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         Benjamin's Diary  |                        
    
| NOV 14TH, SUN |           
                   
          1. I was on a air plane all day.           
          it was a very large plane.          
                   
                  
          2. my host family is very nice           
          and cool but they are very different and short          
                   
                  
          3. I love my very big room and it           
          is nice to          
                   
                  
          4. my bed is different thin my           
          bed at home it is very small          
                   
                  
          5. at my time it is 4:00 in the           
          morning so h am            
          going to bed           
                   
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| NOV 15TH, MON |           
                   
          1. I got up at 1:00 in the           
          morning and 2:00 and 3:00 and 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00 in the morning. I           
          got no sleep so it is bin 46H.R. since I slept it was a long day today          
                   
                  
          2. I was thinking of my family           
          and teardrops came down I think they call that home sickness I love my           
          family very much and I miss them          
                   
                  
          3. I got to see my new school it           
          is very big I gave a speech it was very different I think my Japan           
          teacher said there is 500 kid's in my school so           
          it was very scary          
                   
                  
          4. I am very tired so I am going           
          to bed good night          
                   
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| NOV          
        16TH, TUE         
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          It is a beautiful day it's 72           
          degrees out side it is a wonderful day. I           
          slept like a rock last night. that is a good thing. I           
          needed it. I'm feeling pretty good today. School today was very long but           
          good. P.E. was easy but           
          fun. study time was difficult but I managed. lunch was good my host          
          mother is a good cook. My           
          Japanese friends at school got me some ice cream it was different than          
          American ice cream but it was good. Japanese           
          kid's at my school are very nice and helpful. I like Japanese kid's          
          very much they are very different and interesting I like that. They           
          also have good manners. My English teacher at school gave me a lot of          
          home work so that's it.         
                  
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| NOV 17TH, WED |        
                
          Today I did not get up. My host        
          mother had to get me up. I am very tired. I do not know why. I had        
          corn soup for breakfast it was O.K. not         
          bad but not good but O.K.. It is very very very very cold today.         
          School today was O.K. 1st subject is math. My math teacher does not         
          speak English. He likes to         
          hit the kid's. This is very different than America. In America        
          teachers are not aloud to touch the students. He talk very fast.        
          2nd subject is biology. My         
          biology teacher also does not speak any English.        
          He is very quiet and he has very little hair. 3rd         
          is chemistry. Japanese chemistry looks hard. My chemistry teacher is        
          also short and funny. 4th         
          is English. My English teacher is very nice. He speaks beautiful        
          English. Today he let me help him teach class. It was fun!. 5th         
          subject is physicist. WOW!!. Japanese physicist is hard. My physicist        
          teacher is 28 years old. Very young. And he is tall too. 6th         
          History. My history teacher is old short and bold. He also does not        
          speak English. He is a funny man. After         
          history class some of the boys tot me how to count in Japanese.        
          7th is P.E.. P.E.  Was         
          very fun the boys tot me softball. We had a blast. For lunch I had         
          rice with seaweed shrimp and two egg roll. A diet coca cola. It was         
          good. And for dinner I had         
          "tofu "and "nimono" it's a root. and I had rice         
          and pork. After dinner my host brother and friends play         
          basketball I won 21to 18 YES!!!!!!!!!!!! that's it.(^O^)^        
                
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| NOV 18TH, THU |      
              
          Today I got up and had breakfast.      
          Breakfast was corn soup rice       
          green tea Japanese yogurt and a very hot Japanese root I do not know       
          the name. The yogurt was       
          good but the rest was O.K. and then my host bother's and       
          I talk about different kind's of music. Then I went to school .School       
          was O.K. It is cold and wet out side that mean's that P.E. is inside.       
          which mean's Basket ball YES!!!!!!!!!!!!.      
          Lunch was rice pork shrimp green tea octopus yes I said octopus. It      
          was goooood after lunch was art class. At       
          art class I learned how to write my name in Japanese. It was a lot of       
          fun. And then history you remember the old short bold one never mind.       
          Now it is cleaning time. I have       
          to clean the whole school. Just kidding I only have to clean my desk.       
          That's it. You're probably thinking what about dinner. SORRY.       
          For dinner I had sukiyaki and rice that is it.      
               
