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Kyoko Nakano
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2005-06 Inbound from Japan
Date of Birth: March 1, 1989
Hometown: Saitama, Japan
Sponsor: Urawa North Rotary Club, District 2770,
Japan
Host: West Jacksonville Rotary
Club, District 6970, Florida USA
School: Paxon School for Advanced Studies
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Bio
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September 11 Journal - "Hola! Todo va bien? Yep, I'm
studying Spanish. It's hard for me
to learn two languages at same time. Well...it's easier than AP US History
though." |
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December 14 Journal and Pictures -
"There's soooo many things to do here, you know. Halloween, Homecoming,
Thanksgiving, Disney trip, Christmas, and we have to take exams too
(unfortunately, lol)." |
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Kyoko's Bio
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 Hi!!
My name is Kyoko Nakano. I'm born in US, so I want to know about culture and
life of my birthplace (birth country), that's why I came to FL.
My English name is Katie. I'm from Saitama, the city next
to Tokyo. My family is Mother (Yuriko), Father (Shigeyuki), dog (Katie lol)
and me. I like playing soccer, and I play as a "midfielder "at my school in
Japan. Two weeks have passed since I arrived at FL. Host family is warm and
kind, I have no homesickness. I miss my friends, of course, but I don't want
to go back to Japan now. Needless to say, I want to make many many friends
in FL!! I wish I could speak more English... Well... EXPERIENCE IS THE
MOTHER OF WISDOM. I'll do my best!!! hahaha :-D |
September 11 Journal
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| Hola! Todo va bien? Yep, I'm
studying Spanish :) It's hard for me
to learn two languages at same time. Well...it's easier than AP US History
though. History class drives me crazy. A thick textbook, many work sheets,
difficult representations, etc. Anyway, I got A's on my grades so far, except
English and Spanish. Yep, I got an A on History too!! :D There's a trick to
it, but I won't tell you guys now, lol.
Let's stop talking about studying. I was worried about
making friends, but now I have many friends, and they help me a lot in many
ways. I'm having a great time in FL. I really love my family, and I can't
express how much I appreciate them. I like watching movies, shopping,
cooking, talking, etc. You know what I mean? I'm doing all of them with my
family. They are wonderful parents and also great teachers. Thank you, thank
you, thank you!!!
Do you guys know what "pep rally" is? It's an event that
peps up football players before their football game. I'm sorry, I don't have
any interest in football, but "pep rally" is soooo much fun!!＼(^▽^＼)(/^▽^)/
It's just like in some American movie! Marching band (drums were awesome),
cheerleaders, school mascot (which is an eagle by the way), football players
(of course). They're very different from Japan!! It's awesome.
Let me tell you about food. Most Japanese foods are
Americanized. (Taka should agree with me:)) So, I'll tell y'all of a real
Japanese food restaurant, if I could find it ;) How about your country's
food? I know there's Thai food restaurants in FL. Enough talk of food. I
need to develop my abdominal muscles, just for keeping my shape. hahaha
Orientation camp was great! I met many nice people and
they made me want to work harder on my English skills. I'll study hard. From
now on, we'll be sharing our experience, and at last we (I) can make friends
all over the world!! How exciting!! This program is super!!! Thank you for
giving me such a wonderful chance. I cannot wait until next orientation! I
miss y'all!! Bye |
December 14 Journal and Pictures
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| Howdy
y'all? I was kinda neglecting to write new journal though, finally, I put
some pics from DISNEY WORLD, and some from Gulten's B-day party, see
underneath. There's soooo many things to do here, you know. Halloween,
Homecoming, Thanksgiving, Disney trip, Christmas, and we have to take exams
too (unfortunately, lol).
Well, thank god, I had great time every single events!!
Christmas wasn't over yet though, I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna have great
time again ;) Thank you Rotary!!!!! I wish all of u guys a very merry
Christmas!!! I'll see y'all at new year's party, hopefully. It's getting
cold, so take care!
-Kyoko Nakano
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