Taco Party, The Hard Rock Cafe and Searching for My Little Sisters Birthday Gift

The quality of the pictures are not that good this time. I took them with my phone, which is 5 Mega Pix., but in order to post them I had to send them by E-mail, so I lost some quality in the pictures. Where to begin??? Last Wednesday, three other friends and my self went to the Hard Rock Cafe to celebrate their passing of the entrance exams. I had a hard time convincing them that Fajitas are not Mexican food, but rather Tex-Mex food (which, like me, comes from Texas). It was pretty fun and the taste of the food was the same as in the U.S.

The Friday after that we had a taco party (which do, of course, come from Mexico). I was happy that every seemed to like the taste. We used the Taco Bell tacos that I brought with me from Texas. Also, we used the Texas-Texas salsa which I brought back with me (one of my friends really like the taste, but you could tell that it may have been just a bit to hot for her). I think a total of 9 people came, not including myself. We played Uno after we finished eating (that was pretty fun). Unfortunately, I don't have to many pictures of it.

Then, on Saturday, a friend and I went to a big temple in Osu Kannon,where there are a lot of small stores, to look for my little sisters birthday present. I got her a Yukata and another friend helped me make a picture slide show on a DVD-R to send to her as well. I think she will be pretty happy with it (I won't know for a little while, because it will take about a week to reach her and I sent it on Monday).

At the moment I'm in the lab doing experiments. Next month on the 15th and 16th I will be in Tokyo for a confrence. I'm not really sure if the presentations are in English or Japanese (if it is an international conference, the presentations will be in English). I guess that is what my next article will be over. Also, sometime over spring break, I plan on going to re-visit my host family in Tsu and perhaps even take a trip to Kyoto or Sapporo. Those should be interesting.

I decided to apply for entrance into the University of Texas for August of 2008. So, I think that I will be in Japan for about another year and a half. At the beginning of April, I will have been in Japan for a year now. I don't think it matters how long I stay here, I will always be a little home sick. Also, while I'm in this part of the world, I'm going to try to travel to other contries that are close to Japan when I can. I think I will try to visit Korea before I leave here for good.

Anyways, I know this sorter than usual, but I'm a little busy at the moment. So, I guess I will see ya'll around.
Adios

Quote of the Month
"I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars."
-Sir Arthur Eddington