Is it SUSHI!?

Yesterday, Masahiro and I met with two UM students, Jeff and Steve, and had soda with them. They are studying Japanese and very good at Japanese. Steve likes car and we talked about cars. He said that he doesn’t like big car, but I think his TOYOTA SOARA is big enough! Jeff is familiar with Japanese animation so he is a little otaku (He had ever seen Eva, Ghost-in-the-shell, Haruhi, and also Grenragan!) and his ability to using chopstick is better than me. On September, he will come to Japan and study at the KEIO UNIVERSITY for 11months! So, I hope we will meet again and go to karaoke together!

In the evening, mentors took us to the Kennedy Center for a free jazz concert. We had a very good time! After that, we went to the sushi restaurant. It was a very interesting experience, but its taste was pretty bad. Sushi roll was very spicy and cucumber was something strange!!

Another interesting experience is smoking cigar. I smoked Joe’s cigar, it was my first time to smoke cigar, the taste is much better than cigarette! However, it is difficult for me to not to smoke inside my lung. If I have a chance, I’ll try it again. Thank you Joe!
However, store which Joe took me was not so good. But it’s OK! It was a interesting too!

Today, we will meet Dr. Marie again. I’m look forward to see her!
See you!

Crab cake!

Hi, everyone!

Yesterday, we went to Alexandria and saw a lot of traditional buildings. But the most impressive thing was shopping at a candy store. There are many kinds of candy (very colorful and American taste!) and we can sample all of these! After walking, we had a crab cake for lunch. Next, we went to Georgetown by boat. In Georgetown, Joe took us to a good clothing store (In another store, every clothing is too big for me.). So I bought two T-shirts.

At night, all of us were very tired. Especially, Masahiro and Lisa. Masahiro, Lisa and I took the energy drink in Saturday night and we didn't get sleep whole night!! I think We had to take energy drink again. American energy drink is very powerful!

I have no time to write everything.
See you next post!

Arrived at MARYLAND!

Yesterday, we arrived at MARYLAND! It takes 13hours from Narita to Washington, D.C. And the flight was a bore. When I got to Airport, I was very tired and wanted to sleep. However, my tiredness and sleepiness faded away when I saw the mentors (Nikki, Mike and Joe). They are very friendly and interesting.

After checking in, mentors took us to dinner. We went to “Noodles & Co” with Joe. Joe recommended two noodles and I had one of these (I can’t remember the name) and drank Root beer (I like it but it’s hard to find in Japan!). My friend Masahiro had Thai noodles (Joe’s favorite!) and it was too sweet for him, I think. On our way to hotel, we ate Cold stone ice cream and bought some drinks and foods in CVS. CVS is a big convenience store and we had a lot of fun!

Before we go to bed, we talked with Joe about university, family, his iPhone, etc. After it, we went to room and slept deeply.