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| NOV 19TH, FRI |      
              
          Hay what's up. Today I have a new       
          English teacher he is Australien he speaks good English but it is       
          funny how he talks. He is nice 6ft tall and funny. After English is       
          P.E. today at P.E. we played softball. I made a homerun for my first       
          time. All 40 boys said SUGOI!!!!. It was a lot of fun.  For       
          those of you who don't no what SUGOI means it means  good       
          beautiful amazing. Now it is history time you remember I'm not       
          going there. Then my English teacher took me to a junior high.        
          All the kid's wanted to tell me their name WOW!!!!! a lot of names. It       
          was cool and then I met a true English man. he said to me what! the       
          bloody hek an American. We talked  for about one hour. It       
          was so cool to speak English       
          when I got back to my school it was  biology and chemistry       
          time. And then For lunch I had Japanese  pizza mmmmmmm!!!       
           It was delicious after lunch my host mother got me from school       
          on the way home we talked about car's. I did not recognize any cars.       
          So she told me some name that I had never heard before when we got       
          home I took a quick shower and then we went to a party for me and Dara       
          eat was amazing if I could put the party in one word it wood be W.O.W!!       
          me and Dara both give a speech. And then we got some gifts and then       
          we eat we had many different food's. And then we talk and talk and       
          talk it was very nice. Then we left and went bowling got a       
          professional picture taken then Dai taught me how to speed throw. Then       
          we went home and I taught Dai and Tsukasa coin tricks until 12:00.       
          O.K. one's again that's it.       
              
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| NOV 20TH, SAT |      
              
          Today I got up at 9:00 it was       
          cool to sleep in. For breakfast I had corn soup again and fruit and       
          rice and Japanese cereal green tea and toast it was good. Then       
          we went to Dai's baseball practice it was amazing. Dai is really good       
          at baseball. Then we went to lunch. Lunch was good we went to       
          Nabeshima restaurant it was good. Then       
          we drove to Shiroyama park I took two roll of film it was very      
          beautiful. Then we drove home and got ready for my party my host      
          family had a party for me. They       
          invited 18 people. It was a lot of fun I stayed up until 1:00       
          learning  Japanese. It was fun. I'm very tired so  Guess       
          what. That's it.      
              
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| NOV 21ST, SUN |      
              
            Today I went to Sakurajima  and       
            Kagoshima city and       
            Kagoshimajingu. And saw the Tsubame       
            train. And then  we went shopping and took       
            picture and got picture taken and got gifts and ate a lot       
            of Japanese food. It was       
            a very very very very very very long day. So bye bye (^_^)/~       
                
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| NOV 22ND, MON |     
             
          Today I got up and brrrrrr it was     
          very samui. Samui means cold speaking of cold I think maybe I'm     
          catching a cold we don't realize the value of health until we lose it.     
          Anyways for breakfast I had      
          Japanese coffee it was very different than American coffee. After     
          breakfast I went to school. School today was good. I learned a little     
          bit of karate. It was      
          cool!!!!. Then it was English time. My English teacher let me help     
          teach class. It was interesting because English is a difficult     
          language to learn but we had fun. After      
          English I was talking with some Japanese friends about Japanese and     
          American culture I learned that Japanese people are very respectful     
          people and traditional people. I      
          like that. After we talked it was time for history then lunch. For     
          lunch I had rice octopus fried shrimp and 903 to drink it's a Japanese     
          drink. After lunch was      
          math biology chemistry and then home. At home I got cleaned up and      
          went shopping after shopping we went to a another party for me.      
          We had a good time first for      
          dinner I had chicken pork beef two different salad noodles about six      
          different fruits and a Japanese vegetable soup with about ten      
          different vegetable in it. I got asked what was my favorite food was.      
          I said spaghetti. So my host father's friend's wife made me      
          Japanese spaghetti with in 15 minute. Where talking major W.O.W!!. And      
          to top it off they invited a English teacher we talked and talked      
          and then she wanted me to teach her kid's a  8 year old and a 12      
          years old boy and a 16 years old girl to speak English we had a      
          lot of fun. Then the kid's wanted to teach me Japanese W.O.W!!!. Good      
          times. We talk until about 1:00 and went home. Tomorrow      
          is a holiday. That means that I can sleep and sleep and sleeeeeeeeep     
          YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. And that was my day. that it.    
             
