What is ''happiness'' to me?

I think I have so much happiness in my life. If I pick up only one thing, that is ‘’I was born of my father and mother.’’ I love them very very much and I send emails to both of them every day. If I do not send an email in the morning or lunch time, I get an email from them. I call them every week even if I have no new things to tell. My mom and I always chat about the nonsense. She is so funny and she always set me laughing with her jokes and many interesting words.

My older sister lives in Saitama and I also live in Tokyo alone apart from my parents. I know that I have troubled them so much all the time because I am not independent from them. Therefore, what I only have to do for them is to make them feel relieved by sending emails and chatting about everyday life. Now I am 20 years old so I want to be more steady and independence. I think it is one of the filial piety.

Thank you:)

What is suitable CD?

I went to TSUTAYA the other day and rented some interesting CDs, a CD for morning, afternoon and evening. They have different types of tune and they are really suited for each time.
My favorite CD is for morning. I rented 2 CDs for morning. One is for a day when I wake up as usual and the other is for a day when I oversleep or wake up late. The former makes me feel refreshed and have a pleasant awakening. The tune is really comfortable and birds’ singings, a sound of waves or whispers of people are included. The latter is more active and rhythmical than the former. It seems that the CD makes listeners hurry up and make up quickly. My favorite song is ‘’She Loves You’’ by The Beatles.
The CD for afternoon is the one that I want to listen to with a cup tea and a pleasant cool breeze. My favorite song is ‘’Kiss Me’’ by Sixpence Non the Richer.
Finally, the CD for evening is calm and makes me be in a quiet mood. When I listen to that music before going to bed, I can have a sound sleep.

Besides these CDs, I often listen to a healing CD, orgel CD in order to feel relaxed or calm down. I recommend you to use these kinds of CDs when you get tired or feel like relaxing!!

Thank you:)

My aspiration

I will be 20 tomorrow!! Yes, my birthday is October 5th. On an every birthday, my parents asked me what my aspiration for the coming year is. Now that I live in Tokyo apart from my parents, I will ask myself what it is. This birthday is very special in that I have to be an ‘’ADULT’’ in a sense. I think it means that I have to take any responsibility for what I do in a society. As I wrote in my blog, I am the indecisive. Although I should ask someone if I have something I really do not know how to deal with and should take responsibility of my behavior, I want to try anything at first by myself without other helping hands. In addition, I want to be independent and to achieve emotional autonomy. This is because I have a bad habit of depending on others deeply.
But still, it does not mean that today is still child and I will be an adult from tomorrow, and nothing has change in my life. Therefore, I want to consciously behave with my confidence and responsibility from now on.

Thank you:)

What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?

At first, I will tell my greatest strengths. I think the remarkable thing is…
1. Healthy body
I rarely catch a cold, run a fever, and have a headache or stomachache. When my sister got mumps, chicken pox or fifth disease, I did not catch them at all. It is the most important thing to live that we have a healthy and strong body against any illness.

2. Like to do any sport
I like to do sport!! Basketball, tennis, skiing, soccer, jumping rope and so on. In particular, I prefer to do sport with others. It means that I like team sport. I have been playing tennis for 7years and been playing doubles so far. I think cooperating with other team player makes me take courage and ease my tension when we have a game.
In addition, doing exercise makes healthy body!!

Next is my weakness. It seems that there are so many weaknesses…
1. No concentration
I have no concentration. When I am studying, I begin to eat candy, read fashion magazine and listen to music in a minute. Therefore, I use library to study in order to concentrate only on it.

2. Indecisive
I cannot make up my mind. When I choose menu at a restaurant, I always make my friends and waitress wait until I decide what to eat. When I have something bad to say to my friend, I am at a loss whether to tell it or not.


Besides these strengths and weaknesses, I think I have many other strengths and weaknesses. I sometimes get fed up with my weak points. However, both strengths and weaknesses may be my personality. The point is that I should live a life happily without causing others trouble.

Thank you:)

My recent hobby

I bought a small teapot the other day. This is because my recent hobby is to collect many kinds of tea. I have several oolong teas I bought in Taiwan, jasmine tea, apple tea, wild grape tea, and so forth. Why I began to collect them is that I want to relax by drinking many teas and feeling the aroma. When I get tired or cannot sleep well at night, I choose what I want to drink at that time and then I feel relaxed. In addition to it, I like to burn aroma and use good-scent body cream or body mist. I think it is a really good way for us to relax by using our favorite smell.

Thank you:)

My part-time job

I have begun to have a part-time job since this summer break. It was an entirely new experience for me. I work at a fast-food restaurant. Because it is the first part-time job, I could not do any task efficiently and I was always scolded by other members. It is really hard for me to deal with those who get angry with others or who are quick to take offense. Therefore, I always got depressed when I made a mistake at a job. I felt I wanted to quit the job many times, but I still work there. Why? This is because having a part-time job is one of the steps for getting a future job. If I start to work in a society without any experience of part-time job, I think I will be overwhelmed by the amount of work, how hard the work is, and the difficulty of being with superior or colleagues. Therefore, I will try to continue having a part-time job and want to enjoy it!!

Thank you:)

What is my precious thing?

I have many precious things. As Mark wrote down in his blog, I think my family, grandmother, friends, church, and many other things are the precious. However, not people but memory, experience or feelings are also precious things for me. Today, I will write about one of my precious memories.

When I was 5^th grade in elementary school, I went to Australia as a homestay program. It was about 2 weeks. As I wrote in my blog, I took part in the long camp in the previous year. Through this camp, I came to think that I want to challenge anything without hesitation. Therefore, I decided to visit Australia in the next summer break.

The experiences there were so fantastic and precious!! I had been only to Hawaii before visiting Australia, so I could not imagine the atmosphere of outside Japan. Life styles, language, foods, school… all things I experienced were quite different from life in Japan. First of all, I had to speak English!! Although I went to English school in Japan, I had never talked with native speakers before. It was even hard for me to tell my host mother what I want to do. However, I gradually realized that even if I cannot speak English, I can communicate with others and enjoy my life there if I make an effort to achieve them. Though my English skill did not make progress well after the homestay, I got a precious thing; that is, to communicate with others from my heart. I think it is important to have an enthusiasm to tell something to others in order to make them understand what I really want to say.