North Shore!!

I went to North Shore with my roommate on Sunday. We visited Haleiwa town (Matsumoto's shave ice!!), Sunset beach, and Banzai pipeline. They were so beautiful and we took a lot of pictures of the ocean. It took about 2 hours from our dorm because we went by bus. However, I'm so satisfied with the trip! I'll go again sometime soon though!









We had lunch at vegan restaurant, the beet box cafe. This was my first time to visit vegan cafe. I've never seen vegan before. I think Japanese can't be vegan because lots of Japanese dishes need fish, meet, egg, and many other food from animal. For example, sushi needs raw fish, and dashi which is required for almost Japanese cuisine like udon is from bonitos. So Vegan is a kind of culture shock for me.
At the restaurant, I ordered "BEIRUT BURGER." It used "falafel" which is a deep fried patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both (from wikipedia:p). The burger was so tasty!

My roommate is from California. So we talk in English. Going out with her is so interesting and good practice for speaking.
However, in our conversation, sometimes I can't make her understand me in English. I feel so sorry to her... I can understand almost what she says and nod or give easy responses, but when I try to say something to spice up our conversation, I can't say well and I always feel that I stop the flow.....Why? I think I don't have enough phrases to find an exact one in the situation quickly. Also, I have few experiences to speak English thinking, so it takes long time. To make it faster, I should try to speak English much more times, study more phrases which are often used by native speaker, and practice to explain myself in English. Moreover, thinking in English might help me.
I feel sorry to my roommate and other parties, but I'm going to be active about speaking English💪!