The move

I have to move until next month. I began to prepare for it.

I live near Kumamoto station. Railroad construction is moving forward at fever pitch. As you know, Kyusyu shinkansen will be opened soon. The new roads will be constructed. So, we have to take down our house and build again in another place. We will live in municipal apartment until the construction will be finished.

Today, we carried a small part of our things. It was backbreaking work.


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My older sister - Part 3

She likes travel very much. She has been to foreign countries several times. I will talk about her trips.

Three years ago, she went to the U.S. as an exchange student. She stayed in Washington states for six months. She studied English there and had some Korean friends. They were exchange students too. She learned Korean from them. So, she can speak Korean a little. She can say “I did not eat breakfast because I got up late. So, I am hungry now.” in Korean.

By the way, it took about one hour by bus from her town to Seattle. Sometimes, she went to Seattle for shopping with her friends. Because, there were few place to play or to shop.

During her stay, she went to Safeco field to watch a baseball game. As you know, Safeco field is the home of Seattle Mariners. She watched Ichiro Suzuki there. She said “Ichiro looked like a little bean because my seat was too far from the ground.” Anyway, she enjoyed this game and bought a T-shirt of Mariners as a souvenir for me. She knew that I like baseball so much. I liked it very much. Someday, I want to go to the U.S. and watch the major leagues.

To be continued…..


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My family - grandfather

I will introduce about my grandfather. He is my mother’s father. He is eighty years old now and active for his age. He is as tall as I. He is a man of strong frame. He often wears check shirt and cotton pants. He also wears a hat to hide his bald head.

He likes driving so much. He often takes grandmother and her friends to various places by minivan. For example, he visits many places where are famous for cherry blossoms or azaleas in spring.

He also likes fishing. He usually gets up late in the morning, but he gets up very early when he goes fishing. He keeps fishing tackles; rods and lines, bucket, landing net, waders, cooler and so on in his minivan to go fishing anytime. My grandmother does not want him to go fishing. There are two reasons. First, she worries about his health because he is old. He often goes to far places and fishes at dangerous places. Second, she has to cook so many small fish. She always says “It is troublesome and they smell bad”.

Every winter, my father, mother, older sister and I go skiing to Hokkaido. My grandfather goes with us sometimes. He is a best skier in my family. He tries to harder course. One day, he skied on the mogul course by mistake. He said “I did not know it was a mogul course. I thought it was too rough.” All of us laughed to hear that.

I love grandfather very much. I want him to live long.


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Book review #4 "Harry the Dirty Dog"

Harry was a white dog with black spots. He does not like having a bath. One day, he buried scrubbing brush in the back yard and he run away from home. He played where he got very dirty. For example, the road was being worked on. After all, he changed to a black dog with white spots. He wondered if his family would not recognize his face. When he got back home, his family did not notice he was Harry as he had expected. He was so sad. He almost gave up. Then, he got a good idea. He dug a back yard and he found the scrubbing brush. He run into the house with it. The children washed Harry, and shouted “It’s Harry!” He was very happy.

Feelings
The story reminded me my childhood. When I was a little boy, I played outside and became dirty every day like Harry though I liked taking a bath. I thought that the expression “he changed from a white dog with black spots, to a black dog with white spots” was very interesting. Harry is very cute. I want to have a dog like Harry. He had be a good dog if only he liked taking a bath.

Recently, most of children play inside. I want them to play outside more like Harry. I believe it is good for their health.

I like this story very much.


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My older sister - Part 2

She likes sweets very much. When she sees sweets, she always smiles. Even she is in a bad mood after a quarrel with me, she becomes cheerful when I give sweets to her. As soon as she sees new sweets on TV commercial, she buys them. Yesterday, she found insert of the paper. It said that “Hokkaido fair” is held at a department store. Many kind of sweets are sold there! She was very excited. Immediately, she decided go there. This morning she got up early, and she went to the department store. She was satisfied by getting sweets which she wanted. After she ate them, she said “Oh my god!! I will put on weight again!!”
To be continued……

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