Fish Have Feelings Too!

Hello!

Wow, I have been keeping so busy I forgot about this! I have been so busy! School is so much fun. My speech in front of the whole school was so bad, but everyone is so nice to me! They give me candy and stickers and always invite me places. All of them want to make friends with me and everyone stares, its crazy! I love all my teachers, and nap time is the best! We went to a night market tonight, it was probably the highlight of my life! I caught goldfish, played carnival game type things and tried chicken but ( which is very very tasty!). It was so alive and full of colour. I bought the first of my presents to bring home with me as well! Also now I am looking at my goldfish in my room, but I realised that if you leave them in the bag to long they start to die of…


At the inbound orientation I had a lot of fun! There are only eleven exchange students in my district and most of them are very very nice! We did a traditional tea ceremony and I got a beautiful tea set and tea. Also we did calligraphy which was so fun, a mast of it came to teach us. I was so bad at it, but it was awesome! We also reviewed the rules and such, it was a lot of fun! I look forward to the Taipei trip coming up with the other exchange students.The language is going very well, I am learning so fast. I can already catch at least 1/8th of the words flying around.



My lessons start soon, though I am not sure exactly when. Plus, I was invited to model wedding dresses! How cool is that! Im going on Saturday with Constance (the exchange student from France) and my host sister. Im starting to get used to the times and the food is still very delicious! Also, I have taken more pictures but my camera is in my host dad's car and he went to bejing for ten days D :

Lots of love to Mom, Dad, Sisters, Nieces and my Grandma!!!

-Rachelle

PS: First picture is a party because a golfer got a whole in 1! Second is what I won that day (a gold bag!), that I sold later! Third is Japanese raw fish and this -> is a normal dinner for four or five people (three more plates came after this picture!)