Discoveries

I have started to live by myself since this April, I found that the importance of the people around me; family, friends, neighbors, and so on. At first, I was very worried about my life in the future at that time. I didn't have confidence whether I can cook, wash my cloths and clean my room include bath and washroom at that time. The problem that if I have a cold was a big problem. However my mother always worries about me and telephone everyday at that time. She comes to my apartment about twice a every month until now. My father sends me some souvenirs he bought at the place he visited, my brother sometimes comes to see me and talks interesting his experience. My local friends phone me every time when I feel sad or lonly and they encourage me. I talk with them for about one hour. It is very comfortble for me to talk using dialect. When I listen to their a lot of exciting experience at their each university, I respect them. I want to spend my university life like them so I can do my best everything! Many friends in this university are also my treasures. Especially the members of English8 have each different characteristics and thinking. They are very kind and so poweful(^O^)／! I was helped many times by them. I love them!(^^)! My neighbors are all friendly. They hold a party regularly. On the day of my birthday, they held my surprise birthday party!! I was thinking that I wasn't seleblated my birthday with cake this year, but thanks to their surprising party, I could eat a big birthday cake(*^_^*)!!! When I had a cold, they worried about me and asked me if they should go to supermarket for me to buy something to cure my cold. I was really happy.
The connecton with many people is my best treasure. If you start live by yourself, there will be a lot of difficult problem. However, the people around you will help you. I discovered that the importance of them.

The Future

When I will become 50, to make a trip all over the world will have cmpletely changed. Now, it takes 10 more hours to go to Eurpe from Japan. It makes us tired and some people have a sick because of the long fright. About 30 years later, many technologies will change and engineer will be able to make the special engine of plane which we can go another country in short hours. Thanks to that engine, we will be able to travel a lot of country. In addition, I think that we will be able to travel to space. I don't know whether it is true or not but my high school days teacher said to students that we will be able to go to space for honeymoon nearly in the future. I think if the idea come true, it become so memorial trip. These days, the cost of trip is becoming cheaper and cheaper. We will feel travel around the world much more familiar.

If such a trip come true, I want to travel all over the world. I think it is good but some people may think it is bad for environment. Becouse a lot of planes flits. What do you think?

Something I would love to try

I would like to try bungee jumping someday. It looks so scarery but I think it is also fun! Have you ever done bungee jumping? When I was a high school student, my class went to Washuzan Highland in Okayama for excursion. There is bungee jumping. It is 170 meters above sea level. It is so high! My classmate (of course boys) tried it! His face looked so fearful but we laughed seeing his face(^O^)／hahaha~ He hesitated to jump many times. However the clerk in the park started to count down. We also counted down imitating him.

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Three!

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Two!

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One!

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BUNGEE!!!

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He jumped!

I also wanted to try it but I didn't have courage. If I have one more chance, I would like to try!

My Ideal Partner

I want to marry in the future and make a happy home. My ideal partner is like my father. Is it rare for most of all daughters to think this? When I talk about this to my friends, they are always surprised. My father is a soccer coach and he teaches it to children in elementery school as a volunteer. He has played soccer since he was elementery school student. When he was high school student, he choose as a member of Japan reinforced player. Then, he went to university in Tokyo to play soccer. He belongs to sinior soccer club still now. I think the man who is absorbed in any sports is shining!(^^)! I like to cheer for any games. I love sports! So I want my partner to play some sports. In addition, my father never complains about his work when he come back home. He is civil servant, so I think he has a lot of irritated things but he doesn't bring things about his work to home. Even he has some problems at work, he come back with smile, so I always respected him. He doesn't smoke and drink so much. He always eat my mother's dish saying "delicious!" My mother looks happy about his words（*^_^*） It is like my father's boast but I proud of my father(^O^)／! I want to marry the man who I can respect.

I want to go to Australia for honeymoon. My parents chose the place for it. They said it was really fun. I saw some pictures they took with koalas. They went to Gold Coast and enjoyed not only shopping and eating but also sports and nature. After I heard about this, I really want to go there! I think almost all the people in Japan go to Hawaii for honeymoon but I would like to choose the place where many people don't go. Is Australia famous for honeymoon place?

Anyway! Every place is OK if I can go with the man who loves me very much(^^)hahaha

My good friend

I have a lot of respectful friends. Here I want to talk about best friend Yoko in Tokushima. We met at junior high school. At first, I couldn't decide which club should I belong to when I was first grade student. Finally, I decided to belong to the track and field club. I like to run long distance so I chose 1500m. Yoko also chose 1500m. The people who chose 1500m were only us! It is the encounter of me and Yoko. The practice was really hard. We run about 1hour everyday. After that, we run 100m about 5times. I often said to her "I can't run any more!" However she always encouraged me and run together. The time I run was faster than first year. I think I owe it to her. That's how I and Yoko become deep friend. Then, we also belonged to the same club:badmintonclub in high school. The practice was also hard. When I cried because of lose of game, she was beside me everytime. I was really happy.
We live in different place now. When I feel lonly, she call me everytime. That is the best way to have encourage. She is university student in Tokushima to become childcare teacher. It is her big dream!(^^)!
I start live alone, I feel important the presence of a lot of friends. I can't live without friends.
THANK YOU（●＾o＾●）

