Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat!!

Today was Halloween.
I had been so excited for a long time because we don't celebrate it in Japan.
This Monday I joined my host family's carving pumpkin.
That was my first time so I tried and enjoyed it.
Look at our pumpkin! Isn't that cool?!
Last night there was a Halloween party at church.
Most people dressed up nicely and we had a good time there.
I didn't dress up at all but I enjoyed taking pictures of others.
Today I had a great Halloween at school!
I tried to wear my pajamas and bathrobe to school but that was too cold for me to wear them...
So, I just enjoyed others' costumes and Canadian Halloween.
There was a costume competition at lunch time.
Lots of students dressed up nicely as well and made me excited.

Thank you so much, everyone who made me enjoy my first Halloween!

From tomorrow it's November.
I can't believe it as always but it's true that I'm having great life here.
I have my birthday in November and I'm so excited already.
And also, my TOEFL which is my main purpose to stay here is coming.
I still have one more month to get ready for it so I just keep doing my best without wasting my time and such a good opportunity.

I was so happy that I had the greatest Halloween ever!

I'm thinking.

Hello.

I realized that I haven't written my diary these days.
I'm doing fine.
As you know, I'm just working hard on everything.
But also, I'm thinking about lots of thing.
After I decided, I will write down here.

Tomorrow I will have cheer leading and hip-hop.
I'm excited!

See you later.

for my health

Hello.

Today I woke up late...because this is Saturday.
I was too tired to write my diary last night....
But, this is so important for my health...right ?
I did my laundry and studied hard...that's it.

Since I'm busy from last month, weekends are valuable for me!
I need to do my laundry, homework, study for TOEFL etc etc!!

...see you!
(I don't have anything to write...)

nothing...?

Hi.

Today....today?
Oh, my gosh...I have nothing to write....
Don't worry, I had a pretty good day.
Just...nothing exciting!hahaha

I could relax at home so I'm ready for tomorrow...such a busy day.
I have classes (of course), cheer leading, and hip-hop!
I'm so busy on Fridays but I like Fridays a lot.

See you tomorrow!

Bye.

I'm here.

Hi.

First, I'm sorry about the negative diary I wrote yesterday.
I relaxed and controlled myself...and now I'm fine, probably.
My best friend, Aya gave me such a nice and sweet comment for me and it supported me a lot.
She always helps me even though we haven't spent time together for...6 months already.
I love her so much and always appreciate her a lot.
Thank you so much and love you a lot, Aya(^^#)

Anyways, I'm feeling better now.
I just focused on study at school and at home today.
Fortunately, my teachers are so nice to me and help me a lot.
I'm lucky, I think!

Yes, I'm here to study and learn English, anyways.
Of course I sometimes get stress and frustrated but...so what?
That wouldn't explain anything.
I still have 5 months to be successful and achieve my goal.
Don't be afraid, Mari. Just keep going!
...this is what I thought last night.hahaha

Today I didn't have cheer leading so I could relax.
Tomorrow is Thursday and school is shorter so I can relax again, hopefully.

Bye.

mmm...

Hi.

Today I am a little negative...
I felt sick a little bit all day long...I don't know why.
I felt cold but nobody else did...probably, I'm sick.
When I feel bad, my feeling tends to be negative...for example, I do miss home more.
I'm still weak...

Okay, I have to control myself.
I don't have cheer leading tomorrow so I can relax and ...yeah, control myself.

Sorry about this negative diary.

Bye.

already...

Hi.

I had a pretty good Monday...but I'm tired already.
ALREADY?! It's MONDAY, Mari!!
I know, I know. But I'm just....tired....hahaha
Recently I've practiced new techniques in cheer leading and I need lots of power.
That's totally fine but I'm just...tired....!!!hahaha
Don't worry.
I do hope my skill is improving.

Now, I'm working on my homework.
See you tomorrow.

Bye.

Stay

Hi.

Today I stayed at home and didn't go to church.
I woke up at 11:00 a.m. and did my homework, laundry, cleaning up my room etc.
I thought I slept enough but I'm still sleepy, actually.
...I slept too much, probably.

From tomorrow, new week will start again!
I will keep doing my best on everything!

