I knew sitting around at home had SOME advantages!

I found a little letter for me in the postbox with Aiiu's stamp on it, i ripped it apart in an animalistic fashion over the next 0.09 seconds. As i mentioned before Utsunomiya Bunsei Girl's highschool is an private school full...of girls {or some very impressive surgerys}. It's got 1035 students in it which basically is a bit smaller than good old Urangan High.

Term 1= 5th April- 18th July {why am i always cursed with going to school on my birthday???}

Summer Vacation- 19th July- September 2nd

Term 2- 3rd September-20 December

Winter Vacation- 21st December-7th January

Term 3- 8th January- 23 March

That's one looong year but i'm pretty psyched!

School starts at 8.35 and finishes at 3.30 Monday-FRIDAY! It's strange as i was half expecting to go to school on saturdays though i most likely will for club.

Apparently I catch a bus from the Utsunomiya Station which is only a 15min ride, hopefully i can just walk instead.

Upon reading the next page i heaved a sigh of relief as the school has a computer room and internet access [you never know!]

And then i had to rush to the dentist for the cavity i got from this suber sweet note!

Dear Megan,
Everyone at Bunsei Girl's High School is eagerly awaiting your arrival. We have a long history of hosting exchange students and we think you'll enjoy your time here. The Students in your class will be preparing for their own one year exchange and they are very interested in Australian culture and english. We hope you make the most of your time here by joining some of our cultural clubs,enjoying the hospitality of our host families and getting to know our teachers and students.

BGH [Bunsei Girl's High] is a bit different from aussie schools since it seems to have different highschool programs- University Prep,Art and Design Course, and English Study Abroad course. The ESAC prepares their students to spend a year in Australia. The School has one native english teacher and more than four teachers fluent in english. Me thinks that a fair few lessons will be english based [it sounds strange i know, but it could be that students are learning biology with english text books as another student had]

One of the things i noticed with the translated club pages [courtesy of google translator] is that one of the club activites was called 1000 neck, still no idea and others were abbreviated so i still wasn't sure, the clubs that they listed for me are as follows

Volleyball [no way in hell, i'm terrible though i like Nukem!],Basketball,table tennis,softball,soccer,track and field,kendo,cheerleading and baton twirling [my dream come true ^o^],rythmic gymnastics[ it would break me O_O],orchesta,brass band,Japanese Calligraphy[mebbe ^o^], Computer and the internet [prolly code for hentai], word processing {O_o? i'm guessing they mean litteracy] and a Kanji Game Team [i'm guessing their team name is the 1000 necks ^.~]

Woo the classrooms have air conditioning and heating! aren't we spoiled! I don't even have AC at home >.<, a library with 17,000 books, 5 computer labs [PC,Mac and labtop], an art exhibition gallery, an on campus mini stationary shop [saweet!], and a japanese garden with a small pond [i will get pics i promise!]

That should be enough to stop people pestering me with questions [actually the one i get most is asking me if i'm going there to work umm....exchange student, STUDENT!]

I also got a smidget on info on my Host Families, score i only have 3 which is what i was gunning for, the first two i stay with for about 2 months each and the last i stay with till the end, take into consideration that nothing gets messed up which means i have to move, i get more info on that later but at least i know how many people i have to shop for!

Also tommorow i am off to the wonderful land of Brisbane for some much needed shopping! I can't wait as i'm dying to go to this shop which looks like a strange shop for tourist stuff, buut as you crawl deeper into the rabbit hole you can find some cute phone charms,hair things,socks and stationary!!! Soo excited!

Labels: Bunsei Girls High, japan exchange, School, Utsunomiya