Sunday, January 29, 2012

Dear my friend who wants to study English in Winnipeg, Canada

I know you want to come to Canada to study English.
I have studied English in Winnipeg, Canada for 10 months.
I am going to give you advices which studying English in Winnipeg, Canada.

You know that I am studying English in Intensive English Program of University Manitoba.
There are lots of students who are from different countries.
I recommend joining this program because I think that my English is improving.
I have learned English grammar, vocabulary, reading and so on correctly.
IEP program has many advantages.
You can have lots of friends. IEP teachers are very kind and friendly. Especially, IEP has activities. You can enjoy Canadian Life.
However, a lot of students are from Japan, so it is difficult to improve speaking skill in this program.
So, if you want to improve your speaking skill, I really recommend living in a homestay because you have to speak and listen English all the time.
Also, your homestay family will be your treasure.

Winnipeg winter is really cold. The temperature will be -40degrees.
Your jackets that you will bring from Japan might not enough, so you should buy in Winnipeg.
On the other hand, Winnipeg summer is very hot, but it isn’t humid like Japan.
Don’t forget to drink water a lot!

My Japanese friend, don’t think that you can use chopstick in Canada.
Just Japanese, Korean and Chinese restaurant can use chopsticks.
In homestay, they usually don’t use the chopsticks.
You have to use folk and knife. Be careful!



I cannot tell you all now.
I am going to go back Japan the end of March, so I will tell you all in April.
I hope that you will have an opportunity to study in Winnipeg, Canada.

My favorite place in Japan

I am going to talk about Tokyo Disney Land and Tokyo Disney Sea.
I have been there more than 50 times because I love Disney movie, characters and music.
Also, my mother loves Disney. When I was a child, my parents have taken me Tokyo Disney Land many times.

Tokyo Disney Land and Sea are located in Chiba prefecture, which in next to Tokyo, in Japan.
I can go there for 2hours by the train.
They open 9:00am to 11:00pm.
If I go there, I usually stay there 9:00am to 10:00pm.
I have a lot of things I want to do in Tokyo Disney Land and Sea.

They have lots of attractions like roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, and so on.
The roller coasters are really horrible.
When I was first year student of high school, I tried to ride the roller coaster which is Tower of teller in Tokyo Disney Sea.
It was really horrible so I cried.
After two years, I wanted to try again, but while I was waiting my turn, I cried and exit.
This time I swear that I will never try again.

My favorite place in Tokyo Disney Land is Cinderella Castle.
It is huge and beautiful.
At night time, it will light up, so it is so beautiful.
The reason why I want to stay Tokyo Disney Land until night time is I want to see Cinderella Castle.
I hope that my boyfriend whom I don’t know yet will say to me under the Cinderella Castle about marry him in the future.

Now, I miss Tokyo Disney Land very much!!
After I go back Japan, I want to go there as soon as possible!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

United 93 Movie Discussion

January 20, I watched United 93 in the class.
It was first time to watch this movie, and I was really shocked.
When this tragedy was happened, I was an elementary school student.
I didn’t notice that it was big event.

I am going to write down my opinion about United 93.
I think that the reason why United 93 was filmed in real time is director wants to make us the same feeling like the passenger was felt.
When the terrorists hijacked the airplane, I was so dreadful and scared.
I felt like I was in the same airplane and I saw people were killed by terrorists.
I couldn’t stop crying because I could image that I was there.
The passengers decided to fight back.
The passenger ware known about world trade center was attacked by 2 airplanes.
They realized that their airplane also will attack to another, so they don’t want to wait to die. Then, they decide to fight back.
In addition, they wanted to believe that they can win and be alive. They want to see their family and friend again.
If I were them, I also wanted to fight back because I want to come back to my family. I want to everything if I can see my family again.
But, If I was in there, I was not sure I can do or not because it was very horrible.
This situation was really awful I have ever seen.
If the passengers didn’t fight back, the airplane was attacked to another building because the terrorists had strong belief. I don’t think their belief would change whatever happened.
I was changed by United 93. I have known that this event was so huge one and I understand that why many airports check our luggage.
Before I watched this movie, I couldn’t understand and I felt annoyed.
The passengers were so brave.
I think that the victims’ families are proud of their family such as the passengers, so victims’ families want all of people know about them
Also, they hope that the tragedy like 9/11 will not happen anymore.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Jan.16th

Today, I am going to talk about Christmas day of my winter vocation.

I am a student of English program so I had a long winter vacation last month.
Christmas day, I had a big supper with my host family and my host family’s family.
14 people came to my home and we celebrated.
Before we had a big supper, I cooked with my host mother and my roommate.
My roommate and I cut a lot of vegetables.
When we cut onions, we cried together and host mother laughed.
We cooked for almost 3hours.
After we cooked, my host family’s family came to my home and we ate supper.
We ate turkey, chicken balls, chocolate and banana pie and so on.
After we ate, we walked around our house.
Then, we opened the presents near the Christmas tree.
My host family’s grandsons have gotten lots of presents so they looked very happy!
I have gotten the presents from my host family, Santa Claus, my host mother’s friend, my roommate and my host family’s dog!!!!
I was so excited!! My favorite present is pajamas from my host family.
Also, I gave my host family the present which is chopsticks.
They looked happy and I am glad!
After we opened the presents, I played with my host family’s grandsons.
They are very active and cute.
I played wrestling and ran my home with them.
I was so tired but It was good excise for me.

It was the first time to spend Christmas day in Canada.
I am very happy to stay this day with my host family, and this memory is one of my treasure in my life.

Welcome!

Hello! My name is Hikaru!
Thank you for reading my blog.
I have been Canada for 10months.
The reason why I am staying in Canada is study English.
Living in Canada is very comfortable!
I am going to go back Japan the end of March. I will miss Canada very much!!
I hope that you will enjoy my blog!!