By the way, I have written 100 articles so far!
This is my 101st (or 102nd?) article. Wow!
I hope my writing skill in English has improved since I started to write my diary.

Bye.

Happy Saturday

Hi.

Today I went to West Edm. Mall with my Japanese friends.

We met our coordinator and talked about our life at bowling room!

That was for the first time in a long time to play bowling so I had so much fun!

We played 2 games but I didn't win in either game.hahaha

But I had fun so that's okay, right?!

After that I went shopping as always**

I got a jacket, a scarf(strawberry*), sweaters etc for this winter in Canada.

It's middle of October and it might be snowing couple of days later...!

I got super warm jacket so it will protect me, hopefully!

That was pretty expensive so I will cherish it.

Now I'm doing my laundry and something else I need to do.

Bye.

I'm...

Hi.

Okay, I'm so exhausted....because it's Friday today.
I had normal classes which are getting harder, cheer leading and hip-hop.
mmm...I'm too tired to remember what I did today.
Nothing exciting, actually.

Tomorrow I need to go to W.E.M to meet my coordinator.
And I need to get up early so I will go to bed right now...

Have a good weekend!

Bye.

Zellurs!

Hi.

School was good today.
I had a test in Business class and I was a little nervous from this morning.
But, anyways, I did my best!
I could fill out all answers so...that's okay, right?!hahaha
I do hope I could make it!!
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After school I went shopping with my friend.
I wanted to buy shampoo, conditioner, and some cosmetic stuff.
I could fine nice and cheap stuff so I was happy!
When we chose cosmetics, we were so crazy.hahaha
We were like "what's this?" "did you try this one?" "it's so cute!!" " oh, no, it's too expensive;"hahaha
I had a good time, though.

Hold on, is it Friday tomorrow? No kidding!
I have cheer leading and hip-hop** Yeah!!
I hope I can enjoy both of them! Oh, of course schoo, too!

Bye.

I got hurt...

Hi.

Today I had a pretty normal Wednesday.
Last night I was a little sick so I went to bed early and slept a lot.
Thanks to that, I was fine today.
But, at cheer leading, I got hurt....
Actually, I always get hurt but that hurt so much today...(-.-;)
The girl who stands as a top in standing fell on me...
But, of course that was not on purpose so I'm fine, probably.

Tomorrow I have a test in Business class so I will go back to my room and study.

See you.

Turkey power?

Hi.

Today I went back to school.
I was kind of tired and sleepy today because I was busy this weekend, as you know.
However, there is another reason why I was so sleepy today, I think!
Turkey makes me sleepy!!
My host mother said, 'turkey might have something chemical which makes people sleepy.'
WHAT?! Really?!
If that's true, it's so...interesting!!

Tomorrow I have a practice of cheer leading so I have to be powerful!
So..I will go to bed early tonight.

Bye.

Thank you, thanksgiving day*

Hi.

Today I had a nice thanksgiving day!

As I wrote, my friends were coming and sleeping over from last night.

We watched 2 movies and stayed up so late.

We finally went to bed at 2:oo a.m.

But, I told you, we are girls!hahaha

This morning, we didn't want to get up.hahaha

In the evening we had a special and great dinner!

There were many dishes which I had never tried.

Especially, I loved turkey so much!

I really appreciate my host family who cooked all dishes!

I helped cleaning.

I had so much fun this weekend thanks to my host family.

I hope I can do something like this again.

From tomorrow, I will work hard at school!

Bye.

Relax

Hi.

Today I stayed at home and kept studying with my friend.

I was kind of tired but I have to study for a test again...so...I did.

For lunch and supper, we cooked by ourselves.

We made 'INARI-ZUSHI' for supper!

That was nice*
I will watch a movie with friends tonight so I'm excited!

Tomorrow will be my first thanks giving day.
We don't have it in Japan so I'm happy.

I will help my host mother to cook thanks giving dinner.

I will write about them tomorrow!

Bye.

Girls*

Hi.

