Our Doorkeeper ( - :

Hello, everyone! Are you enjoying your weekend? Well, I am enjoying, and I feel good. I would like to talk about our doorkeeper in today's post!

With the words "our doorkeeper", I mean my dog, Lovely. I think she is really sweet and cute, and the one reason is in this point. She always knows who is missing in the house. For example, when only my mother and I are in the house, she knows my father is missing.

She really like when everyone are at home together. When somebody is missing, she keeps waiting the person's coming home. She is seemed to be really sweet then. The every time she is doing so, I think I have to come back home as soon as possible after school. Do you see what this parental love for her is like?

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My turn to cook dinner !?

Good evening, everyone! I will talk about my routine in this semester.

I do not have as many classes as last year, and I have only one class on Tuesday and two classes on Wednesday. On Monday and Thursday, I have four classes. Especially, I have the lesson of the Japanese teaching course twice a week, on Monday and Thursday, so I go home late those days.

I have the large time on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then, my mother and I fixed these two days every week for my cooking day. I am to cook dinner twice a week. It is really good and suitable for me, because I feel every time when I want to make something good to eat for someone and especially, when my mother feels sick. Further more, I felt I should learn cooking when I stayed in California in U.S.. This routine in this semester will help me to learn how to cook!

Yesterday, that was Tuesday, I made Spaghetti carbonara and vegetable soup. It is my father's favorite. He enjoyed it with wine. Today, I made oyako-don, and my mother made ton-jiru and ohitashi. I like her dishes, and today's dinner was so good.

My father and mother do not say complain and always say "Thank you" to me, even when the dish tastes bad. That makes me happy and motivates me. I often made many mistakes in cooking, but I will trying! It will do good to me when I leave home, live by myself, and get married.

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Favorite Places! (＾ー＾)/

My favorite place is, of course my home! That is the place where I love the most. It is because I can really relax at home and have my private time. There are my loving parents and my lovely dog. Ooh〜 it is a little embarassing to express this, isn't it?
I can be myself with them and talk many things. And I talk everything to my mother especially. They encourage me when I feel stress and depressed. Although I sometimes take out it on them, I am really thankful about that. Before, I was ashamed to be with my parents, but now I do not feel so.

And now, I want California to be my second home! The woman who is living there and whom I stayed with, says stay again. I said that I wanted to stay with her again next year, and she answered she would welcome me whenever. I have my next plan, and I feel warm feeling when I remember the life in California. I had not think I loved there so much like this. I am sure that I will say 'I'm home!' when I meet her!

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Diary 2: Wed, August 20th

Last night, I woke up 2 times. At the second time, I felt lonely and thought of my family. It must have been the homesick! I think it was because that there is still no acquaintance. Actually, I had known that I must get a homesick.

＊Today's notice＊

In the morning, I saw the sky when we got outside. I thought it would be cloudy today, but my host mother taught me a few things. She said it was mist because of damp from the sea, not clouds. It is seen only in the morning. In fact, the mist was gone, and the sun began to beat down fiercely by noon. The sky was so blue, and there was no clouds. That was a surprising to me. The blue sky in California is not alike and more blue than the sky over Japan. (It is also said to rain only winter here, so saving water is required.)

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○茶碗蒸し○

Do you like tyawan-mushi? It is one of Japanese dishes. My mother likes it very much, and she is good at making it by herself. It was included in the menu of yeasterday's dinner. It tested so nice!

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Self-intro: THE Sharing

We are to give a presentation in next class(?), so we have to prepare our own power point. Today, I have made a power point about myself. I tried to share the information about some aspects of mine. It does not show all my aspect, but I included various information about me in it. I thought that it is difficult to post medias, because I had not posted the media like this, actually. However, some of my friends helped me to post it, and I could have it done! I could enjoy my own power point. I appreciate their helps. Thanks a lot!

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● SaKuRanbo ●

Today, I will talk about "Sakuranbo", that is cherries.

My uncle, who is the younger brother of my father, had sent us cherries. He sand us various things, for example, mangos, "zouni", fishes, fresh prawns. This year was cherries. They are so lovely with read skin and packed in a box in order. Besides, they were ripen fully and looked so delicious. I liked them and ate a lot. They are really on season!

They smell so sweet, and they are different from American cherries, which are big and a little chewy. I like American cherries too. How about you? Which do you like Japanese sakuranbo or American cherries?

