The Aftermath.

Well I have been having a very busy, very crazy, very fun and exciting last few days.  In the last 3 days I have seen about 50 family members, eaten about 10,000 calories, (it feels like it anyways) and have been enjoying the California sun!

My brothers wedding was yesterday.  It went very well.  My brother looked happy, his bride looked beautiful, and our families looked so happy!  We are all very tired now.  I was a part of the bridal party.  I was in fact the "best man".  If you don't know what a best man is, he is basically the person who helps the groom with things before the wedding, sometimes helps plan things, and also keeps the groom calm before the wedding. Also, during the ceremony he is the one to hand the rings to the bride and groom when it is time for the ring exchange. 
I'll post a new slide show soon, when i get the time and energy.  at the moment my mother is pestering me to come and be with the family ( NEW WORD , Verb. To Pester,   to bother or annoy a person while they are trying to do something else.  My little brother pesters me while I'm trying to do homework.)

I'll post again soon

M.

U.S. Week One

Finally some sun!

It's been a very busy last couple of days!!  My whole family is so busy getting ready for my brothers wedding.  I have all my clothes ready now and I just need to brake-in my shoes now so that I don't hurt my feet on the day of the wedding.  My brother also got back from Peru yesterday and so now my mother has 2 of her 3 sons living in the same house, plus a daughter in law (my wife).  I mother has been so happy.  all of my brothers as well as father hate to go shopping and are never any fun.  Now that my wife is in town my mother has been having a great time going around and showing all the cute shops and such to my wife.  They spent the WHOLE day shopping yesterday so that they would have something to wear for the wedding.  Everyone came home happy and tired.  My mother is a real bargain hunter and she seems to have amazing luck when it comes to clothes.  It's nice to have a talent.   The plans for the rest of the weekend i think will be a  BBQ as well as going to see a movie this afternoon.  You have no idea how few movies actually make it to Japan! my guess is that only about 20% of what is made in the US actually makes it to Japan.  Its really too bad because there are so many good movies that don't have "super-starts" that are really really good.
anyways
more to come soon.

Hello From the San Francisco Bay Area!

Well, I've made it here safe and sound.  I'm still suffering from jet lag but I hope to be back on my feet in a couple of days.  It's been really nice to see some of my family.   I think that I'm in reverse culture shock.  Mostly I'm surprised at how large everything is.  food, cars, roads, clothes, people, everything!   I'm also shocked at how good the public sanitation system and recycling system is!  I also forgot how friendly Americans can be.  At the airport, I saw a couple of strangers sit next to each other, and not 10 seconds later begin to have a friendly conversation!

My mother's house looks absolutely beautiful.  She has expanded her garden and its full of lush vegetables, and giant roses.  I'll post some pictures soon.

Tomorrow is going to be a shopping day I think.  It should be fun!

This is how I feel.

There is an Idiom in English that means to be excited or nervous about something.  Look at the picture and see if you cant guess what it is.

please post your comments :)

Packing

Hello and happy Monday.  I fly tomorrow!  Very excited.  I managed to finish all my last minute shopping for presents for family and friends and now I'm ready to throw it all in my suitcase along with my clothes and whatnot.   I tend to be a very light packer.  So I'll be able to go to America for a month in a Medium Sized suitcase, plus a backpack.  Easy right?

I've been told that the weather in California has been pretty hot the last week, so I'm packing lot of light clothes.  I plan on going clothes shopping in the US so I'm taking mostly old clothes that I can 1: leave behind, and 2: clothes that are easy to roll up.
I'm doing my test pack today.   Should be easy :P

....I hope....

NEW POSTING RULES

Hi, I've changed the posting now so that anyone can leave a comment.  PLEASE TRY to post in English. Some Japanese is ok, but this is MATTS ENGLISH SCHOOL.

Good Luck.

According to my research California State is 10% bigger than all of Japan!

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