Sari

 Today, we had Nepali dance party in our house with a lot of friends.
I wore sari for the first time. It is worn by Hindi. It was really confortable. 

 We kept dancing with Nepali music. I feel great. What a wonderful night!

♡LOVE LOVE LOVE♡

Today, I went to Water World and Dolby forest with my host family.

Grandpa, Grandma, Ganesh, Durga, Uji, Kiran, Anty, Sapha, Tomoko,
I love you so much!!!!!

                                         It was so precious time. I appreciate it you did for me.
                                                      I want to enjoy the rest of the trip.

The beauty of the scenery!!

 We visited Whitby by bus on 11th August. The scenery was so wonderful.

 First, we went to St. Mary's church. 199 steps were little bit hard for me, however the view from the cliff was much more beautiful than I had expected.
 There were many graves on the criff. In Japan, it is said that taking a picture  of graves are not good because the attitude wakes up our ancesters. And also they say that we should respect our ancesters, so to take a photo is prohibited. Therefore, there are few people to take a picture of  the grave in Japan.
 However, almost all people, incluging me,that visited this graveyard took many pictures because of the beauty of the scenery. I realized that this was because the shape of the grave in England was quite different from that of Japan.

 In England, especially in York, I feel like taking a picture wherever I go. Wherever we are, even if we are in the graveyard, the beautiful scenery streches as far as the I could see.

This is one of the reasons that I love England!!!

About my host family.

 My host family is from Nepal. They are Hindu and lacto-vegetarian.

 Host father, Ganesh tells me a lot about Hindi. Every morning, he prays. And he eats some kinds of fruits that say a prayer as a habit. We eat many fruits too. It likes me, because I really like fruits.


There are four people in my host family, father, mother, and two children. Kiran is ten years old boy, and Uji is twelve years old boy. We play badminton in the sports centre, play trampoline in our house. Every day, we play together, for example, watching movies, playing Wii sports, "Pictionary"game, bowling, and so on. We spend really good time enjoying with our host family.

 Grandfather and grandmother are coming now. They are also from Nepal and they cannot speak English. Iwas so surprised that I thought it was so difficult to communicate with their grandchildren. I wonder how to communicate each other. Then I found one of the answers.  They are using non-verbal language. Gestures and expressions tell us their feeling more than words. It seems that they have much more varieties of expressions than Japanese. Even if the language is different, they are very close to each other. They have really good relationships.  It was impressive for me.

 I don't know Nepali except for"Namasute", however I can surely communicate with them if I try to do so. I try my best!!!

Today's important thing is...

 Today, I learned that responses are very important to show our interest to other person.
In English, the intonation is so important. The meaning of the word depends on the intonation.
Of course, it is important how we send messages, but how they receive messages is more important.
 We have to tell correctly, so we try to avoid misunderstanding. In order to identify each other, we need to use the response.


 I learned many new vocabulary. "Would you take a hand with..." and "keen on" is very useful.
 When I wanted to say I would like to help with the cooking, I said "Is there anything I can do?" However, too polite is not good. So, the nuance is very very significant.
 When I wanted to say I could not eat coconut, I said "I don't like it." I do not know it is a direct way. I try to use "keen on" from now on.
 It is hard to communicate the minute nuances of usage.


 I learn many phrases, then I want to talk with my host family. I want to communicate well.