Hi everyone. I haven't written here in a long time. I'm sorry to everyone who has been waiting for a new entry in my blog. I've been on Spring Break, and a lot of fun stuff happened...but also my grandfather passed away during Spring Break. I haven't written in the blog since then, and I've also been really slow to respond to emails. I still went out with friends when I was invited, but sometimes I went home early and things like that. If you've written an email to me and I haven't responded yet, I apologize for the delay. I'm sad that I won't get to see my grandfather anymore, but I hope he is in a better place now. Actually, I believe that I will see him again some day. He is probably watching over me right now.

I realized that I really have to value everyone around me. My family and friends are really important to me, and I really want to make the most of my time with them. I would like to be a good daughter to my parents and to be a good person in general in order to honor my grandfather.

I'm grateful that I got to meet up with my grandfather last summer!

I'll try to catch up on all the great stuff that happened during Spring Break in my blog! There were many days that I just didn't feel like writing but I'm coming back to this journal! Thanks for reading!

Today I went hanami (flower-viewing) with friends from PSC (the Rotary Past Scholars' Club)! It was really fun! All the sakura (cherry blossoms) are in full-bloom now so we decided to go to the park near Osaka Castle to enjoy the flowers. Nakahara-san organized the whole thing and I really appreciated it!

I met up with Nakahara-san at Umeda Station, and we rode the train together to Osaka Castle and met up with Hebi in the station. The flowers in the park around the castle were really beautiful. There were a lot of people and the line to the ladies' room was really long!! There were a lot of food booths selling castellas and Osaka food. We all bought some food and met up with Nagira-san. We then headed over to the main park and Nakahara-san bought us all admission tickets. :) ( More Hanami! )