Dentists in the US vs Japan

This is my experience of seeing a dentist in the US. I have a lot of cavities. I have Known about that for a long time but I had not bee...

I got a message from my friend after 3 years blank.

I had a really good friend from Taiwan. We met in our conversation circle for the first time, and we still kept hanging out together even...

Having a party and building a network

I used to a party every couple of months. But since many of my friends left this last summer, I am discouraged to have a party and I had...

Rock climbing!

I went to a rock climbing gym with my friend. I did not know that there is such a kind of gym. I never heard it in Japan. Is it popular i...

The place friends get together

I liked Friends TV show. Now I like The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. Yes, I like comedy. But I have another reason why I li...

How was this year?

There are just a few days left of this year. How was the year for you? It was a tough year for me... I had many things this year, even...

American sweets

Merry Christmas! It is a season we eat a lot of sweets :) I have a sweet tooth. I have liked sweets since I was in Japan. But I think Ja...

Importance of learning language

All Japanese people learn English at middle school and high school. That is mandatory. And most of American people around me learn langua...

The importance of Christmas in Japan

Christmas is coming soon. Whole town is decorated with lights and Christmas ornaments. I decorated a big Christmas tree at my place. ...

College students in the US and Japan.

It took me a while to write my entry again! I had a lot of things on my mind and I did not feel to write anything here. I want to write w...

I come close to my dream of living in the US!?

I finally started applying a permanent residency of the US, so-called green card. I have stayed the US more than six years and I came to ...

A baby hummingbird

I am working at a bird center as a volunteer. At the center, we are taking care of wild birds which are injured or orphaned. I go to the ...

Do you write blogs?

Now, I am thinking to start to write blogs in English. Lang-8 is good and really helpful for learning English. But I also want more peopl...

I can't do anything!

It wasn't good this week. Actually, there were no bad things happened specially, but I just felt bad. I felt I hadn't made any progress o...

Please! Tell me about wedding.

Could you tell me about an American wedding? I was invited my American friend's wedding next month and am going to attend it. I have ne...

Dance, dance, dance!

I have been taking a swing dance class for almost a year. But there is no intermediate class this month. So I attend an open dancing. In ...

Boring days...

I am a kind of bored these days because I have not talked with many people. Some days, I do not talk with anyone whole day. I just come t...

I am proud of my student

This semester is winding down. Are you busy for your final? 今学期ももうじき終わりです。みなさん期末試験で忙しいですか？ Because I am just working at a university, I...

International Okonomiyaki（お好み焼き） party!

I threw a party and invited many American and other international friends. In the party, we made Okonomiyaki which was a Japanese pancake...

Hi my friends! :)

I am back! Sorry, all my friends who had been waiting for my entries. I have never had such a long blank period in writing my entries sin...