Halloween). Even in 北谷 they have their decorations up! Hope you're all in the Christmas spirit! I'm already starting to play the Christmas movies and music! Oh how I love the holidays ^^

Oh yea, I came back from class one day, and this sign was posted on our front door. I'll make sure not to keep that door...LOL gotta love engrish. I think its cause people keep leaving the door open so what it actually says is for us not to keep the door unlocked/open.

Anyway, I'll stop at that. I'm still super jealous of all you that are getting to watch HP7! I will soon...I hope.
This weekend will be a fun one! Saturday going back to こくさいどおり for some Christmas shopping and Sunday I'm going to 沖国大学 for their school fair. Beni is supposed to be making an appearance so I'm definitely getting some videos up! I'll put up a video of us biking over to 北谷 also.

Until next time, likely after the weekend...
ALOHA!~♪☆❤

アルティメット！～♪ Ultimate Frisbee

OK, I've been slacking way off from doing this. Its been nearly 2 weeks and I'm sorry. I don't know why, just haven't felt like getting around to doing it. LOL.
And for once, its actually not because I didn't have something to tell, I actually have things going on, I was just too lazy to get off my ass (figuratively) and type up a few short paragraphs on this. But, enough of that. Lets get back to where we left off last time.

So, if I recall correctly, the place that we last left off was my assumption that I wouldn't be updating until after the Ultimate Frisbee tournament. And, like I thought, I was correct. LOL, The top 3 pictures are our uniform for Ryudai. I especially like the little design on the back of the uniform (the top picture ^^). I want to eventually buy myself one of these uniforms! We'll see though.

I was actually smart on this day, I forgot to bring my real camera!! :( So here are just a few pictures that I was able to take with my cell phone camera (no zoom, and battery dying so i couldn't take all that many pictures).
Enough of that, lets talk about the actual day.

The day started with us meeting at the 北口 (north gate) Lawson's at 7:30 in the morning (on a Sunday!). Needless to say, many people weren't on time. Luckily, the first games weren't until about 9:30 so we had plenty of time to spare (odd...sounds like something we would do in Hawai`i...). We had to drive out to Okinawa (thats right, just like theres the state 'Hawai`i' and the island 'Hawai`i', there is an island 'Okinawa' and a city 'Okinawa') which is about a 30 minute drive.
Once arriving, we got to check the schedule and we (りゅあるA) were in the first game. Our first match was a fairly simple affair with us winning 18-5. I must say, however, that our team had to work really hard! There were only 9 of us on the team total compared to about 12/13 for the other three teams. You do the math, 7 people on the field at a time, game takes 50 minutes with no official 'breaks' except for after scoring. It was quite a workout.

After completing our first match, we were free until the afternoon matches. So, some of us went to go pick up food from a nearby restaurant. Along the path, there were 2 cats that were just chilling. They didn't like us getting too close, but they weren't really all that afraid of us either. LOL.
After lunch, we had our second game of the day. In my opinion it was probably the 'premier'  match because we played against (arguably) the strongest team in the tournament. We really poured everything into the match. Unfortunately, we lost in the end 8-7. (Just one point! So close!) Needless to say, pretty much everyone was devastated by the loss.
Now, why do I say it was the 'premier' match? Basically its because we were the two top teams of the competition and it was the ONLY game that didn't have a large (more than 10 point) differential. That being said, our final match of the day was against りゅあるB, the first years at Ryudai. It was kind of funny that EVERYONE was cheering for the first years. Every score against us was greeted with loud cheers. (It was all in good fun because everyone kind of knew who was going to win in the end.) We won that game 20-2.
After it all, we were a close second to the 社会人 (people that have jobs) team.
On the way back home, some of us stopped off at a used store that had an amazing amount of goods. I most likely will head there again if I can convince people with a car to take me. :p
The Ryudai club 'celebrated' the night by going out to dinner (which is actually a normal occurrence for us) and we headed home for the day by about 9 (which is very unusual for us since we normally return at around 11:30/12:00). This was due to the fact that we were ALL EXHAUSTED from the day, especially my team (having to play up to 80/90 % of the time).
That's that, and now we're looking ahead to the next competition so that we can, as the club members put it, have our 'revenge match' against the 社会人. We're hoping to beat them since we were so close this time around.

Well, that took much longer than I thought. LOL.
Just so you guys know, I'm finally getting around to uploading the videos that I've been taking to youtube. Check it out if you like: My Channel

Until later, live aloha!~

忙しい... busy...

I guess it really has been over a week since I've been able to write over here. Part my fault, part the fact that I have really been that busy the past week. Here's me being RESPONSIBLE for once (geez...don't give me that, it happens every once in a while). So, I decided to let my friend use my computer at nights to play Starcraft II (yes, hes playing games one it). But think about it this way, if he wasn't, I'd probably be wasting time on the internet instead of doing that homework that I actually accomplished. ^-^

Anyway, back to where I was last time, I think I left off with me getting my scholarship money. Following that, I have spent so much on all these little things and such, but still no plane ticket to speak of. Oh well, its probably going to be this week (if all works out). However, I am happy to report that I was able to waste (spend?) some playing golf with Tanaka-san and his friend (who is a pretty good golfer, uses half blades).

Oh yeah, check out the two games topping the DS list right now ^^ I'm definitely buying them, eventually.

Also, on this Sunday shopping/golf expedition, I picked up new running shoes and some running clothes to try and get in shape and lose some weight! 私は頑張ります！

Lets see, after that Sunday, nothing too much actually happened. Seems like the boring life that I thought I was done with. Pretty much going to my research room and reading, reading, and (yeah, u get the picture). Wednesday had no school. Culture day if I remember correctly. We went bowling, not much to say there. All in all, nothing too much exciting happened.

I did get invited to play with the Ultimate club in their upcoming tournament. So, I'll be with the 'upper' level team (which actually is a lot stronger than the lower team). They said that they were looking for another person to help them since they are so few in number (8). This coming Sunday is the tournament! Wish us luck ^-^

Hm, lets see, this past Saturday I went to 'tropical beach' but not really to the beach section of it. I went with the '実験クラス' and they were collecting water sample while I was basically scoping the area to see if it was suitable to conduct my experiment. Luckly, it seems like it'll work out, only problem that its so far away. But, unfortunately, so is every other beach nearby -_-

The next day I got to go to a カラオケ大会 to go and support some of the international students (Chinese) as they competed (at least, I believe they were competing for something, still not completely sure what for, should have payed more attention...). The girl in the yellow (Tei-chan) is the one I went to go and support! Can't wait to go with her again to karaoke ^^ We always have so much fun!♪

I think that will just about cover things for the past week. If anything comes up, I'll post, if not I'm sure they'll be something up after the Frisbee tournament!! ^-^ Until next time...