Miscellaneous!!

First of all, the quality is not the best, but I finally got the picture with the manga club! Kei-san sent it to me :) She wrote to me saying that she's sad she didn't get a picture with me and that we definitely will get a picture together at the Xmas party. She's so nice~

Ahh I stand out so much...Anyways, up in front with the grey sweater is Nakamura-san. He's the guy who was sitting next to me while we drew portraits. He's really good at drawing! The guy 2 places to my left is really nice but...I don't know his name...The guy two places to my right is Niinuma-san. He helps me out a lot. The girl next to him is Kei-san. Other than that...I don't know anyone's name...It's really hard to remember Japanese names! I think it may be because they say their whole name or just their last name when they introduce themselves. I can only remember people's names if I draw connections with people I already know. For example, Nakamura Yuuichi is my favorite voice actor, so I remember Nakamura's name. Niinuma's name is written with the same character as my favorite date sim character and it rhymes with 'kuma' which means bear and his hair kinda reminds me of a teddy bear....ok, maybe that's a silly connection.

Second of all, the Donguri Xmas party! (I've decided that I'm probably only going to two of the Xmas parties...Donguri and the manga club one)

These were the Xmas presents I made my conversation club teachers: Nakamura-san, Sato-san, and the lady who always gives me books...They're peaches with cinnamon sticks.

 Food! Nakamura-san made the yummiest fried chicken. I told her it was delicious and she was like "Ah! I'm so glad! Then you must come to my house and I will make you yummy things!" She's such a cute tiny lady gah.

 This was the cake. Apparently, they got it from an American specialty store where everything is "American size" aka huge. When I first saw the cake and then tasted it, I was like "This tastes like American cake..." And one of the ladies told me all about this American specialty store. Apparently they have huge pizzas too. The size shocks Japanese people.

 This was the stupidest game ever...You had to shove the other person and the first to lose their balance and fall across the lines on the ground lost. I lost right away cuz I got this dorky guy who looked as if he was terrified to even touch me. If I hadn't made a move, the night would have never ended. So I pushed at him even though I knew it was going to make me lose.

 The English guy and Polish guy did a Judo demonstration.

Illumination in Nakameguro!

Lastly, today in my art class, I made wax tempura like the ones in the restaurant windows. It looks so real I want to eat it! Ebi fry~ and pumpkin tempura~

The end for now~