Hi, everyone.
Did you enjoy this weekend? I hope you did:) On Saturday, April 21st, we had a kind of farewell party for St.John's residence students at King's head pub in downtown. One of regular students in St.John's planed the great party. As Summer break starts, a lot of regular students go back to their home towns, some of them come back after a few months, and some of them will not come back. That is why this is a kind of farewell party. I really had a good time at the party, so today, I am going to tell you about this memorable party:)
I was in the residence for 7 months. This residence is small and old, the walls are slight thin, and our voice goes through next doors. Probably,that is one of the reason why people say we are more friendly than other residence.
Making friends who are regular students was fun. They speak mostly native English, they are kind, friendly and funny. Since I moved to home staying, I had not seen many friends. It was grateful that I was invited to the party.
We left the residence at 9pm. Some of the students had been there already, and some came after. We drunk alcohol, ate nachos, danced with Irish music and talk a lot.:)!! After that, we went to patine restaurant, and then, drunk alcohol at the residence again.
It is always hard to say goodbye. I did not feel anyone of them is going back and cannot meet again.
I do not forget the day and many friends in the residence. I hope we will see sometimes again.
Thank you.
Hi, everyone.
It is getting warm recently, Spring comes. I feel I want to go outside and play sports.
Today, I am going to tell you about a sporting event I attended recently.
On April 20th, I went to go cart which was an IEP activity! I do not know if I can call it an ''event'', but there were many activities, and I played sports, so I would like to tell you about these activities as a sporting event.
There are a lot of activities that I couldn't remember.
First, I did go cart race. We have mini cart for each person, go around three tracks. This is so much fun. We can not bump but can race. I was little scared before I did, but once I got ride, I was totally absorbed.! I did it three times with my friends.
Second, I did trampoline. This is not normal trampoline, we play basketball with jumping on the trampoline! It is for two people, we can jump super high! It was difficult to get a score for me, but so much fun! I laughed a lot!!!!
Next, I did batting cage. We hit balls thrown by a machine. There are a few levels of pitching speed. I tried the fastest and the second fastest one. I could not hit at first,but I got used to the speed and could hit them! When I hit balls, I felt so happy and so excited!:) I did batting cage sometimes in Japan, but it was the first time in Canada. It was so much fun!
Finally, I was really enjoyed, refreshed and had a really good time at that time. There are more activities such as mini golf, big trampoline and so on!
I would like to try new sports activities now!
Thank you:)
Hi, everyone.
Which style of wedding do you want in the future? You might get married a person who is from your country. You could get married a foreigner. There are many kinds of wedding styles in the world. These depend on histories, religions, and traditions. Of course, in my country, Japan, we have some sort of styles.
Today, I am going to tell you about Japanese wedding styles.
We can divide Japanese weddings into three types; Shinto Wedding, Buddhist Wedding and Christian Wedding.
First, Shinto Wedding is one of traditional wedding styles. Shinto is a kind of religions which is called Shintoism in English, however, most people who have this kind of wedding are not followers of Shintoism because most Japanese have no religion. This is a kind of choice that we can choose, and very different from Christian Wedding.
The bride and groom wear traditional Japanese dresses which are kinds of kimono. This kind of wedding is usually held in a shrine, and attendants are only their families and go-betweens. The program are set details. The ceremony is for a short time, only for 20 minutes or so.
Next, Buddhist Wedding is also a traditional style, however, mostly, Buddhist have this kind of wedding, so this is not popular style. The bride and gloom also wear Japanese traditional dresses, and they have wedding in a temple. All attendants hold Buddhist rosaries.
Lastly, Christian Wedding is the most popular style of wedding nowadays. Although only 1 % of Japanese are Christian, about 60 % of couples have Christian Wedding.
The bride usually wears a white dress, and the gloom wears a black or white tuxedo. They usually have a wedding in a church and a hotel. Attendants could be hundreds.The program is flexible.
Finally, we can choose wedding styles in Japan. Some of couples choose both Shinto and Christian Wedding. Which one did you like? I hope you enjoy Japanese Weddings!
Hi, everyone:)
Do you like chocolate? Today, I went to the Forks with Alix and Sukyung!
What did we do....?
We went to CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL!!!yey
It was awesome, so I would like to tell you about the festival today.
The name of this event is ''Tour du Chocolate''.
You can buy a passport which is used for tasting or recieving 22 kinds of chocolates or chocolate gifts. The passport is 7 dollers. We started to try chocolate fountain. You can choose two kinds of chocolates from four; white, milk, bitter and diet chocolate, and then, choose two kinds of fruits or masumarrow.
