bad news

My friend's father is sick and he is in the hospital at the moment. It was so sudden that she was so shocked. It is the same situation as mine. My father had a bad disease so suddenly, and he was in the hospital for 2 weeks or so.
I can understand her feeling a bit. I hope he'll be well soon.

a seminar

My special seminar has started. It is for students who would like to study abroad in my university. It is not normal class, so we have to pay. I definitely think it is worth paying. That is why it is my second time to join. One of the big reasons is my teacher: as I've written about her, she is thoughtful, funny, and clever woman. Needless to say, her English is great. She's done a lot of experiences, and I like to hear her story.
I'm happy to see her again.

a bad weekend

I don't mean that I've had a bad weekend, but I've done lazy weekend. I was going to do my essay during last weekend, but I couldn't. well, I should say `I didn't.' Essay's deadline is coming soon: I have to hand it in my teacher the middle of next month.

a big city

I had the afternoon off and went to hakata for my business yesterday. I usually go to there by train, but drove to there yesterday. Quite long way.
Then, I did something to do, and then went to Tenjin. My brother's girlfriend works there, and I met her to give something. A lot of shops and departments had gorgeous christmas illuminations. I felt a bit strange to see, though tt was gorgeous sight. The reason is this climate. It has been getting cold, but much warmer than usual, I guess. I don't like cold weather, but it still give me a strange feeling. What is going on??

Anyway, she was very fine, and happy to get my present. Great! We promised to eat out together in the very near future. I feel that I get on well with her very much, so I'm excited to see her again.

Then, I had to drive to go home. Of course, I've got backache today.

TOEIC score

I took TOEIC test last month, and had a result yesterday. My score was 100 score higher than former one. I've done pretty good, haven't I? It wasn't as high as my aim though.
I think TOEIC is more general than TOEFL, that is why I can't get good score with TOEFL. I know that is just my excuse...

By the way, I'm eating out with friend tonight. She is pregnant, so she is off the wagon right now, though she loves it. I cant drink by myself. Then, today is dinner-with-no drinking. Of course, we can still have a great time with good meal and talking. The restaurant that we are going is my favourite, but I haven't been there for several years. No wonder I'm excited to come. Hope it won't rain and very cold tonight.

winter has come

It has been surprisingly warm days, and I was off. Then, here it comes. Cold winter suddenly has come. There are full of summer clothes in my closet. What shall I wear?? I still go to the university after work, and it is quite cold on my way home.
There is a bright side, though. I can wear the coat that I've just bought. I really looked forward to do that. It is such a cool one. haha!

I've just written to my English mum. She used to be my host mother, and still could keep in touch with me. How thoughtful. Her birthday is coming, so I'll post a birthday card as well.

restarted to blog

I've been lazy these days so that I just passed to write blog. Then, I changed my mind and be work harder. Hope to keep this decision. I really doubt it.

I went for lunch with my cousins last week. I have over 10 cousins, and four of us were there. One of them has just married, so lunch was on us. As usual, I've selected the restaurant veeery carefully, and it was great one. I really wanna come again. We had starter, a bowl of soup, and fish dish and dessert. Surprisingly, we were served the different plates of dessert. It means we could have four different kinds of sweets, as we shared ours.
We talked about girls stuff. We are not friends, but felt closed. It was such a great time.