So Cold!!

I got up early in the morning today. I surprised, because it was snowing and there was snow everywhere. I saw the sight for the first time in a long time. It was beautiful sight.

However, I went outside and it was so cold!! I didn’t want to go outside. I go to school by train and bus everyday. I thought that the train and the bus might delay for the snow, so I left home a little earlier. But these didn’t late.

So I thought that it is annoying when it was snowing too much today. However I felt the snow is very beautiful afresh.

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Road Relay

January 9

It was Saturday, but I got up early and I went to the school, because I had a meeting of my club from morning. I became accountant in my club, and we talked various things.

After that, the long distance relay road race from afternoon in the school. Our club members participated it for the first time, so I went to boost. There were the runner who ran seriously, or the runner who ran while doing a performance in this road relay, so it was funny. Our club was not able to win the championship, but I enjoyed just boosted them.

January 10

I went to the crea to shopping with my sister yesterday. I went there for first time in a long time. These shops were having a sale, so it became low priced. We made the rounds a lot of shops. I bought some clothes. I didn’t buy the clothes recently, so I was glad.

I drove return road and I went for a drive and came back home.

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Coming of Age Ceremony

It was the Coming of Age ceremony yesterday. I saw some my friends for the first time since we graduated in junior high school. I was grad I saw them, and I enjoyed yesterday!!

I got up early yesterday in the morning, and I went to beauty salon. I had my hair set and I was clothed long sleeved kimono for the Coming of Age ceremony. I was grad I can clothe long sleeved kimono. After that, I went to see my grandfather, my grandmother and my relatives.

I rendezvoused with my friends at the city hall at noon. We came in the city hall, and we saw a lot of good old friends and junior high school teachers. However there were changed friends since I last met, so I didn’t know someone at first. But I could know while I talked with them, and we talked and we took many pictures. I could see a lot of my friends after finished ceremony.

It was held a class reunion of junior high school from evening. The most of the graduate gathered in the class reunion. At first, we watched DVD of our junior high school graduation ceremony. I watched it and it brings me back old memories. I had good old talk with my friends, and I took a lot of pictures with them. There were students and member of societies, and I thought that how fast the time passes while I talked them. And I said some greetings to my teachers. I really appreciated my teachers when I was a junior high school student. I was grad I could a lot of talk. I really appreciate for them. After that, we sang the school song while we watched DVD again. I felt we are all good friends and teachers each other in our school.

I had good time yesterday. I was glad I saw my friends and my teachers for the first time in a long time. There were changed friends and didn’t changed friends on earth. I felt the five years roll on quickly. It brings me back old memories, and I refreshed myself thought I saw my friends. I want to gather with them again. I enjoyed yesterday!!

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My Relatives

My family and my relatives gathered at my home today. My uncles, aunts, cousins, their couple and their children and so on gathered, so there were twenty in my home.

The girl of this picture is a daughter of my cousin. Her name is Sakura and 3 years old. She is very friendly and cute. She always had a smile on her face.

My family and my relatives are gets along very well. We always gathered in the New Years holidays and summer holidays at my home. We were talking, eating and drinking all the time. I’m looking forward to seeing my relatives every year. The large numbers gathered this year, so my family was busy for preparation, but we had good time.

The coming of age ceremony is going to take place tomorrow. So I will wear the long sleeved kimono, and it is held a class reunion of junior high school at night. It’s been almost five years since we graduated. Time really flies. I wonder how everyone looks, what they are doing? I hardly wait!!

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A Happy New Year!!

A happy new year!! It became 2010. I felt time flashed in 2009.

I have objects and do that I want to do it. First, I study various things, and I want to take a lot of qualifications. Also I study English, and I want to get a high score TOEIC.

However I have pleasures. I’m going to go to Australia in spring vacation. I go to foreign country for the first time, so I have fears, but I’m looking forward to going to there. And I have to retire in my club this autumn, so I want to enjoy it a lot in a club.

I want to lead a full life in this year!!

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The Letter from Five Years Ago

My sister brought the letter to me yesterday in the morning. I was very surprised, because that letter was from myself of five years ago. Then, I remembered I wrote for myself of 20 years old when I was a junior high school student and it is before few days when I graduate.

Then event and thought were written in the letter, so I read this letter and it brought me back old memories. It was funny, because I wrote about impudent things. However I have liked English since in those days so I wrote I’m glad that if myself of 20 years old to do about English. And I was glad because I study English in the university and it was realized. I read this letter, and I thought that I should more study about English, and I want to more well English.