Picture:the member of badmintonclub

A Special Day

For me, a special day is New Year's Day. I think it is also a special day for almost all the people, but the day is only day that my family (father, mother, brother and me) are all together. My brother is a third grade university student. He really enjoys his student life here, so he seldom comes back to my hometown Tokushima. He comes back to Tokushima about teice a year. On the other hand, I came back to Tokushima about once a month but I won't come back frequently next year because I will study abroad, join club activity more and work a part-time job almost all day. However, me and my brother will certainly come back to Tokushima on New Year's Day. We can meet my grand parents, cousins and a lot of relatives, and they give us money called otoshidama. Also, we can eat Japanese traditional dish called osechi which is eaten only on New Year's Day with them. We play card called hanahuda which is Japanese card game all night, talk a lot of things, take a family pictures, go to shrine and temple to wish happy day... many many things! I enjoy that day with family! Spending time with family is a special day for me（*^_^*）

Could technology become more of a problem than a help to communication?

I think technology become more of a problem but whether it become a problem or not is up to us. These days, having cellphone is not special. People often use it by talking, mailing, chatting on the Internet, writing comments some bulletin boards and many many things. They enable us to contact someone at any time and everywhere. I have started to live by myself since this April and when I feel miss my family or friends, I always use cellphone. Thanks to their function, I can feel relieved. At the time, I think high technology is useful and makes me comfortable. However there is a problem which causes lack of face to face communication. If we depend on cellphone too much, we won't talk with people. I love to talk with people face to face. In addition, mailing communication can cause a lot of problems. We can't see the other person's face, so we can't understand the other person's true feelings or the other person may take different meanings which we sent messages. It is very difficult problem but if there is no mailing technology, we won't face such problems. However the life without mailing technology, it will be difficult to contact the people all over the world. We have to handle this carefully.

A foreign product I love

I like listening to music. Because my brother likes music. He was interested in music when he was a junior high school student, I also became interested in music at the same time. I don't have specific favorite jenre of music. I just like listening to music. I often listen to popular music. When I listen to some music, I always use ipod which is made in America. I bought it by myself when I was a junior highschool student. The feature of ipod is very thin and light. We can take it everywhere. Ipod is a high-quality product, I think. I can download a lot of songs by computer and input them into my ipod. In addition, I can also input the jacket of the song. The screen is big, so I can see music videos and furthermore movies if I download them. We can make our own ipod! The newest ipod which is sold now have more unique function. It can take photoes and moving images. In addition, we can play games with it. However, my ipod is very old, so it enables me only to listen to music and watch music videos. Also, the capacity is full so I really want to buy new one:-( New ipod which I want to buy is ipod touch. I REALLY want to buy it! It is not phone but it is loaded the function called "face time" and we can enjoy video talking. We can talk with our friend with seeing their face. It is very cool, isn't it? I ask my father to buy it. haha／(^O^)＼ Ipod which is made in America is very popular all over the world! If you don't have it, should buy now!!!

My summer vacation

Hi! Long time no see.

During summer vacation, I went back to Tokushima which is my hometown, met my old friends, worked part time job, watched movies, ate delicious dishes at my grandmother's house and... I did a lot of things! The best memory is trip to GUAM! I went there with my high school friends. It was first time for me to trip abroad with my friends, so I was really looking forward to making the trip with them, but I was worried a little. It was a tour of HIS(the name of travel agency) which is known for offering us very cheep tour, so the travel expenses was really cheep. They charge 35000 yen three night. It is really cheep, isn't it? I am poor, so the cost was helpful. Of course the hotel rank was worst in Guam and without any meals, but that is not relevant! This trip was sooooo fan!! The people in Guam were so friendly. A man driving a car sounded a horn to us and said 'Hey!!.' If we wave our hands, the local people returned waving their hands with a big smile. We were so happy and we can get positive power from them. We experienced diving. The color of the sea was emerald green(not blue) and so beautiful. When we looked in the sea through goggles, there were a lot of various tropical fish. It was third time for me to experience diving but this time was the best! I think it was becouse the weather was so fine! We enjoyed at beautiful beach for 5 hours. We also went sightseeing around Guam, ate local foods which is colld Chamorro food(so delicious), went shopping, chatted all night with my friends. I had a very good time with them. I felt the people, the cenery, the foods, the air and all things sorrounding Guam were different from Japan. It was good chance for me to feel interculture. I was more interested in other countries than before. I want to make many trips around the world. My English was so bad and I couldn't communicate with local people so I decided study English hard. Someday, I want to trip to Australia!!

My good and bad points

My good point is... I don't have any foods which I can't eat. I mean I love all foods.(exclude insects) If other person says the dish is bad, however I don't feel so bad. Eating makes me happy（*^_^*）
Other good point is I am good at cheering up other person. I listen the problems which is confusing the person and I say some positive points or funny story. After I encourage them, if their face is full of smile, I really happy! I love everyone's smile♪

My bad point is I have negative thinking of myself. I don't like myself. I always regret what I did. However I 'm good at cheer up other person. Is it inconsistency? I can't understand myself.
Anyway! This is me! I receive myself and I make an effort to like myself!

