Durian & Coconut Candy

Yesterday, Mr. Tomei gave us souvenir from Vietnam. It was a durian and coconut candy. I had ever heard about durian, but I never had durian. So, it was the first time for me to eat durian. At first, I hesitated to eat it because I knew that durian had a powerful smell.

After the class, Nao and I talked about that candy and if we should try or not. Finally, we decided to try it.

The moment I chewed it, I felt strange and wanted to take it out. However, the candy sticked to my teeth and I could not take it out. So, I continued chewing to remove it. Then, gradually, it started tasting coconut and I didn't feel bad. So, I decided to continue to chew it, and finally, I ate it up!

Farewell party

On June 19, I went to the farewell party for USNA students. There were a lot of people there. Some students were wearing their uniforms and they looked so cool! I took some pictures with them. Two of them played the Koto, Japanese instrument. At the end of the party, every students made speech for their host families in Japanese, and it was so great!
After the farewell party, I went to karaoke with them. Some of them were really good at singing Japanese songs. I made some new friends and I had a good time there.
After that, I stayed at Naoko's house and we talked about the party. We were impressed by them.
I would like to see them again!

Salsa dancing

On June 18, I danced salsa with USNA students. That was the first time for me to dance salsa and I was afraid if I could dance salsa. At the dancing stadio, some people taught me how to dance salsa and I practiced it with my friends. After a time, I danced salsa many times with my friends to the accompaniment of music. Dancing partners helped me. Dancing salsa was not easy but it was so exciting! I want to try it again and practice it.

Single party

On June 17, I took part in the single party. There were some USNA students and PUK students. At the party, I made many friends. We talked a lot and I had a wonderful time with them. All of them were kind to us and their stories were very interesting!

Mixing with the USNA students

On June 16, I took a mixing class with the USNA students from Annapolis. First, we interviewed each other and asked some questions. Next, PUK students introduced our school and USNA students introduced their school. After that, we started talking with some snacks. We talked about what we like and what our dreams are. Also we talked about studying Japanese and English. Most of the students have studied Japanese for only 2 years, and they can speak Japanese fluently and they know a lot of Japanese words! I have studied English for more than 7 years. I think that their Japanese are very good and I have to follow them and study English more harder.

Book Review 8:STRANGER THAN FICTION

This book has some short stories that are unbelievable and very funny. I will tell you some of them.

The bigger, the Better?: A rich woman drove her big expensive car to the supermarket. When she arrived at the supermarket, there were not many places to park her big car. Suddenly she saw a parking place between a big blue car and a motorbike but it was very small. However, she decided to park that space. At the same time, two young women in a small old car came to the supermarket. They also noticed that small space between a big blue car and a motorbike. It was the same parking place. What do you think did the rich woman do? Yes, she pushed the car to park hers!

Hit and Hear: Charlie, a man about 75 years old, often went to a bar in London and met his friends for a drink. He had one big problem: he could not hear anything in his left year. One day in 1930, when he was a small boy, he was on a bus in Liverpool. The bus hit a car and young Charlie hit his head on the floor. That was why he could not hear. One evening, he was in a bar with his friends. They talked about a story about the old days. He laughed and laughed and fell off his chair. When he hit his head on the table, something small fell out of his left year, on the table. That was the very Liverpool bus ticket from1930! Then, he could hear with his left year.

I know those stories are fiction, but they are very interesting. There are a lot of funny, strange stories in this book.

Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown 1/3

When Snoopy was reading a book, one of Charlie Brown's friends, Peppermint Patty, called him and asked him if Snoopy can come to her house and help her as a watchdog. After Snoopy finished reading, Snoopy got a hockey stick and went to Patty’s house.
When Snoopy was walking around the house, at night, he found a strange shadow and Snoopy ran away. So Patty called Charlie Brown and asked him to watch her house instead of Snoopy.
Next morning, Snoopy came back. He had a love letter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4CCX66fWVg

Self Introduction 3:My brother

My brother's name is Hirotaka. As I said before in Self Introduction 3, he is a first-year student in Yatsushiro high school. He plays badminton as a club activity. Also he is a member of the student council and he does the vice-chairman.
When he was a junior high school student, he was shy and quiet. However, he played the piano at the graduation ceremony, and since then, he has become positive and active!

Self Introduction 2:My family(introduce family members)

In my family, there are 4 people, my father, my mother, my younger brother and me, and 2 dogs, Ruiji and Charo. Actually, both my father and my mother graduated from Yatsushiro high school which I graduated from, and my younger brother is a first-year student in Yatsushiro high school. This means that everyone in my family graduated or will graduate from the same high school.

Self Introduction 1:Who I am (name, age, year, hometown, high school, nickname)

I am Miyo T. I was born on 6th January in 1990, and now I am 19 years old. I am a sophomore of the department of English literature of PUK. I live in Yatsushiro and I am a graduate of Yatsushiro high school. When I was a high school student, most of my friends called me 'Miyo', and they sometimes called me 'Miyo-Miyo'. One of my friends, Fumi, called me 'Miyosienne', like a Parisienne. I don't know why she called me so...