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Wow!
That sounds AMAZING!!!
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Oh, Cho!
Everything will be all right. You're not leaving forever– only for a few years; another subtle tint enhancing the spectrum of the prism of your life.Many people must go to different, more lonely measures to make inter-national voyages– exchange programs, college studies, highly cost-exorbitant touring accomodations, etc. You're about to experince something that will make a vast difference in your life; a chance to see and live a spring-new world. Its all right to be homesick– normal and perhaps even healthy– but you'll be coming back so soon, and in the meantime you have what might be a once-in-a-lifetime-chance to experience the culture and landscapes and life-style of Japan.
When you return home, as Bilbo the hobbit does from his adventure, you will not be the same– but, like him, it will most certianly be for the better. And, like him, your new experinces will both inform and enrich your American home. Have courage, have faith, and have hope. Your ship awaits you in the harbor– all you have to do is board.
I pray that you have safe passage and a voyage as precious and beautiful as you yourself.
God keep you!
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Oh, Esthelle. You won't believe how much that helped me. I want to print out what you said and put it in my pocket. That's how much help it was. Thank you.
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*shrugs*
The plight of a military brat.
Excited, but devastated. Mn..
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JAPAN???
Oh boy, I'm so sorry, Cho. That sounds really hard…I hope you can keep your dog! Poor you, and Daisy. At least it's not 'till March. And you'll come back in three years. (Unless you get super attached to some exotic food and you can't possibly leave…XD…)
Well, you will definetely have to keep us posted. (Oh, haha. Very dumb, Leafpool.) Actually, that wasn't intentional. I actually have lived in the same house nearly my whole life, (we moved to it right before I turned one) so I can't imagine what it's like. I'm lucky, I guess.
Anyway, we'll be here for you.
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Thanks, Leafpool. *hugs*
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I'm sad for you, but happy at the same time! The Japanese langauge is so pretty!
Tips for learning an Asian language:
Learn the meanings of the radicals. It'll help you remember which character is which.
Learn the pictographs first, they are super easy because they are all pictures of things.
Ideographs are the next easiest. The character for "bright" is the character for "sun" next to the character for "moon." I'm serious. Look it up.
Get the stroke order right the first time you write a character. It'll get stuck in you rbrain, like learning to ride a bike. You can't unlearn biking. You also can't unlearn the wrong stroke order.
For name choosing, Asian names are really symbolic. They are similar to Native American names, like Sparkling Water or Mighty Mountain. They are really cool to make up, so make up a lot of them before choosing one!
Make flashcards for new characters.
Write characters in the air to practice when there is no paper.
Practice in random places, like the car.
Learn the origin of each character. Not only are they really cool, but it will help the remembering a TON.
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Well, I'll be living on a military base, so I won't HAVE to learn Japanese, but other families living there say that the food that we would normally eat is super expensive, so my Mom's plan is to buy/eat local food.
And that's why I'd learn Japanese. It would be neat to learn it though. Thanks for the tips!!
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In three years I'll be eighteen. I'll be in college. That's so sad. I mean, it's not sad to go to college, but it's sad to know that there is almost no chance of meeting you until I'm eighteen and you're sixteen. Unless I go to Japan, in which case we had BETTER meet! Do you know where in Japan you will live?
I'm just so sad. You don't know how much I wanted you to live in Virginia, preferably near Richmond. I want to meet you so much, Cho. *sigh* We'll meet one day, though, if it's meant to be.
There is a Jewish concept called Gam zhu li'tovah, which literally means, "Also this is good". It means that everything that happens was planned out by G-d, and that there is a good reason for every seemingly bad thing. A silver lineing to every big, grey stormcloud. So I know there is a good reason for you moving to Japan, not Virginia. If we look hard enough, we can find that good reason and be grateful about the cause.
Even so, I'm really disappointed that you won't be moving to VA. I wish you were, and I wish I could meet you. Maybe one day. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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Well, at least we could both drive!
And yes. We'll live in Okinawa. A military base is there, which is why we're moving there.
I do know about the concept of Gam zhu li'tovah, even though Christians don't use that term. And I have seen it. You know how I posted about my chickens, and how an osprey attacked one? Well, a couple months later: Our dryer caught on fire.
We had to stay at a rental house for three months while people cleaned our house. (There was only smoke damage) I found the CB during that time period, and that also allowed us to later take some of our friends' chickens when they moved to VA.
God is good.
And yes, I too am disaointed, but hopefully we'll get to meet someday. We can only hope and pray.
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Oh my goodness I know exactly how you feel! Except, the opposite. I lived in Bolivia for 4 years and Uganda for two and a half before moving back to America when I was ten(ish). Maybe ten and a half. Whatever. Moving's really hard, but after you've accustomed to where you live it can be really cool living overseas. In Uganda we went on a camping safari on Christmas, and there were monkeys on the roof of our school 🙂 And public school can be awesome, by the way.
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Thanks, Ridde.
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Japan?!?! Wow. I did NOT see that coming. I'm very, very, VERY sorry about you dog and chickens. My parents and brothers and I adopted a little dog, and I would freak out so bad if we had to leave here. I have moved three times in my life, only twice in my memory, but it's always been within an hour of the old house, so I am reeealy not good at comforting you, I'm dreadfully sorry. I'm glad you'll still have Cricket though!
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Japan would be an awfully big adventure.
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Thanks ballet. *hugs*
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Youll always have us Cho!
it would be really cool if you did a travel blog.
also when you move back youll probly know tons of Japanese even if you don't have to speak it it will probly rub off on you
you will have to make your last mounths in NC count
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Thanks, Em.
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Wow…… Japan. That's so far away! I wish you luck.
I'd love to hear about what it's like there! I also caught the Peter Pan quote. (Minus, you know, the dying part)
Man, my first CB friend is moving away. Moonshadow's, I guess. Geez, I'm rambling about random stuff like I end up doing in most of my posts. I have no order or logic to anything. XD
Anyways, good luck.
(Also, are you sure that I'm judging the poetry competition? Isn't Shoshana doing that?)
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Yeah, that's my fave quote. Well, hey I won't be moving from the CB! (And yes, I'm positive you are. She judged the last one.)
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Holy 50,000 tolitos! wow. I did not see that coming. (I can still hear the sonic boom.) Keep it together. Keep it together. Cheez-its! PUFFBALLS!! COOKIES! I'm glad you'll be ble to do Cricket. But, that is so sad! I'm so, so, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-ly, sorry. Who knows, though? Maybe in 3 years you'll move to Geneva N.Y.? *Sadly cries*. Good Luck in Japan. eat some Mochi for me. And raman and sushi. Keep us posted (If you can) on your first few days of Japan. We're all rooting for you.
-Pepper Star
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I definitely won't be moving to New York, but if I'm ever in the area, I'll let you know!
Also, I will send you all loads of digital food. And I'll try to keep y'all posted!
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WOW!!!!! I think I remeber you mentioning a possible move to Japan a few months ago, but still, WOW!!! I'm sorry that you have to move, and I hope that you get used to it quickly. Are you going to have to learn Japanese? Random fact: My friend usesd to have to move a LOT for her dad's job and I think she said she moved 7 or 8 times by the time she wa in 2nd grade. She moved to India when I was in second grade and I was super sad, and now she lives in Seattle. Anyway, Good luck, and remeber, we'll always be here for you here on the CB!
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I probably did mention it somewhere. And no, I won't HAVE to, but boy would it come in handy. Thanks!!
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