My winter vacation

   My favorite winter vacation memory is what I went to an alumni association of high school. January 4th, I joined it and I could met a lot of friends from high school. I enjoyed talking over our high school days. After that I went to restaurant to eat udon with my friends. because we couldn't eat food in the party. I ate tempura udon, and it was so good! And we went to karaoke until 4:00 am. I sang FUNKY MONKEY BABYS and Arashi, DREAMS COME TRUE, Ikimonogakari, Kobukuro, Mr.Children and so on. The time was very very fun and it was delightful memory! Someday I want to go there with them again!

   Almost my best friends live in distant places. One of my good friend live in Hokkaido, so it had been 2 years since I saw her last. Perhaps I am not able to met her for 2 years. Because she is going to go to Ireland from April. I miss her but I am looking forward to meeting her again.

   I could make a lot of memories in this winter vacation. First I joined Christmas party with friends of same class. The I had a part time job, so after I finished it I went to the party. I could not joined karaoke, but I could enjoy the party.

   Next day, I met my friends from high school and same club. When I was a high school student, I belonged baseball club and I was care taker in the team. The day I met friends who were care taker when they were high school student. we went to karaoke and sang for 8 hours! But I was not tired, because the time was very fun! After that I wanted to eat gyoza, and we looked for good restaurant. And we found a good gyoza restaurant. The restaurant has a lot of menu of gyoza. My favorite menu is mentai cheese gyoza. It is very good and I want to make it at home someday.

   3 days ago I met friends from junior high school and same softball club. It had been 3 years since I saw them last. Their looks are change but their character is same from junior high school. We talked a lot of things and ate a lot of dishes and drank a lot. Perhaps I can meet them in Coming of Age Day. I am looking forward to seeing them.

   Next day I went shopping with my mother and I cleaned my room. After that I went downtown, because the was a year end party with my friends from high school and same club. We ate nabe and karaage, salmon, tempura, dessert. And after that we went to a bowling with them. We made 2 team and contend. First my team won, but next game lost. But the game was very very fun! And after the game, we were hungry so we went to Izakaya again. And we ate food and drank. The day was rainy, and we bought two umbrella and walked home.

   Next day I had a part time job until 21:00. After finished my work, I went to Karaoke with my friends from high school. The day was our year-end party. We sang from 21:00 to 6:00, I didn't sleep. After that I went home and slept for 3 hours and My brother came to my house and we went to Hitoyoshi. Every end of the year we went to my mother's house. While we rode my brother's car, we sang FUNKY MONKEY BABYS. My grand parents house is big and they have a big yard, so we played baseball with my cousin. We wanted to go to batting center and went to it, but the day was the last day of the year and the batting center was closed. At night, we ate sukiyaki and sashimi and we watching a singing contest between a male and female team of popular singers, sponsored annually by NHK on New Year's Eve. This year, male team won the contest.

   New Year's day, my mother waked me early morning. Because I had to put on Kimono and went to a home for the elderly. My father's father live in the home. And he bought me the Kimono, so I wanted to show my kimono. My grand father looked happy and the smile made me happy too. I want him to live a long life healthy. The day I ate oseti and many people came to my grand parents house. And I could get New Year's gift.

   2 January, I waked up early and we ate oseti and zousui. and the annual card game has began. We competed for 10 games, the beginning to the game I took first place. But I had the table turned on us at the last minute, and lost the game. The day I had a part time job, so I had to go home early. From 16:00 I went to my job, there were a lot of customer. I was very tired.

   3 January, I had a part time job. 4 January, I went to an alumni association of high school. I met an old friends of mine. They didn't changed from high school.

   5 January, I had a part time job from 15:00. I was very tired. 6 January, I wen to Gokase for snowboard. I had never snowboard and at first I couldn't stand up. But I practiced and practiced, I could snowboard. I tried higher grade course. The course was a steeply slanting road. So for the first time, I was afraid of the course, but I could slide down. And I want to be good at snowboard someday and I want to go there again!
 
