Asami's English Blog from Japan

Looooooong time no see!!

2011-08-16T01:50:00.002+09:00

Hello everyone! Long time no see! How have you been? As for me, I went to America again about three months ago. It was amazing, of course! I want to write about it sometime. I decided to do something after I came back to Japan. So I've been busy, which was why I haven't written anything on this blog recently. But I think I'll forget English more and more if I don't do anything with English, so I'll try to write again.
Today, I'll write about what I decided. I've been interested in becomeing a Japanese language teacher for a few years now. So I looked for some information after I came back to Japan from this American trip, and I found a club of Japanese language teachers. Then I contacted the president of this club. I was worried that I wouldn't know how to teach Japanese at all, but she said "It's okay. You can join us anytime if you are interested." so I decided to join the club. And then I've joined this club and we've talked about how to teach and some events. I and two other members decided to have a volunteer Japanese class. So we'll teach Japanese for five foreigners! Maybe that will start in September, so we're preparing for that now. It will be a very good experience for me I think.
I also decided one more thing. I'll take an English exam called the TOEIC. I've been interested in it, too. TOEIC is not a matter of pass or fail. It is about how many points I can get. The perfect score is 990 points. TOEIC will be a very difficult exam for me, so I don't know how many points I'll be able to get but I also think this experience will be very good for me.
So everyone please wish me luck!!

One month left!!!

2011-05-04T14:15:00.006+09:00

As I wrote before, I'll go to America again! I'm looking forward to this trip! It has been about 9 month since the last trip to America, and now I have some worries. Maybe a lot of people feel same like me when they go to other countries and experience other cultures, so I want to write about them today.

First: I can't speak English enough yet. I think I can write and read English better than before a little, because of internet (Facebook, English website and etc). Of course I know I've still made a lot of mistakes when I wrote English though. But recently I have opportunities to read and write English more than before and I found a great English/Japanese dictionary website, so I can do that better than before. But I've not had any opportunities to speak English here... Sometimes my friends ask me "Why can't you speak English? Your boyfriend is an American, right?" I can understand why they ask me like that. But the biggest reason is that he is a great Japanese speaker. So we talk in Japanese most of time. It's a great thing for us. But his family and most of his friends can't speak Japanese. The saddest thing is that I can't say exactly my feelings and especially my appreciation. I like English, so I want to study it more, but I can't perfectly do that here, I think. I hope I'll be able to study English at school in America or some foreign country someday, but that's too expensive... Ummmm... It looks like that one of my worries won't detach for some time. But now I decided to enjoy America with my bad English as much as possible. My Filipino friend who can speak 5 languages said to me "Don't be afraid to make mistakes when you learn language. That's important." Probably I'll need Drew's help a lot, but I'll try.

Second: I'll attend Drew's cousin Mariel and Jeff's wedding. I'm really glad and looking for it!!! But I don't know about American wedding at all. I've watched many wedding scenes of American movies and American TV dramas, but I don't know what's real. Of course I had attended Japanese wedding, but I've been thinking they are different with America's. What should I wear which kind of dress? What should I do when I'll attend to American wedding? Many questions were in my head and I asked Drew. But also he didn't know exactly about them. Noooo... I was panicked... But I bought a dress for the wedding a few days ago, because I couldn't wait! After that I showed it to Drew, and he said "Nice" for me. I'm sure that the dress will be okay to attend to American wedding!! ...maybe. And now I'm so excited!!!

Always, when I visit to foreign country or go to somewhere new, I would have many worries. But when I was child, my family and I moved 5 or 6 times because of my father's job and I always enjoyed new environments soon. I'm reminded that and I decided to think only about "having fun". I think this is the most important thing for us when we go to new environments!

I'll go to...

2011-04-17T14:14:00.000+09:00

Over a year and 4 months have past since my first American trip. I will never forget how I was feeling at that time. And already 9 months have past since the American trip of last summer. I have a lot of things that I want to write about it. But already 9 months have past... Honestly I had been writing about them before on this blog. But I was getting busy for a few months and the earthquake was happened, so I couldn't finish them sadly. So I think I want to write a bit more of the trip today.

This day, Drew and I met up with his cousin Mariel and her boyfriend Jeff, and they showed us around Minneapolis. It was really fun and the city was so beautiful!!! They were very kind for us, so I really appreciate them. But I didn't know about this was happened, so I didn't have good gifts from Japan for them. I was so sorry.

