It is snowing outside.
Today's classes are canceled due to the big snow.
The wind is blowing hard as well.
It looks like winter storm but I am not sure how cold is it outside because I have not been outside yet.
The forecast says that there will be 6~12 inches of snow in New Jersey area.
It would be fun if I go out and build a snowman with my friends but I am too lazy to wear warm and go out on such a cold day.
Just stay in my house, read books, and drink coffee...it sounds amazing, does not it?
2017年2月10日金曜日
2016年11月29日火曜日
Last practice for this semester
We had the last practice for this semester tonight.
Regionals tournament was 2 weeks ago and we qualified Nationals.
I thought there were not many people in tonight's practice because our next tournament is far away from today and it's so cold outside.
But my expectation was wrong.
There were many teammates who always welcome me to the team and feel like family.
After the practice, Lindsay drove me home.
When I got out of the car, I thanked her for the drive and being my teammates.
To be honest, this semester was so good for me as a first study abroad experience, and I'm sure that it is because of Quidditch and my teammates.
I was kind of embarrassed to say that, but it would be rude if I didn't say that, so I said "I love you guys" to her.
You know what? I mean it.
Regionals tournament was 2 weeks ago and we qualified Nationals.
I thought there were not many people in tonight's practice because our next tournament is far away from today and it's so cold outside.
But my expectation was wrong.
There were many teammates who always welcome me to the team and feel like family.
After the practice, Lindsay drove me home.
When I got out of the car, I thanked her for the drive and being my teammates.
To be honest, this semester was so good for me as a first study abroad experience, and I'm sure that it is because of Quidditch and my teammates.
I was kind of embarrassed to say that, but it would be rude if I didn't say that, so I said "I love you guys" to her.
You know what? I mean it.
2016年11月11日金曜日
Nov.10
After I came here to study abroad, I have much more time to be alone than when I was in Japan. I can not really say it is a good thing or bad thing but one thing I am sure is that the number of friends, I mean the number of friends who I can invite them to little thing without hesitation.
My American friends are mainly Quidditch team members and some from my classes but they are "friends" which we do not have lunch together or something, anyway, yeah, now my American friends are only people in Quidditch team. Then, they are local people here and they already have their own community and friends so it seems like that there is no space I can sneak in. (maybe if I try to, there is a space but it seems hard for now)
Ok, then let's move to exchange students.
My roommates, Felix, Thomas, and Kenta are all good, there is nothing bad actually as flatmates, but we are not that kind of friends who frequently go out together. I've never gone out with someone with only him/her.
We do go to bar or club or have a party, but it's always a big group.
The problem is, no it's not "problem, the inconvenient thing for me is that I do not have many friends I can suddenly poke and say "hey, why don't we have dinner together tonight?" or "Hey, I heard that there is an event I'm interested in, do you come?".
Ummmm.
2016年11月4日金曜日
2016年10月14日金曜日
Japanese calligraphy Oct.13th
One of my friend whose father is a professor at Rutgers asked me to attend a Japanese Culture Club meeting about Japanese calligraphy and demonstorate some Shuji staff.
I said "sure" and I just came back my room from that meeting now.
What interesting was they, I mean non-Japanese people, were so creative.
They didn't know the basic techniques of Japanese calligraphy such as stop, jump, and sweep, or couldn't keep these rules even they tried.
But thier products were so unique and creative.
I guess they do not consider Japanese calligraphy as just "character", but "art".
One of them, who was left-handed, wrote 飛行機 (airplane) on the lower half of a paper (usually, we write characters on the center of the paper) and draw a picture of Kendama (Japanese traditional toy) trick called 飛行機 (airplane).
I was like OMG.
It looked like they were very enjoying Japanese calligraphy in thier own way.
(some girld brought the paper which was wrote about "Bitch" to me and asked "how can I write bitch in Japanese katakana?" )
It was fun night.
I said "sure" and I just came back my room from that meeting now.
What interesting was they, I mean non-Japanese people, were so creative.
They didn't know the basic techniques of Japanese calligraphy such as stop, jump, and sweep, or couldn't keep these rules even they tried.
But thier products were so unique and creative.
I guess they do not consider Japanese calligraphy as just "character", but "art".
One of them, who was left-handed, wrote 飛行機 (airplane) on the lower half of a paper (usually, we write characters on the center of the paper) and draw a picture of Kendama (Japanese traditional toy) trick called 飛行機 (airplane).
I was like OMG.
It looked like they were very enjoying Japanese calligraphy in thier own way.
(some girld brought the paper which was wrote about "Bitch" to me and asked "how can I write bitch in Japanese katakana?" )
It was fun night.
2016年10月6日木曜日
My first exam in the state. Oct. 5th
Today I had an exam in my communication theory class and it was my first exam which I took in the state. There were 35 multiple choice quiestions, and I think I did pretty well ( I'm sure that I got more than 90%)
The dates of Philadelphia trip with Hitomi was decided on October 21st to 22nd. I am really looking forward to going to Philly and meeting my old friend there. I just hope that the weather will be great and not too cold.
The reunion with Joe was also determined. We will meet again and have a dinner together on next Tuesday. It7s gonna be so much fun.
Tomorrow, I do not have any class so I will do my staff to do such as finish writing resume for Boston Carrer Forum and posting my first blog post and so on.
The dates of Philadelphia trip with Hitomi was decided on October 21st to 22nd. I am really looking forward to going to Philly and meeting my old friend there. I just hope that the weather will be great and not too cold.
The reunion with Joe was also determined. We will meet again and have a dinner together on next Tuesday. It7s gonna be so much fun.
Tomorrow, I do not have any class so I will do my staff to do such as finish writing resume for Boston Carrer Forum and posting my first blog post and so on.
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