Eventful weekend

This past weekend was crazy! On Saturday we had a sort of picnic gathering with a bunch of other exchange students from other schools. It was really nice meeting other people who were doing the same thing that I was. We were the only ones from Hawaii, let alone the US. All the other exchange students were from China or Korea or even the Middle East. And they were all really good at Japanese AND English. It was very motivational to see other people who had become so proficient in languages that were not their mother tongues. We made a lot of friends there! After that we went to a bar and stayed out the whole night. I don't like alcohol so I didn't drink anything. I just talked to people and made even more friends. There was this one lady who got so drunk she was throwing chairs around the bar. Perfect example of why alcohol can be bad! On Sunday we went to a Halloween party with one of the teachers here and though the crowd was generally an older one, it was still a lot of fun! We made lots of friends there too. We made lots of plans with our new friends so we're going to be very busy from here on out!