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I had to get up at 6 30 in the morning to go help clean up my little brother`s (Ryo) school. Yes I was doing manual labor, but mostly cleaning up weeds, then putting them in a truck, and driving for ten minutes and dumping them at a farm on a mountain with a beautiful view. I also met an American there from Iowa, who has been teaching English in Tamana for 15 years. When I saw him I was startled, he was only the second American I`ve seen so far.... also a wierd swedish guy, but I won`t talk about him. It seemed like the work took all day, but we were done by ten in the morning, so I went home and showered, then headed off to my werucomu paaaaaati (welcome party). It was a Rotary meeting, at the same I had lunch the other day. There were some kids there, who were trying to speak english with me, it was fun. they all had cell phones with cameras, the usual in Japan, so we took a bunch of pictures as a group. They also enjoyed shaking hands, which many of the Japanese do, once they realize you are American. After the paaaaaati, my host dad and I were very tired. We were the only ones who cleaned up Ryo`s school, and went to a party, so we were definitely spent. He told me I could rest until five, which is exactly what I did. At 6 he called me outside, and there were a lot of people out there. It was a soto (barbeque) for Minami, I think, because she was leaving for Bermuda the next day. It was much like an American barbeque, but with more of a family like atmosphere. It was very fun, there were a lot of kids running around, as well as drunken adults. We played games, and won cheap fireworks, that were in massive abundance. There were no hamburgers, but there were hot dogs.... kind of. Mostly it was small strips of beef (98% fat) being cooked, and cocktail wiener type thingies. This was a week after after my party back home, so it was kind of cool.
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