Reflection on this class

Taking this class was very inspiring to me, in a way that it changed my aspect of writing. Before taking this class, I hated writing (especially english writing) because of last year's ELP, which I had to write academic writings. However, in this class, I didn't have to write academic writing, and I could write anything I want. For instance, I wrote about my favorite restaurants in kichijoji, and guide to the Disney sea which I really love. I never knew writing about something I love is such fun. I also enjoyed discussing topics such as "what is love" with classmates:)

My plan for next year

What I am planninng to do next year
I have some plans for next year. The biggest plan or goal is to run full marathon! As a step, I am planning to start running half marathon in January, and then 30km marathon in Febuary:) Another plan is to go to France next summer to study French. I am taking French class this year, and it is fun and I want to improve. During the stay, I am also planning to visit Belgium, which I used to live for6years. Other than that, I am planning to go for volunteer trip to somewhere(haven't decided yet), and Okinawa.
I just realized I have to work really hard and save money in order to make my plan work,,,:(

Also, I really hope that my shukatu is going to work well....!!!

my new job

I just started my new part time job at Tokyo Disney Sea.
I used to work in a restaurant in Disney Sea 3 months ago, but quitted it because I wanted to become a tour guide in the Disney Sea.
However, becoming a tourguide is the hardest job to get in as Disney cast, so I was so worried if i could get in or not.

But I got in and it started last weeeek!!
First of all, I was surprised by kindness of the members of the tourguide.
People there were kind, polite, fun, always with smile, and they were one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life.
I was stimulated by them, and would hopefully like to become like them by working with them.

Also, I was surprised by the amount of knowledge that I have to remember.
there are sooooo many things to remember, and I am worried if I can manage to do them all...:(
but with my love toward Disney, I hope I can manage to do them!!

what I love about Belgium

I used to live in Belgium for 6 years.
I lived there from when I was in 3rd grade in elementary school to 9th grade in middle school, so I spent much of my youth there.
What I love about Belgium is food and view of cities.

Food in Belgium were really good.
French fries which are called "Frites" in French, was originated in Belgium, and they eat it with mayo and ketchup. There are some shops that only sells "Frites", and these Frites were very potatoish and very good. Also, Belgium is famous for chocolate and they were really good as well.

Cities in Belgium were also beautiful. My house was surrounded by nature, close to a forest. So as for the walking with my dog, I went to a forest almost every day. Forests were very beautiful and you can meet deers and some other animals. Also, old architectures were beautiful. For instance "Grand Palace" in Brussels, which is said to be the most beautiful place in the world.

the year 2012

There are only 2 month until the year of 2013..
So I would like to write some reflections on the year 2012.

For the first 6 months of the year, I worked really hard on my part-time job.
As for my effort, I was able to step up the status from "worker in a curry restaurant" to "worker in a churos wagon and ice cream wagon".
I really enjoyed working there, but in June, I quitted the job since I wanted to try other job.

Also in the beginning of this year, I ran some marathon and enjoyed it very much.

After I quitted my job, I went to the United States for the first time in my life.
Also, I went to Yamagata to get driver license:)

In the club that I am joining, called Runners, the leaders and other responsible member changed from 14 to 15, and it became my grade's tern to become leaders. Because of that, our friendship became tighten, and I recently enjoy running much more than I used to.

Also, I am starting my new job as guidetour in Disney sea next week!!

religion

I am not familiar with religion.
I believe that God exists, but I don't believe in any religion.
I think Japanese people are less religious compared to other cultures, and at the same time, I think that when we hear the word "religion", we also think of  karuto shu-kyo other than religions like christianity, buddhism, Isram. and because of the subway incident by "oumu-shinri kyo", we have negative image about religion.
In addition, probably because of that, I feel like talking about religion with people have been taboo.