A few months later after this trip, I heard a very happy news! Mariel and Jeff were engaged!! The big news made me happy too. And I'll attend their wedding!!! So I'm going to America again in this last of May! I had not thought that I go to America three times for two years, but I can't wait! And I really appreciate them for giving me the opportunity to go to America again.

Congratulations Mariel and Jeff!!!

Northern Japan Earthquake

2011-04-10T11:36:00.002+09:00

Hello, everyone. Long time no see. How have you been?

Probably as you know, Northern Japan had hit by a huge earthquake just a month ago. Actually there are still aftershocks, and there was the biggest aftershock a few days ago. Fortunately I'm living in Southern Japan, so I'm safe and I've not felt the shakes at all. But a lot of people are still in difficult situations, so I couldn't feel good about my situation, then I was so sad and crying sometimes after the earthquake. So I couldn't write anything in this blog. But now, I realize that a lot of people are hanging tough in difficult situations, so also I have to hang tough to cheer Japan up and that's just a small thing but better than nothing.

Many of my friends sent messages to me to see if I'm safe and cheer me up. I'm really glad to know that they think about me, my family, my friends and Japan. And not only me, all of Japanese people appreciate a lot of foreign countries people who cheer Japan up. Thank you all!!!

There are a lot of too sad news everyday, but I know that we can get over this someday. I really hope this earthquake will be the last tragedy for Japan.

On a final note, I hope the people who are still in difficult situations will be able to spend peaceful days again as soon as possible and may the many victims' souls rest in peace.

Happy New Year!!!

2011-01-10T11:47:00.009+09:00

Happy New Year, everyone! How were your Christmas, New Year's Eve and Holidays?

I haven't written anything for over a month. So, first, I should write about Japanese Christmas. There is a feeling that Christmas is "a lovers' day" in Japan. Maybe that would be surprising to other country people. I don't really know why Japanese Christmas became like that, but I guess it's associated with the fact that Japan was only a Buddhists' country a long time ago.

Of course, there are a lot of people who spend time with their family. On Christmas, my mom went to visit my dad (he has been living in another prefecture because of his job), one of my sisters' boyfriend has been living in another prefecture, too. (he came to visit to her at midnight, though), my other sister doesn't have a boyfriend now and my boyfriend has been living in another country. So we decided to spend this Christmas with only us sisters. It was the first time Christmas we spent with just us. I was excited and wanted to enjoy that. So I spruced up our living room like Christmas a little bit and cooked, before they came back.

I cooked 唐揚げ (Karaage: Japanese fried chicken) and salad. Although I don't really know again, Japanese people like to eat fried chicken on Christmas. And we bought sushi and cake.
When my sisters came back and saw the food and decorations, they were very surprised and pleased. I was very glad to see that. And then, one of my sisters decided to dress up as Santa Clause (she had bought the Santa Clause costume for her office's Christmas party).

It was very funny. We laughed a lot. And the food were very good. That Christmas night was so fun!

Next was Japanese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Some people say that Japanese New Year's Eve is more quiet than other countries. That's mostly true when we spend at our parents' house. But I like a lively New Year's Eve. For example, I had spent one New Year's Eve with my friends' punk rock band at an our favorite bar. They did a count down concert and I helped them. That was the most lively New Year's Eve party ever in Japan. So I planed a New Year's Eve party at our house with my friends. But, that day we had a lot of snow. It's a rare thing in Nagasaki.

This is our house's gate. These were decorated with small Japanese New Year's decorations.

I was so excited when I saw the snow, so I walked outside with Coco to play with her. But the moment I put her in the snow, she went back into our house. Apparently she really hates cold things.

And finally my car couldn't go anywhere, because we live on a hill. So my friends couldn't come to my house and I couldn't even go to their house. So I decided to spend time with my mom and sister. It was a quiet New Year's Eve for the first time in a long time. We ate sushi and drank. And we watched 紅白歌合戦 (Kouhaku Uta Gassen: very famous and historical music TV show on New Year's Eve). It was a lot more fun than I thought.

New Year's Day, we said "あけましておめでとうございます"(akemashite omedetou gozaimasu: happy new year) to each other, and then drank a little bit of 御とそ(Otoso: kind of sake for New Year's day) to wish happiness and good health for this year in our living room as usual.

This is our family's Otoso kit.

Japanese children are given お年玉 (Otoshidama: New Year's gift money) by their parents and relatives and sometimes other adult people on New Year's. I'm not a child anymore, but my mom gave me Otoshidama. I was very glad.

