Foreign Countries

I'm very interested in foreign countries and I especially like America and England. First, I am going to go to America to study English this summer. Because of that, I want to know about American culture and life style. There are many differences between Japanese culture and American culture. Also I want to know about England because I love Sherlock Holmes. He is so cool and I like every story of his adventures. Moreover, I like tea so I want to know about lots of kind of tea. (89)

VISA appointment

I finally could take an appointment of VISA. It was hard for me to do it. I can be interviewed on June 23th-that's the day I and Yukiko desired! Oh, I will be able to have a good sleep tonight. Good night :) (44)

About Ayano

I will introduce one of my friends Ayano. I met her at first time when I entered in this university. The first impression of her was scare because she talked with her friends with her big voice! However, after we had a talk, I used to realize about her, we have many same things. She is from same city as me and goes to school by same train so we go to university together every day. Also, we both have a part-time job in cram school. Because of that we can talk about the students that we teach or something. "It is hard for me to teach that part." I often say so to her. Moreover, we both took part in a basket ball club. We aren't from same school but we can talk about basket ball. I want to play basketball with her someday! She is my funny friend :) haha (152)

My other classes

I take seventeen classes on this semester. There are not only interesting classes, but also classes that I am not interested in. My favorite classes are the classes which are involved in English, for example, reading, writing, speaking and so on. These are so interesting and I can be taught English by native teachers. They are so funny and I can enjoy learning English. On the other hand my boring classes are the classes which are not involved in English, for example, biology and history of art. (87)

An animal I want to be

If I can be a animal, I want to be a suricata suricatta. Do you know Suricata suricatta? In Japan, we call it "mi-a cat" maybe. One suricata suricatta appears on "Lion King" as Timon. I think he is the best character in the movie because he sings so excitingly and happily. I love his singing and his characteristics. So why do I want to become a suricata suricatta, I want to be his friend! I want to sing, play in the jungle and talk with him. Also, I want to get along with Pumbaa. We could be the best friends! (101)

Taking a walk on dear streets

I like many kinds of exercises and sports, for example, I like to play basketball, volleyball, tennis and so on. Of course, I had taken the highest degree on P.E. in every school. I also like just walking near my house. On sunny days, I often take a walk by myself with my favorite music :) It is so good to walk listening to music. When I walk on streets, I sometimes find beautiful or cute things. For example, I found cherry blossom trees near by my house. That was so beautiful and I was moved by it. Here is the picture. It is beautiful, isn't it?

Also, I often walk on streets and pasts that was walked by elementary school students. Of course, when I was a elementary student, I did! The pasts reminds me a elementary school memories. That is so good for me and I miss those memories a little. If you have any time, why don't you do like me? It's really fun and you can feel quite comfortable! Instead, my favorite songs that is listened by me when I take a walk are Taylor Swift's songs. Her voice is so cute and clear so it makes you more comfortable :)

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TOEFL-test

Yesterday, I took a TOEFL test. It was 4 times for me to take it. It is so difficult test for me that I have to study hard. TOEFL test consists of three parts, listening, structure and reading. It depends on the test which the most difficult part is, but this time, listening part was worst. I couldn't hear all thing that they said. However, I thought the reading part was good. I could read all of them. Sometimes, I couldn't even read every reading part so this time was good for me. Actually, I'm going to go to America to study English so I have to study for TOEFL. I must get 500 points on the test, or I won't be able to take university's classes and I have to go to language school at first. To go to language school, I have to pay a lot of money for the school so I don't want to go there. I have got 490 points on the test now, so I wish I get more 10 points! I will study listening part more for the test. (186)