I wasn’t able to imagine myself of 20 years old and I thought that after five years is still a long way off when I wrote the letter. However actually five years rolled on quickly. And I thought that 20 years old is an adult when I was a child, but I became 20 years old, I feel it isn’t adult all that. However I do that I want to do it and I want to lead a full life in the future.

The coming of age ceremony is going to take place on January 3 in Tamana. And it is held a class reunion of junior high school in same day, so I can see a lot of friends when I was junior high school student. Therefore I’m looking forward to seeing them.

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"Up"

I went to watch the movie theater with my mother and my sister yesterday. We watched the movie “Up”. I knew about the story, but I didn’t know how it was ending. However “Up” was very interesting and exciting to me.

First of all, “Partly Cloudy” of short film was very interesting. It was shown before “Up”. I didn’t know about this short film. This short film story is about a cloud and the friendship of the bird. I was moved this short film.

“Up” characters are Carl, Ellie, Russell, dog Dug, bird Kevin and so on. Carl and Ellie were the old cuple who liked adventure. And Ellie passes away, so Carl suspended from helium balloons to his house, and he went to the trip the house and all. Then, he take the various adventures.

I thought that Carl was cute grandfather, and characters are individual and cute. And Carl treasured his house, but he gave up it at the ending. I watched such scene, and I thought that it is important for us to give up treasure and take a step forward. I got courage from this movie. I was glad that I watched the movie “Up”.

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Officer Election Party

December 18

I joined the Youth Hostel club. Our club changed the generation since Takuma festival finished, so we sophomore became the top generation. And our club gave officer election party that day.

I was assistant account before, so I became accountant. Accountant and public relation had to various work, so we prepared and talked since before. We went shopping at the market the day before. Accountant had to do information desk, so my friend, my juniors and I did information desk. But a lot of people came there, so we were very busy there. However we could it going smoothly.

After that, we greeted other club. There are a lot of friends so I enjoyed it. And I talked my friends, my seniors and my juniors, so I was happy. The only first party took place in this time, so I couldn’t talk my friends, my seniors and my juniors than other party. But I was glad that I saw a lot of people. And I put up at my friend home, and we talked about our club, friends and so on all the time.

It was big event of our club for the first time, so we were nervous and we made a little mistake. However this party could go smoothly, so it finished evenly, and it was good. Also I think that it is important for us to prepare, talk again and again, and I hope that next party is going smoothly too.

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Party

December 5

I took the TOEIC at the university in the morning. I was busy that week, so I couldn’t study about TOEIC too much. I took the test after an interval of half a year. Therefore I felt difficult this test, and I regretted that I couldn’t study too much. I think that I should study more next time. I want to get a high score at TOEIC sometime.

I had a meeting of my club from afternoon. We talked about a new president. After finished, my friends, seniors, juniors and I went shopping for the party.

They came in my home, and we gave the fried bread ice party. First, the bazaar members had a nabe party. We ate a curry nabe, and it was delicious. After that, we played cards game, and the pair which lost at cards went to buy for coca cola at near vending machine. They their intention was to buy two coca cola, and they put the button then six Coca Cola came out of a vending machine. We were surprised very much. We played cards again, and we talked a lot of various things from then on.

Many friends and seniors came over at my home since became nearly at midnight. My senior, friend and I fried the fried bread ice for them, and we ate a lot of it. And we ate, drank and talked until morning.

It was happy and full for me to that day. I want to give the party with them again.

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Teaching Course

It was very hard for me yesterday, because I have from the first period to the fifth period at Thursday. Also, I have teaching course from the third period to the fifth period running.

First, I had to speech for five minutes. The theme is education problem. I think that the truancy is serious problem with Japanese education, so I spoke about the truancy. I couldn’t speak well, because I was very nervous, and I had not much opportunity to practice of speech. However the speech for five minutes through I learned the importance of announcement my opinion.

I had to make in English class at the fourth period. We use the textbook of the eighth grader in this class and we play the part of teacher and the part of student by turns and teach it. It was the turn that I made the part of teacher for the first time yesterday. Therefore I prepared for the class from how many days before. However I couldn’t make my class, because I was very nervous and for the first time. I thought that it was hard to teach it, because the preparations for class need to take time. I want to make the next class better than before.

I submitted the paper about the compulsory education at the fifth period. We made groups and discussed about compulsory education. I heard the various opinions of a lot of people, and it was studied very much.

It is very hard for me to teaching course. I can learn various things such as the work of the teacher, problems about the education, and it became study for me.

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Last Activity

Our club took place last activity with the third years in November 21 and 22. We went to Oita, and we stayed in a camp in Kuju.

