Last sunday I went to Azabumatsuri. ( A ZA BU MA tsu RI) あざぶまつり
Who: Me
My mom, dad, family friends, me and a bunch of strangers where there (and we saw some friends from the neighborhood) .
What: a festival
Basically the whole town is having a sidewalk sale. It was so crowded you could barley move. The thing is , it was a really hot day and everyones body temp around you made you burn. The good thing is there is basically vending machines on every block and there are a lot of drink vendors except the drink vendors only sold beer. I lived.
When: Last sunday
It officially starts at three but when we went at 2:30 it was jam packed. We stayed till 4:30 and could move about 3 meters in 5 minuets if you are lucky. The fair was right by our street so we had to go through it to get home. The fair should end around 12:00 am.
Where: Azabujuban
Right in-between our house and the station. Very inconvenient .
Why: why not and to celebrate summer
Now, I have a reason for " why not" there was enough crowds to last 5% of your life.
What we did:
We went to the kids area. The first thing I did ( aside getting tickets ) was cork gun shooting. You know those toy guns where you pump something and a cork on a string pops out ? Well this was that in a mutated way. There was no string, there was a trigger, and there was a reload system. I won a box of candy cigarets and a tiny bottle of mini candy.
The next game I did was a ring toss except it was not on pegs it was on little holes in a vertical fabric. Then my family friend did it and he got it in four.
We where about to leave when I saw a fun game. You get a paper net and try to scoop out goldfish from a giant bucket. The thing is, after a bit the paper net breaks so it is hard. I earned 2 fish.
The festival was really fun but crowded. If I can help it , I won't go again.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Ice bucket challenge
1. Does anyone not know what the ice bucket challenge is? It is where you dump some quantity of ice water on yourself or have someone dump it on you.
2. Has anyone done it?
I have.
3. Does anyone not know what ALS it is? It is a sickness that causes you to not be able to control your body.
http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/als.html#
Actually I participated 3 times, in different ways.
The 1st time, I poured ice water on the person. This was my family's friend Meghan. We did it at our hotel when we were in the US. We did it on the patio outside the pool, and then right after we jumped into the hot tub. It has a funny story plot - first a tiny cup, then a medium bucket, and then a big bucket!
The 2nd time my cousin Zach and his girlfriend Olivia were doing it at the same time. My Dad and my other cousin Jason dumped the cooler on them. When they turned around I splashed both of them with cups. I hit Zach in the tattoo. The cooler pouring was uneven, so Zach didn't get wet enough, so I think he needs to do it again!
Finally, on the 3rd time it was me! I got nominated by my friend Joe in Atlanta. I did this one back in Japan, on our patio, in the hammock. I don't think it went that well, because in the video the hammock kind of closed up on me, when I covered my eyes. But still it was really cold! After 5 minutes though after I dried off, it wasn't so cold. I was satisfied that I finally got to do it, because I really wanted to.
Today I decided to write about it in my blog, but then I asked "What is ALS?" I went to Google to check and this is what I found. It is a sickness that causes you to not be able to control your body. It attacks the nerves cells in your brain and spine. Your brain can't talk to your muscles anymore, so basically you start not being able to move. You can still understand things, like people talking, because your thinking is OK. Still, it is very serious.
When I learned this I felt like the challenge was not fun anymore. I started to feel it wasn't appropriate to have a fun activity for something so serious. I felt a little tricked.
I think the 1st person should have told what ALS was before he made the challenge. Maybe a better way is to challenge someone to Google ALS first, and then do the ice bucket. I think a lot of people doing the challenge are kids or even grown-ups who don't know what ALS is. I think the raising money is a good thing, but the awareness didn't go up as much. So now I learned what ALS was and how serious it is, and I think that should also be a part of the challenge, to tell more people about it.
2. Has anyone done it?
I have.
3. Does anyone not know what ALS it is? It is a sickness that causes you to not be able to control your body.
http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/als.html#
Actually I participated 3 times, in different ways.
The 1st time, I poured ice water on the person. This was my family's friend Meghan. We did it at our hotel when we were in the US. We did it on the patio outside the pool, and then right after we jumped into the hot tub. It has a funny story plot - first a tiny cup, then a medium bucket, and then a big bucket!
The 2nd time my cousin Zach and his girlfriend Olivia were doing it at the same time. My Dad and my other cousin Jason dumped the cooler on them. When they turned around I splashed both of them with cups. I hit Zach in the tattoo. The cooler pouring was uneven, so Zach didn't get wet enough, so I think he needs to do it again!
Finally, on the 3rd time it was me! I got nominated by my friend Joe in Atlanta. I did this one back in Japan, on our patio, in the hammock. I don't think it went that well, because in the video the hammock kind of closed up on me, when I covered my eyes. But still it was really cold! After 5 minutes though after I dried off, it wasn't so cold. I was satisfied that I finally got to do it, because I really wanted to.
Today I decided to write about it in my blog, but then I asked "What is ALS?" I went to Google to check and this is what I found. It is a sickness that causes you to not be able to control your body. It attacks the nerves cells in your brain and spine. Your brain can't talk to your muscles anymore, so basically you start not being able to move. You can still understand things, like people talking, because your thinking is OK. Still, it is very serious.
When I learned this I felt like the challenge was not fun anymore. I started to feel it wasn't appropriate to have a fun activity for something so serious. I felt a little tricked.
I think the 1st person should have told what ALS was before he made the challenge. Maybe a better way is to challenge someone to Google ALS first, and then do the ice bucket. I think a lot of people doing the challenge are kids or even grown-ups who don't know what ALS is. I think the raising money is a good thing, but the awareness didn't go up as much. So now I learned what ALS was and how serious it is, and I think that should also be a part of the challenge, to tell more people about it.
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