The Hobbit

In my English Literature class, I'm reading a book called The Hobbit right now.

This English class is the hardest one that I have of all classes. It's not only because I'm not really good at English compared to other students, but also I'm in seniors' class. I'm the only junior in that class.

Anyway, I'm reading The Hobbit. It's farytale written by J. R. R. Tolkien who also wrote The Lord of the Rings. I think The Hobbit is supposed to be the biginning part of The Lord of the Rings but I'm not sure... I'm sure that it's a fantasy novel almost like that series.

I like it. It's actually enjoyable and easy to feel the story. It's still hard, but not as hard as the novels and stuff I was reading before in that class (it's longer though...).

But when I'm forced to read it all day long, I get annoyed by Bilbo. Well, everybody else doesn't spend that much time reading it, but I'm a really slow reader, so it takes time for me.

I'm on page 43 out of about 300 pages right now. A lot more to go...

I need to keep reading, but I already feel like giving up. (but I don't wanna give up grades!!)

Check Wikipedia on The Hobbit (in English recomended/Japanese )

Run! Run!! RUN!!!

I ran about 2 miles (1 mile is about 1.6km) this evening. I did pretty good.

I'll have 5km marathon this Sunday. It's one of the reasons I'm running these days.

Well, there's provability of rain this weekend, so maybe it will be canceled. I hope not...

Another reason is that I'm trying to loose my weight, but I don't wanna stop eating good dishes and snacks. LOL

My host mom, sister, and I have done 5km marathon 4 times together already. My mom and I always finish at almost the same time and my sister finishes like 10 minutes later than us. She doesn't really like to run, but mom makes her run.

Even though I'm not really a good or fast runner, I like running since I was little. I was better runner when I was in elementary school...

It usually takes around 30 minutes to finish 5km for me. I wanna be a better runner and get some more muscles.

I wish if I coud swim over here... Swimming is the sport I'm best at. Also, it burns fat the most.

BGM: "Suddenly I See " by KT Tunstall

About PROM

I mentioned that I'm going to prom. Prom is a formal dance in high school.

It's really big event for seniors. Yeah, it's like the biggest event in high school. I'm a junior, but because I'm an exchange student and this is the only year for me, so I get to go.

It's on Saturday 21 this months in our school. So it's like one and half weeks later!

I asked a guy if he could be my prom date or not, but he already had one, so my date is just my friend. It's not even a guy. People who have girlfriend or boyfriend go with them. But since I don't have a boyfriend, my date is a girl.

They dress up at prom. Almost everyone I know who is going to prom has already the dress. I haven't got one yet... I'm thinking about getting a dark red or black dress but I'm not sure yet... I wore a red dress when I went to semiformal ball last time so maybe black one is better, but my hair is black so maybe not...

I'm so excited about it. I'm gonna get a dress, have my hair done, my nails done, and make ups on.

Check out Wikipedia about prom (English recomended/ Japanese ).

And this is the web site I'm using for prom: My Prom Shopper --It's useful.

BGM: "Break It Off " by Rihanna & Sean Paul

Easter

It was easter yesterday!

I got easter basket with easter bunny in it.

My host sister and I picked up easter eggs in our house.

She found 15 eggs and I found 12. Sadly, I lost. She has more experiences, so maybe it couldn't be helped.

This is picture of the eggs I found (filled with bunch of candies):

In the afternoon, we went to easter party at our neighbor's house.

It was fun. Really fun. Plus, it was my first easter.

But there is one problem. I ate a lot-- which means I'm gonna gain some weight. I'm concerned about getting fat because prom is coming. Yeah! I'm going to prom! I can't wait for it. Well, I'll write about it later.

Host Sister

Introducing my SWEET sister! (Just kidding. LOL)

She is my 13-year-old host sister.

She is climbing the wall in the photo. She was just being weird.

We are like actuall sisters. We spend much time together.

We fight over TV channels, fool around, and do chores together.

She called me "beyond blonde" the other day. She's blonde, anyways!

By the way, she's wearing her PJs in the photo...

That's her favorite ones! And she wears PJs all day long when she doesn't go out anywhere like during break.