I strained my back for the first time on January 1st, but my friends came to my house to help me. Although that was the worst beginning of this year, I felt lucky that I've got such nice friends. I also went to a birthday party at a bar to celebrate my friend's birthday. That was my first time to go to an American bar,and I was surprised that a band started to play songs in the bar. Also they have so many kinds of alcohols which I haven't even heard in Japan. Anyways bars in America was different from Japan, so it was interesting for me.