Self-introduction

My name is Yui Sawatari. I’m ninteen years old. I’m from Kagami town in Yatsushiro. I went to Yatsushiro Shirayuri high school, which is the girl’s school. My hobby is playing the piano and listening to music. Actually, I had learned piano for 15 years so I attended several competitive which was held in Kumamoto, Saga and so on. Playing the piano makes me happy and let me settle down. I listen to a variety of music but especially I love Reggae and Western music. When I listen to them, I feel so happy and excited. My favorite singers are Bob Marley, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and so on. I also like eating so I have few things that I don’t want to eat. I don’t like hoshigaki and pineapples. While I like a lot of food, I like udon, spaghetti and fruit, especially I like bananas and peaches. I usually eat a banana for breakfast.
I have three brothers and one sister. Their names are Makoto, Tomoko, Toru, and Itaru. Makoto and Tomoko have gotten married and have children. I often watch TV and play with them. They are so cute and I love them, but when they get together in my house, they are so noisy. When I commute to this university I take a train. It takes about an hour. It is hard for me to take the time to go to university. The train is usually crowed and there are a few people using too much perfume. So I feel tired every morning.
My dream is to go to Broadway to see some musicals. However I think I can’t understand what they said if I could go there, because my English skill is not so good. So I’ll study English more in order to make my dream come true. Actually, I will go to Montana to study English. I want to make friends there and experience many things that I haven’t done. And I want to improve my English pronunciation and I want to teach English for my student in a cram school. I have a part-time job in cram school but I have not been able to teach English for my students well. If I were good at English pronunciation, I could teach it for them. I wish I could do that after I come back to Japan. (393)

My favorite foods!

May 9th, I went to an India restaurant! It is in Yatsushiro and Indians run it! Its food is very good and you can eat ordinary Indian dishes :) I ate curry and nan. The nan was sooooo big that I thought I couldn't eat all of it. But finally I ate everything. haha I enjoyed eating them. Here is an picture of it. Do you want to eat it? Let's go there together!

And today, I drunk a cup of tea. Actually, I LOVE TEA :) It was the first time to buy a new tea sold in Family Mart. It is sweet and its smell is so good. I was tired when I drunk it because I had a part-time job, but I could relax because of the tea. But it is a little expensive :( If you want to take care of myself, try it! It makes you happy and relax. I recommend it! Here is the picture of it. (161)

Tag Dag

Have you ever been clothes shopping with your mum? Has she ever grabbed your
hand just as a mate walks past? Or waved cartoon character undies in the air -
and you hear a kid from school laughing at you?

It was the best story I have read. Everyone have gone shopping with mum, right? And did you felt a little ashamed? I did like that! I think EVERYONE have experienced things like this story. So we can sympathy for this! My little brother also feels ashamed to going shopping with mum. And also, he wants to buy the name of clothes. This story was so funny because it remains me my brother so clearly! And I'm sorry, there is no pictures. (114)


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My part-time job in a cram school

I'll introduce one of my part-time job. It is in a cram school. I have worked for it since I entered this university. I teach only English because I can't teach any other subjects for students. There are 5 students who are taught by me. Every of them is high school student so I have some difficulties on teaching English for them. I started to work for the cram school because my friend introduced me the job. At first, I worked for money, but now, I do for not only money but also students. This is because my students are so cute and kind. So if my students want to study more, I'll be glad to do together. Also, because of the good relationship between teachers who work in same school, I can enjoy this job! It is really good job and I want to last it by my graduation from university. (152)

The Fish that Talked

When Manu rescues a tiny fish from the stream, he has no idea what lies in
store. Soon, the world is in danger and only the fish can help....

I read "The Fish that Talked". I thought Manu was a good-looking man. If you want to read this book, you should pay attention his picture (^-^) Also, Manu was so kind that he could be happy with animals. So I think we have to take good care of every people. But I also thought this story was unusual because a tiny fish suddenly became enormous! (101)

The Fish that Talked, usborne first reading, 978-0-7460-8555-4

I'M HUNGRY

Now, I have been waiting for Meg in e-campus center. Why? Because I am going to stay her house again :) In addition, we will go to yayoi-ken to have a dinner ♪ I'm looking forward to doing that, BUT Meg has not come yet !! :(

I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.


I think I can eat 100 dishes of stake!!! I want to eat stakes!
Oh, this picture makes me more hungry.
This is a bad bad bad picture for me now.


Meg, please come back early! (83)

Hisashi's brother

He is 11 years old and 135cm tall. His personality is active. He likes to play baseball and basketball and doesn't like to study. (25)

May 5th

Today's morning, I made hot cakes by myself. When I went to meg's house, she made it for me. It was so delicious that I wanted to make like it!

