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Aug 01st 2012 11:30
Note: Please tell me if anything doesn't sound natural or make sense in spite of it being grammatically correct.

Tuesday, July 30, 2012. It's a quarter past nine (9:15)

Today was the last day of my training course at my new job and I start work tomorrow morning. I hope everything goes okay. I have to prepare my things for tomorrow, so this entry is very short.
alan
Aug 01st 2012 11:35
Your entry looks good. Good luck tomorrow!
Aug 01st 2012 13:02 Esphiritu
Alan, thank you for your comment. Definetely I'll need luck (a lot), I'm so nervous.
awesomebro32
Aug 01st 2012 11:46
It seems perfect to me. It doesn't seem unnatural but it does seem a bit formal and some people are like that. There's no problem with it. :)
Aug 01st 2012 13:08 Esphiritu
Awesomebro32, thank you for your comment. Seriuosly, formal? I suppose it's because I learn most of my English from books and not from real English, I mean, from people.
ceaer
Aug 01st 2012 22:23
I would say "training course" instead of "introductory course", or even just say "training":

"Today was the last day of training//of the training course at my new job and tomorrow morning will be my first day of work".
Aug 02nd 2012 12:49 Esphiritu
Ceaer, thank you for your comment and suggestion. I've already made the corrections.
jaycee
Aug 02nd 2012 13:23
It sounds fine to me. Good luck with the new job! Jaycee
Aug 02nd 2012 13:36 Esphiritu
Jaycee, thank you for your comment. Guess what? I realized that that job isn't worth because they pay me very little money. So I'm planning to quit.
nubelube
Thank you for your correction!
Aug 04th 2012 12:31
  • Today was the last day of my training course at my new job and tomorrow morning is going to be my first day of work.

  • Today was the last day of my training course at my new job and tomorrow morning is going to be my first day of work.

    You might omit "morning". It sounds a bit weird because "morning" (a part of the day) clashes a bit with "first day or work" (an entire day). To use "morning", you might say something like "I start work tomorrow morning."

 
  • I hope everything will go okay.

  • I hope everything will go okay.

    This is technically correct, but I think people would more typically say "I hope everything goes ok. [tomorrow]"

 
  • I have to prepare my things for tomorrow, so this entry is going to be very short.

  • I have to prepare my things for tomorrow, so this entry is going to be very short.

    I would say "so this entry is very short." It sounds weird to talk about the future of an entry in the same sentence that completes that entry.

 
As all the commenters have noted, your English is excellent -- better than many native speakers. :) In fact it's so good that I preferred to leave comments rather than "correcting" errors. The changes that I would make are so slight that other native speakers might reasonably disagree with me. Still, I thought I would offer my particular opinion for what it's worth.
Aug 05th 2012 03:24 Esphiritu
Thank you nubelube for your comments and corrections. They are very detailed, I liked that so much because it helps me a lot. Thank you again for your compliment and for being fussy. :)
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