Entries from 2011-01-01 to 1 year

5/22 BBQ and losing my confidence 55

It was a good day today. Last week, my hostfamily said that you can invite school friendsand have a BBQ together before we leave to our own country.Thus, I and my housemates invited friends.We had a nice lunch, enjoyed playing table tennis…

5/21 Nabe 50

I had NABE!! today. After my job, I went to another restaurant andhad nabe with coworkers. There are two types of nabe which areMiso taste and syohu taste. Unfortunatelly, I had been able tobe there for 1 hour because of my last train, so …

5/20 book bus ticket 243

I booked the bus ticket for going to Bay of Island and Cape Reinga.I'm gonna go travelling before leaving for Japan.There are some farewell parties as well, so it would be quitetight schedule. I'm looking forward to the travel. bus:$243tot…

5/19 wondering my travel 36

I'm wondering if I can go to last travel, which is for Bay of Island and Cape Reiga.These two are famous and popular place to visit, so I really wantto go there before leaving.I have to think about it deeply. lunch:$16cellphone prepaid:$20…

5/18 helpful karate training 13

To be honest, I have been depressed for a while because I haven'tspoken English well these days.It is a bad circulation.depressed-lose confidence-low motivated-don't come up with vocabulary-feel depressed..... I had been stuck this circula…

5/17 pizza 42.6

I went to Italian restaurant today.I ordered regular size pizza. It was so big that I was still now.To spend time with friends is nice. From now, I start watching Eureka, which is DVD that I borrowedfrom my roommate.See you tomorrow. lunch…

5/16 speech? 4

I noticed that karate members are planning to organize farewellparty for me. I'm gonna leave NZ about 3 weeks later, so wewill have a party before my leaving. What am I supposed to say if I should make a speech? Thank you for organizing th…

5/15 bad connection 3.7

Though I want to upload some pics, I can not do that because ofinternet connection. Somehow, it is bad connection. I know it isinconvenient. However, it benefits me a little bit. I used to do some kinds of netsurfin, but I don't do that no…

5/14 ironman

Internet doesn't work properly.Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.My roommate went to downtown to use the Internet, but when he came back home, it works. He must feel disappointed at it. Yesterday, I borrowed 2 DVDs from my shool, wh…

5/13 sky diving 397

Today, I did sky diving!It was awesome!! I had never experienced such a exciting thingso far. I went to West Auckland to do that. I went up to 12,000 feet and jumped from there! The time when falling was just 30-40seconds, and then we used…

5/12 busiest day 136.8

Today's job was the busiest so far.Usually, around 40-50 customers come to my restaurant at dinnertime. However, today, 92 customers came!The kitchenhand working with me said that he had never experiencedsuch a busy day. I could leave the …

5/11 Academic IELTS result 11.1

I got the IELTS result. Liestening:7.0Reading:6.0Writing:6.0Speaking:6.0Overall:6.5 My objective is 6.0, so I passed it!! It ensures that I can studymy major in Germany as an exchange student.I am satisfied with the result except speaking.…

5/10 lie to me 10.5

ライ・トゥ・ミー 嘘の瞬間 DVDコレクターズBOX出版社/メーカー: 20世紀フォックス・ホーム・エンターテイメント・ジャパン発売日: 2010/10/02メディア: DVD購入: 1人 クリック: 28回この商品を含むブログ (31件) を見る I have been watching this sereal. …

5/9 bowling 19.6

Internet hasn't been connected again.It stops me from writing this blog. It is quite inconvenient. Today I went to play bowling. Long time no playing it, so it wasbig fun. I couldn't reach 100score at first, but the second one,I got over 1…

5/8 making pizza 5.9

Making pizza.Today, I learned how to cook Pizza! from my roommate who came fromGermany. I knew he can cook tasty pizza because sometimes he madethem for us.The most interesting part of cooking for me is to make the base ofpizza by using my…

5/7 making scorns 0

Making scorns. I was keen on learning some meals from my hostmother, soI asked her if I could get recipe and how to cook scorns.It was pretty easy to cook.I don't have pics now, so I would upload them later.

5/6 birthday party 11

After the job, I went to birthday party for one of my shool friends.I kept drinking and dancing until 4am.It was so hard that I slept until noon.But, it was good memory and experience. taxi:$11total:$11

5/5 mistakes 13

I made a lot of mistakes today.At part time job, I served one meal to wrong table, and I put soap to wrong bottle.At house, I put my tissue in a back pocket of my trouser so thatclothes are messy after laundry.Though I'm losing my confiden…

5/4 new objective 13.5

My departure for Japan is on 4th June. It meas that I will leavefor Japan exactly one month later. I'm gonna miss NZ.My new objective this last month is to watch movies and serialsas many as I can. It would help my listening skill. Actuall…

5/3 tournedos 0

Today, one tournedos appeared in Alban which is Northern place thanwhere I live. It is not so far, and it killed one guy.My teacher said it is unusual to happen tournedos in NZ becausethere are not as many places which are flas and vast as…

5/2 I need overall 6.0 8.5

I got email from my university.According to them, all I need to go to Germany university isthe score overall 6.0. I mean I don't have to get the score6.0 in every skill, so it got easier to pass the exam.I think I can get the score 6.0.It …

5/1 NZ restaurant 9.5

Goodbye April, welcome May! I got sore neck and right leg because of karate training.We held each neck and tried to control them. I guess this trainingassumed the real fighting because it is often happened that wecrinch each other when we …

4/30 end of April 0

End of the April...Time flied really fast. The rest of my staying is only 5 weeks.I cannot believe I will go back to Japan. Now, I have to think about preparation for going back to Japansuch as souveniors and limit of luggage.Especially, t…

4/29 next objective....13

The difficult thing to study English for long time in overseas isto keep motivate up. I've finished one of my objective, which isIELTS. I don't have a any motivation for studying.I have to find another objective as soon as possible, otherw…

4/28 prediction of my result 7.4

Just exhausted.There was no break time among listening, reading and writing.After the writing, I had to wait for almost for 1 hour, and it made me feel more tired. My prediction of the result.Reading:6.0-6.5Listening:6.5-7.0Writing:5.5-6.0…

4/27 IELTS exam second time is coming tomorrow 15

Finally, IELTS exam is coming tomorrw.I have been studying for this exam for a month.The result will strongly influence my future because it depends onthe result that I can go to study in Germany or not. I didn't study as much as we do usu…

4/26 Japanese toilet technology 0

On my way home, I discussed Japanese toilets with Spanish housemate. According to him, Japanese toilet technology is famous and high level in the world. I explained to him the device toheat the place for sitting on up and washlett.He was s…

4/25 internet didn't work.... 100

For a while, I couldn't use the Internet so that I'm writing nowlast 4days blog as well.Most of these days I focused on studying for IELTS exam becauseI'm going to take it this Thursday. Yes, quite soon.I have to get over 6.0 in each skill…

4/24 fun park....

At first, we had a plan to go to fun park whose name is RainbowEnd. However, somehow, the plan had changed to come to my houseto play table tennis.After that, we went to city and have a drinking party together.All of people came from my Ja…

4/23 table tennis

Today I have played table tennis for 5 or 6 hours with my housematewho are Germany and Spanish.I was not as good as them at the beggining, but in the end,my technique was so improved that I could beat them.Even if there is nothing special …