Major

I haven't decided what major I am going to take.
The most leading choice is MCC which stands for Media Communication and Culture, since I am interested in Interpreting and Cultural Studies.
However, I took this course called "introduction to business" this term, and it was very interesting.
So I started thinking of taking business as well...

My favorite singer

My favorite singer is Taylor Swift. She is an American Country pop singer who was born in 1989' December13th Her songs are mainly love songs, and she writes them by herself based on her experiences. I love her music because of her voice, lyrics, and sound of music. She is not only a singer, but also does acting. Also, she is really pretty, and I love watching her music videos. I recommend the song "love story" to everyone, and you should watch the music video:)

What is happiness

I think defining happiness is difficult.
So I would like to start thinking what is happiness by listing things that I feel happy

• Eating delicious food
• Chatting with my friends and family
• Playing around with my dog
• When I woke up in the cold morning in winter and stay in bed
• Staying in Kotatsu in winter
• Running, and feel refleshed
• Having something that I can be into it.
• Going to Disneyland with my friends and meet mickey mouse
• Working in Disneyland
• Shopping
• etc....

These listed things seems very small but I feel happy when I am doing these kind of things.
By listing those I realized that my happiness is basically having friends, family, and having something that I can be into it, and having time to relax myself.

Memory of this summer pt2

Another good memory of this summer was the camp to Yamagata that I went for driving school. I went there with my best friend from high school, and it was really fun. I met some new friends there, and we went to the sea together, did Hanabi together, and I made those summer memories with them. Driving was also very fun. Since the driving school was very close to the sea, as the practice, I drove near the coast, and that was really cool. Also, driving school was located in this place called Sakata, where ra-men is famous for, I had some chances of eating Sakata ra-men, which was so good!!

Memory of this summer part 1

One of the best memories that I had this summer was my first travel to the United States. I went to the Walt Disney World in Florida for 7 days with my friend who also love Disney. Disney World was huuuuuuuge, including 4 big theme park, 2 water parks, 1 downtown, and some other facilities. It was so huge that I could not go all of them in 6 days. What I loved the most about the Disney World was the show that they had. There was this show called Fantasmic, and it was soooo good that it almost made me cry. To me, as a Disney freak, visitting Disney World for seven days was one of the greatest memories in my life.

strength and weekness

what i concern as my strengtg is my positive thinking. when bad things happen and i feel really sad or stupid, i might be depressed for a moment, but after i sleep, i can rethink about it very positively. however, it could also be my weekness. in contrast, my weekness is the time management. i usually cannot come on time, and other than that i always do my work at the very last minute...

My pet

I would like to introduce my dog on today's blog:) I have a dog named Bell. She is a Labrador retriever, born in febuary21st, 2005. She was born in Belgium, and spent her first three years in Belgium, and then moved toJapan. She is really smart, pretty,and loves eating. Also, she is a dog with strong jealousy. It is funny how she acts when I am touching other dogs when I go for a walk with Bell. She gets so jealous that she jumps at me, licks my face when I am touching other dogs.

If I had a billion yen,,,

If I had a billion yen, I would use it for travelling. I would travel around Europe, and also I would definitely go back to Belgium, where I grew up. Other option for the use of my billion yen would be studying abroad. I would like to experience life outside my country, and feel something different.

What is love?

Again, this is a very difficult question to answer,,, And it is especially difficult for Japanese. I as a person who used to live in belgiium for 6years, I really feel that Japanese do not express their love. For instance, children say"i love you"to their parents or family very frankly, and they say it almost everyday. However, in Japan, we dont have that culture, and hardly express our love toward parents even if we love them. Also, for friends too. It is normal to say "I love you" to friends in western culture, while we don't say 愛してる to our friends in japan. I think that only person that Japanese use 愛してる is to girlfriend or boyfriend.

The most precious thing in my life

I think deciding what is the most precious thing in my life is a very difficult question...
But thinking of the most, it is my family. Without them, I am nothing, and all the important experience that I have had in my life could have been experienced because of my parents.

