Recent Post: THE BIG SWALLOW THEBIGSWALLOW were very kind to Reiko during her 3 month stay. Eventhough her English was not very good, it was improving on a daily basis. Reiko had English classes in the day time, but was able to spend dinners and evenings with them, engaging in conversation and learning new sayings and vocabulary that went along with new customs. They often had company over, so they would invite Reiko to eat upstairs with everyone for dinner. Reiko would join them in the evenings until just after 9pm where then she would go downstairs and listen to music or watch TV till she got sleepy. Mr. And Mrs. Jacobs though were not early sleepers, for many a nights they would have friends over that came for dinner and would stay till midnight talking upstairs. Most nights it would be the men playing cards upstairs, while the women were in the kitchen talking and drinking tea and coffee.
Reiko quickly found it very comfortable in the house, though she still at times missed her family and especially her boyfriend. She tried not to think about it too much, but some nights she really wished she could enjoy the intimate moments again as she did with her boyfriend which she knew since junior highschool.
