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(Heart) Miyu’s Daily English Journal!! 2017 Back in Japan fresh from America!! (Heart Flower)
Saturday 8th, April
What should my first thing in here be…
Well Japan sure is a lot different than class in the US. Dad told me that it will be nice being closer to your grandparents, but I already miss my old Friends.
Today was supposed to be an all-day hangout with my childhood best friend Ren we have so much to catch up on! Ren even has long hair now! I bet old Ren would of made fun of new Ren haha. But the weather is determined to force me to finally start writing in my new journal even rained on me and Ren earlier while we were near the Mountain Shrine! I swear it seems nothing ever works out for me. Hmm, that's strange I could have sworn I thought I saw something at the top step of the shrine out of the corner of my eye outside my bedroom window. A bored imagination is a scary thing… The main reason I wanted to be gone today was today is a scheduled call with my Dad. It's not that I'd love to hear about what Paris is like or how his investigation is going, even though I know he can't talk about it, but I know my Mom's still upset he had to stay another week. She always thinks of it as him choosing work, over us, but I like to think he is making people safer which makes me happy.
Anyways I heard our tiny town found something in the old mines they think will attract more tourists. Dad will probably be upset, he always liked this town because of how peaceful and tourist free it was I know he likes to think of himself as young, but he really is an old man deep down, haha. I'll go see it with him when he returns, and he can show me all his pictures. I remember the last tourists GG told us about were that really really old German couple who took the wrong train and accidently got off in our town only to get stuck for an entire night. I can only imagine all the old guys gossiping on their bench outside the station.
Hmm i wonder what Ren is doing...
Ren just msged asking about her wallet I think she had it with her when we were at the shrine before it started to pour down on us. It’s still twilight maybe I’ll go look before it gets darker gotta make sure a mouse doesn't go on a Konbini shopping spree with her credit card, haha. It'll be nice to be out of this stuffy old house!
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I can’t believe what happened! (Heart) I want to write this down so I know it wasn't a dream when I wake up tomorrow! But it all ready feels like I'm forgetting...
P.S.-return Ren’s wallet...
Sunday 9th!
I wanted to try to write poetry,
A Droopy Dusk
Random rain randomly ran rampantly
Staring stalking snooping (add shrine at end)
Clouds flowing overhead across the wide endless fall horizon towards nothingness...
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I had a creepy nightmare about what happened last night which itself also felt like a dream. It was like having a dream about a dream, but in the real dream everything was scary and last night seemed like the complete opposite. Who knows why my brain was trying to ruin that moment for me!
I woke up pretty much feeling freezing cold. I guess I forgot to close my window all the way last night. My whole room smells like wet dog now! I had to jump in the shower just to stop shivering.
Okay so Yesterday! I met a boy at the shrine who helped me find Ren’s wallet. Or I should say I was scared at first by him while looking! He was very kind, and I feel like we must have talked about school, the move, and Dad. Well he must have been a good listener cause I was out a while and even I can't remember what I said. I do remember he seemed very sad, he kept mentioning someone stole something from him that he couldn't find, but that he knew how much it hurt to lose something and so he helped me look for the wallet. He knew the mountain really well and we found it in no time!
Anyways, his name is...
I had to think for a while, but I think it was Kin and he must be from a neighboring town cause he said when I asked where he lived that, “it is on the edge of the opposite side of the same mountain the shrine is on”, which I thought was a bit silly that he forgot where he lived after all the other side from the shrine is where the quarry is. But I have been gone for a while so my Japanese might not be so great.
He has a really old wood flute like what we see at the festivals and after he played for a bit he walked back into the forest, apparently he knew a shortcut home, it was strange, he just seemed so familiar...it was like, maybe, I’d seen him before in like a movie about forest spirits or something.
Anyways today me and Ren are meeting for lunch at the mall, I'll make sure to make her buy me dessert as a thank you for finding her wallet! I'll try to write again tonight, maybe I'll check out the shrine again on the way home!
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Hmmff Well that was a bust...I walked by and he wasn't there...I should have asked for his info... I mean like, not cause I like him or anything, but because Ren is a horrible study buddy and I'm sure Kin would be a way better person to do Hw with! It's so strange it's like I remember less and less of him, yet he feels more and more like an old friend.
The mall was fun, there was a huge sale at the grocery store I swear I thought an old lady was going to stab me with a Ninjin over a Daikon...The cafe was so good I ordered Dads favorite dish the Katsu Curry with extra Fukujinzuke, his favorite red pickles! Pan Pan, the owners Cat, was asleep as always in the window, Ren swears she's seen her running around but I've never seen her do anything but sleep since moving back! I remember when she as a kitten, and how Dad would make excuses to go visit her. He must of gained ten pounds that year!