Speaking of my family, I also love my grandparents and they are very precious to me. As I wrote on the last blog, since my house is 2 hrs away from school, I often go to my grandparents' houses, and because of that, they are like my second parents.

The most terrifying experience in my life

The most terrifying experience that I have ever had took place in Sicily, in Italy.
I went there for my family trip when I was in elementary school and it happened at the beach.

My dad asked me to do parasailing there. It seemed very fun, going up in the sky with parachute, connected to a  boat, but at the same time, I was very scared. Then I asked my dad "Is it safe?", and he answered "Yeah I guess so! you are connected to the parachute and the boat, you can't be dropped!!"
So I relieved, and decided to do the parasailing!

It was really fun going up in the sky, and felt very good....UNTIL the wave surged to the boat, and the boat stopped. Once it stopped, the parachute suddenly went down into the deep ocean. Unfortunately, the area me and my dad were dropped had tons of jellyfish, and I was beaten by those jellyfish. But fortunately, the boat started moving again, and saved me and my dad.

It was so terrifying, and I would never do parasailing in my life!!!!

FROG

I HATE FROGS MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I hate their look, and how they jump.

and I had one experience that made me hate frogs.
that happened when I was in first grade in elementary school.
This little wicked boy from my class caught a little poor frog from nature, and put the frog in the faucet in the water fountain at lunch time.

At the lunch time, I was little thirsty, and went to the water fountain.
FORTUNATELY, like VERY FORTUNATELY, many kids were thirsty, and there were few kids waiting infront of the waterfountain. and I was the second kid waiting in the line.

The girl infront of me, who was the first one to drink the water, turned a tap on, and I guess you can imagine, but the frog that this little wicked boy put in, jumped up from the faucet.
That was so scary, and I can`t forget that moment even now.

From that moment, i really hate frogs, like more than anything.

Who am I?

To the question who I am, I would like to answer it by giving ten important people around me.

 First of all, my family. I have one brother who is four years older than me, my parents. I am tall because my parents are tall, and I really look alike to my mother.

 Secondly, my grandparents. Since my house is two hours away from my house, I often (like about twice a week) go to my grandparents' house in Tsukishima. They are really nice and sweet, and i love my granparents so much.

Thirdly, my friends from the elementary school. I used to live in Belgium for 7 years, and for the elementary school, I went to the Japanese School of Brussels. It was a really small school where there were only about 15 students per grade. and because of that, we really became close, and still are close friends.

 Fourth, my friends from the middle school. For middle school, I went to the International School in Brussels.That was the best experience I've ever had in my life, creating friends from all over the world. The experience I've had in my middle school are really precious and so are my friends.

 Fifth is my track-team mates in highschool. For the highschool, I came back to Japan and went to the ICUHS, and joined track and field team. I worked hard on track, and friends that worked hard together are really important to me.

 Sixth is my friends from my part-time job. I used to work in the Disney Sea until last month, and friends that I made in my part-time job love disney like I do, and we often go to Disneyland together.

 Seventh is my friends from the running circle that I belong in ICU. All of them are really nice and fun, and i love them so much.
 Eighth is my best friend Megumu. She is from the dormitory that i used to live in high school, and I can talk anything to her without hesitating, and she has been very important in my life.

 Nineth is my boyfriend Hiroki. I've been going out with him for almost two years, and I feel very relaxed when I am with him, and he has also been very important in my life.

Last is my dog, Bell. She is a Labrador Retriever, and she is really cute and smart. She really makes me relaxed, and I love her so much!

fist entry!

I chose this class because I thought I need to discover or learn more about myself, and this class might be a good opportunity to work on that. The reason why I think so is because I don't really have a clear vision about my future and rethinking about myself might be a good step to find my future vision. Regarding about writing, I don't really like to write academic paper, but I like writing about my feeling on diary or something like that.Maybe that's another reason why I took this class. So i'm really excited about this clas:)