First, I cut an apple and fried it, adding three spoons of sugar. Next, added it in the hot cake flour and mixed it. Then fried it for 5 minutes! That's all. The hot cakes are sooooo delicious, but I thought pieces of cake which were made by meg were more delicious :( She is a good cook!



Now, I am starting to do my homework. I try to research about Martin Luther King and his speech! Maybe, many people know about his speech "I have a dream." I learned it in English class in high school.



I have a homework.

I have to write about English news articles. But I've already prepared it so just type!

I have a homework.

I have to research about "Manshujihen" and so on for one of tomorrow's classes.

I have a homework.

Oops!

I HAD a homework.

I had to write this blog up to 3000 words. But I think it is enough already :)

See you! (184)

May 3rd, Alice in Wonderland!

I had a part-time job but it was final on Golden week so I was a little happy ♪

After that, I went to Clair to see "Alice in Wonderland"!! That is because Rick told "If you want to see Alice in Wonderland by 3D, you should see at Clair because the glasses is light." I have seen the movies by 3D at Cineplex, it was exactly that the Clair's glasses was much lighter than Cinepex's one! It was so comfortable to see the movie :) I also recommend that!

There were so many people who wanted to see "Alice". So I couldn't see it on center seat :( However, the movie was so great!!!! Johny is cool , that is the fact everyone know, I like Anne Hathaway. Do you know her? She appears on "The Devil Wears Prada", "Valentine's Day" and so on. Her eyes are so big and smile is cute and beautiful. If you have never seen her movies, you should do now!!haha

I have no plan tomorrow so I'll do my MANY homeworks including writing this blog ;( See you. (182)

My Family in 2025

We have to reach 3000 words on our blog by tomorrow, right? I have to write at least about 1500 words!!! So I will up road my essay which is written one year ago.


My Family (in 2025)
I have a happy family. There are five people in my family－my husband, a son, twin daughters and me. My husband is a baseball player who belongs to the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, so we live in Fukuoka. His batting order is first and he hits a minimum of a single per game. Because of his batting order and abilities, he is called “The second Ichiro”. I’m proud of him but it is hard to cook. Since he must keep in good health, I have to think about healthy menu everyday. My son’s name is Ken and my daughter’s names are Ayano and Ayana. Ken is eight years old and likes to exercise so he plays catch or soccer with his father. Ayano and Ayana are six years old. They like to exercise and listen to music so they take dance lessons. They jump, turn and run around to the music. Ken, Ayano, Ayana get along with each other. Ken is kind so he takes good care of his sisters. Finally, I’m thirty four years old and teacher of English. I teach to Japanese children at my house. We sing, dance, play and so on in English. It is so exciting for me to attend to children and teach English. As you can see, I’m so happy now because I have a happy family and an exciting job! (263)

May 2nd

Today, I had a part-time job at wedding hall too. Let me introduce about the wedding place for which I'm working. It is in Yatsushiro where I live in and has a chapel and two places for wedding reception. It is so big and so beautiful. Have you seen that?? I have a photo of chapel but it is difficult to understand whether the chapel or not :(

The staffs who work for there are very kind. But if I have only ONE mistake on the wedding reception, they get angry with me. However, I think it is natural that I am got angry by them because any wedding receptions are only one for each couple. So I'll do my best on my job and I hope couples can enjoy their own wedding reception! (134)

May 1st

Today, I had a part-time job in wedding hall. But first, I went to my high school. My high school teacher wanted to interview to me about my going abroad. I might appear in my high school magazine! But it's MAYBE, so don't expect too much!lol
After that, I went to wedding place by walk. It was sunny day so I felt good and could see beautiful flowers and cute children who played at a park.
I arrived at wedding place and prepared for the wedding reception. I thought Today's couple was sooooo rich because there were many guests and a lot of beautiful decorations. The dress which was wore by the bride was blue and really amazing! I thought I wanted to wear!!
I'm going to there tomorrow again. I'll do my best! (132)