Recommended Restaurant

One of the students in our school nicely recommended me a restaurant which he likes.
According to him, the restaurant is famous for its cozy interior and fried chicken.
I went there yesterday after work and I was surprised with the number of customers.
Some people were at the entrance waiting to be seated.
I rarely see such restaurants which was crowded even on a week day.
The fried chicken which I ordered was very crispy and tender.
I want to share my experience with him at school.
Local people know more about their places, so I will visit more places which the students recommend.

New Room Rental Service

I found a new service about a living place.
You can rent a room for 10,000 yen ($88 USD) per month, which is very reasonable.
Also, water and electric bills are included in the price.
As long as you live in Japan, you need to register your home address at a city hall to prove that you have a place to live.
The residential tax is also paid at the city hall which covers the address.
The share house is useful for people who move around this country and even foreign counties.
They can keep a Japanese residence by paying only 10,000 yen per month.
I may try this service if I move to Tokyo next school year.

https://pocketresidence.jp/

English Lessons

Recently I consider if classes at school are meaningful for students.
I have never met a person who managed to speak English after taking English classes at school.
Most of them come to dislike English because of the classes.
Students have to join English classes almost everyday, but they cannot speak even simple English phrases.
Being in this situation, students may waste their time by being forced to take lessons.
Most Japanese don’t use English in their daily lives and we can survive without it.
Of course, being able to speak English is better than not being able to do it.
If they want to learn English, they should learn it by themselves outside school.
This is what I have been thinking about these days.

TOEIC

I took the TOEIC exam this afternoon.

The test taking place was different from the previous ones.

The venue was inside the campus of Agricultural Department of Kagawa University.

It was very inconvenient to get there because it’s located in a suburb of the city.

However, there is a merit of the site: free parking.

By the way, I was surprised at the number of participants.

There were more than 100 people in our room and the exam was held at several rooms.

Answering 200 questions within two hours was very tiring.

My previous score was 945, so I wish I can get a better one this time.

Passport

My passport will expire at the end of December.
I am going to renew it next week.
The office where I'm going to submit the documents is far from here.
Also, it is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, so I have to go there on a weekday after work.
When I checked the pages in my current passport, there are many stamps from the time I went to Australia, America, Thailand and some European countries.
The immigration stamps reminded me of the days when I was in those countries.
I don’t have any plans to go abroad at this moment but a new passport is necessary to take TOEFL for identification.
I want to visit many foreign countries in the next ten years.

24/7

I went to a 24/7 grocery store near my apartment at 10:30 p.m. last night.
I usually don’t go there late at night so I was surprised there were many customers even at that time.
McDonalds and convenience stores in this city are also open for 24 hours a day.
Needless to say, it is good to be able to get food anytime but I think we can live without those 24/7 stores.
When I go to foreign countries, I avoid going outside because I find it uncomfortable considering that I am not yet familiar with the place.
I buy food, snacks, drinks for my meal until dinner and other useful things during the daytime.
If there weren't any 24/7 stores, we would already buy these goods from our regular community's grocery stores. 
It is ideal to sometimes take a break from home at night by walking to these 24/7 stores.
It is nice to entertain yourself from time to time by jogging or walking and buying for yourself from a 24/7 store.

TOEFL Score

I got a TOEFL score which I took two weeks ago.
My score was 68 out of 120.
I am convinced of the score because I didn’t do well in all four sections.
Based on my experience, getting a good score in the reading section will boost me to answer the other sections quickly and correctly.
You have to read several long entries within 80 minutes in the reading section.
I was heartbroken when I took the exam the last time and I couldn’t focus on the rest of the exam.
To get a better score next time, I will study with the previous exam questions.