Time to do my homework! Then off to bed, it's so strange, I can see the shrine steps pretty clearly with the bright moon and can see no one is there, but I keep feeling like someone is watching me...probably just Pan Pan out on her "stroll" haha.
10/04/2017
I decided to bring my journal to school with me today, it’s great because it looks like I'm taking notes when I'm actually just wasting time in math class. Also, my math teacher can't read English very well so it’s almost like I have a secret diary only I can read, I guess I’d get in trouble if he took it until my Dad got back...
Ren skipped today to have her braces tightened this morning, she says she could have come back afterwards after lunch, but she decided to say home even though the only issue she had was having trouble smiling. I know though that she sees no point in coming back if she is unable to awkwardly smile at her coach during her tennis practice, I almost feel bad for the guy. Pretty sure her coach and our homeroom substitute have a thing with each other though. I personally don't like the substitute, he is the grumpiest guy, but I am a sucker for people who seem to be meant for each other. Those two secret love birds look at each other the same way my Mom and Dad do after Dad has just come home from a long assignment abroad.
My parents, they seem like all they do is fight but I know it's only because they love each other so much that being far away is unbearable for them. I won't crush Ren's dreams; she wouldn't believe me anyways. Also, I don't think their romance would be as supported in Japan anyways.
Hmm, I should really be taking math notes though and not be writing gossip. I inherited Dad's art and observational skills as well as his horrible understanding of math. It's probably good for my grades that Dad is the one that is gone all the time haha.
FRIDAY!
A Drip drop kind of a day!
I finally looked up what the new exhibition was at the local Museum. Apparently a very clear, large and dark Garnet was found deep in the old mines near the quarry and the exhibit itself is named, “The Heart of the Mountain.” They think it was dug up and hand polished by the native people way before even the stories of the first emperor. But the purpose of the gem to those people was mostly not understood and the walls were covered in pictographs, in some kind of unrecognizable language. They said the cave itself almost looked like a fresh animal den which is weird, because there was evidence the cave had been filled with poison gas for a long while. It definitely is a mysterious Gem. I'm sure Dad would love to see inside the cave when he finally returns he loves a good mystery!
Friday 21st
Been awhile journal, I kinda sort of got super behind on Hw! But FRIDAY has finally come but the weather refused to match the day of the week again! I tried to stare through the streams of rainwater mixed with leaves on my window, but I can't see much. I wondered to myself why did this type of thing have to happen today; Kin had promised to show me how to play his wood flute today! Now all I can do is dangle my legs and write about how crappy the weather is at my disaster I call a desk. I always wait till the last possible second before I have to get ready for class, especially on a day like today. Maybe the weather will die down after school is over, I'll make sure to swing by the steps to check for a soaking Kin before I head home, haha. That boy seems to always forget to prepare for the rain, and always gets stuck under the shrine roof when its pouring like some sort of lost puppy. Maybe I'll take him to see the new museum exhibit!
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It feels like me and Kin chatted for a long time today about deep stuff, it was probably they kinda convo that went over my head which is why I probably can't remember many details. I do remember he kept talking about having no heart which sounded silly, but I clearly wasn't paying the best attention so I may have missed something. That's probably why he was bothered so much when I went to grab his hand. For some reason I thought we had a moment...but I guess not haha. I did hear his stomach rumble really loud, maybe he was embarrassed by it!
Before heading off he did say he would meet with me Saturday morning to pick berries. He mentioned that fresh berries make our hearts sweeter haha. He really is the strangest sometimes.
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I woke up from the strangest dream today. It was as if I was a spectator watching it all happen from above, but I wasn't in control at all. I feel like I've been having these dreams a lot but this is the first time I can remember!
Ren was there but she was crying at the top of the stairs in front of the shrine. My journal was at her feet with what seemed like red paint or something covering it. She suddenly screamed out, "Take me instead! Take me, ...why won't you take me am I not good enough…? Then she continued to cry. It was very strange.
Then right before my alarm woke me up the trees began to dance and sway. And suddenly a faint whisper said parts of two words, "...hunger…...love…" is what I think it was, then the wind gave way to silence which gave way to the buzz of cicadas. It was a very weird dream!
Hopefully my day out picking berries with Kin tomorrow will be more pleasant. He told me about a field of Ajisai, I think in English they are called Hydrangea, anyways he said they mark the best spots!
Anyways, it seemed like a very cute idea, even though he seems to be playing the cool guy game. I won’t easily forget how when I tried to hold his hand the other day when we were chatting, and he got all flustered and went home. I think I remember him saying he said he had a stomachache or something.
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I'm going to head off through Kin's shortcut to his house for lunch before picking. I'm interested to see his town, I think I’ve driven past it a few times but I've never before stopped. He said to just follow the path. I think this is his idea of a date I am very excited! I'll make sure to write how it goes when I get home later this afternoon.
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