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Hi my name is Ami Suzuki I am a year 6 student in Japan. I live in a small house with my parents (Amaya Suzuki and Hiroshi Suzuki). My family are neither rich nor poor but my parents and I fear it will not last long. My favorite food is kompeito ( a type of japanese sweet) and my favourite colour is blue. I have been living in Japan all my life and have never been on a vacation. I am going to tell you about my life in Japan and also some of our customs. First I shall start with a normal day of my life.

 I woke up at 7 am and got out of bed I felt like lying in but I had to go to school. Mum and Dad were still sleeping so I decided not to wake them. I crept across the house to the tiny kitchen. Sleepily I prepared my breakfast and ate it. after I had finished I headed to school jogging past the neighbouring houses.Kai my best friend waited just outside the school. She waved. I checked my watch it was 8.20 I had ten minutes before school started. I decided to spend it studying for my test with my tutor tonight ( children in Japan often have classes before and after school). A little while later I checked my watch again. "OH NO" I groaned it was 8.32 already I was late. I hurried down the corridor to Mr.Miyazaki's class."Your late!" he boomed in his gruff voice. "sorry sensei" I whispered. I slunk back to my desk and some girls snickered behind my back. I was already in hot water with Mr.Miyazaki because I missed cleanup day yesterday. (Japanese schools quite often have a cleanup day when the students must arrive at 8.am to help clean the school).

Also I had turned my project in late because it was due on a day that I was sick. Our project was to write about what it would be like to live in another country. I did my one on living in New Zealand. So far I had made a character called Izzy. I wonder what it would be like to really live in NZ. I started day dreaming about the hokey pokey ice cream and the many many sheep. Girls in my class boasted about being overbraod a lot of times to a lot of different countries. But I would do anything just to go abroad 1 time in my life but my parents didn't have the money.