And these three boxes are おせち(Osechi). It's a Japanese traditional New Year's dish style. The menu in the boxes vary in time and homes. This Osechi was made by my mom. We ate them a few days from New Year's day. These were delicious!

This holiday season reminds me of the last holiday season so much. Last year, I went to America and I had an amazing holiday season. I experienced many things for the first time. I'll never forget those things, and I miss the American holiday season. I hope I can spend the holidays there again sometime.

Today, I wanted to introduce the Japanese holiday season to everyone, so I wrote a lot of things. But I couldn't write about all of them. If you are more interested in Japanese holiday season, check them out. I'm sure you'll find something fun.

I hope this year will be the happiest and best for everyone!!!

Campfire!

2010-11-29T08:00:00.002+09:00

It's already the end of November... I always say like this when I start to write my English blog. I've been writing this blog once a month recently. I think I should write more to study English. By the way, I found a good way to study English. I love FRIENDS. So, first, I watch FRIENDS with Japanese subtitle. After that, I watch it with English subtitle. Then I make a list of English words what I couldn't understand and used many time. I think this way is very fun and I can learn a lot. Anyway, I want to write about the trip of this summer, it's already winter though...

This day, I could many first experiences, too. Drew and I planed to do Campfire with Drew's family. So, we visited to Drew's parents' house. There were Drew's parents, Drew's grandparents, Drew's sister MacKenzie and MacKenzie's friend. I was excited because I had never done Campfire in America.

Drew's dad prepared for Campfire. I had listened from Drew that these trees around Drew's dad were Christmas trees. I was surprised and impressed because I thought all Christmas trees are dumped after holiday season.

Drew, Drew's sister MacKenzie and MacKenzie's friend

Finally, the time was coming that my first Campfire! I had not known that American people make hot dogs at Campfire until Drew thought me. Japanese Campfire, we just seeing fire and talking or singing, sometimes dancing and roast marshmallows, I think. (I don't do Campfire recently in Japan. So I don't know well about it, though.)

MacKenzie, MacKenzie's friend, Drew's grandma and me

Around fire was very hot. But, it was very fun that making hot dog by myself.

I made it!!! It was great! Sausage, bread, onion, ketchup and mustard, everything good! Drew's family's dog Sierra was looking my hot dog. Maybe, she wanted to eat it, too. I like this picture. Drew's mom said "I like it!", too. I was glad!

I ate hot dogs with this Sangria. I had never drunk Sangria. I liked it so much. I want to make it in Japan, too.

After that, Drew's dad prepared a hammock for us. I was so excited, because I had never tried it and I had never even seen a real hammock.

I was successfully sit on the hammock. It was incredibly comfortable! I thought, if I had it in my house, I want to take a nap in it. And then, we took some pictures on the hammock. After that, when I started to get off the hammock, I fell. But, it was not hurt or embarrassed. It was just so funny for me, because I had seen like that on comedy show.

We made Smores, too. It was sweet and fun snacks! I liked them.

Drew's dad asked me like "Which do you like better, winter or summer of Wisconsin?" It was really hard question. Because I like winter events Christmas and New Year. And I like snow, too. Of course, in winter, outside of Wisconsin is very cold. But, there is the Central Heating System, so inside was very warm. I liked this system so much. And I like summer events of outside (concert, driving, swimming, barbecue, campfire, lake and suchlike). I like the summer weather in Wisconsin, too. It's very comfortable more than Japanese summer because Japanese summer is very humid. So, I couldn't choose and say anything expect "Both".

We talked about many things. I liked and enjoyed that very much. But, it was too bad that I couldn't understand and say all of I want, perfectly. I think harder than before like "I want to be able to speak English!!!"

Barbecue! 7.10.2010

2010-10-15T05:40:00.001+09:00

Already October... 3 months have passed since I came back from America... I really want to back to America, especially when I'm seeing photos of this trip, posting blog and talking with Drew. I've been posting to my Japanese blog more than this English blog, because I want Japanese people to know about the many differences between America and Japan.

Anyway, today, I'll post about the last American trip on this blog after a long absence! Yay!

One of the greatest experiences was this day! Drew, Mike, Bryan and I went to a lake to do a barbecue. Honestly I had never seen lake. So, I had tasted the water. It has no taste. It was just water. So I tried to go into the lake and then Bryan came and said "Asami! This place's water is dirty. You shouldn't go into there." ...OK.

After that Bryan's parents came and lent their canoe and　kayak to us. Of course, this was my first experience! I was scared a little bit, but very excited!

