Day #8 Journal Mon, July 13, 2015

With a new week, I begin my new elective: Turkish. Today in Turkish, I learned different things about the culture, the language, and the country itself. I learned how to say basic greetings, how to have small talk, how to say my age, certain dance moves, etc. With all that I learned, at the end of the week for my final project, I have to learn how to make Turkish tea and how to serve it properly.

Later I again had World Music class, Communications Speech class, and the Art of Acting. In World music I learned how to continue the same beat while others play another beat until it all comes together in sync. In Communications class, I learned how I can improve a speech by talking louder and practicing my timing. I also have an upcoming project that's due Wednesday. In the Art of Acting, we played the "yes" game (a game in which everyone gathers in a circle, someone in the circle points to someone else, that person says "yes" and the person who pointed moves to that new spot). We also played a game that teaches us to be more aware of the space around us.

When our classes ended, it finally began to rain and storm hard outside. Some of the other campers were a bit scared by the storms, but I wasn't; I really enjoy storms. The only thing I was really worried about was getting my hair wet.

Day #5 Journal Fri, July 10, 2015

In my communications class I had to make a speech today. I actually wasn't nervous for my speech, but only thing I really needed to improve was how quietly I was speaking and that I could've made a better introduction. This is something I want to keep in mind, so that the next time I have a speech, I will talk louder and refine my introduction.

In my Japanese class, I made a power point presentation about different things in Japan such as recent fashion trends, foods, and music. I did well but I had the same problem about speaking too quietly. I will definitely keep in mind to be much louder next time.

In that same class, I also got to make my own sushi. In a seaweed wrap I put crab, rice, avocados, tuna and salmon. A lot of fish! Later, we then watched a Japanese movie, My Neighbor Totoro. It was very entertaining, cute and funny to watch.

Later today, I got to go to the Legends baseball game. The bad news is that we stayed there for three hours only to find that it was a rainout. But the good news is that we got to see beautiful fireworks light up the sky. While I was there I entertained myself by dancing to the music they played and still had fun.

Some sushi fun:
[eating sushi]