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.

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.

Oct.25th

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Nov 3rd

The advertisement between songs in Spotify speakes very fast and it makes me laugh.

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.

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.

Ate too much again. Oct.4th

Every Tuesday, I have two classes at Livingston campus, one is from noon to 13:20 and the other is from 18:40 to around 21pm.
So I usually, it has been only a month since I came here though, go to a dining hall to have a lunch after the former class ends.
The dining hall at Livingston campus is Amazing!!
It looks like hotel buffet. There is everything. Salads, pizzas, chinese, hamburgers, fries, fruits, suites, and drinks.
The price, 11 dollars, is kind of expensive, but I think it worth paying that price.

However, I have one bad habit.
I eat too much until I feel bad whenever I go to all-you-can-eat style restaurant.
So today as usual, I enjoyed my lunch in the beggining, but I felt really bad at the end.

I tend to try every kinds of foods there and, of course, it makes me full but I do not stop eating until I feel bad from eating too much.

(Sometimes, I even feel that "Oh my god I wanna puke.")

That's a problem.

Restart My Blog!! Oct. 3rd

Hey, I'm back here.

I'll try to keep writing my blog everyday just like a dairy.

A month has passed since I came here to study abroad and now I keenly feel how bad my English is.

Honestly, my English now is worse than just 4 month before when I was in Global House and had many conversations with OYRs.

I guess my trip to Latino America and that 2-months in Spanish spoken countries made me forgot English.

I can understand what my professors are talking about in the lectures, but I feel uncomfortable with my English when I am talking with my friends.

It had not been hard thing for me to talk with my friends in English before, but, I feel nervous to do that now. (wtf)

That's why I decided to restart writing my blog.

I want my English back and, to do so, I need to wake my brain up to make English sentences in my mind and speak English well.

LET'S GO KOHEI.

YOU HAVE ONLY 8 MONTHS LEFT IN THE STATE.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME TO TWEETING IN JAPANESE, COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE HERE AND DO NOT BE A SHY BOY.

YOU CAN MAKE IT.

YEAH, I CAN MAKE IT.