We gathered in the school, and we went there by car. I drove for the first time when club’s activity, so I was nervous a little, but my juniors ride on my car. Therefore it was very far to Kuju, but I enjoyed with them during driving.

We arrived at the evening. I got exercise with my friends, and we had a nabe party. Shortly after that, the number one questionnaire took place. It is a questionnaire to decide the number one variety rankings. For example, it is the ranking such as funny person. These rankings were very amusing to us! The tomikuji was taken afterwards. It was preparation goods for freshman and sophomore by junior. I have come up for president’s goods before. I came up vice president’s goods this time too! I got a mug, a glove and a wallet, so I was happy. After that, we enjoyed that time with them. Next day, we left in the morning. We stopped by eat ice cream cone and bagel on our way home.

The third years retired club, so I was very sad. But it was good for the last activity to have good memories with them. I had a good time with my club members.

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Takuma Festival

Takuma festival was held on October 30, 31 and November 1. I was very busy, but I enjoyed these three days.

My club “Youth Hostel” sold the fried bread ice, it is so delicious, and it is very popular. The many customers were came our shop, so there was a long line. Therefore I was busy, but the fried bread ices owe sold about three thousand seven hundred to it. I could sell a lot of it, so I was glad.

Kouyasai was held on the third day. The third years retire from active service in Kouyasai, so I took a lot of picture with the third years. And the portable shrine and the costume of the city parade, the display and the bazaar prize of results were made public in there. My club was awarded fighting spirit prizes by the costume and display. We were very pleased. The portable shrine and the bazaar couldn’t award prizes, but we were glad that we were awarded two prizes. I moved in Kouyasai.

After that, end the Takuma festival with a drinking party, and the ceremony of retirement took place for third years there. The many graduates and a lot of seniors came for the ceremony of retirement. We gave bouquets and memorials for third years. I was glad that they were pleased, but I was very lonely so that the third years retired club.

I really appreciated the third years for about two years. They hung out many times since I was a freshman, and they were consulted about various things. I have a lot of memories with the third years. They are cheerful and kind. I love them!!

I was busy, but very enjoyed Takuma festival, and I was able to do a lot of memories. The three days rolled on quickly. And I was really sad, because the third years retired club. I think that I love them afresh!! So we sophomore wanted to become people like them.


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The Fried Bread Ice

Takuma festival begins from next week. I join the youth hostel club. Our club contributes the fried bread ice to the bazaar every year. The fried bread ice is put a bread into an ice cream and fried it. It is a hot product in Takuma festival.

I became the vice-group leader of the bazaar this year, so I prepare every day after school. The bazaar group aims for making 3,600 fried bread ices this year. Therefore we make it every day, and it is very hard. But I make it with my friends, seniors and juniors, so I enjoy it, and I’m glad that I became getting along with juniors.

However I’m sad, because when Takuma festival is over, third years retires. There is it to the retirement of the third years only for one week. I want to make a lot of memories by the retirement of the third years.

I want to work hard to preparation until Takuma festival!! And I want a lot of people to eat the fried bread ice.

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The City Parade

The city parade took place yesterday. The portable shrine made a hawk in this year. The costume imaged bandit and made it. I was the costume group, so I made the costumes, and we prepared for the city parade until now.

We assembled at the school before am 6:00 that day, so I went out home at am 5:00. I dressed the costume to friends, seniors and junior, so I was busy, and began opening ceremony in a flash. Our turn was last, so slow. At first, we went to the Shirakawa park. And we carried a portable shrine in there, and we left there for downtown. I was glad and move, because we made hard the costumes of about 65 people since August. It was very hard, but I enjoyed make the costume with my friends, my seniors and my juniors. Other club’s costumes were cute!! However my club’s costumes, president and vice president were very cool!!

We held end the parade off with a drinking party that night. The sophomore presided from that party every year in our club. Third years retire when the Takuma festival finish, so there are that third years is in the club few one month. I sad that third years are retire. However this during the one month is very hard for preparation of Takuma festival, so I want to make memories with them.

I walked and tired, but I enjoyed the city parade with my club members. I could make the memory yesterday. I want to take a prize of the costume and the portable shrine this year. And I was glad that I joined the costume group, and I could work with my friends, my seniors and my juniors.

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Aso

I went for a drive to Aso with my mother and my sister yesterday. We went to Koube takoyaki and, we ate takoyaki at first. There is this shop in Nishihara village. Takoyaki of this shop is very nice. I went there last month with my friends. I like this takoyaki!

