My Apartment Suite

I can relax in my warm apartment suite.
How happy is this.

I give thanks to this suite from the bottom of my mind.

English Course

I failed the English course.
I thought I wrote OK for the final essay.
...Oh, well. I'd better to think this as the message from heaven that says, "You need a little more training. It's for your future, OK?" or something like that.

Anyhow, I must pass the course, so I'll take it this summer again.

Whatever I Want

I can think whatever I want.
It's the most precious, and the most terrifying gift I've ever had.

Spare Time = Reading Time

I made a card that printed "spare time = reading time."
I'd better try to read text books more closely, so I'll put this card on the wall, and look at it whenever I have nothing to do.

The Size of the Earth

Dear Everyone, I said before, but I'll say again.
"A Happy New Year!"
About two hours ago, I came back from Hawaii, where the air is so warm, and the sky is blue, to Victoria, where the air is cold, and the sky is grey.

The size of the globe I have is one size larger than the basketball, and the distance between Victoria and Hawaii is about the width of the pocketbook.
But I feel a little about the real size of our Earth from this difference in weathers.

For the New Year in Four Days

I'm leaving in five minutes.
I come back in seven days, but if I can, I'll try writing posts.
But, I'll write this anyway.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

A Total of

From tomorrow, I am going to Hawaii!
One of my cousins lives there with his wife, so his parents, his elder sister's couple, his wife's parents, my mother, another Japanese aunt, and I are going to visit them.

A total of 11 relatives gather together and celebrate New Year's Day!
It will be so much fun.

Still

There are voices still singing Christmas tunes in my head.
If I were in Japan, it would have been changed to the tunes of New Year.
How big the power of TV or radio's music is!

Seasons Greetings!

Seasons Greetings! (Merry Christmas!)
I have a party from now, so I'm going.
See you tomorrow!

Christmas Eve

It's Christmas Eve!

I visit my old host family, and gave the present I wrapped yesterday, and ate dinner with them. A host mother is a really good cook, so I always eat a lot. (It has already past four hours from the dinner, but I'm still full.)

Thank you for having such a nice host family.

Wrapping

I wrapped a Christmas present today.
It's kind of fun to do this work.

Sometimes

Sometimes, we just miss things that are in front of our eyes.

Dear Busy People

Dear busy people,

I hope you can relax once in a while.

"Messiah"

I knew that the oratorio "Messiah" is always sang in the Christmas season, and Japanese pronounce the oratorio in the same way as English.
However, when we indicate the word Messiah for Christ, we pronounce it differently. We pronounce it as "me-si-ah," and also write both words differently.

Therefore, I didn't notice that the oratorio Messiah directly meant to be Jesus Christ. I learned it when I first read the booklet at the concert last year.

Mold

Yesterday, I found that my text book which I placed near a window has gotten moldy.
There were some days when we had heavy window condensation, so I put an old sheet under the window, but I completely did not think about the text book.

Now, I'll be more careful not to place the text books near the window.

Audrey Hepburn

Yesterday, I watched the DVD, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and was amazed by Audrey Hepburn's　performance.

So, I want to watch "Roman Holiday" one more time.

To Find

I started my Japanese blog.
Hope this will also help me to find better expressions in English.

A Japanese Blog

I decided to start Japanese blog from tomorrow.
I'll try having the same contents in here, so if you are interested in Japanese, you can compare this blog and the Japanese one.

The address is here.
http://sakunikki.blogspot.com

You can also write your comments in English. I hope you enjoy both blogs.

The Difference

If you continue talking without noticing the difference between your perspective and the person's perspective, you are likely to cause a big misunderstanding between you and the person.
Be careful!

Another Exam Is on Tomorrow Though

When I finished my exam today, I found that it was raining.
But my feelings were completely clear, so it was a rare day that my feelings won over the weather.