Bus Tour

I joined a seminar so that I get enrolled as a tour guide.

Our group visited several famous sightseeing spots in this prefecture such as temples, a brewery, a castle, and a museum.

As I learned about those sites, my interest for the places increased.

There are many interesting places to visit inside this prefecture.

I need to study more to get information and to tell them in English.

Those who can tell about these places in English are only a few, I guess.

I will visit the places again by myself and research the histories and characteristics by asking local people and volunteer guides.

Café at Mall

There is a large shopping mall in our city.
We can buy anything at a grocery store, clothes shops, a book store, appliance stores, and so on.
I used to go to a café in the mall to read books with their drink.
The café, however, seemed to go out of business when I went to the mall last night.
The location of the café was better than the others because it was near one of the entrances and many customers passed by the café.
Although it was a weekday, there were less customers in the mall than I expected.
I wondered how the people in our city spent Friday nights.
Also I felt that it is difficult to keep their business among a lot of competitors.

Health and Sports Day

Our school has four consecutive days off starting from today until Monday.
Every Saturday, our school is usually closed, but last Saturday, our school held the choral recital.
That is why today is a day-off.
Next Monday is a public holiday, the Health and Sports Day.
In 1964, the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics were held on October 10.
To encourage people to do more exercise, the government made every second Monday in October a holiday.
Tomorrow, I am going to Hiroshima to see a live concert of a Japanese rock band.
Sunday and Monday, I am going to join a seminar so I can get registered as a tour guide.
This morning, I am going to write a report for the seminar and will be applying for the TOEFL exam.
I want to do something fun outside home by visiting a place I have never been to.

Phone Call

A few months ago, I happened to come across a beautiful woman at Starbucks.
I talked to her and gave my impromptu letter with my phone number.
That night, on the same day, she kindly gave me a call.
We went to see beautiful sceneries from a mountain.
But since then, she doesn’t answer my phone calls anymore.
The reason is likely that the date was not fun for her.
I know it is annoying for her to get a phone call many times, so I just do it once a week.
She doesn’t seem to be interested in me, but I want to talk with her again to get back together.
I am considering ways to catch her interest.

Janitor

I read a book written by a famous janitor who works in Narita Airport. 
As we all know, Narita Airport is known as one of the, if not, the cleanest airport in the world. 
The author is the leader of the pack of 500 janitors at the airport.
She was born in China with a Japanese father and a Chinese mother. 
Growing up, she was bullied both in Japan and China owing to the hostilities between these two countries some couple of decades ago.
When her family moved to Japan, her knowledge of the Japanese language is nil. 
And she needed to earn money. 
Thus, being a janitor was the best job she could get as it did not require knowledge of the Japanese language. 
She worked hard day and night, and she became the champion among all janitors all over Japan. 
Her story moved me and taught me that passion indeed brings good results.

New Album

There is a rock band named Mr. Children in Japan and I am a big fan of it.
A new album will be released today, so I will go to a CD shop to get it after work.
Furthermore, their live performance will be held this Saturday in Hiroshima and I fortunately got a ticket for it.
I can’t wait to see it, but before going to see their performance, I will prepare by listening to the latest album.
It has been more than three years since they released the last album.
When I feel annoyed at work, I will sing their songs to myself for relaxing.

Two Boys at Starbucks

A huge typhoon passed by Shikoku Region and we had heavy rain and strong wind yesterday.
I personally didn’t have any damages, but a latest news might tell us some damages in our region.
By the way, I was at Starbucks last night.
There were two likely high school students near my seat.
I spent two hours at the café.
Surprisingly, the boys were continuously studying while I was reading books.
When I looked at one of the books on their table, the title was “English Workbook for Entrance Exam of Tokyo University.”
I was amazed by their attitude for studying.
I will also study English more in order to be more fluent.