We go around the Forks. Many shops participate in the chocolate event. We had decided that we chose which chocolate was the best after we went around.
We ate deep fried chocolate bar, pancakes with banana and chocolate sause, chocolate requre, chocolate mousse with crepe, chocolate panna cotta, chocolate yogurt frozen, chocolate banana shake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate fudge,chocolate bonbon and so on!
In addition, we got chocolate incense, chocolate mint tea reaf, a chocolate coockie, chocolate bath products, and choco rocks for gifts .
We can take them for souvenier! Isn't it so nice?:D
After we finished this tour, I felt I do not want to eat chocolates any more! haha
Although, it was awesome festival!
Finally, my favorite chocolates were chocolate moose with crepe, panna cotta, and chocolate frozen yogurt!
All of us loved the frozen yogurt:)!
If you have chance, you should try!
I wanna try new festival again:)
Thank you for reading:)
Hi, everyone:)
What did you do this weekend? Did you enjoy Easter holiday?
I went to my host grandmother's house. Then, I found that my favorite stuff. I felt I really want to live with these stuff. Today, I would like to tell you about the things that attracted me.
I stayed her house one day on Saturday for Easter holiday with my host mother, father and brother. This house is about one hour far from University of Manitoba. This house is amazing. My host grandmother has a lot of antique furniture and small articles. These and the house are in harmony, really cute and attractive. The house was her mother's before however, all furniture and stuff are still beautiful. She said she got many stuff from her friends and relatives. The colors, shape, detail, whatever I saw were fantastic.
Firstly, I found cute small articles in a bathroom. These were a cheek brush stand and a bottle. Then, I found that a room where I stayed was wonderful. On the cupboard in the room, there were some perfume bottles, brooches, sepia photos of host grandmother's relatives, and accessory cases. The bed, chair, lamp, curtain and mirror all match the color and design. White and nice blue were suited well. I looked around the house, and even tea strainer is cute and antique.
I think we can not make such interesting and antique stuff today.
That is why vintage stuff attracts me.
I would like to live surround by such many cute things in the future.
Thank you for reading:)
Hi, everyone:)
Today, I am going to tell you about how to give yourself a haircut. Especially, I would like to introduce how to cut a bang. I used to cut not only my bang, but also my friends' in Japan. You can get a natural bang if you follow these steps:)
First, decide how much and where you make your bang. Second, put your side hair with hairpins. Third, put your half up bang to the top of your head. Fourth, cut your half down bang. Finally, cut your half up bang.
Firstly, decide how much and where you make your bang.
Divide hair that you will use for your bang and other hair.
Second, put your side hair with hairpins. You need to separate hair that is for your bang and not for bang. Not to mix them up, it is better to put hair you don't use for your bang with hairpins to both your left and right sides.
Third, put your half up bang to the top of your head using hairpins. To divide half up and half down is important not to mistake a lot.
Fourth, cut your half down bang. When you cut, the important thing is using clippers longitudinally. Do not cut transversely. Also, cutting eventually is important.
Finally, cut your half up bang. Take out the hairpin that you put your half up bang, and then cut same as you did at the fourth step.
Take out the hairpins that you put. Your bang must be a natural shape.
Enjoy your hairstyles!
Thank you.
Hi, every one. Today I would like to write about my new home!
I moved to home stay from St.John’s residence. I have 5 months left until I go back to Japan. I decided to move in March and moved on April 1st.
My home stay house is not so far from here. It is on Whitehaven Road.
I have host mother, father and 8 year-old brother. My host brother is very cute. He knows almost every thing about map. He loves geography. He knows details well. I learned about Canada. Also, he made a map for me how to get to the nearest bus stop to university from our house. That is so sweet.
My host father is a manager of supermarket. He gets up very early. He is kind and likes joking, but I do not understand well the jokes. I hope I can understand his joke someday:)haha
My host mother is an English teacher, so she said to me that when I have problem with English, ask her. I am happy to hear that because I can learn more English. She is kind and sometimes likes joking, however, her joking is also difficult for me. I hope I can catch all words what they say someday, and I also want to tell jokes one day :Phaha
My host family said, after it gets warm, we eat supper outside the house. That sounds awesome! I really look forward to do that! I also want to play sports, have events and have fun together as a member of this family.
The change to homestay is big for me. I wish my life changes in a good way!
Thank you for reading:)
