Movie Theater

Today, I went downtown to watch a movie with my friends. First, we were planning to go to North town, but we missed the bus to Northtown so we changed our plan. We saw many people wearing a yukata. They were MFWI students. I heard that they were planning to dance the Bon dance downtown. They were very cute! When we arrived downtown, we had free time until the movie started, so we shopped. I bought two T-shirts. They weren't expensive but cute. I watched a movie in this afternoon with my friends. The title is "17 again." This was a story about a man who has returned to the age of 17. It was a very exciting and impressive story so everyone said, "I want to watch this movie again." "I want to buy this DVD." I'll watch this movie again when I return to Japan. I recommended this movie to everyone. I like watching a movie in movie theaters so I had a good time!

My Host Family

I went to my host families house this weekend. I had a great time with them. The most interesting thing was to go to party. They invited me to a party. I had never been to American party, so I was very nervous. I had a lot of delicious food until my stomach was full. I was so happy. I am afraid of putting on weight, but I couldn't help eating!! It was a my host children's cousin birthday party. I had never seen him, before I met him at his birthday party. I could'nt say him "congratulation on your birthday", because I am very shy. I don't like my character. It is very difficult for me to speak to people who I don't know. I hate myself for being timid. If I were active, I could make me grow up more and more. I felt regret for having been rude to him, so I decided to change myself more for the good. Now, I try to do it as much as I possibly I can. I think it was a good experience for me. I appreciate my host family. I would like to introduce my host family to you. There are seven people in my host family. The dad is very kind to everyone. He is good at playing the guitar. I listened to his performance. I was very impressed. When I was junior high school student, I played the guitar a little, so we talked about it. I could tell him everything I wanted to say, but he listened until I'm finished. His gentleness made me happy all the time . My host mom is a very nice person, and she is loved by everyone. She cooks very well. She cooked delicious pancakes for us. I have never eaten such delicious pancake. I would like to cook very well like her. Sometimes, she is strict with her children, but I think it is her love. If she didn't love her children, she wouldn't scold them. I love her very much. My host children are very cheerful. I learned many things from them, and they please me all the time. I am a very lucky girl because they are my host sisters and brothers. If I can be a extension student. I will be able to meet them more and more!! I think it is wonderfil to visit here again, so I am studying English very hard in order to be an extension student. My host family is like my family. I will never forget them. After I go back home. I will miss them very much. I found a new dream thanks to them. Someday. I would like to visit them again with higher English skills and suprise them by how changed I am.

The Smithsonian Institution

I went to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Instution was many kinds of museum are there. I like the Smithsonian Institution because I like museums. First, I went to Air and Space museum. There were many models. It was so big. For example, airplane models, a spacesuit, and a spaceship are there. When I looked the models, I was impressed. I learned about space. I want to go to space. If I can go to space, i want to feel my body rise into the air for a moment. Second, I went to the Museum of Natural History. There were a lot of people. I threaded my way through the crowd. I was ery tired but It was ery fun. I ate lunch in Macdonalds. I choosed chiken nugget. It was delicious. Finally, I really enjoyed visiting in the Smithsonian Institution. I had a nice time. I want to go to the Smithsonian Institution again.

Dead or Alive...or Shopping

I went downtown with my friends. I wanted to buy a music score of classical music. First, we went to a book store which I visited for Reading class. It is a very big store but they didn't have any music scores, so I was disappointed. After that, we went to the shopping mall. We bought many souvenirs for our friends and we ate Chinese food there. Chinese food is popular in Japan. We ate ice cream. I like chocolate ice cream very much. If I go to Walmart, I want to buy ice cream. I have seen many earrings for sale in shops, so I want to have my ears pierced. I have a space on the Internet, Mixi. I used to write a diary in Japan but I don't write a diary at MFWI. Maybe my friends are worried about me and they may think I am dead! It means death that I don't write a diary in Mixi, because I often wrote diaries in Japan. I'll try to write it tomorrow. In my room, I can't use a computer because my room is too far from the network.

My East Coast Trip!

My group, TG3, took a trip to east coast from April 8th to 13th. I had a wonderful time! My favorite place is the White House and Air and Space Museum of Smithsonian. I went to the White House on April 12th. Fortunately, Obama was in the House, but naturally I could not see him. I am happy to see the White House with my eyes because I always watch it on T.V. Then our guide told us about Easter Day. She said Children who are between 8 and 12 can be in yard of the White House." When I heard that, I envied them. I really wanted to see Obama even once. According to her, children seem to race on Easter. It is a race that they carry an egg on a spoon. Next, we went to the Air and Space Museum. I think it is a really great museum. There are few museums like that in Japan. All Smithsonian museums are free. I can't believe it. I'm sure that Japanese museums take our money by all means because Japan has little money. In my opinion, Japanese representatives are not good. They always think of their property, and they do bad things, for example they play golf by the money the Japanese people paid for pension, and they are arrested, but I think Mr. Koizumi was the best president I have seen.

Covington!!

I live on the third floor of Covington. There are a lot of people in Covington. I make a lot of friends. I enjoyed every day with my friends, because they are very active and funny. My RA called us "stupid girls" because we are excited during every tutorial and every day. When I lived in Japan, I was not excited every day. I noticed how much I love Covington when I had homestay because there were no person who were my friends in my host family's house. I love my friends. I need a lot of friends and I am sad when I am alone. I can't live alone. In Japan, I live with my family. My group goes to Commons together for bleakfast and dinner every day. Other groups don't go together, but my group stays together every day. If there is free time on a weekend, we plan lots of things to do. For example, we will be playing tennis, and going downtown or North town. I enjoy doing something with my group members every day. There are many good points about Covington, but there are many problems, too. First, there is the problem of using the laundry. On the third floor, there are three groups. On other floors, there are only two groups. On the third floor we separate the day into three parts for using the laundry. We can use the laundry in the afternoons on Wednesday and in the morning on Saturday. We can't sleep until noon on Saturday, so I'm very sad. My group members are sometimes so tired because they can't sleep until noon, but getting early is good for our health. sleeping until late is a bad things because I couldn't eat breakfast if I wake up late. It's good for my life style. Finally, there is the problem of taking showers. Fifteen people in Covington use only three showers. At shower time, we are very busy.

