Weekend Activities

After weeks of searching, we finally found a good enough place to play baseball. It is actually a cricket pitch in the agricultural university which is about a mile away from where we live. We walked through the university, until we finally found the place to play. At the time, there was a Sports Festival going on, so it was very crowded. At first we just played catch, but as the field got less crowded we got out our new bat and started hitting tennis balls. A lot of people came over and wanted to play with us (especially the Indians from America who knew how to play). When they started playing, all of their friends wanted to join. Then a group of boys about Mark's age came over and wanted to play catch. Surprisingly, some of them were doing very well for their first times playing the game. I'd say we are starting to do a pretty good job of spreading baseball around the city. I think we have found our new baseball field.

That night, we went out to the Esteem Mall, which is about three or four miles away from our apartment. It is the nicest place to shop around where we live and we had to go get a birthday present for my friend's party. We got him a Brooks & Dunn album. The first song on the CD was Only in America. I hope he doesn't think that I did that on purpose.

This morning I felt a little sick, but I'm doing a lot better now. At about ten we went out to the middle of the city where my party was. It was in a really nice hotel that isn't too far from our apartment. We watched Transformers and The Simpson's Movie. We had a western style lunch. Pizza, french fries, and a lot of cake. For the first time this term, I've had a lot of homework. I think it's because last week we didn't have any classes and the teachers are trying to catch up. I can't believe we're almost half way done with school.