IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kay desu! I think the website may have been broken or something.　But Japan is AMAZING!!!!!!! I have so many pictures... but I can't post them all. Don't worry, I'm going to save them all to show you guys. I sent everyone a postcard, so I hope you guys like them. Oh, one picture I should post- me and my host family (minus Otou-san) at Tokyo-eki when I came in from Nagoya on the shinkansen! From the left, there's Okaa-san, me, Yuu-chan, and Momo-chan. ^-^ Then there's my table from orientation, all us AFSers, a pic of everyone waiting at the airport, the airplane food (actually pretty good, though the flight was LONG). And that other pic is my futon in Nagoya. We had a traditional style room and

I learned how to take a shower Japanese style. And under 20 minutes. It was interesting. Then there's me trying on a yukata at orientation (which was in Nagoya and was really fun). There were Amerikanjin (Americans), Italiajin (Italians), Suedenjin (Swedes), Burugariajin (Bulgarians), Canadajin (Canadians), kids from Hong Kong, and one Icerandojin (Icelandian?).

That group on the hidari (left) is the so-called "Ouran High School Host Club." Long story. Haruhi was the only guy sitting at our table in LA, so,... yeah. I'm Kyoya. From the left, we have the twins (Sherry and Kate), me, Nekozawa (Andrew-chan) and Kate), me, Nekozawa (Andrew-chan), Haruhi (Gabe), Tamaki (Andrew-chan), Haruhi (Gabe), Tamaki (Chrystal), Honey (Christi), Mori (Niiya, (Chrystal), Honey (Christi), Mori (Niiya, in the back), Renge (Brenda), and Usagi-chan (Honey's bunny- Alyssa, in the front). We also had Kirimi and Ranka. Yeah, it was wierd. Funny, though, especially b/c Haruhi and Andrew-chan had NO idea what was going on. Oh well. ^-^ Almost everyone went to differnt places, though. I know Andrew-chan and Brenda are in Fukuoka, and me, Chrystal, and Gabe are here in Tokyo (BARA KURASU RULES!!! SUNFLOWERS STINK! XD My class is the rose class, aka Bara Kurasu, but I don't really have any good pictures on the kompyuutaa right now so I'll post them later!) The other pictures are of me and Momo-chan and Yu-chan at the Teikoku Hoteru (Imperial Hotel) when we went to change my money (no success there, so we found another place). And then me and Momi-chan at Tokyo Daigaku (Tokyo University), which is literally like 5 minutes from my house. It's SO beautiful (TOTTEMO kiree desu, keredo furui (old) desu!!!!!). I take a shortcut through there every day to get to the chikatesu (subway). Watashi no gakou wa 30 pun kakarimasu (My school is 30 minutes away from my house). Then this last picture is of my very, very delicious bento. Tottemo oishikatta desu! I had a little trouble eating slippery stuff with chopsticks at first, but now I'm really getting good. And my Japanese (nihongo) is getting bettter really quickly. I can now count to 9,999,999,999,999,999 (kyusen kyuhyaku kyujuu kyu chou kyusen kyuhyaku kyujuu kyu oku kyusen kyuhyaku kyujuu kyu man kyusen kyuhyaku kyujuu kyu. Yes, that's all one number. That's what I learned today.) And I'm getting pretty good at katakana, and I would write something, but I can't. Gomen nasai. ^-^ So I think that's all I feel like writing right now. I'm going to help Okaa-san with dinner. Next time, I'll tell you about my trip to a shrine of Inari for a Shinto ceremony (with pictures), my school, and anything else that's come up since then.

Other things to note: My host family is a big fan of the band Arashii. Anyone know it? Also, Yu-chan like anime/manga, and everyone like Spirited Away and Studio Ghibli. And guess what? One of my school field trips is to Ghibli Museum. I can't take pictures, though.... And my host famiy wants to take me to the zoo where Otou-san works and also maybe Tokyo Disneyland, which they LOVE. ^-^ So, hoping everyone's well, I bid you sayounara!

~Kay　ケイ

P.S. For some reason, when I need to explain something to my host family, I want to do it in Spanish (Speingo), which makes NO sense. And today's kana of the day is "ro" （ロ）　and the words are 風 (kaze), 狼(oukami), and 銀(gin)。

P.P.S. Hey Mom, can you send us the recipe for pumpkin bread? We want to try it. Don't worry, I'll remember the sugar. And the baking soda. XD

P.P.P.S. Momo-chan is going to write something: Kay-chan is very KAWAII,yasashii,omoshiroi and TOTTEMO iiko desu (Kay: That means I'm very cute, kind, interesting, and very good. ^-^ That makes me very happy)! We are good sisters!

P.P.P.P.S.Yuu-chan is going to write something: Kay is a good girl! and she is tottemo omoshiroi!! So I enjoy life with Kay!!!