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〇 Homemade Sweets 〇

Today, I went swimming again and swam 1 kilometers. There were many kids and the parents. It must be because it had been raining today.



After I came home, my mother was making dinner. She and I made a sweets together. It is a combination of tapioca and two kinds of "shiratama-dango", which is one of Japanese sweet. One of the two kinds is plane, and the other is green. Besides, we add Japanese "anko" and fresh cream. It is a compromise between Japanese and Western tastes. It tasted so nice!


I think every handmade food is the most delicious! I do not live alone and live with my parents, so my mother usually makes meals. I respect my friends who live alone. I think I should learn to cooking, especially to make meals! I want to challenge to make bagels next, but of course, I will try making meals.


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~LAPUTA: The Castle in the Sky~

I like the movie, "LAPUTA: The Castle in the Sky" since my early childhood. I like it now too, and so my parents do. I bet that you have seen it too. As the important feature of it, I think that there are many great lines or speeches, and this point makes it interesting.

I like the heroes. Sheeta is a so brave and thoughtful girl. At last, she saves the world from a plot of a bad man, Musca. Besides, as to another hero, Pazu is a very obedient boy, and he always makes a studious effort when he faces to every difficulty. I think that these two characters are a good assorted pair. Its story is so touching and moving. I do not lose interest in it. I intend to see it again!

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BR1-08: The New Baby

I would like to introduce the book, "The New Baby" today.

Jo was expecting a baby, and the good news was told many people. Everyone said, "What a good news!". They thought about presents for Joe and her new baby, and the presents were the old buggy, old cot, old toy rabbit, which they had used before. Those things were a bit scruffy, but they did it up. At last Jo had a baby. This baby was a girl, but it made no difference to her, I think.

I have no younger brother or sister, but I can imagine the happiness when a new baby is born. It must be a wonderful moment.

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Foreign Countries ― to the WORLD!

To visit foreign countries is very interesting! It is because there are different atmospheres, streets, languages, smells, foods,and meetings with various people.

I have been to foreign countries, and visit those in Europe five times, those in Asia three times, Hawaii once, Saipan once, and Canada once.

However, in the most of these travels, I enjoyed only sightseeing with my family. I regret it now, and I wish I had spoken to people there more, and then I must have had more interesting experiences. I am determined to try it next time!

I am a student of this English department, so I must try it! Don't you think so? I really appreciate that I came to this department in this university!

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Mango!

Last week, my mother visited Taiwan with tow of her friends. She says her trip was great! She told a story of her travels and showed me a lot of pictures. Besides, she had bought various things in Taiwan, and she give me souvenirs.

Talking of Taiwan, there are many mangoes. People eat a mango as is and on a shaved ice. It is a very tropical fruit, and it has a sweet scent all its own. The color of peel is red, but that of inside is bright yellow! How tropical! It is very delicious. Please try if you have a chance.

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Lunch for pleasure ♪

I usually bring my lunch in a lunch box to school. It is my mother's made. She makes it every time in the morning. It is really delicious every day, and I get never tired of it.

However, I sometimes buy something for lunch as she can relax in the morning, and it was today. On campus, there are a convenience store, a student's cafeteria and a bakery. I wanted to enjoy this for a change, and I did not intend to go to the convenience store. It spent a time to make a selection from a fried chicken lunch pack of the student's cafeteria and breads of the bakery. My friend was also puzzled which to choose, the cafeteria or bakery.

As a result, we chose the bakery, and enjoy the breads. I had a loaf of powdered green tea, a sand with broil chicken and a loaf of tuna. Besides, I bought a bag of the rusk for snack. It was only fifty yen. It tasted really good, and it was very fragrant.

You know, lately I have really enjoyed eating! I will never suffer from summer heat!

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First Watermelon ▲

Recently, it has became so hot and humid gradually. The summer is coming this year too...

That reminds me. Talking of summer, I ate a watermelon for the first time in this year. It was so red and sweet and ... juicy! You must think of it to be tempting. I was so happy!

My dog likes the watermelon so much. She always ponies up for it, when we eat. She always eat remnants of the watermelon, especially of the red parts, making a good noise. She looks so happily. The first watermelon brought smiles to all members of my family :-)

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BK1-05: Dog in School

I read "Dog in School" today. It is a story of a dog.