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| NOV 23RD, TUE |    
            
          Today was a good day because I     
          got to sleep inn yes!!!. First for breakfast I     
          had pink Japanese jello and some other stuff. After breakfast I     
          went shopping. We went to about 10 different shops. And I got some     
          small gift for my family. After shopping we went to lunch we had KFC.     
          Then we went home and my host brother's tot me some Japanese song's     
          WOW!!!!!. difficult but it was fun. Then my host mother     
          took me and Tsukasa shopping again we shopped until 6:00. Then we got     
          home and I sat down and that's all I remember. I slept about     
          two hours my host mother had to get me up. And then I took a long     
          hot beautiful shower. I think that showers     
          are a little bit of heaven. Anyways then me and my brother went on a     
          long bike ride throw Kokubu city it was really cool. On the way home     
          from the bike ride we rented a movie. When we got back  we ate     
          dinner. For dinner we had American spaghetti it was oishii. That     
          means delicious. Then we just hang out for about two hours. After     
          hanging out we watched the movie that we rented it was called the day     
          after tomorrow. It was a good movie. When the movie was over I     
          cleaned my room and red a little bit and went to bed that it. Bye     
          bye. For those of you who don't know what bye bye means in     
          Japanese it means bye bye. So bye bye.     
            
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| NOV 24TH, WED |   
           
          Today when I got up and it   
          clicked but I only have two days left I do not want to go.   
          Anyways for breakfast I had food. It was good food too. After   
          breakfast I went to school.  
           
          
          First was math second was   
          chemistry third was English fourth was history. I'm really going to   
          miss that man. Fifth was lunch for lunch I had food it was good.   
          Sixth was biology seventh was   
          P.E.. P.E. was good. I didn't make no homerun but my team won!!!!!.   
          good times. After P.E. I went home and some homework that my English   
          teacher gave me. After my homework me and Tsukasa went on another bike   
          ride through Kokubu city. We saw just about everything there is to see   
          in Kokubu. It was a really   
          good time. When we got home we had dinner for dinner I had food. Just   
          kidding. For dinner we had vegetable soup fried pork and stew it was   
          OK. After dinner we talked   
          and watched a little television by then it was 11:45 so I went to bed   
          that was my day so sayonara.  
           
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| NOV 25TH, THU |  
          
          Today was goooood day. I got up  
          and WOW!!!!!! it was c c co co col col cold(>_<). After I got  
          over the c co col cold I got ready for school. Today school was  
          great!!! 1st was English I   
          got to teach class for about a half of one hour. It was scary. But it  
          went good we tried to memorize sentences it was fun. After English was  
          biology and chemistry. Then art art art class I learned the Japanese  
          alphabet. It was easy to say but difficult to write. But I lived. When  
          art was over it was lunch time YES!!!!. For   
          lunch some of my class mates took me to a cafeteria I had beef curry.  
          It was oishii. Then even better they paid for it as a sayonara gift  
          WOW!!!. And even   
          better on the way out I saw my host mother in the back. I learned that   
          she is a cook there WOW!!!!. I have been with my host   
          family for two weeks and I did not know that. Anyways after we got   
          back it was time for history after history was math. Math was   
          good it was a little fun to. After math is P.E.. In P.E. we played   
          softball again we didn't when but it was fun. Then my host mother   
          got me and we went shopping. On the way home from shopping my mother   
          got me a snack. when we got home me and my brothers road are bikes and   
          rented a movie when we got back we ate dinner for dinner we had some   
          kind  of fish rice tofu and 903 to drink I was surprised it   
          was good. After dinner we watched a movie it was called airplane 45 by   
          then it was 12:00 so I went to bed. That's it.  
          
