Feb. 17th (Mon.)
We went to a local fire department in the afternoon. We asked firefighters some questions. I couldn't really catch what they were saying, so I was a little disappointed with myself. We later wore a firefighter suit, which was so heavy! I thought that firefighters were great. Then, we shot some water with a hose against a target. I experienced it for the first time, so I got really excited.
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Feb. 18th (Tue.)
We went shopping to Tacoma Mall in the morning. The mall was very big. There were many clothing stores, shoe stores, and so on . I bought NIKE shoes. Gwen and Shiho helped me choose the shoes. The shoes are now my favorite!
In the afternoon, we made a handmade snowman. Haruka's host mother Jane taught us how to make a snowman. She is very good at handcraft . Jane and Haruka later made me a handmade doll, a bracelet and a pair of pierced earrings for my birthday. Thank you!
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Feb. 20 (thu.)
We went sightseeing to the places such as the University of Washington, Pike Place Market and a Japanese grocery store called Uwajimaya.
The University of Washington was completely different from a regular Japanese university. The campus was so big and looked magnificent. I felt the campus had a long history, bacause many school buildings looked like castles.
I bought some ingredients of Nikujaga for my host family. I wanted to buy some potatoes, but there were so many kinds of potatoes in Uwajimaya. I couldn't decide which to choose. That day, Laura chose some good potatoes for Nikujaga for me. I was surprised to see a Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya in Uwajimaya .
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Feb. 21 (Fri.)
We went to Green River Community College and a senior home in the afternoon. We met our good old friends Yuuki and Tamami for the first time after about 6 months at the college. Mr. Nonaka allowed us to talk with each other in Japanese for 3 minutes . It was good time for refreshment.
The senior center was luxurious and clean like a hotel. I thought that I wanted to live in the place like that when I grew old.
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Feb. 24 (Mon.)
Laura taught us many thing about American holidays. Then, we dressed up for Halloween. Hannah lent me a robe of Harry Potter. We ate Thanksgiving food that Haruka's host mother and father made for us for lunch. It was delicious. My favorite food was mashed potato. I had my plate refilled three times . We enjoyed experiencing American holiday activities for the first time.
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Feb. 25 (Tue)
We went to a local elementary school. We gave the children our presentation about how to count in Japanese and how to write their names in Katakana. The children asked us many questions about Japan with interest . They were so cheerful. I enjoyed jumping rope with them at the lunch break.
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Feb. 27 (Tue)
We went sightseeing to Leavenworth. I had wrongly guessed that we were going to climb Cascade mountains on foot. There were many fairy-tale-like buildings in Leavenworth, and I especially liked the Christmas ornament shop . I bought a humming bird ornament for Gwen and Ben. They were glad with my present, so I was happy.
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