LAST XMAS PARTY !

On the last Saturday, we had a Xmas Party. It was my last Xmas Party because I will graduate this school next June.

We wore semiformal dresses and went to the cafeteria first. Our xmas party is always held at the cafeteria first and after that, we move to the school Rotunda. At the cafeteria, we had dinner and saw performances of 2 bands. Shizume's band played "Snow Smile" at the beginning of the party. I don't like Bump of Chicken well, but I like the song. After that, 11th grader's band played. I didn't know the song they played...

We went back to the dorm becasue cafeteria part was finished. Then we went to the school rotunda. There were lots of students already. We took many pictures. Everyone dressed up and they were beautiful. The cultual festival committee served some drinks and foods. Those were nice. I ate almost every kinds. There was a photo studio that the committee prepared. We took a picture there also. Then performances started. 11th grader's band played "Kizukarenaiyouni" that was aiko's song. I love aiko! so I liked their performance. Afte their performance, Zion, the dance club performed. They were so nice! I had a full realization that it was the last xmas party for me as I watched that.... Next, another 11th grader's band played "Meri Kuri" It was nice also. At the end of the patry, one band played "Kaede". There were 2 girls vocal. One was 11th grader and the other was 12th grader. Both of them were great singer. Their peformance was really wonderful. It was my most favorite performance ever.

I felt sad because it was last vmas party but it was soooo good so I could enjoy the party!

And I will leave US tomorrow morning! and will go back to Japan soon! I can't wait! I hope my and everyone's vacation will be great!

WINTER VACATION-!

Winter vacation will come soon! I really look forward that!

I will go back to Japan. But I'm living in Nagoya so I have to make a connection at Narita, Tokyo... so I will arrive at Nagoya around 8 pm. My family will come to the airport to meet me and we will eat Sushi. I miss Sushi!

Next day, I will have a haircut. I haven't had it for 4 months, so My hair is terrible now. I'm thinking what color and hairstyle I will try. And I will go shopping. After I will come back here, I won"t be able to buy Japanese clothes so I want to enjoy the shopping. On Saturday, I will go to Tokyo to meet my friend. I really really look forward to seeing her! I will stay in Tokyo for 3 or 4 days. I'm planning to go to TDL with my friends. I haven't been there for a long time. I can't wait!

My family will go on a trip to Hong Kong at the end of this year. It's the first time for me to go there. I heard the food and tha night view of Hong Kong are great from my frineds so I will enjoy them.

My family pays a visit to Atsuta Shrine on New Year's day every year so we'll do that next year also. We generally wake up very early and go to Atsuta Shrine, a famous shrine in Nagoya. It's hard to wake up early on New Year's day because I always stay up on New Year's Eve. But I like to go pays a visit to a shrine on New Year's day. There are lots of street stall like a festival or something. After we pay homage at the shrine, we go to another shrine which is next to Atsuta Shrine and eat something. After that, we will go back to home and eat Osechi. I love that which we order every year.

I can't feel happy lately so I'm really looking forward to going back to Japan and don't want to even imagine coming back here...

BB

Boys varsity basketball team had an away game on Dec 1. It was a first game in this season.

It was a tournament and there were 4 schools in the tournament. Keio played Solomon Schechter, a organizer of the tournament. There were lots of people who cheer on Solomon Schechter and no one cheer Keio. We were out of condition at first, but we cought up. At the and of 4th period, we were lead over Solomon Schechter. But No. 5 of Solomon Schechter shot at ring and the score became tie so the game went into ove time. I got butterflies in my stmach but I thought we would win. But we lost the game finally.

And yesterday, we had a 2nd game of the tournament. The opponent was Tuxedo. I felt frustrated at losing the 1st game, so I wanted our team to win all the more. At fist of the game, our condition wasn't good like the 1st game. But we gained on Tuxedo and we won!! I was very happy! Our captain carried off a torophy.

We will have a first home game on Dec 5, Thursday. The opponent is Tuxedo, like yesterday. We will win! so please come and cheer us up!