いそがしい〜！＝＿＿＿＝

I'm so busy! You may or may not have noticed, but it's kinda been forever since I posted... I think I'm like two weeks behind now on posts =______=

花火の後の日曜、ななさんとジェームスさんと名古屋えきや栄に色々な店に見に行きました。それから、日曜の晩みきさんとさちこさんとテッドさんと会って、おこのみやきを食べました。とてもおいしかったです（じつは、ぜんぶ日本の料理が大好きですが. . . ）！おこのみやきを食べてから、カラオケをしに行ったけど、ジェームスさんはしゅくだいをしなくちゃいけないからいっしょに行きませんでした。

o(^_^0)　おこのみやきを作っている　(0^_^)o

月曜友達とスィツパラダイスに食べに行きました。スィツパラダイスが大〜好き！そこでたくさんケーキやほかのあまい物が食べられます。スパゲティーもあったけど、あまい物が好きだからあまりスパゲティーを食べませんでした。すごくおいしかったけど、たぶん食べすぎました(＝＿＝；)。食べた後で、モールでさんぽして、ゲーセンにあそびに行きました。ゲーセンでぼくはブレイブルー（大好きなテレビゲーム）をして、いつもかったから百円だけで三十分ぐらいあそびました＼(＞v＜)／。

おいしい〜！

ドンッドンッ！

The Sunday after the fireworks, I went with Nana and James to Nagoya station and Sakae to look at various shops. Then, on Sunday night we met with Miki, Sachiko, and Ted and all ate okonomiyaki. It was really delicious (but then again, I love all Japanese food...)! After eating okonomiyaki, we went to sing karaoke, but James had to do homework, so he didn't come with us. 

On Monday, I went with friends to eat at Sweets Paradise. I looooove Sweets Paradise! You can eat lots of cake and other sweet things there. (It's like a buffet with nothing but cake and pie and pudding, etc. etc.) They also had spaghetti, but I like sweet things so I didn't eat very much spaghetti =P. It was super delicious, but we all probably ate too much (=__=;). After eating, we wandered around the mall and went to an arcade to play. At the arcade, I played Blazblue (a video game that I love playing) and kept winning so I played for about thirty minutes with just 100 yen (which is I think about $1.30 for those of you who don't know the conversion).

And now, once again, I have to stop writing so I can sleep (=_=)zzzZZZ

Unfortunately, at this rate, I don't think I can keep up with all the fun things I'm doing here (haha), so I'm considering posting in English for a while, although I like the way I'm posting now. If anyone has any preference (if you don't mind waiting for my stories or if you are just dying to hear everything that I'm doing) please tell me, but if there's no problem with it, I think I'll continue to post in Japanese and then translate, even though it takes a long time...

じゃあ、また今度

Well then, until next time

PS: Let's learn Japanese!!! My friends taught me a new phrase a while ago, and since tomorrow is Friday, I thought I'd teach you all =D

So in English, we say "Thank goodness it's Friday" or "TGIF"

In Japanese, you can say 花金／はなきん／hana kin, which pretty much translates to "flower Friday"

みんな、花金！

つかれた...寝たい...

ひさしぶり

Let's get down to business, to write this post!

(As I was starting to write, I turned on iTunes and this song was playing XD)

Anyway......

さいきんとてもいそがしかったです。先勝の水曜日ESS(English Speaking Society)はウェルカムパーティーをしました。たのしくて、そこでいろいろな友達になりました。そして、けんだまをしました。けんだまはちょっとむずかしいけど、とても楽しいと思います。

ESSのメンバーは着物を着ていました

 木曜日いけばな先生はじゅぎょうに来なかったから、南山大学で友達とあそびました。みんな歌ったり、おどったりしました。でもあそぶ前に、しゅくだいをしました。じつは、留学生は日本語のしゅくだいをして、日本人は英語のしゅくだいをしたから、おもしろかったと思います。

おいしそうだね〜　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

ぼくのホストファミリーはウェルカムパーティーをしたかったから、土曜日ホストファミリーの友達は家に来ました。そして、ぼくは着物を着ました！(*^o^*)（じつは、ななと言う友達によるとズボンがあったから、本当の着物じゃなかったけど、名前をわすれました（＝w＝；））すごく楽しくて、みんな「イケメン！」や「かこい！」と言っていました。

土曜の晩、花火を見に行きました。とてもきれいで、楽しかった。アメリカの花火みたいだったけど、ちょっとちがいました。(Gotta bust out the English for this part -__-) They were different because the fireworks were synced with music and a laser show! たくさん写真をとりました（とるすぎたかもしれない＝＿＿＝）。花火の前にピックニクがありました。お母さんが作ったおすしやいろいろなくだものをたべました。

きれいでしょう☆

明日かんじ小テストがあるから、今ここでおわります。勉強しなくちゃいけません〜

Lately, I've been really busy. On Wednesday the ESS club had a welcome party. It was fun, and I made some friends there. Also, I got to play with a kendama (it's a kind of ball-and-cup game). Kendama is a little difficult, but I think it is a lot of fun.

On Thursday my sensei for Ikebana didn't come to class, so I played with friends at Nanzan. We all sang songs and danced. But before we played, we did our homework. To be honest, though, because the exchange students were doing Japanese homework and the Japanese students were doing English homework, it was kinda fun I think.

My host family wanted to throw a welcome party for me, so on Saturday some of my host family's friends come to the house. Also, I got to wear a kimono! (*^o^*) (As a matter of fact though, according to my friend Nana, because the "kimono" had pants, it wasn't a "real" kimono, but I forgot what it is actually called （＝w＝；）) It was lots of fun, and everyone was saying "You look so good!" and "So cool!"

Saturday evening, we went to go watch fireworks. They were very pretty and it was a lot of fun. They were similar to American fireworks, but they were a little different. They were different because the fireworks were synced with music and a laser show! I took a lot photos (maybe too many photos =____=). Before the fireworks, we had a picnic. We ate sushi my host mom made and various fruits.

Tomorrow I have a small kanji test, so I'm going to stop here for now. I have to study...

Bad Habit

So I'm noticing a trend in my posts... I apologize for not posting in forever, then write a huge post to make up for it =_______=

やめなくちゃいけません〜

すぐポストを書けるといいんですが。

I hope that I can post soon.

In the mean time, hopefully these photos will whet your appetite (^o^)/

 花火！

着物！ 

スイーツパラダイス！

しゃしん！

I finally got my camera to put pictures on my computer! やった！

だから、このポストにたくさんしゃしんを入れます！

Therefore, I'm going to put lots of pictures in this post!

行くよ！Here we go!

ぼくのホストファミリー（ひだの家族）

My Host Family (the Hida family)

日本の食べ物

おいしそうだね〜

Looks tasty doesn't it? 

いくら！ 

Salmon eggs sushi! (or something like that)

日本のデザートが大好き♡

I love Japanese desserts♡

たくさん友達になりました！

I've made so many friends!

カラオケはすごく楽しい♪

Karaoke is so much fun♪

ぼくのインドネジア人の友達はいけばなのじゅぎょうでこのしゃしんをとった

My Indonesian friend took these pictures in Ikebana class

I know I didn't write a lot for this post, but I mostly just wanted to show you guys some pictures (which, let's face it, is the real reason you're "reading" my blog =P jk). Anyways, glad I could finally put these up!

またね〜☆

See ya!