Okinawa sounds like a fun place....

So yesterday was my monthly Rotary Orientation meeting. All the exchange students (inbounds, outbounds, and rebounds) are there so its always a fun time to catch up with people. In between the long speeches the rotarians give to us, that is. And I know they are talking to the inbounds sometimes. I really hope they know that we don't understand more than like 5 percent of what they say to us. Well, if I try really hard I can understand about half (maybe) of what people say. But I loose focus after a few minutes. I'm sure someone will tell me what I need to know later. :D

My speech went well. I did it in all Japanese again. No more romaji for me! That is the worst thing in the world for anyone studying Japanese. Never get into the habit of using romaji. Just learn how to read Japanese right away. That's the one thing I should have done differently. And maybe started studying kanji sooner.

After the meeting was over I got to talk with the girl that is outbound to America. She doesn't have her placement yet, but she is in the Central States Region! That's the same as me! Maybe she'll be close enough to visit once when she comes. She's really nice. I can remember waiting for my placement. It was horrible! Mostly because I was pretty much the last person to receive my guarantee papers in our whole outbound group.

Then my rotarian, Mr. Fuyukawa, came to pick Iliana and I up for dinner. We went to shabu-shabu with him, my host dad, and 4 other rotarians. It was good. This was how part of our dinner conversation went:

Iliana: You should all come to Mexico! You can stay at my house by the ocean! It's beautiful!
Mr. Fuyukawa: Does Mexico have scuba diving? My daughter loves scuba diving at different places. She took lessons in Okinawa one year.
Me: Oh, cool! I would love to go to Okinawa! (in just a conversational way)
Mr. Fuyukawa: Abbey, you want to go to Okinawa?
Me: Yeah!
Mr. Fuyukawa: My family goes to Okinawa every August. Well, you'll be gone by then, wont you?
Me: Yeah, I leave in July.
Mr. Fuyukawa: How about May? During spring break? Do you want to go to Okinawa in May?
Me: Really?! I would love that!
Mr. Fuyukawa: Yes, Iliana can come too. Oh, but she leaves at the beginning of May. Maybe before that then.

:D So maybe, just maybe, I'll be going to Okinawa in May. I do have my doubts on this one though. It just sounds too good to be true. And he was drinking at the time. So you never know. But it's possible... What did I ever do to deserve such a nice host club?