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| NOV 26TH, FRI |  
          
          Today is my last day at my school  
          I am disappointed that I can not stay longer. It a very sad day first  
          at school was English since it was my last day my English teacher  
          wanted me to help teach. It went really well. we tot on different  
          expression we learned happy sad worried angry delighted surprised  
          frightened nervous impatient proud disappointed hurt jealous curious  
          embarrassed relieved puzzled fed up shocked and grateful I think  
          that's all of them. Then it was time for history. I'm really really  
          really going to miss that man. he is soooooooo funny. Anyways then it  
          was lunch time for lunch my English teacher took me to joyful. I had  
          shrimp rice soup and french fries. It was really good. When   
          we got back it was time for old Japanese history it was very difficult   
          but fun. After old Japanese history was biology it was O.K.. After   
          biology was P.E.. P.E. today was karate I learned a lot. After karate   
          it was time to give a sayonara speech it went really well after I give   
          my speech my class said a speech to me. I just about cried after all   
          of that every body wanted a picture with me and my e-mail address WOW!!!!.   
          I must have given 30 people my address when I left every body   
          said "sayonara" hope to see you again. When I got home I got   
          cleaned up and went to another party we went to a Italian restaurant   
          and then bowling we also got are pictures taken WOW!!!! what   
          a night. When we got home we hang out for about two hours by then   
          it was 1:00 so we went to bed. That it.  
          
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| NOV 27TH, SAT | 
         
          Today is my last day so we did a 
          lot of stuff. I got up at 9:30am it was soooo cool to sleep in. After 
          I got cleaned up, I had breakfast. For breakfast I had some kind of 
          Japanese pastry. It was really good. After breakfast my host brothers 
          and I rode our bikes through town and then we went and did kareoke for 
          about five hours. It was soooo fun. Afterwards, we went home and ate 
          dinner. For dinner, I had Japanese beef stew and some kind of fish. It 
          was okay. After dinner my host mother and I packed and packed and 
          packed. Then I took my host father's video camera and took a tour of 
          my house and then we hung out for about 2 hours by then it was 
          12:00am. So I went to bed. That's it.
         
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| NOV 28TH, SUN | 
         
          Today is the day that I go home. 
          Yes! But at the same time NO! I got up at 8:00am and took a long Hot 
          shower. It was sooo nice. Then I ate a quick breakfast. Then I packed 
          my carry on. We went to the airport. On the way to the airport, my 
          host brothers taught me two Japanese rap songs. We had soooo much fun. 
          When we got to the airport my host mother started crying. I wanted to 
          but waited until I got home. Anyways, when we got inside everybody was 
          there. We got a lot of pictures and lots of hugs and lots of good 
          byes. It was a very emotional time. Then MNCC had to tell us it's time 
          to go. So that was the beginning of a long, long, long, long, long, 
          trip home. It went really good. We were ahead of schedule the whole 
          trip. We saw Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Disneyland 
          in Tokyo, pokeyman air planes, beautiful clouds, and many amazing 
          thing, when we got home I wonted to kiss the ground and I would have 
          to if it wasn't carpeted. I knew we were home because just about 
          everybody was rude, Anyways, then Kyle and Amy  
          and Emily went home while I waited for my family. Come to fined  
          out they were there. They were just in a different area but we found  
          them so me and Dara went home. On the way home my family took me to  
          the spaghetti factory. Then we went home and talked and then I slept  
          for a little bit, And went to church. After church I went home and  
          talked a little more. Then I went to bed I slept like a rock, I  
          slept until 10:00am it was sooooo wonderful, That was my trip. 
         
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