The Weekend

Last Friday, Laurent (exchange student from Belgium) and I went to see the Leningrad circus. It was mucho fun, except that they had a bear on a chain. I don't think that's right. If you're going to subjugate animals, do it for reason, like for food. But don't do it for the sake of doing it.
Saturday Laurent and I went to the uniform shop. It was way to complicated. The first pair of pants we tried on were perfect, but they made us try on about 23432 other pairs.
Then my host family and I went to Ryushido. I think that's the name. It's a cave. It was really crowded and I did not feel safe at all. Then we went to Ryotanji, which is an ancient Buddhist temple and garden. It was so beautifulgorgeousprettyamaaaaaaaazing.
My host family is already lamenting the fact that I'm leaving them in three months. I am going to miss them; I really lucked out with this host family.
Last night I was helping Shiori (host sister) with her English homework. It was really difficult. English is difficult and I can't remember it.
To answer some questions, it really is not that difficult adapting here. There are some things that are definitely overwhelming different, but I've tried to keep an open mind.
Also, someone asked me about understanding Japanese. I can understand about most of what's said to me now, but that did not come easily. I study Japanese with a textbook nearly everday and constantly have to relearn words because the vocabulary is so tough.