Happy Sunday;)

I worked part time yesterday. We are Halloween season now, so it was very busy day. We have to make many kinds of sundaes and they are very difficult. I didn’t still remember the way of making, so it took a time. I should make more and more sundaes and practice a lot. First, I was not looking forward to working during this season, but Halloween campaign is very fun!!! We paint pictures on our face and we put Halloween badges on our hut. They are so cute and I like them ;) We also do draw lots. You can draw lots per 300yen. If you are lucky, you can get nice Halloween goods.

All things you have to do is………..Go to Baskin Robbins lol

After my part time job, I met two of my friends from high school. They are my best friends. We ate dinner at Bikkuri Donki. I was very hungry, so I ate a lot. We haven’t seen for a month, but we talked as if we met yesterday. We laughed a lot. I really enjoyed with them. Before we say good-bye, they gave me birthday present. I was very surprised because their present was so nice! I got small bag that very cool bear on it, Kumamon towel, Asai-chocolate which is very delicious and a muffler. I like all of them! I’m very looking forward to wearing that muffler, so I hope it get colder soon.

I had a very great Sunday! I can hang on everything!

 

 

Trip to KYOTO

The last day of my summer vacation, I went on a trip with one of my friends from high school. We visited Kyoto! Although I go to Kyoto everyday, it isn’t familiar place with people who live in Hyogo-prefecture. My friend was very looking forward to going to Kyoto very much.

The purpose of our visit was to eat green tea parfait. I know the best place to eat it, so I took her to the shop. It was so delicious. I want everyone to eat the parfait.

We also visited many places. Especially, Tenryu temple was great! I was so surprised at the dragon on the ceiling. The dragon runs after me all the time. It was so great picture.

 

After we through Tikurin, we found a small shop famous for its eggs. They sold boiled egg, pudding and raw egg with rice. We ate boiled egg then. It was actually soft boiled egg, so it was very flabby and delicious. We ate them with only salt, but it was enough.

 

 

While we were eating, we found a strange man. He bought boiled egg many times and he ate them continuously. He ate at least 5 boiled egg, so we named him Yudetamago-Ojisan. He is so strange and funny.  

 

 

We really enjoyed the day. She goes to university in Kobe, so she expected me to explain about Kyoto, but I couldn’t. So I decided to study more about Kyoto! And I’ll take her to Kyoto again;)

Volunteer Work!!

During summer vacation, I did volunteer work. I taught English to children aged 2 to 10.

In fact, I held 'Summer Festival' with some of my friends from high school. We had a meeting once a week and we had to think all of schedule. We also had to think the budget, so it was very difficult for us. We were helped by English teacher who teaches English at English school and people who experienced this volunteer work last year. They advised us a lot. Thanks to their help, we could think clearly little by little.

We played many kinds of games and dances. We had two classes depends on students level, so we had to think a lot. The preparation was really hard, but we enjoyed making something very cute equipment. 

Students were very good English speaker, so I was very surprised. I was also surprised at their passion. They always tried to their best, so I respect them. I was nervous at first, but students' smile made me relieved.

From this experience, I learned a lot of things. I really felt the difficulty of teaching something. I have to study how to teach more. I also learned the strong power of stickers. All of children became happy when I gave stickers. Finally, I really felt teacher doesn't just teach something. Teacher has to scold children, praise children and grow children. I believe teacher is very challenging job.

2nd semester was started this week and teacher training also started.

I am really looking forward to studying this semester!

Shiawase Hakoberuyouni

Shiawase Hakoberuyouni is a song which is made by one music teacher in 1995. In this year, huge earthquake happened in Kobe. Everyone knows that is Hanshin Awaji earthquake. The place I live in now got the biggest damage then. It was said that earthquake won’t happen around Kobe. So most of people didn’t do any protection or measures. It made damage bigger and bigger.  

Everyone lost their house. My grandfather’s house was also crashed. I heard that it cost 100000000yen to build a new house.

To make people positive, this song is made. Not to forget this sad history and to take over, we had fire drills at least twice a year. We also sang this song then.  

Many people must know Kobe Luminarie. This is actually the symbol of revival from the earthquake. Luminarie is really beautiful, so I visit there every year. When I visit Luminarie, this song is played.

 

Please listen to the song!

Trial Week

I am going to introduce a special week for 14years old students around Kobe.

The week is called ‘Trial week’. We experience occupations during the week. It makes opportunity to know about social, so I had been really looking forward to this week since I was an elementary school student.

I worked at Uozaki elementary school which I graduated from and this school is the biggest elementary school in Japan. Although we submit our wish, our junior high school teachers decide the place we work for a week, but many teachers knew that I want to be a teacher, so I could go there.

I was a teacher of 2^nd grade students. They were so powerful and joyful. Before I met them, I was really nervous, but I relieved when I saw my students’ faces. They were really kind to me, so we could have good relationship soon. I played many games and I taught their studies, but it was very difficult to teach.

The week was very special for me. I’ll never forget the week. The week made my dream stronger. I really want to be a teacher.

The last day, I got letters from students. I was so happy that I cried a lot. Now, these are my treasures!

 

 

 

 

 

Paiyama

 

I’m going to introduce famous place among young people in Kobe. The place is called ‘Paiyama’. In fact the true name is the public square of Sankitaamore, but most of people don’t know this true name. When we hang out around Kobe with my friends, we usually meet here.  The reason why this place is called Paiyama is that the stone of this place looks like chest.

This place is also famous for street live. I visited here few weeks ago to meet my friends. While I was waiting, a young man started playing the guitar and singing. A long time ago, Kobukuro and Non-style use to do street live here.

However here is a little bit dangerous place. Sometimes there are many drunken men and Yankees although it is daytime. Nighttime is more dangerous so I don’t go here at nighttime. So if you want to go to paiyama, you should go with your friends!  

OKAMOTO

Today, I am going to introduce my neighborhood and my part time job.

 

 

 I live in the eastern parts of Kobe city and my nearest hankyu station is Okamoto station. Okamoto is famous for stone pavements. So there are many stone pavements around Okamoto station. Here is also famous for Ume. We have Ume festival once a year. Ume is our ward’s tree too. Near Okamoto station, there are many shops; 3 famous convenience stores, Tully’s coffee, Starbucks, Matsuya, Sukiya, Osyo, drug store, Tsutaya, RyuRyu, Masaya, MacDonald and 31 ice cream and so on. It is difficult for me to decide what to eat every time.

 

 

I work at 31 ice cream near Okamoto station. I work there because I like ice cream except mint taste. I always think I want to eat these ice creams while I scoop ice creams. It is difficult for me to remember the name of ice cream and customers’ order. We are conducting a campaign called ‘Happy 4 you’ now. You can eat 4 kinds of ice creams at 3 ice cream’s price, so I have to remember 4 kinds of ice creams. It’s not happy for me actually, but I want you to enjoy 4 kinds of ice creams! If you have any questions about ice creams’ taste, I can answer you. My recommend one is strawberry short cake, but it’s limited taste. So all things you have to do now is go to 31!