When we arrived on the opposite shore, someone was having a wedding. I had never seen a real American wedding. So, I was glad and it made me happy, too!

This place was very beautiful and quiet. I liked here very much!　

Bryan cooked. He said he always does that when they barbecue.

We ate hamburgers and drank beer in very nice weather. It was so great!!!

I love hot dogs! At that time I thought maybe I love hot dog the most of all American foods!

We found a duck parent and children! We threw many pieces of buns to them! They came up to us and ate the buns with excitement.

After that we played on this playset. I think we could enjoy more than I thought!
And finally we had to go back home... Mike had to hurry back, so he went back by Bryan's dad's car.
　
So, Bryan and Drew rode Kayak.

I rode canoe with Bryan's mom and sister. They were very kind, so it was fun! And Bryan's sister was very cute!

This day was a really good day. Actually, before we did barbecue, Drew, Bryan and I went to hookah. I was very excited, because I had never seen or had it. And after barbecue we went to drive-in-theater and watched Toy Story 3. It was my first experience, too. So, I had many first experiences in that day! I thank everyone!

Obon お盆

2010-09-06T22:46:00.004+09:00

Hello everyone! Long time no see! The last half of August was very very busy... I had many things that I have to do and want to do. So, I couldn't post anything. But finally I got some free time. Seriously I want to write everything about the last American trip because it was amazing. But I realized I can't write everything because I think it will take too long if I write everything. Maybe more than one year... However I want to write about the several greatest experiences. It's too hard to choose what to write about, though. And I'm going to write about my life in Japan, too. If you have any time, please read my blog.

In the meantime, today, I'm going to post about my summer in Japan. Obviously, the biggest event in this summer was the American trip. But the biggest event in Japan was Obon. Obon is a traditional Japanese holiday. Obon is on the 13th- 15th of August every year. Most Japanese people take vacation during this time and sometimes a few extra days. Early Japanese people thought that dead family's souls come back to their house during Obon. So, we welcome them and celebrate. Sometimes Obon is also said to be similar to Halloween.

Nagasaki's Obon is said to be unique in Japan because we set off fireworks at our ancestral cemetery. It's so the souls can find their homes easily.

We went back to our grand parent's home and had delicious food with relatives. It was great! ( I forgot to take a complete dishes picture... Actually, there were sashimi and more.)

After that, we went to the sea to sail a small ship for the dead people's souls to get back to heaven.

We set off bigger fireworks than we did at the cemetery there!

By the way, most young Japanese people like Obon for the good food and seeing relatives or old friends. (and fireworks in Nagasaki) I met my cousin's child!

He is 11 months old. So cute!!!

Coco was very scared of fireworks last year. But she wasn't this year, and she got to enjoy Obon!

Because of my cousin's new family, Coro! (His name is too similar with Coco... very confused... ) Coro is just a child. He was running with Coco and attacking Coco all day. So, Coco looked very tired. She slept all day the next day.

Office Max

2010-08-19T10:19:00.002+09:00

We went to Office Max where is a Drew's part-time job place.

I asked "Excuse me! Could you tell me a your recommended computer ?"
He said "Okay. Here you are."

Yes! I was a customer and he was a clerk. I can't go shopping to here when he is working, so it was fun!

And then we browsed through the store. Drew said hello to many other clerks. All of them looked kind.

I often hear about here from Drew. So I was very glad to go and see real Office Max!!!

Music in the Park !!!!!

2010-08-02T15:08:00.022+09:00

Drew and I went to Phoenix Park to see a concert! We love music and we had talked that want to see some concert together someday. So I was very glad!

I was very surprised to hear that it was still light until 9 pm. I thought it was great, because people here can enjoy several things every night.

We found a sweet bridge. We took some pictures. It was a very beautiful view from the bridge to the river. I liked this place.

I had to do something before seeing the concert...

It was eating! There were many food shops. I wanted to try all of them!!!

First, we bought a chicken barbecue hamburger. It was soft and very good!!! After that we ate a taco. It was good, too. But I lost the picture... I'm sad...

And then, finally we started to see the concert. There were many people and all of them were enjoying themselves. Of course, we enjoyed, too. I had a great time!!!

By the way, I was wondering about this...

Why were these so many children hooping in front of the band? I couldn't help wondering why... But they were very cute. So it's okay!

Lunch and Kiseru

2010-07-29T19:46:00.003+09:00

It was a beautiful day after the rain! Drew, Drew's friends and I went to lunch to Shanghai where is Larry's restaurant.

I ate Larry's recommendation menu. It was a bit hot, but very good! I like this dish. I want to eat it again!!!