   This winter vacation, I could make a lot of memories with my friends and family.



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Minnesota life ~7.27~

   I got up at 6:30 and took a shower and ate breakfast. When I was in Japan, I ate breakfast with my family. So I missed my Japanese family. After breakfast, host mother took me to the meeting place. But when we arrived in coffee shop, nobody came there. So we worried about we made a mistake in the time. But few minutes ago, my friends came. So we were feel relieved.

   We took a homeroom class in the morning, and took a school bus. We went to Minneapolis, the city is very big and there were a lot of big building. We went to History center, capital and cathedral. All of the buildings are different from Japan. Especially, I was touched the interior design of the cathedral. In the history center, I experienced a life the old days of America. I could see a beautiful building and street.


   After that we enjoyed river cruising. The river is very big! and the wind felt very very good. There were a lot of tourist. I heard language of French and German. I talked with a passenger who took a ship. I had never experienced river cruising, so I was very excited and I want to enjoy river cruising again!

   





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BR2-11:Stories of princes and princesses

"Are you princely enough to many my daughter?"  (p.4)

   One day, daughter took a boyfriend and said " I want to get married him". But her father, King, worried. Because the boyfriend looks is not strong and king didn't feel his zeal for princes. So King tested him. But the result took an unexpected turn. Why the princes fall in love him? If you read this book, you can understand the reason. I think every father worry about daughter's boyfriend. My father also worry about my boyfriend. But I am happy, because I can feel my father's love for me. This book has a lot of funny scene. Please read this book!

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Rawson Fischel. (2004), Stories of princes and princesses. Usborne: London

My favorite country

   My favorite country is Japan. Because Japan has 4 season and Japanese foods are delicious, and I like the national character. I think Japanese are considerate and they are thoughtful of an unrelated person. Last summer, I went to America and I noticed Japanese good point and bad point. I like American character, for example, whoever they can make friends easily, they are very friendly. But I felt they are self-assertive better than Japanese. I grow and live in Japan for a long time, so people who are self-assertive are hard for me to deal with.

   Also Japan has a lot of good point. We enjoyed 4 seasons, I like Spring the best. While spring, you can enjoy flower viewing. My family often go to flower viewing every spring. While summer, you can enjoy sea bathing. Last summer I went to sea with my friends. And while the season, a lot of festival are hold in each place. And you can watch fireworks. I like a fireworks display in Hitoyoshi, because it launch a lot of big fireworks. It was very excitement. And I like baseball, so summer is the best season for baseball. Every summer, I enjoy watching a Koushien in TV. While autumn, you can enjoy colored leaves. When I went to Kyoto for school trip, I was impressed with very beautiful colored leaves in Kyoto. And this season easy to live, so I like the season next. While winter, you can enjoy having a snowball fight and ski and snowboard. Last Sunday, I went to Gokase for snowboard with my friends. It was very fun! And I want to snowboard again. In Hokkaido, Sapporo snow festival is hold every winter. I want to go it someday.
 
   I like Japanese food too. But I think we can eat good dishes in each country in Japan. There are many kind of restaurant in Japan. We can eat real Italian dishes in Japan. Of course we can eat real French dishes, Korean dishes and Chinese dishes too. And I think Japanese dishes are very beautiful, so you can enjoy watching the dishes. And I like Japanese sweets better than Western-style sweet. I like a bracken-starch dumpling the best. Japan is strict a food hygiene law, so we can eat food safely.

    Japan doesn't have a religion, so we can enjoy Christmas and New Year's Day. While we are children, we can get a Christmas presents and a New Year's gift. This New Year's Day, I could get a New Year's gift from my grandparents and relative. 

   In each country have own national clothes, and Kimono is Japanese national clothes. Kimono is very beautiful and I like it very much. Next week I am going to wear on kimono, because next Monday is hold a coming-of age celebration. I am looking forward to coming the day.

   I like Japan very much, and I want to protect Japanese good point.

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