The dog was called 'Mystery' by a student. Mystery followed her and got in the school. A teacher tried to catch and ran after the Mystery, but Mystery ran away. "Mystery ran from one classroom to another, barking and jumping and wagging its tail", the story says. Mystery upset all the paint in a cupboard and becomes a colorful dog. Mystery brought the terrible mess to the school. At last, Mystery got taken back to its masters. They were looking for it and 'glad to get their dog back'. What was the real name of this dog? Its master answered, "He isn't called Mystery. His name is Trouble!"

Trouble! I think that it is related that the child who is not clever is also precious to his parents. They know well that their dog makes troubles, but they cannot help cherishing their dog, Trouble. I can understand it, because my dog is so sweet to us, even if she makes mistakes.

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I can't eat ANY MORE!

We (my father, mother, and me) have a lunch at a restrant. I could eat as much as I like! There were a lot of kinds of dishes, for example, pizza, pasta, curry, pilaf, potage, jelly, cake...They also served various salads and meat dishes. Of course, we ate much more than usually until we were full. We have few at the suppertime today. It is not so good for health, but it is OK occasionally. What a good lunch we had!

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scared doggie...

My dog was in bad condition and out of blood. The lower part of her face, under her right eye, swelled yesterday. Her right eye was a little bloodshot. Besides, she seemed to want to eat her meal, crisp dog foods, but it seemed to be difficult. I thought that she had a pain in her teeth.

In this morning, she became a little lively, but we took her to veterinary clinic. There were a lot of dags, and she was barking at first. When she was put on a couch, however, she was very scared and clung to my arms. I think that it was because there was something like that smells of sick dogs. It turned out that her gum swelled. The doctor injected a antibiotic into her back and prescribed some medicines for ten days. After the ten days, she may go to the clinic again. When I remember scared her, I am really sorry of her, but now she looks very lively and calm.I hope her complete recovery.

However, I was relieved that the indication was not fatal at the present moment.
You know, she is my family.

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What is Enjoyment for Golden Week?

The Golden week is coming! We will have holidays for four days from tomorrow to next Tuesday. It is not so long this year, but I intend to make good use of it!

On the first morning, I will sleep a little longer than a usual school day and take a rest. It is because I was busy with the everyday schedule, and I am very tired lately. I can get ready to enjoy this holidays by taking a rest on the first day.

We, which are all member of my family, are planning to go to a hot spring. The hot water will have a good effect on skins and ease our tiredness. The district near my city has a lot of hot springs. We will spend some days of this holidays in country, not city. It will make us feel refreshed.

We usually accompany each other when we stay home, go out for shopping or entertainment or sports on holidays, not only this Golden week. This holiday is to be good time for me and my family.

Have a good Golden week, everyone.

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Hot spring! ♨

I went to a hot spring today. This public bath is only fifteen minutes' drive. It is a place where many people come to. Some people come there from a distant area. The fee is reasonable, that is two hundred yen, so there are people who come every day.

The hot water has an affect on pains in body and some sicknesses, so some people come there in order to soften their pains. Drinking the hot water is good for our health. It taste a little salty, but I heard that some people use it to water down "syou-tyuu". (That is one of Japanese alcohol.)

In the public bath, there are two warm bath inside and outside and a cold bath, that is called "mizu-buro" in Japanese. I can see many stars and the moon outside. I usually take a warm bath and a cold bath one after the other. It is said that blood vessels become stronger and there is not much fear of catching a cold by doing so.

Besides there is a shop of vegetables, fruits, ice creams, flowers, side dishes, and so on. The cucumbers and tomatoes are espacially fresh. It is one of my pleasures in the hot spring.

It is a good place!

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Spring Vacation !

I challenged the TOEIC test in this spring vacation. It was very difficult test, and I could not follow the speed in the listening section. Also, I could not finish the reading section in time, so I realized the speed of reading was very important. Fortunately, the score was satisfying and better than I had expected.

During this vacation, I enjoyed the lessons for the TOEIC test. I tried to enrich my English vocabulary and took many exercises. It lasted for only two weeks, but it was very helpful for me. At the final exercise, I took a good score, that is superior to the last TOEIC test by 90 score! I am really looking forward to take the TOEIC test in June.

In March, I went to Nagasaki in order to visit my grandparents. I was glad to see them, because we had not seen for about 3 years. My grandfather is good at drawing pictures of especially flowers, and he is very skillful. My grandmother likes to do the gardening, and she showed me her garden. Because spring had come, there were many flowers which were white, pink, light purple, and so on. The garden was beautiful.

This spring is fresh to me!


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