Drew ate delicious-looking rice dish. I can't remember I tried it or not... But I think it is definitely good. Because Drew ate it when I went to America last winter, too.

Larry asked me to buy Suntory Whisky from Japan. Suntory Whisky is the most famous and popular whisky in Japan now. I didn't know that can't buy Suntory's whisky in America. I knew about it before I went to America and I decided to buy it as a gift for Drew's dad.

After lunch, we finally tried Kiseru. Bryan liked it.
By the way, I had never seen a parson who smoke a pipe. So it was very interesting.

I tried it, too. It was not bad, but not good... Maybe I'll never smoke Kiseru...

Anyway, it was delicious and interesting lunch!!!

Bar !!!

2010-07-27T21:56:00.001+09:00

I got back to Japan from America on the night of July 19th. I really didn't want to back. Because I had a lot of exciting and interesting experiences in this trip. So I'm going to write about them.

The night of first day, we went to a bar. This was the my first experience of the American bar!

Drew and me

The American bars are different in many ways from the Japanese bars.

First, I payed money quickly when I bought something to drink. In Japan, we pay money when we go back like restaurants. I like American bar's system. Because I think it is very clarity.

Second, smokers were drinking outside. Smokers can smoke wherever in most of Japanese bars. I had thought American people hate cigarettes, but there were many people.

And the most difference is checking everyone's age! I was very surprised. Anyone can enter the Japanese bars. It is very easy for everyone even infancy. So I thought that American young people are hard to drink. I feel sorry little bit...

I bought Kiseru for Bryan from Japan. He looked very happy, so I was very happy! Unfortunately he didn't have a pipe that day. So he couldn't try it soon. We promised to try it tomorrow!

Drew's friends. They are boyfriend and girlfriend. They are very cute and funny. She has a Japanese tattoo. I was surprised and it made me glad!

Larry and Bryan

They taught me many and various things in easy English! And Larry tried to speak Japanese for me. I was very very glad! So I could try to speak English. Maybe alcohol helped me though...

The first night, we talked and laughed a lot. I could have a hell of good night!!!

10 more days !!!!!

2010-06-27T16:52:00.007+09:00

I'm going to America in 10 more days!!!!! I'm so exciting!!

I'm watching DVD of American TV dramas (Bones, now) or Sponge Bob Square Pants everyday. Because it is the good practice to hear English well. Honestly I don't know I can do that better than before. But I think better do something than nothing. So... maybe!

I don't know why but I got two set of Customs Declaration and E/D card in last trip. So I already filled in these forms. (Only the parts that I can write now, though) I'm so lucky! Because I don't need write them in the airplane.

Finally I pulled out my suitcase from closet! I felt the rabbits of sticker are very exciting, too!!!

Two more weeks !!!

2010-06-23T00:40:00.006+09:00

I'm going to Wisconsin in America again in two more weeks!!! Recently I'm always thinking about it. And I'm counting the days to the trip everyday!

Last time, I went in winter.

So, I could enjoy the greatest Christmas ever!!!

And, I could join the New Years Eve Party!!!

Of course, I could see and enjoy a lot of snow!!!

These were not in my life before. And I could experience many other things for the first time in my life!

This time is my first summer in Wisconsin! There is so much I want to do in this trip. Maybe I'll experience many things for the first time in my life in this time, too. I'm going to post about them after the trip!

Actually, I've been posting about this trip preparation on my Japanese blog. I want to write about it in English, too. But, unfortunately my English level is not enough to do that... So if you can read Japanese, please read my Japanese blog.

Anyway! I'm looking forward to the trip! Come quick! I can't wait!!!

Golden Week First Day

2010-06-02T22:47:00.008+09:00

Oh...It is already June... I didn't write anything more than one month. So, I'm going to write about "Golden Week" what is the biggest event in May, today!

"Golden Week" is the period from April 29th to May 5th when there are four national holidays. This year, May 1st was Saturday and May 2nd was Sunday. And, from May 3rd to 5th was national holidays. So, I could take 5 days off in a row.
Many friends came back to Nagasaki during this year's Golden Week. So, we planed many things and did them everyday.

First day, we went to Subtropical Botanical Garden. One of my friends had wanted to go to there for a long time. She always said "I wanna go there! Please take me there! I'm sure we can enjoy!" But there is a little far from our home town. And honestly we couldn't believe the words "I'm sure we can enjoy!"
But Golden Week came! We decided to go to there!

