YAY THIS WEEK!!!!

Hey, all! How's your week been? ^-^ Mine was definitely

interesting. We went to a tea ceremony museum, which was really beautiful, and the tea we had was great. Ace, the picture below is for you- REAL veggie juice, not the Sadahara kind. It was actually really tasty.

The pumpking bread turned out really good, too!

These pictures are from ICI's trip to Kojimachi Gauken、a girl's school, though there weren't too many people there because of midsemester exams. I made tea. And a fan. But I don't have any pictures of that.

There's all the Tokyo AFS people after the tea ceremony. Do I look like I was in some serious pain after kneeling for half an hour? Let me tell you, if your not used to it, it's not a good idea. On the bad side, it was really windy, so my poor umbrella (actually my host sister's) was...well.... you can see what happened. I fixed it and offered to buy a new one, but they said it was okay... so....yeah.... ^-^

This is the Asago Matsuri, a festival to celebrate summer. I had takoyaki (doughy octopus balls) and ramune soda. It was yummy. ^-^ There were people in yukatas and scooping goldfish and everything. I've also seen quite a few people with very dyed hair... -_- Well... whatever...

We had a lot of fun, though we didn't stay for a long time.
Here's a random picture of part of a bookstore I went to with my host sister and Okaa-san. That's all manga your seeing. I may have bought myself a few volumes to practice my reading (I'm actually pretty good at reading hiragana and katakana now, though I don't always know what it means). But that's what a dictionary is for.
Yesterday was really fun, too. We went to TOKYO DISNEYLAND! Or rather, Tokyo Disney Sea. Little bit of a bad pun there... but it was a ton of fun (yes, Mom, I did pay for my ticket myself). Isn't the train cool? We went with my Oba-san (aunt) who I call Mama, and her daughter Nana-chan.
There were a lot of cool rides and good food- we're eating a type of gyoza (dumpling) in this picture.... yummy! Some of the rides were a little wierd for me, though... Indiana Jones just isn't the same in Japanese. Probably because I couldn't really understand most of what he was saying.
Tokyo DisneySea is having an event this summer called Mega Splash, and as part of that, Mickey, Goofy, Chip, and Dale go around in a bunch of big boats once a day on the lake dancing and stuff. It's like a parade, and it was a ton of fun. The only difference from a parade was that they all had huge water guns, as did the Disney workers on the boats that they sprayed in the air. It was a lot of water. Naturally, I got soaked. But it was fun. And it was good since it was kinda hot out. And yes, I am wearing

Minnie ears. Long story. But anywho. Okaa-san wouldn't let me walk around in a wet t-shirt and she wouldn't let me buy it, either. I did buy some pins for my collection, though. And a strap to put them on. Finally. I had SO much fun. ^-^ And there was a whole area dedicated to Aladdin. XD So my whole family just looked at me when I started to laugh.

And guess what ride we went on (twice)?!!!!! Here's your first hint<-- That elevator. Here's your second hint- an old, broken hotel with green lightening in one of the windows. Yep, you guessed it!TOWER OF TERROR! ^-^ I hope you can read the green letters... that's just about my favorite ride ever... As you can tell from my picture of the picture they took of us on the ride. XD



It's actually a different story from the US one, but it's still really good. As we left that night, I was really tired (and wet...again...the last ride we went on was a water ride...-_-' My idea, of course), but I was really happy..... haha... ^-^ So, what's new with you guys? Has anyone seen/heard from Ace this summer? I bet she's busy playing tons of tennis, since I haven't heard from her. I hope everyone got my postcards, though it sounds like you did!.... well, I'm done. Here's the kanji of the week- 虎。^-^ Enjoy! So I'll talk to you all later

Oh! It's Yuu-chan's turn to write: Disney Sea was very exciting! Kay chan was very wet!!

So, anywho.... hope you're all having a good summer!

~Kay