Trip to Hiroshima and Okayama

From August 2th to 5th, I traveled in Hiroshima and Okayama with my friends. One is same university students and classmate. The other is from Hong Kong and she came to Japan to study Japanese and the culture. We met her in this spring vacation to join CIEE volunteer project together. She finished one year for a exchange student and come back to Hong Kong so before she come back, we decided to meet again :)

This trip was so nice but it is difficult for me to exchange e-mail in English. E-mail is convenient but I prefer to chat face to face!

We went to Atomic doom, Japanese traditional garden and Miyajima and so on in Hiroshima. In Okayama, we walked around Kurashiki city and went to Ohara art museum and a lot of souvenir shops :) We enjoyed a lot.

Now she came back to her hometown but of course we keep in touch with her. I hope to travel Hong Kong next summer or spring vacation to meet her!

Tomorrow I’m going to go Philippine to study English. It makes me so excited. I want to try my best to improve English skill during this stay. I believe this experience becomes my power and even though all experience that at first I think not so important or boring things make me stronger.

After school

Examinations of Spanish had taken place today. This week and next week is a period of a semester test. It will not be long before the test ends. There are two tests left I have to take. One is ‘’ an introduction of linguistic science’’ and the other is ‘’culture and communication’’. These classes are my major class. There are a lot of things I have to memorize!

After finish the Spanish test, I and my friend went to a department store to eat lunch together. We were considered a few minutes and decided to enter the Italian restaurant.We wanted to eat more singular food; for instance Vietnam or Thai food but at the end we had spaghetti and pizza of tomato sauce and cheese. These pictures are dishes we ate. In addition we could eat a nice cake! It was really delicious so that’s all right :)

I parted from her in the department store and went to other shop. I bought a T-shirt, some books and DVDs; ‘’Back To The Future’’ and ‘’The Devil Wears Prada’’. I’m going to watch from now on!

Summer plan

I didn't write this blog long time so I want to keeping the blog from today!


Today is July 23. Next month I'm going to Philipina form August 23 to September 12.
I join the English study program, I've never take part in the kind of program so I want to try and I heard it's good proglam from my club member that went to there before.

I want to know about Phlippina so I try to read some book about that and search the Internet:) Of cource I had better study English.

I'm really looking forward to summer vacation!

Is it delicious?

Yes, it is really delicious!

This picture was yesterday’s board of part time job. I work for waitress in the restaurant. The chief is nice and care about balance of nutrition so every meal is great!

It was a bowl of rice topped with sashimi (sliced some kinds of raw fish), thin wheat noodles, a mixture of vegetable bits and shrimp fried in batter and chicken and konnyaku (a gelatinous food made from devil’s-tongue starch) boiled and seasoned.

Four month have passed since I started this job and recently I become used to work. Sometimes employee praised me so I feel happy. That’s exactly my motivation rise when they approve of my work :)

I want to absorb everything I can learn this part time job and of course classes in university. Class starts from now on!

Sophomore

Cherry blossoms are very beautiful, I went to see cherry blossoms sometimes.　Hay fever is a problem for me but spring is nice:)　

I’m a sophomore from this April. There are a lot of things that I want to do or challenge especially recently. Study English every day (for instance prepare for TOEIC). I want to work well at part time job. I want to take classes I’m really interested in. German, Spanish, Korean and Chinese are also language I want to speak. Keep my room clean, cook better dishes… Of course I want to travel or stay in abroad.

Whatever happens, I wish I were enjoying my life. I believe everything I experienced become my power.

Picture is wonderful :)

My friends and I were on this picture.　I took it when we went to Auckland museum.　We traveled together in New Zealand in a week.　During travel, of course I took so many pictures but I don’t know how I show you my pictures because I’m not good at user of computer and digital camera. But from today it has changed!

Today was start of New Year in our university. After a long time I met a lot of friends (include them). They became all more fascinated girls! Some teachers explained to take courses. After finished, they visited my apartment to change each of our own pictures. I think you know I had to clean my room at yesterday’s night...

They understand use computer so I relied everything about that! In the end I could get her pictures and they also could my pictures. Thank you very much :) They are reliable friends!

Seeing pictures I gave myself up to memories of our travel days. I felt keenly how happy I got this special experience.

Plum Pickles

Bing bong.

Suddenly the doorbell rang so I stand up and walked up to the door.

It was the owner of my apartment. She had a paper bag. She said’’ Good evening. I want you to give this plum pickle of my thanks. It tastes good so I liked it.’’ I felt her kindness so I was happy.

Several days ago I gave her rice cracker. (Grilled after being seasoned with soy sauce) My mother sent it to me to give her because I could live peacefully my freshman life. Last March I started live alone in this apartment. One year has passed.

Opened the box, there were so many plum pickles! Maybe I can’t eat all of them so I want to share it with my neighborhood friends :)