Nao's Journal

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November 30, 2013

I've only been at Hammel for a couple of weeks, but already I'm meeting some very nice people. On my first day of classes, I got lost. Hammel is a lot bigger than my last school, so I guess it would be easy for me to get lost. But I was helped out by one of the upperclassmen. He walked with me to the training rooms. He was very handsome too. I wish I could remember his name, though. I'm so bad with names.

I also met a really nice girl. She seemed a little upset about something when I first approached her, but she was nice enough to put aside her troubles to help me find my next class.

Later, I discovered that while the school has very nice resources, especially in the library, they are not so up to date on their vending machine maintenance. I'm trying to save money, so I cannot afford to lose even a dollar to a malfunctioning vending machine. I have also heard from other students that this is a frequent problem all around campus, in both the student lounge and the dorm commons. Luckily, this time, I was assisted by another upperclassman, who offered to make up for my vending machine folly by taking me up to his room for some snacks. They were very delicious! I even got to meet his roommate, another upperclassman who had my heart thumping rapidly just looking at him. I was disappointed to find out that those two were already a couple. They looked good together, though, so I'm happy for them.

What were their names? I'm so bad with names.


December 31, 2013

I met a friend! Her name is Savannah Bishop and she has a family that is even bigger than mine! We could relate a lot to each other in that respect, only I'm the eldest of my siblings while she is the youngest. That's okay, because we get along really well. She always has something she wants to tell me. We study together a lot. She even invited me over to spend Christmas with her and her family! That was nice, especially since it's too expensive for me to fly home to San Jose. I didn't expect her to get me anything, but Savvy(that's her nickname) got me a giant plushie of pocky. I got her a 12 pack of ramen noodles. She seemed to like it.

Her family really is as crazy as she claimed, though. Upon arriving, I was immediately interrogated by her elder brothers. They don't have anything to worry about from me. Savvy and I are just good friends.

My roommates are very quiet, but also very nice, I think. One of them is in the self-defense club with me. We don't talk to each other much, but I'm sure he's nice since he seems really disciplined. The other boy, I don't know his name(I'm so bad with names) shared his noodles with me. I feel a little bad taking any amount from his meal, but he insisted on sharing. What a nice guy!

Speaking of nice people, I met that girl again, the one who showed me to my class. She seems really quiet, just like me. I think her name was Mina. I shared my honey bun with her and she showed me some fun things she could do with her power. I think we're going to be great friends.


January 31, 2014

It's finally the new year and school has already started! I called my mother on New Years Day. She and Dad are doing well. So are my brothers and sisters. I'm glad to hear that. I got to say hi to all of them except Yuri though. I think she might be mad at me for some reason, but I can't think of what.

I keep on meeting new people. There's this younger boy, Miles, who seems a little off, but he's really nice. He showed me his button collection after I shooed away some people who were bothering him. Then there was Greg, whom I met while I was making a fool of myself in practice. I think I might have said that I liked him out loud on accident. That was embarrassing.

I know I'm probably not going to find a boyfriend but it's still nice to think about. There seems to be all sorts of couples around here. The faculty here are a lot more open minded than those at my last school. Still, I have a feeling I will just get looked at strangely if I ever admitted to one of these boys that I think they're handsome. I think I'm okay with just being friends.

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February 28, 2014

It's been a slow month. Now that school is back in full swing, I feel like I don't have a lot of time anymore to do other things. Savvy hasn't spoken to me lately. I think she's upset with me about something I said or did at Christmas, but I can't think of what. I was hoping to go to the Valentine's dance with her at the LGBT youth center. It's a little embarrassing, but I've started going to the center lately. The activities they do there are actually quite interesting. And they have food there sometimes. I ended up going to the Valentine's dance anyway, even if it was just by myself. I saw a lot of older students from school. Is it terrible that I just spent the whole time standing in the corner watching them? Well, I enjoyed the buffet spread too. There were cupcakes.


March 8, 2014

I'm sorry! I know I only write here once a month, but this time I couldn't wait to write about this!

I made a new friend. And not just any friend, he says he wants to be my best friend! When he told me that, I didn't know what to say! I was speechless. And so embarrassed. I've never had a best friend before. And the way we met was perfect too, I can't believe it!

His name is Raylay(is that how you spell it?) and he's 16 years old. He's really tall and fun and most of all soo good-looking! I'm so lucky! We met out downtown next to the ice cream shop. Ray ran into me and made me drop my ice cream, so he offered to buy me another and ended up getting some for himself. Then we just talked and talked all the way back to Hammel. Ray can fly! He has these cool little wings on his feet that help him fly, and he can even use them to make himself run faster. He showed me how they worked, though that was because we'd missed the turnoff for the school and got lost. I can't believe I did this, but I challenged him to a race back to Hammel. But I feel so embarrassed for what happened. It's a secret to everyone, but I ended up tripping on the road because a bug flew in my eye. It hurt so much! Ray helped me to the nurses office after that. I was so nervous! My heart was beating so hard, but I couldn't tell if that was because of the adrenaline or because Ray was practically carrying me. I'm so hopeless... I was sad when he had to leave the nurse's office so that she could treat my scrapes. I have them all over the place. It still hurts, even as I write this. But...I think it was all worth it. I'm looking forward to seeing Ray again tomorrow.


March 31, 2014

Ray and I have been hanging out a lot. I'm helping him with his language studies, even though I don't really like French all that much. I recovered quickly from my fall earlier this month, but I still haven't had the nerve to ask Ray for a rematch. I hope he doesn't think I've forgotten.

I found a reliable practice partner. His name is Xun and he is from Seattle. Apparently, he got into martial arts for the same reason I did; because of bullies. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that here at Hammel. At least, I haven't had to yet. Everyone here seems so nice, so I don't think I will have to in the future. Anyway, Xun practices wushu, a Chinese martial art. We're going to try and teach each other our separate martial arts; I will teach Xun the basics of aikido and Xun will teach me the basics of wushu. That will be great, because then I will be able to have someone to practice my waza on. Shihan would be disappointed if I returned home and hadn't kept up with my training.

Ray had encouraged me to call home more often. I'm trying to do so, but it's still so easy to forget with all the things I'm doing here at school. I did manage to talk to my mom and sister once, but dad was at work. The rest of my siblings just said hi in chorus from the other end of the phone. That made me smile. I will try to call home at least 3 times next month. Wish me luck!