Today I spent time with my Japanese friends.
First, I visited my friend's house and had a birthday party for her.
We watched a movie, ate cake, and talked a lot!
After that, we went to a Japanese restaurant and had dinner there.
I ate SUSHI so I was happy!
At her house and the restaurant, we just kept talking and talking....anyways.
Because we are girls!
Tomorrow, 2 more friends will come and sleep over at my house.
There will be 4 girls so I'm sure we will enjoy talking until midnight!

That was so cold in outside today so...I hope I can keep myself warm tomorrow.

Bye.

Long weekend has started!

Hi.

Today I was kind of busy so I'm so tired...
After I joined the cheer leading as always, I went to my hip-hop class directly with my friend.
We had supper and I went to dance class.
My friend was waiting for me in McDonalds for an hour.
After all, we took bus to my home.
She is sleeping over at my house until Monday.

This weekned is a long weekend since we have the 'thanks giving day' on Monday! Yeah!
My Japanese friends will come and sleep over at my house.
I'm excited**

Okay, I'm so tired and do want to go to bed so...good night(^^#)

Bye.

Happy Birthday, Mari.S*

Hi.

Today is my Japanese friend, Mari.S's 17th birthday!
We gave her a card and one of our friend decolated her locker at school.
She was surprised when she saw her locker with decolation this morning.
This Saturday we will have a party for her!
I hope we can have a nice party for her**
Anyways, happy birthday!

Today I had a short-class day so I came back from school around 3:00 p.m.
I'm working on my skinny book still now.
But, thanks to the short-day, it's done!
The due date is tomorrow so I was in a hurry today and expecting that I might have to stay up late tonight.
I'm relieved!

By the way, I changed the template of this blog.
I found cute strawberry picture on the Internet so I attached to the blog title.
I love strawberry even pictures or goods(^^#)

I'm happy I have cheer leading and hip-hop tomorrow!
And I'm excited about this long weekend**

Bye.

Nail**

Hi.

Today I had a nice Wednesday.
In period 2, we had a pretty big presentation from each universities or colleges in Edmonton or around here.
I got some view books!
I won't go to universities in Canada but if the university which I want to go has an exchange program for short term with U of A, I want to try it.
I want to come back here and see my friends again.
Anyways, there were so many schools' booths and that was interesting!
In Cosmetology, we are learning about nail and manicure.
Today, I got manicure from my friend...a boy.
He is in grade 10 and I don't know him well but he was...just...nice to me!hahaha
He massaged my hands carefully and he did good job, but that tickled!hahaha
...thanks, anyways!

Now, I'm working on my research project of Reading class.
I have to get it done by Friday so...I'm in a hurry!

See you tomorrow*

Happiness

Hi.

As I wrote, I had a test in Legal class today.
I was kind of nervous before the class because I couldn't even guess how it looks like.
But, I did my best and felt good after all.
I do hope I could make it....safely.

After school, I went to a public library and borrowed 3 DVDs.
This weekend my Japanese friends are coming over so I will watch them with my friends.
I don't have school on Monday because of 'thanks giving day' so I can enjoy watching them!
I was happy I found nice DVDs.

After I went back to home and had supper, I read books to my host brother.
Since I started to go to school again, it's getting hard to spend time with my host family.
Especially, like last night, when I have to study I can't even talk to them.
So, I spent time (I know it was still short) with them.

After all, I got a package from my Japanese family!
I was happy about that**
Thank you so much, mom(^^#)

Tomorrow, I have a cheer leading so I'm happy again.
Because of hard schedule and this program, I have many worries all the time.
I sometimes cry still now but I'm just doing my best about everything for my goal.
I do wish I can success at the end of this program.
...yes, do my best!

Bye.

I'm nervous...

Hi,

Today I had a normal Monday.
I mean...I studied hard, had lunch, and joined cheer leading.
As you know, I was working hard on my homework this weekend so I was kind of tired.
And also, I have an exam in Legal class tomorrow so I'm nervous!
It's not easy to understand everything from each classes and I need to ask teachers again.
After period 4, I went to my Legal class room again, and asked some questions to the teacher.
She taught and explained what I didn't get.
Thanks to her, I could understand better.
I hope I can get good marks at the exam!

Okay, I will work hard on studying for the exam so...bye!