dude

haunted house, i went in all by myself!

me and host mom at the festival, infront of a haunted house

latern festival!

me and host dad infront of the same latern carriage thing in the pic. above

video of the latern festival, yeah boi

-lisa

finally

hello !!!

<-- my room what a mess!

so you guys are in school now? how sadd.

I start school tomorrow...

I`m sorry i didnt post earlier, have been rather busy

i toured the school yesterday, it was so big. their are 4 floors and i know i:m gonna be totally lost tomorrow.

and tomorrow i have to give my introduction speech in the school chapel.

<-- my `grandma:s` garden

(ignore the horrible punctuation.. japanese keyboard doesn:t have all the keys)

went to bball, my brother is the team manager. we won! best in the nation 2nd time in a row!!!!

we are called the Honmaru Team, on the first row.

thats the stadium

well today i:m going to get my cellphone, yukata (summer kimono), and school uniformzz

and tonight we have practice for the festival tomorrow

we have to learn this special dance! lisa dancing? uh oh

mannnnnn i wish i had more time to type but i must go!

love ya,

lisa

a video of the Honmaru Team!

(hi ? okay phew. I had to struggle how to figure how to change the language from hindi to English. because before all was FREAKIN out because all i could type in was नमस्ते सलाम !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

phew. well anywayz i'm getting CRAZY NERVOUS about leaving

i talked to my 1st host mom
and she said i'm gonna have to introduce myself in front of the WHOLE SCHOOL
that basically means infront of 3000 people :O
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as you guys well know
i'm clumsy and not really the best public speaker
gah
noo

on the plus side
i get to go to some sweet festivals when i get there
and i'm gonna get one of those super-cool high tech gadgety TIIGHT japanese cell phones
the family said they're gonna get me one yay

luckily its a family with 3 children
so i won't be too lonely
and the boy in the family is in 3rd grade and in on the basketball team
(they have bball teams in 3rd grade?)
and that team happens to be the TOP IN THE NATION [dang]
soo were gonna go to one of the games
: )

well 9 mo' days to go~

maybe these phones are a little too much to ask for? :p