After that, we went to Yamada stock farm. The ice-cream cone is very delicious in there, so there were a lot of people, and there was a line. I ate a milk gelato. It was so delicious! I like the ice-cream cone in there.

We went for drive again, a lot of cosmoses were in bloom then. We got out of car, and we went to cosmos garden. The cosmos were very beautiful, and I took some pictures.

I enjoyed that day, because I could eat delicious foods and I looked beautiful cosmoses. I want to go for a drive to Aso with my family. Aso is very good place!

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Caramel Muffin

I love sweets, so sometimes I make sweets. I made milk sherbet the other day.

I had nothing to do today, so I made the caramel muffin. However, there wasn’t flour in my home, so I went to buy it to the supermarket near my house. And I came back, and I made it.
I made caramel cream first, and I put ingredient in a bowl, I mixed it, it into molds, and I baked it with a topping as it. The caramel muffin was made in about one hour and a half.


This caramel muffin was outside tastes very crispy and inside soft. It was very delicious. I think that I make it again, but I want to make the cookie next time. I hope that I become well make sweets more, and I want to become good at cooking.

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Preparation for The City Parade

I go to school almost every day recently, because it is for preparation for the city parade. The city parade is a parade to advertise Takuma festival. Many clubs make costume and portable shrine by themselves, and they parade wear costume and carry portable shrine in the city every year.

My club made the gorilla which portable shrine last year. The gorilla was powerful and awesome! The costume is so cool too. Therefore the costume couldn’t get a prize, but the portable shrine was able to take a prize.

I make costume this year. The costume wasn’t able to get a prize last year, so I want to take a prize of the costume this year. Therefore I hope that we can make cool the costume and the portable shrine. I’m looking forward to complete the costume and the portable shrine.

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Takoyaki Party and Drive

September 4

I saw friends of English course for the first time became summer vacation that day. I hold Takoyaki party with Hanako, Yumi, Chihiro and Maki at Maki’s home.

Hanako and I prepared for the city parade at the school, so we were late for Takoyaki party. We arrived Maki’s home when Takoyaki was made. It was very delicious! However, I was surprised that they put chocolate instead of octopus into it. But surprisingly it was nice! So we made Takoyaki and Chocoyaki again and again as we talked about a lot of things.

I was glad that I saw and talked with them, I could eat nice foods. I had good time!


September 5

I hung out with my friend. She bought new car, so we went for drive by her car. Her new car is Move conte of Daihatsu. The inside of this car is widely and cute car!

My friend came to pick me up at the Tamana station. We went to Ariake plaza in Arao. We ate supper there. After that, we went to amusement arcade, we played UFO catcher and we got matching Care Bare and stuffed animal. We display the stuffed animal and Care Bare to each other's cars. Afterward we went to eat parfait, and we came back.

I enjoyed that I went for a drive with her. Next time, I want to go to Aso with her by my car.

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Firework in Tamana

The festival took place in Tamana on August 7. Firework is very beautiful every year in the festival of Tamana. I was going to go to the festival with my local friend, but she couldn’t go with me, because she had work. Therefore I went there with my club’s friends.

We went to festival place, and we bought some foods at first. There were a lot of people there. We were looking for the place where we can watch firework. I saw many friends then. We sat there, and while we were eating it as we watched firework. We watched fireworks near, so the fireworks were edge, were big and were very beautiful. We bought shaved ices with syrup on the top after fireworks finished. We saw my club’s seniors when we were eating. We took the picture together then, and we came home.

My friends stayed at my home. They came at my home for the first time. We looked a lot of pictures and we talked about many things. Then it was morning when we noticed it. My friends are very kind, fun to be with and cute. They are important friends for me. I had good days with them. I want to go to watch the firework, and I want to hang out with them.

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Summer vacation!!

There was a camp of my club at Amakusa for three days last week. I had something to do in the first day, so I took part in the camp from the second day. My friend and I went there with my seniors. We went to Shiraturuhama in Amakusa. There was a long way from the Kumamoto city, and it took about four hours by car. However, it was a fine day and the sea was very beautiful when we arrived there.

I played volleyball with my friends, seniors and juniors on the beach, and I swam with them in the sea. We prepared for a barbecue afterward, and we had a barbecue on the beach. It was so delicious. After that we shot off to display fireworks, sparkling fireworks and so on there. And the stars were so beautiful at night. I had a good time.

Next day, we got up early that morning. The sea of the morning was the most beautiful. We clean the room where we stayed. We took the pictures on the beach everyone afterward, and we came back.


I enjoyed the camp. The sea was very beautiful, and I spent good days with my club member, so I want to go to Amakusa with them again.

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