I'm a successful man!!!!!

My weight was about 154 pounds when I was a junior high school student. Then, I played soccer almost every day. But I didn't make efforts when I practiced soccer because I was a goalkeeper and I didn't any powerful rival. So I usually played it half in fun. I couldn't notice that I got fat, then.
I got two powerful rivals since I was a high school student and I was a member of my school's soccer team. Then, I could understand to get fat. I was very shocked. So I was persistent to pay soccer more and more. Finally, my weight was about 132 pounds after a half of year. I remember that I was very happy to become a starting goalkeeper. Then I could find that it is important for me to practice hard whatever I am interested in. And I think it is the most important that continue to do anything. This is not easy, I think. But if you can succeed, you gain confidence.

This journal is very difficult for me because .....

This journal is very difficult for me because almost of all Japanese doesn't use body language and gestures. I don't usally use them, either. So I don't have any experiences. Sorry. But I have several misunderstanding when I speak English. This experience is easy for you to understand what I want to say. I'm doing a homestay now. I usually talk with my hostfamily's mother when we eat dinner. One time of dinner, she asked me "You can't eat banana, right." That is true. I can't eat banana. Then I have to say "No." But in Japan we usually say "Yes" because of different culture and rule of conversation. So I sometimes say "Yes." And she usually say "Oh, you can eat banana. Ok. I'll buy banana for you." After I heard it, I said "I'm sorry, I can't eat banana. I don't like that taste and smell. So I don't buy it for me. Did you understand what I want to say? I don't really like banana. But I should eat banana because it has many kinds of vitamin, proutain and so on. While I stay in USA, I try to eat banana again and again, and I want to be able to eat banana. When I go back to Japan, I will show my friends and family it that I can eat banana and I want to superise them. In addition, I want to show them how I can speak English, too.

DIFFICULT

It is too difficult for me to use my left hand. I could not do anything. For example, I couldn't use fork and knife when I ate dinner. I can't use my left hand as well as right hand when I wanted to write something. And I'm typing these words with my left hand.
When I was a high school student, I tried to use chopsticks. Because my soccer coach said "You should try to use your left hand." I said "Why?" He said " There are two reasons why you should try to use your left hand. First of all, if youwill be able to use your left hand, you will be very happy. In addition, you can find that it is important for you to keep trying something." Since then, I tried to use my left hand. After three month, finally, I could use chpsticks with my left hand. It is one of my good memory.
In Japan, we usually say that left-handed persons have their powers of memory.
I want to know that how was left-handed persons felt around the world.

What did you like/not like the most about Blood Diamond the movie? Why/why not?

I liked the scene of family's meeting again the most. When I watched that scene, I thout that it is important for me to live together happily. Recently, I sometime think that I could not live together happily after I came here, USA because I quarreled with my family memmber almost every day. But I can feel that my parents are greatness, now. I thought this movie has a lot of scenes of violence. I do not like movies of violence because they are really grotesque. Do you think so, too? I could not see that scene in which someone's arm was cut. I have no idea of what the pain like because it is a bruise or a cramp in my foot that it was the biggest pain in my life.

Blood Diamond

I watched BLOOD DIAMOND last Thursday.
I thought it was good. But I didn't know a little bit what that movie want to tell.
I want to watch other movies. Such as commedy, love story, fiction, non fiction and so on.