May 1st was very fine day! I and Tsutomu-san drove our own car. We didn't felt long time because we were talking and singing while go to there.
Actually Tsutomu-san was late to our wait time for 3 hours. So, he said "I'm gonna pay everyone's entrance fees." Wow!!! Thank you, Tsutomu-san!!!

First we ate lunch. And then we went to see around the garden. There were many beautiful flowers. We took many photos.

It was very nice weather and there were many beautiful flowers. But the most excite thing for us at the garden was... this

These are the toy for children. But very funny. I laughed so hard and my throat got sore.
We could enjoy more than I thought at the garden.

And then we went back to our town. In the evening, we went to Izakaya(Japanese bar) and Karaoke. I love karaoke!!! So, I sang and danced a lot. Of cause my voice became hoarse in next day...

But it was very fun and exciting day!!!

Coco

2010-04-28T17:25:00.025+09:00

I wanna write something....

So, today I'm going to introduce Coco to you!
I introduced her before. But I wanna tell you more about Coco.

She is a 4 year old Chihuahua.
Her date of birth is July 6th in 2005.

Actually she was my friend's dog, but my friend had to move to an apartment that doesn't allow animals.

So, Coco came to my house.

This is the first photo of her after she came to my house.
She looked little nervous... but...

A few hours later, she fell asleep in my mom's arms. She looked comfortable and relieved. I was relieved to see that, too.

And then she became a member of my family.
She's loved by all my family, relatives and friends.

She loves playing on my bed.

She loves her TOMATO house.

She hates cold.

So, she loves heater very much.

Sometimes she sleeps in strange positions though....

She is always soooo lovely!!!!

Hanami

2010-04-17T15:00:00.010+09:00

A few weeks ago, I went to Hanami with my friends.
Hanami is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying beauty of cherry blossoms in spring. Hanami's word's meaning is "seeing flowers" in Japanese. But mostly people have another pleasure.... It is the party under the cherry blossoms!

People enjoy eating　and drinking. Some people enjoy singing karaoke(I have only seen it on TV though...). Of course, we enjoyed the party!

We bought many foods and drinks! To our delight, one of my friends　cooked many dishes!!! Those were very good!

It is floated a petal in a glass of sake. It was nice!!

After dark, we still enjoyed Yozakura. Yozakura's word's meaning is "night cherry blossoms" in Japanese. Yozakura were lit by lights. And those were very very beautiful more than daytime's!
But the day was too cold! Everybody were shivering and enjoying.

All of us minus a friend. Thank you for taking a nice picture, Asaka!!

Introduce myself

2010-04-15T20:28:00.009+09:00

Today, I'm going to tell you about me.

My name is Asami.

I'm working at the university.
I'm a research assistant of Bacteriology and an office administrator.

I was born in Sasebo of Japan.
And then I had moved 5 times because of my father's job.

These are cities where I had lived.
Sasebo(Nagasaki): 0~8 months old
Miyako(Okinawa): 8 months~3 years old
Himeji(Hyougo): 3 ~5 years old
Tokuyama(Yamaguchi): 5 ~10 years old
Hiroshima(Hiroshima): 10 ~12 years old
Nagasaki(Nagasaki): 12 years old~now

I love watching movies and TV dramas, listening musics, reading books, talking, shopping, karaoke, party, taking pictures and traveling.

I visited America in last winter. Because my boyfriend is living in there. It was very very exciting!!!!
So, I'm going to go to America again! In this summer!!!
I can't wait!

And I have a dog.
Her name is Coco. She is a 4 year old Chihuahua.
She is so cute! I love her!

Nice to meet you!! Have a nice day!!!

Nice to meet you!!!

2010-04-14T23:59:00.003+09:00

Hello! Everyone!!
My name is Asami.
I'm a Japanese.
I wanna be able to speak English well.
So, I think I must start this blog.
Because it's very good for study English!
And It looks very fun!
Maybe my English is bad...
But, please don't forget! I'm not a bad person!!!
If I say strange and bad English, it's not what I want to say...

Even so, why I wanna start this blog that is because I read many good blogs. These are written by non-Japanese in Japanese.
They make many mistakes. But they look they don't care.
Because they have a strong motivation to want to be able to speak Japanese.
And they grow up good Japanese speakers or writers. And they look fun!

I think it's the best way to get the highly English skills that speaking, writing, reading and thinking in English everyday.
So, I'm gonna think and write this blog in English.
I want to use English words as many as possible.

Next, I'm gonna introduce myself.

Can you understand my English??

Bye-bye!