Summer vacation

In this summer, I am planning to go to Guam with my friends in high school. We belonged to the same badminton club and we experience hard practice together. We have warm feelings. I suggested that we travel somewhere together in this summer, but I didn't know where to go. One day, when I watch TV in my house, I saw a television commercial which recommended bargain trip around the world such as Korea, Hong Kong, Saipan, Guam and so on. At that time, my eyes sparkled with excitement! I phoned my friend immediately and I said to her, "Let's go Guam!" She agreed and she was also excited. I applied on online soon. The next day, when I checked the travel agency's homepage, the plan were reserved. I felt rellieaf. I can go and stay Guam only 35000yen. Next month, I'm going to meet the fiends in Tokushima and plan for the trip. I am also looking forward to the planning.
Oh! I will give you a souvenir - Guam sand(^O^)／!hahaha

My Experience

I have lived alone since this spring. When I was in my hometown, everyday dishes are made by my mother. I haven't cooked some dish at all. It is true!! However, the money I can spend money in a month has a limit, so I don't want to spend money on food so much. I decided to cook by myself everyday. I want to tell you my bad cook experience.

One day, when I saw in the refrigerator, there are onion, potates and carrot. I thought what dish can I cook...? Then, I decided to cook nikujyaga with these vegetables! If I made it a lot, I can use it the next day's lunch box. First of all, I cut these vegetables. Next, I fried them. Then, I should have added water, but I forgot! I add soy sauce, seet sake, and sugar without water. I was glad to be able to cook nikujyaga and when I finished cooking, I was really hungry. I put the dish on a plate and eat them......... Potates and carrots are so HARD! I was really really REALLY shocked. But "Failure is a stepping-stone to success." I don't mind. I keep cooking every day!

Something I'd like to accomplish

I really want to speak English fluently. When I was a junior high school student, I started to learn English. At first, all things I had done at English class was just writing alphabets. I also did the same thing at cram school. At that time, I don't like studying English so much, but when I start to lern speaking English, I realized the fun. I joined homestay programe twice. I tried talked with my hostfamily a lot. I couldn't speak English so much but it was really fun. I wanted to talk a lot of things about me, my family, my pet, Japan..... and more things! That is why I want to speak English.

If I have a lot of money

If I have a lot of money, I want to travel around the world and eat many kinds of dishes all over the world. Then I find my favorite dishes around the world, I would like to establish restaurant which we can eat many kinds of dishes. My restaurant's concept is "Eating makes us HAPPY!"

By the way, my favorite dish which I have eaten is Fish and Chips. When I went to New Zealand, I ate it. I had wanted to eat it since I saw it in textbook . My hostfamily took me to the best shop of Fish and Chips. It was very delicious, but eating it too much is bad for helth because it is too oily. Have you ever eaten Fish and Chips? Don't you want to eat many kinds of dishes? I will grant your wish!

A place I would like to live

I would like to live in Arashiyama in Kyoto. Because the street is very clean and the very Japanese atmosphere is really nice. When I went there duaring GW, I saw a track which is for clianing around the street. The speaker of the track seid, "Arashiyama is everyone's town so we have to keep clean by ourselves." I really agree the idea and I thought that all town in Japan should have the same idea. There are also a lot of temples and shrines. I can calm down if I go there. That's why I would like to live Arashiyama.

World Buffet!

Today, I went to buffet with my friend. I love eating very much:-)! We went to World Buffet, where we can eat a lot of dishes without time limit. It is very good, isn't it? We ate pizza, fried chicken, cream pasta, meat sauce pasta, garlic rice, curryrice, fried onion, many kinds of salad, boiled fish, zenzai, ice cream, some kinds of cake... I can't remember anymore!!! Anyway, I ate a lot! As a result, we were too full to move at all. We were there about 3hour! I couldn't eat supper. But I had a very good time! Everyone should go there;-)!! But be careful to eat too much!!!

My life these days

Hello! This is my first blog article.
I live a full life everyday;)
On Saturday, I made a trip to Kyoto with my mother. The weather was very fine, so I felt very happy! I got up at 5:30 and I took the 6:30bus to get there early. I arrived at Arashiyama at around 9 o'clock. In front of Arashiyama station had already been full of a lot of tourists. I was very surprised!! But various shops such as souvenir shops, popular restaurants had not opened yet, so first we decided to see many temples and shrine. They were VERY beautiful and elegant. I wander how old people built these. There were no only Japanese tourists but also MANY foreign tourists!!! I thought everyone all over the world should come to Kyoto for sightseeng. There were also a lot of delicious foods. I ate the flavor of green tea roll cake, mitarashi dampling, four tastes ice cream, manjyu and so on! I will start on diet from tomorrow~!
That was very nice trip. I want to write whole thing that I experienced in Kyoto. If I have a free time, I want to attach some pctures that were taken in Kyoto.
Have a nice Golden Weeeeek!!! See ya!