Minnesota Diary

I went to Minnesota and stay for four weeks during summer vacation. I’ll post about the life in Minnesota occasionally.

 【July 22 (Sun)】
I arrived at Minnesota. Before I came to Minnesota, I was so nervous because I had never been to foreign countries. However, I could get rid of my uneasiness because my host family was willing to receive me. When I went to the terminal at the airport, a lot of host families had waited Kumamoto Gakuen University students. My host sister, Natalie, had welcome board. There were a lot of people, but I could find my host family because welcome board was decorated cutely. When I first met my host family, we hugged and shook hands. I also greeted Yukino’s host family because my host family and Yukino’s host family are neighbors. I thought it will be fun for me to stay at Minnesota.

After that, my host family and I went to Wisconsin State because Natalie participated in camp for a week, so we saw her to the campground. We went there by car. While I was in the car, I felt a sense of incongruity. I had known cars run on right side, but I was really surprised when I took the car at the actual. We stopped at MacDonald on the way to go to campground. I ate small cheeseburger and drank chocolate shake. I was surprised at the system of MacDonald and the size of hamburger. When we arrived at the campground, we carried her baggage to bungalow. I saw a wild squirrel for the first time outside the bungalow. My host father, host mother and I said good-bye to Natalie, and we went to Welcome Picnic at Roseville Central Park.

The picnic started at five o’clock, but we arrived at six o’clock. According to talking I heard later, leaders of KGU students tried to drink a famous juice of America, and some American people tried to eat natto before I arrived. After I arrived, KGU students separated five groups and told our host family Japanese culture. My group told Japanese snacks and sweets. We brought snacks from Japan, so host family tried to eat them. People who tried to eat them showed a variety of reaction. Some people showed their smile and came to like Japanese snacks, other people showed strange expressions and said “Wow!” It was very interesting. We also showed picture of Japanese sweets and snacks. However, it was difficult for me to explain what kind of snacks or sweets and things America doesn’t have, for example, anko.

After the picnic finished, I leave for my host family’s house. When I arrived at the house, a dog greeted me. She is their pet, and her name is Little Lady. She is very pretty girl. And then, my host father and host mother showed all of the rooms in the house. After that, they told me to go to bed because they thought I was tired and I have to get up early and prepare to go to school. I said good-night to them, and I went to bed.

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Seven Flavor

On September 26th, I went to eat Haagen-Dazs ice cream at Shimo-tori, Kumamoto City with my sister after I finished classes. Haagen-Dazs is famous ice cream brand, and the cost is high. I usually don't eat that ice cream, but the day was special day, so I and my sister went to the store of Haagen-Dazs. The store had many kind of ice cream flavor. We could choose and eat seven flavor ice creams. Usually, Haagen-Dazs ice cream costs 300 yen per one ice cream, but it costs 500 yen to eat seven kinds of ice creams on special day. I chose pumpkin, red potato, green tea, macadamia nuts, vanilla pudding, caramel walnut and chocolate. Tastes were very good! I felt so happy! Special day is every Wednesday, so I promised to go to eat again with my sister.

After eating ice creams, we went to TSUTAYA, and we rented CDs. At last, I bought three socks at tutuanna. Tutuanna is my favorite sock shop. There are a lot of cute socks, I often go to buy socks there.

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My favorite sport to watch

My Favorite sport to watch is soccer. I have loved to watch soccer game since I watched Asian Cup maybe two years ago. It is very exciting for me to watch soccer game. I was very excited to watch semi final at the Asian Cup in particular. This is the game between Japan and Korean. I watched it with all of my family. My favorite soccer player is Keisuke Honda. He is playing in Russian professional soccer team. He is cool and good at playing soccer. I also like Atsuto Uchida and Maya Yoshida. I heard they are very close each other. However, I have watched soccer game only on the TV, so I want to watch soccer game at the stadium.

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Essay 2-01a: How and How Well I Have Learnt Languages

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My faverite shoes

My favorite shoes are platform shoes. I bought them two weeks ago. The color is gray, and the height of the sole is four centimeters. Platform shoes are no heels, so it is easy to walk, and I don't get tired even if I walk a long time. I bought them at LEPSIM in AEON Mall Kumamoto. Before I went there, I look around for platform shoes everywhere, but I didn't meet platform shoes I like. When I found them at the store, I liked the shoes at a glance. There are three colors: gray, white and beige. I chose the color because I hadn't had gray shoes. Recently, I run around for cute sox that it suits the shoes.

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BR 2-01: Nate the Great and the Musical Note

It was a note for Pip from Rosamond. I knew it would be strange. (p.10)

I picked this book because illustrations of the cover were so cute and the title is attractive for me. The hero of the story is Nate the Great, and he is a detective. One day, when he took a bath, a boy came to Nate the Great’s house. A boy whose name is Pip gave Nate the Great a piece of paper. It was a note for pip from his teacher of piano lessons, but it was so strange, so Pip couldn’t understand. He asked for Nate the Great to tell what it means. Nate the Great tried to solve the problem. If you want to know the answer of the problem, please read this book. It was very interesting. And more, this book is one of the series of Nate the Great. I want to read all of the series.

Moreover, after the story, there are extra pages in this book. Extra pages have fun activities. When you read them, you can get a lot of information, for example, pianos, fingerprints, and so on. They are useful and very fun. I read them, but there were many things I didn’t know, so I got new information. I recommend you to read this book!

Reference

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman and Mitchel. (1990). Nate the Great and the Musical Note. New York, NY: Random House.

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Cocktail Party

Hello! My name is Teresa. I’m from Peru. Peru is in South America. I live in Lima. Lima is the capital of Peru. I’m 22 years old. I live with grandparents, parents, two older brothers and their wives and children, a younger sister and a dog. My family is a large family, so my home is always bustling.

I’m a cartoonist. I draw cartoons every day. I like love story, so I’m drawing it. It is so fun for me to draw cartoons. I heard that my cartoons are very popular among young women and girls. I’m so happy. I will draw a lot of cartoons, and I want many people to read and buy them.

My hobby is skiing. When winter comes every year, I go to Canada to ski. My father likes skiing, so he often takes me to ski. When I was 10 years old, I skied for the first time. I couldn't ski very well at first, so I fell again and again. But Now, I could ski very well. I could jump and turn.

I have a thing I dislike. It is alcohol. I loved to drink alcohol before, but I dislike alcohol because I have gotten drunk, and I couldn't have walked straight. I have not drunk since then.

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