A Birthday Party!

We had my friend's birthday party in our house. My friend turned 20 years old! She is very funny, so we are always laughing with her. The people who live in my house are very friendly.
First, we decided to make her a gift. I made a message card and a memorie book. We wrote about a lot of things that we had done together in our house. Next, my roommate and I went to the supermarket and bought a birthday cake and snacks. We decorated the cake when we arrived to our house. We made the cake very cute!! We were very excited because today's plan was a secret from our friend. We cooperated with each other to do it, and we wore interesting costumes. we looked like comedians, so it was very fun!! Then we waited for her after school. We shouted, "Happy Birthday!!" when she returned home. She was really surprised, so the birthday plan was a success, and we were very glad to see her smiling face, and we sang a song and danced in front of her. She was delighted, as were we all. We took a picture with her. We have made good memories together. I think that I am enjoying my study abroad because I have made important friends and have had a lot of good experiences. Finally, I feel happy that I can study in this good environment in Spokane, so I should study more and speak English every day!

Gonzaga University

Last week my conversation class and I went to Gonzaga University. While we were there, we made a group with four Gonzaga students. We talked about ourselves. I was the most interested in a Russian woman who lives in America now. I asked her why she moved here from Russia. She said "to find religious freedom." That was very interesting. "In Russia, we can't believe in God, but I want to believe in God, so I moved here to escape religous persecution", she said, so I asked her, "Don't you like Russia?" and then she said "Yes!" I wondered why she wanted to leave Russia!!, so I thought maybe she had wanted to escape religous persecution in Russia more than she loves Russia. We talked deeply!! I was glad to be able to have a deep talk with other foreigners!! Another thing that was surprised to me about this visit was that there were various generations of people who are students at Gonzaga University!! In Japan this is very rare, so I respect them. Some of them have six children!! It was amazing!! I was glad to experience the rare opportunity to communicate with people who are studying English as a second language. Today's conversation class is the best so far!! I want to go to Universities!!! By the way, there was a buffet!! I love this buffet style!!

I Had A Great Time At An Elementary School

I went to an elementary school last Friday. It was very fun. I had wanted to go an elementary school for a long time, so when I heard that I could go, I was very happy. I want to be an elementary school teacher, so I wanted to visit an elementary school in the U.S. First, when I went to the elementary school, I read some books for a six years old student. Her name is Oli. She is very cute. She and I read the books together. She was interested in the books, so I was relieved that she enjoyed the books. Second, We made a crane and a plane origami. she looks like a lot of fun! I was very happy that she liked the crane. Finally, I taught her Japanese numbers. She remembered it immediately, so I was surprised. I guess she is very smart. I had a very good time at the elementary school. When I left there, I was a little sad, but I'll always remember meeting her. I like her so much.

Softball

I have played softball for six years. When I was a junior high school student, I was not a good player, but I practiced very hard, and I became a very good pitcher. When I was a high school student, my softball team was very strict. I practiced every day. My coach was very stern, but he became more fun coach when practice finished. I like having a fun coach, but I don't like having a stern coach. He often was angry and hit our cheek. Everyone practiced more because it was really mortifying. I thought, "I don't like softball. I want to retire soon,"but now, I think it was a very good experience for me. Now, I like softball. I want to play softball again, and I want to play it with Kathy. I love sports.

My Great Trip

I went to Seattle for three days with travel group 1. We always toured by bus. I went to Pike Place Market. As soon as I arrived there, I went to the Starbucks store to buy a lot of tumblers for my family. This is the first starbucks store in the world. I was excited, but that is a very small store. Many people bought tumblers, so they were sold out soon. I was surprised because there were many tumblers when I arrived there. I felt really sorry that a few people couldn't buy tumblers. As soon as we finished shopping, we went back to MFWI. The bus was supposed to be back at MFWI at six, but we didn't arrived there until nine. We spent seven hours on the bus because the traffic over the pass was srow because of snow. I was so tired. The bus wasn't very big, so I was uncomfortable. My back and leg hurt. I thought that I don't want to take the bus any more!!! I enjoyed traveling, but I was so tired.

I Love MFWI!

MFWI is an exciting school. I like it better than MWU in Japan. First, I like the teachers at MFWI. They are very ardent, so I don't need incentive every day. I sometimes feel tired because I have a lot of assignments, but I can enjoy doing them. It is good for me to do assignments because I am apt to cut a class in Japan. Second, I'm happy to live my nice friends. I sometimes want to go back Japan, but my friends are very funny, so I often forget the feeling of wanting to go home. My roommate and I make meals, cookies and cakes together. We always fail to make something good, but I'm very happy to be cooking with her. She is a good friend. The people who live at Helen Keller House with me are very friendly. I am going to introduce them to you a little. They love clothes, so we often talk about fashion. We often go downtown or to Northtown on the weekend. They are very kind, so I rely on them. Finally, I like the nature you can find at MFWI. I like hanging out in the snow, but there is no snow here now. When there was snow, I made a snowman with my friends. It hardly snows in my town, so I really enjoyed the snow. I think Spokane is similar to my hometown because I can see a lot of stars in both places. They are very bright and beautiful. I want to learn about here, and I want to enjoy my American life more.