Rice-Planting at Sanbogi Agricultural High School

Yesterday, I went on a field trip for the Japanese 1 class (including some students from the Japanese 2-4, like me haha). We went to Sanbogi Agricultural High School in Towada to plant rice. :) Oh yeah, and have a mud race! I wasn't able to take pictures of us actually planting (obviously BECAUSE I was in the fields, haha). However, my Japanese teacher was kind enough to take pictures while we were in the hot sun bending over to plant rice! :) Thank you!

Here are some pictures from the field trip! =D

Introductory Ceremony


Getting the rice plants!


Before getting into the muddy fields


Getting ready for our positions


On your mark... get set... GO! (They fired a shotgun! =])


Bending over in the hot sun doing ROW by ROW by ROW...


Here's me planting rice! =)


After 2 1/2 hours of hard-working... WALAH! The rice fields have been planted! XD


Little Japanese elementary students dropped by to say GANBATTE! (Do your best!)


Ones with blue hats... HOW CUTE ^__^;


Here are the pictures I took with my camera. =)


Look how tiny they are! =D


The "mud race" time of the day... *;] Read the sign... it says "Mud Flag FESTIBAL" LOL


Here's the audience!!! =)


The American boys get ready for position...


BUT the American girls ran the race MANLY *;] Hahah


Free lunch they gave us! =D Aquarius water & a bowl of CURRY (with soup too, but I ate it all by the time I took this picture... hahaha)


Going farm-animal sight-seeing! A cat under the shade of a tree


BINGO! Haha, they were such pretty dogs... but they ran away. =( (Warning: Don't look on the ground)


Neyyyyy... =) Horsie!


Ostrich on the run.... =O


AH! It came super close to us! It's so tall!


Fish pond...


I thought these were pretty =)


All of us!

It was a really HOT and tiring but FUN-filled day! =) It was a really good experience. :) My whole body is completely SORE from yesterday though. =/ My legs, my arms, my back... hahaha! I'll never forget the slimy, gooey mud rushing through my toes. xP OH. & I saw dragonflies, moths, WORMS, & tiny frogs on the mud as we were planting the rice. x_x" AHHH! I got really dirty (with mud stuck in my fingernails & toenails), but hey! It's only once in awhile! *;]

The best thing about Japan is going out there and having an adventure! =D

Update on School & MUSIC :)

Yes, I know. =( I didn't do what I said I was-- blog at least once a week. >_<* I've been really busy this whole month of May & it's not even half the month yet! XP School's really been stressing me out; I have so many assignments, projects, quizzes, test, etc etc etc! -__-' Sometimes I wish school would come easy for me... but I actually try in school. On May 2nd, I took the SAT for the first time. GAHH! It started from 7:30-12:30... five hours straight! BRAIN KILLING. I had to do a DAM project for Physics (which is the class I absolutely HATE). I had a test for US History about Nixon, Ford, & Carter presidency... oh and I had a Japanese 3 exam. Fun, right?! -.-* Ha. THAT'S NOT ALL. Today I took the AP English Language & Composition exam from 8am-12pm. GRR, it was another brain-killing exam. =( I also have another Physics project due next week friday; I have to make a glider and make it perform well. -__-* I HATE HATE HATE HATE PHYSICS. SAVE ME! >:[ Gahh... I only have a month of school left.. trust me, I'm counting down until SUMMER! ^-^*

OKAY so enough about school. =P Time to share my Asian musical interests! =D



On May 6th, a Korean female R&B/Hip Hop group called 2NE1 debuted. The group consists of four talented girls: CL, Minzy, Dara, & Bom. :) Dara (second one from the left in the picture above) is actually the stage name of "Sandara Park," who was a full Korean (ABS-CBN) celebrity in the Philippines known to be a little weird yet still grabbed the hearts of many Filipinos. However, her fame was only limited in the islands... and what do you know?! She's becoming popular in Korea too! ^__^; You should listen to their debut single "Fire" (two music videos were released): Street Version or Space Version CHECK IT OUT!

Anyway, I have homework to finish so I'm gonna end this blog a little early than when I wanted to. :) OH. & Just for fun, I'm going to post the Korean/Japanese word of the day/week/month/or whenever the next time I blog will be! :D

May 13, 2009;
Word of the Day:

English: Food
Korean: Umshik 음식
Japanese: Tabemono 食べ物

Using it in a Sentence:

English: Do you like food?
Korean: Umshigul choahashimnikka? 움시굴 초아하심닉카?
Japanese: Tabemono ga suki desu ka? 食べ物が好きですか？

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